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William Armstrong on “AKP & Fethullah Gülen alliance”, Presidential system debates, New constitution writing…
TweetShare via emailNew constitution formula takes shape from Hurriyet Daily News Parliament’s Constitutional Reconciliation Commission started writing the new constitution beginning with the section on “fundamental rights and freedoms.” Charter... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Support Video for Prof. Ersanlı, Kurdish Migrant Women, More detained at KCK operations…
TweetShare via emailhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Msg87Mg9s Video Support from Her Students In order to protest the imprisonment of Büşra Ersanlı, “The Students of Büşra Ersanlı” prepared a video series. Ersanlı speaks about ‘love’,... Read more
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Mr. Erdoğan pushes for presidential system..that means it might be in the new constitution… a politics roundup
TweetShare via emailRights, freedoms first topic for charter writing from Hurriyet Daily News The panel tasked with writing the draft of a new charter is set to start with the... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Eight Soldiers ‘Suicide’ per Month, 1 Million People Said “No!” to Aliağa therma power, Declining Women’s Rights…
TweetShare via emailEight Soldiers ‘Suicide’ per Month from Bianet :: English Minister of National Defense İsmet Yılmaz answered the parliamentary question of CHP: “934 military people committed to suicide in... Read more
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Yeni anayasa gündemi: haberler, yorumlar, etkinlikler, öneriler…
TweetShare via emailAçık Anaysa burada! haberler/yorumlar Millî Anayasa Kurultayı’na Aydın’dan Tam Destek Mücadele (Basın Bildirisi) Yeni Anayasa tartışmaların sürdüğü şu günlerde, Milli Anayasa Forumu Aydın Temsilciliği adına Av. Erol Ertuğrul... Read more
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Turkish politics roundup: New constitution debates, Ergenekon Trial, Erdoğan the Aesthete
TweetShare via emailToward Turkey’s first civilian constitution More than a thousand of people sitting around circular tables of six and seven each on the floor of a sports arena The... Read more
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Ayşe Özer: Şehrin Tiyatroları: Bir yetmez ama evet meseli
TweetShare via emailŞehrin Tiyatroları: Bir yetmez ama evet meseli Trafikteki hak arama kültürü başka yerde olsa bu halkın sırtı yere gelmez. “Sen benim kim olduğumu biliyor musun?” ile başlayan tehditler,... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Violence against Women, KCK Trial, ECHR condems Tear Gas
TweetShare via emailTurkey’s Kurdish leadership debates the definition of terrorism from FP Passport by Allison Good Members of Turkey’s Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) proposed a more decentralized Turkish... Read more
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Çevik Bir also bites the dust… Politics roundup
TweetShare via email High-ranking military figure from Turkey’s ‘Feb 28 process’ to be detained from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish police raided 30 locations, including the home of former Deputy... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: ’80 coup trial roundup; Turkey on religious rights and more…
TweetShare via email Military Coup Case Begins with Victims’ Cry for Justice Two generals didn’t attend the first sitting of the case but relatives of the victims and rights’ activist... Read more
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Turkish politics roundup: 1980 junta on trial; 4+4+4 education system; and more..
TweetShare via emailThree Decades After the Coup: Turkey Puts Generals on Trial from Yahoo news I grew up in the long, dark, soul-numbing shadow of Turkey’s 1980 military coup. Although... Read more
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Geçen haftaki KESK eylemlerinden… [KESK demonstrations and police violence..]
TweetShare via email [View the story "Geçen haftaki KESK eylemlerinden... [KESK demonstrations and police violence..]” on Storify] TweetShare via... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Medya Association protests the shut down of Özgür Gündem and a Human Rights in Turkey roundups
TweetShare via email My dear readers, i have been so busy with some academic and personal stuff that I could not produce my usual roundups. Now, I am working on it... Read more
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A video: Turkish parliamentarians fight for the new education system
TweetShare via email 4+4+4 ismiyle anılan yasa teklifinin görüşmeleri esnasında Milli Eğitim Komisyonu’nda AKP’li milletvekilleri, CHP’li milletvekillerinin konuşmasını engellemeye çalıştılar. Yaralanan gazeteciler ve milletvekilleri bulunmaktadır TweetShare via... Read more
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for the record, it was TÜSİAD’s turn to be the target in last few days.
TweetShare via email The car of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is surrounded by security officers as he arrives at his office in Ankara March 5, 2012. A small bomb... Read more
