Special Barroso coverage - I
It seems like Güldal Mumcu continues to protect the 'state'. the Senior journalist-hitman Oktay Ekşi supports Ms. Mumcu. As the new heroine of secularist front, she also rejects a demand for a temporary room for Mr. Barroso in the parliament ... Hürriyet describes the situation as "Barroso stirred up Ankara even before his arrival". In the mean time, CHP vice president Onur Öymen declares that the move on Article 301 is a result of foreign pressure. And another examplary column from Ertuğrul Özkök. The latest sum up of the nature of secularist subject and its relation to the EU in Turkey...
EU commission chief Jose Manuel Baroso (C), Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (L) and EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (R) pose in front of the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of secular Turkey, in Ankara April 10, 2008, as they are flanked by delegates.
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EU chiefs to drop in amid political turmoil
As the repercussions of the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spread beyond the country's borders, the president of the European Commission will find himself at theThe EU's message: More democracy
Mehmet Ali BirandAwaiting Barroso...
Murat YETKİNEU chief heads to Turkey with warning on possible ban against governing Islamic-rooted party
From my vantage point
When I listened to some prominent members of the European Parliament the other day in Brussels speaking very highly of Turkey's performance on reforms, my mind wandered to a not-so-distant history in the same venue.A reasonable conciliation proposition
Let us accept the presence and rule of law in Turkey. But in return, you should accept the rule of law as a minimum -- but not the rule of Ergenekon law, but that of Turkish law.Yet another TSK memorandum draws ire
A 73-page internal Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) memo drafted by Col. Dursun Çiçek in March 2006 and uncovered by the Taraf daily early this week, which lists some nongovernmental and business organizations as well as journalists and various celebrities according to their relations with the US and the EU and as being pro or against the TSK, has sparked both amazement and criticism.
Amendments to article 301 on “Turkish identity” fail to satisfy
Reporters Without Borders is not satisfied by the bill presented on 7 April by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the revision of two controversial articles in the criminal code - article 301, which punishes “humiliation of the Turkish identity, the Republic and the institutions and organs of the state,” and article 305, which punishes “any action against major national interests.”
