Feu vert pour les militaires turcs

Courrier international (France), no. 886, jeudi, 25 octobre 2007, p. 42
En couverture, L’étincelle kurde

Ali Bayramoglu, Yeni Aktüel (Istanbul)

Le PKK veut saper le processus démocratique

Courrier international (France), jeudi 11 octobre 2007

Cengiz Candar, Referans

Turkish Press Scanner

MİLLİYET Interesting timing of Kanal 7 television: Islamist-oriented Turkish television channel Kanal 7 broadcasted a series about Mustafa İsmet İnönü, the Republic's second president, on Oct. 29 Republic Day. The series received strong criticism by the audience because it portrayed the gendarmerie as being against people praying, reported the daily Milliyet. The series “Demir Leblebi” (an expression in Turkish which literally means “iron chickpeas” and is used figuratively for people who are not easy to cope with) is about the Mustafa İsmet İnönü era. During the film the prayer calls are recited in Turkish and the gendarmerie are portrayed to be against the people.....

What does the PKK want? What does Barzani want? What does the US want?

Murat YETKİN

Inquiry targets Zana and pro-Kurdish party

The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and well-known Kurdish politician Leyla Zana will face an inquiry over the three-day Democratic Society Congress held in southeast city Diyarbakır

Turkish Press Scanner

VATAN Pierre Cardin Pierre Cardin's visit to Turkey incited the conflict between the two distributors on agency authorization. Old partner Omurtak family settled accounts with The Kavurmacıs in the court. Both families claim to be the representative firm. The restructure plan of Aydınlı Group, of Kavurmacı family, caused the recent dispute. Aydınlı Group so far has established ÖFK Company in 50 percent partnership with Pierre Cardin also buying the buying off all rights of the brand in Russia, Ukraine, Iraqi, Syria, Iran and Bulgaria. Making comments on the dispute, Cardin said: “There is no such problem. My only partner is Aydınlı Group with whom we will achieve big businesses.”Taycan

 

Kurdish gambit (IV)

Burak BEKDİL

Where are we at in the crisis?

Cengiz ÇANDAR

Headscarf matter mars Republic Day

A Republic Day reception held in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır Monday was marred by the departure of a military officer and the military band due to the presence of three women wearing...

'Turkey makes demands, does not speak to me'

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani has said he will not take orders from any country including Turkey to crack down on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) based in northern Iraq,

Ralston admits PKK failure

A top retired U.S. general, who until recently had been the United States special envoy for countering the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), late Monday admitted that a diplomatic

Turkish Press Scanner

Akşam Sea transport may be a solution to traffic mess: The total time spent in Istanbul traffic has increased by 10 minutes compared to last year and 18,200 vehicles are being added to the city's traffic each month, the daily Akşam reported yesterday. It was reported that the reason behind this is that 93 percent of Istanbul residents prefer land transport, while sea transport comprises only 2.22 percent of transport activity. There have been no serious investments in sea transportation in Turkey since the 1950s and even though the boats were changed and the population increased, the number of boats and docks stayed the same, the daily quoted Tayfun Kahraman, the secretary genera...

We always fight with northern Iraq over Kirkuk

Mehmet Ali Birand

How can brother kill brother?

Cüneyt ÜLSEVER

Yusuf Kanlı: CHP needs to make peace with the nation

Everyone was there. The prime minister, ministers and almost the entire deputies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Chief of General Staff General Yaşar Büyükanıt, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli and MHP deputies, Zeki Sezer of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) and DSP deputies, the lone socialist of Parliament Ufuk Uras, Sırrı Sakık and other deputies of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP). The leader and deputies of the founding party of the Republic, however, were not there... It was not a routine day. It was the 84th anniversary of the proclamation of the modern Turkish republic. The president of the Republic was receiving cong

 

Never changing foreign policy positions and the war

Cengiz AKTAR

Is the US playing the policy of delay?

Orhan KİLERCİOĞLU

 

Double genocide and triple pogrom

Mehmet Arif DEMİRER

Turkish Press Scanner

Hürriyet: A 300 euro reward for each PKK operation People who have connections with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) receive 150 euros from abroad prior to each activity carried out and another 150 euros after completion of the activity, the daily Hürriyet reported yesterday. Genç Osman Yaraşlı, the former vice president of Financial Crimes Investigative Board (MASAK) and current deputy undersecretary at the finance ministry said legal money used for illegal purposes was investigated after the last year's changes in the law on black money. A total of 69 people received 25,000-30,000 euros in 2005-2006 from a nongovernmental organization in a European country...

A Turkish bluff or a turning point?

Ariana FERENTINOU

 

Turkey turns 84 amid a turning point in its History

Frank WHITE

 

A suggestion to Turkey for 'genocide' bill: Do nothing!

Bryce KAUFMAN