The Economist has been AKP friendly for most of the time, this comes as a blow to AKP leadership.. Well in order to have more headcounts, they have lost so many friends that they will eventually regret…
The Turkish election: Erdogan’s last hurrah (possibly) | The Economist
Erdogan’s last hurrah (possibly)
The election on June 12th will showcase a Muslim democracy. Although the winner is not in doubt, it could have a big impact on Turkey?s future………..
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, is seen inside his campaign bus following an election rally in Diyarbakir, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey, June 1, 2011. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
A paradox of sorts sometimes, democracy needs a bullet-proof vest, too by Klaus Jurgens
Le très prévisible « crazy project » d?Erdogan pour Diyarbakir.
Un nouvel aéroport, un nouveau barrage (à Silvan !), une nouvelle autoroute d’Urfa à la frontière irakienne, deux nouveaux hôpitaux, des aires de loisirs. Et surtout un nouveau stade de football, de 30 000 places. Tayyip Erdogan a révélé ce matin son “crazy project” pour Diyarbakir …enfin si on peut appeler “crazy” un projet qui va faire le bonheur des entrepreneurs du BTP , comme les “crazy project pour Istanbul et Ankara, mais ne révèle plus vraiment de surprise.
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The Kurdish (Cultural) Opening
The New York Times (which seems to have discovered Turkey in recent days) has a good piece out about some of the interesting changes taking place on the Kurdish cultural front — a move towards “cultural autonomy” as the article puts it. From the article:
Toward a post-Kemalist CHP?
Artvin : la question écologique s?invite dans la campagne électorale: ça a chauffé.
Comme quoi il faut décidément se méfier des idées reçues. Il n’y a pas qu’en région kurde que la campagne de Recep Tayyip Erdogan peut se transformer en périple..