TESEV: Impartial judiciary, most media go hand in hand

Turkish foundation releases study on media, judiciary

YAVUZ BAYDAR – AKP?s reform package aims to weaken the ?nomenklatura?

FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – The fate of the reform package

A 23-article reform package that was drawn up by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government in a bid to bring Turkish democracy closer to the level of Western democracies and to restructure judicial institutions to ensure that they operate according to universal standards of justice has been met with approval by pro-freedom and pro-democratic circles.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in the background as a security agent, one of several, stands during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Turkey stepped up security around Erdogan in the past few days.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

A falcon for the gov?t, a pigeon for the military

by HASAN CEMAL – MİLLİYET

The government?s constitutional reform package is generally positive. The pluses in terms of democratization and forming a state of law outweigh today?s situation. A lot will be written about the constitutional reform and referendum, but I would first like to say something on this matter.

How to read the draft constitutional amendments by Yusuf Şevki Hakyemez

The package of constitutional amendments that people have been speaking about for several days has finally been announced. Compared to the estimates or predictions people have been making about its content, it is obvious that it contains some surprises.

KERİM BALCI – Constitutional amendment: a new tie on an old suit

FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Reasons behind opposition to reform package

Ergenekon suspects rely on intimidation tactics
Today’s Zaman
Suspects arrested as part of the investigation into Ergenekon, a clandestine gang charged with plotting to overthrow the government, have been relying on

Civil society, politicians react to Başbuğ’s support for terror suspects
Today’s Zaman
Berk stands accused of membership in Ergenekon, a clandestine criminal organization accused of working to overthrow the government, and of presiding over a

Not all tension in Turkey is West v Islam | The Australian

“Not all tension in Turkey is West v Islam

A HISTORIC power struggle is afoot in a Muslim-majority country of the greatest importance to the future of the Islamic world and to the West’s relationship with it: Turkey.