Mardin welcomes President in 4 languages…

And there were Turkish, Arabic and Syrian in addition to Kurdish banners..

Kurdish language program at university sign of Turkish prosperity, says Gül

FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Chief prosecutor oversteps authority with ?memorandum?

Kılıçdaroğlu falters before Baykalism

What will become of Mrs. Gül?s concerns?

HSYK elections

FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Chief prosecutor, CHP alliance

Welcome Abdurrahman!

The proof of the pudding

In the wake of the referendum, the inevitable is already fully visible. The result has paved the way for a new phase — certainly promising ups, as well as downs — in the democratization process. The inevitable is the fact that society is now involved in interpreting the meaning of the changes already launched.
Initial indications of the implementation of the new rules, the restructuring the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), have been rather strongly expressed dissatisfaction at the outcome of the vote which elected 10 new members to the body. In an unprecedented format of democratic elections almost 12 thousand judges and prosecutors participated in the process.
Then all hell broke loose. Pundits in the media known for their pro-status quo stand cried foul, claiming that those who were elected — with great margins in votes — were all favored and endorsed by the Ministry of Justice. Some went even further to argue that the ?separation of powers? was now in the coffin, ready to be buried.

The Hanefi Avcı affair: A dramatic detective story (1) by FARUK MERCAN

FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Headscarf and provocations

by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK
Nowadays, while Turkey discusses a solution to the country?s long-standing headscarf problem, which has deprived thousands of women access to a higher education, there is growing concern among some circles in society about possible provocations that might negatively affect the solution process.