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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
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Politics roundup: CHP’s conventions… The week starts with the MİT issue resolved…
TweetShare via emailMain 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... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Academic Ersanlı and Writer Zarakolu – 100 Days in Jail and more…
TweetShare via email 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... 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…
TweetShare via email 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... Read more
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Oath-taking crisis over [so what was that about?] a Politics roundup…
TweetShare via email 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... Read more
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Turkey has a new cabinet. A politics roundup…
TweetShare via emailTurkish 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... Read more
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Towards elections: A list of election survey results and more…
TweetShare via email 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... Read more
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Another attack (!): “Wall Street Journal likens Turkish PM Erdoğan to Malaysia’s Mahathir
TweetShare via emailWall 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... Read more
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Galip İsen: CHP Bir Ümitsizlik Dergâhıdır @secimtakip
TweetShare via emailÖnümüzde 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.... Read more
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Towards elections: Kılıçdaroğlu in Diyarbakır, Google’s site for Turkish elections and our Ushahidi based project continues…
TweetShare via emailPls 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... Read more
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Towards elections: Kılıçdaroğlu talks about “autonomy”, more on sex tapes… an election roundup
TweetShare via email Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), shake hands during the 66th General Assembly of the... Read more
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Towards elections: AKP rises the stakes with the Kanal İstanbul project…
TweetShare via emailA massive project. Much more imaginative than other parties’ election promises. AKP increasingly relies on grand projects reminding me older dam projects etc by center-right parties… Probably environmental... Read more
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Towards elections: What if current political leaders were women? A campaign to increase awareness for more women candidates…
TweetShare via email Check out the blog of Necati Özkan, a political consultant, for more of these campaign posters. If they were women, they would probably be housewives, not politicians…... Read more
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Towards elections: Probably the best election offer, Paid-for military service, rejected by AKP
TweetShare via emailI am sure CHP is not very sincere about her proposal still its election promise was the closed to get rid of the mandatory military service for many.... Read more
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Towards elections, Turkey main opposition party CHP struggling with another scandal…
TweetShare via emailA CHP mired in dirt by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The Republican People’s Party (CHP), which has been going through turbulent times since the resignation of its former leader... Read more
