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#OccupyTurkey the 8th Day. Deputy PM Arınç apologizes to injured protesters in passing but mostly supports PM’s arguments. A huge roundup:
A gallery of Resistance Humor here. A gallery of how civic this Resistance is here. Turkish deputy PM apologizes to injured protesters The initial reaction against the demolition of a... Read more
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What would you expect? “Turkish PM Erdoğan defends alcohol restrictions…
Turkish PM Erdoğan defends alcohol restrictions Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended the alcohol restriction law recently passed by Parliament.. Is AKP changing plans on elections? After... Read more
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Turkish PM visits Silicon Valley… in the mean time accuses Turkish media for not standing up against al-Assad…
Turkish media has not stood up enough against Bashar al-Assad: PM Erdoğan The Turkish print and visual media haven’t stood against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan... Read more
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Well, not much surprisingly Turkey, US agree al-Assad should go… while Turkey’s main opposition in a strage row with EU socialists…
Turkey, US agree ‘al-Assad should go for a free Syria’ Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and US President Obama say the boths sides have agreed Bashar al-Assad should leave his post... Read more
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PKK withdrawal begins… Constitution commission agrees to continue work until July 1
Kurdish rebels begin withdrawal from Turkey from Yahoo news By Ayla Jean Yackley SEMDINLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants began their withdrawal from Turkey on Wednesday, a pro-Kurdish party... Read more
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for the record, it was TÜSİAD’s turn to be the target in last few days.
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 exploded near the... Read more
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Politics roundup: CHP’s conventions… The week starts with the MİT issue resolved…
Main opposition gears up for two stormy conventions The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is holding two separate conventions… Convention to be a democratic celebration, CHP head says Main... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Academic Ersanlı and Writer Zarakolu – 100 Days in Jail and more…
Academic Ersanlı and Writer Zarakolu – 100 Days in Jail from Bianet :: English “We want Justice and Freedom on the 100th day of arrest” demanded the Eğitim-Sen Istanbul Universities... Read more
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As Kılıçdaroğlu becomes the new target of Judicary and KCK arrests continue, an Economist slideshow of who crossed Ankara and ended up in jail…
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu addresses party members at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Kilicdaroglu accused the judiciary of doing the government’s... Read more
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Oath-taking crisis over [so what was that about?] a Politics roundup…
Oath-taking standoff over, charter is next from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA- Hürriyet Daily News Parliament gears up to discuss a new constitution after opposition deputies reach agreement with the ruling... Read more
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Turkey has a new cabinet. A politics roundup…
Turkish PM retains finance minister in new cabinet Markets hope the new government will take stronger measures, including fiscal tightening, to cool a runaway economy that expanded by 11 percent... Read more
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Towards elections: A list of election survey results and more…
And a stats of Turkish voters in previous elections can be found in as a graph in this article in Turkish… Turkish Elections 2011: The Blog View by Yigal Schleifer... Read more
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Another attack (!): “Wall Street Journal likens Turkish PM Erdoğan to Malaysia’s Mahathir
Wall Street Journal likens Turkish PM Erdoğan to Malaysia’s Mahathir by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires An editorial published by the The Wall Street Journal on Thursday has likened... Read more
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Galip İsen: CHP Bir Ümitsizlik Dergâhıdır @secimtakip
Önümüzde bir seçim var. Bir çok kişi, 2002 den beri ilk def’a AKP’nin karşısında CHP’nin nisbî bir direnç gösterebileceği umudu ile Pazar günü Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu aşkına sandığa koşacak. Leader of... Read more
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Towards elections: Kılıçdaroğlu in Diyarbakır, Google’s site for Turkish elections and our Ushahidi based project continues…
Pls do check our project, first of all. Google offers election related search stats here. Turkey’s Kurds await political leaders’ messages in Diyarbakır by DİYARBAKIR – Hürriyet Daily News As... Read more
