MAIN FOCUS: EU discusses how to deal with refugees | 07/10/2013 In the wake of the Lampedusa disaster Europe is discussing its refugee policy. France wants to put the issue on the agenda of the EU summit at the end of October, and Tuesday’s meeting of EU interior ministers will also deal with the shipwreck tragedy. Commentators say … Read more
Latest scenario: One more term with President Gül President Abdullah Gül made very clear that nobody should dismiss him in predicting who will be the Çankaya Presidential Palace?s next tenant, who will be named in August 2014 elections. ************* Erdogan and Gul to hold crucial meeting Gul?s supporters suggest he is raring to return … Read more
New Report: Internet Freedom Deteriorates Worldwide, but Activists Push Back Washington Broad surveillance, new laws controlling web content, and growing arrests of social-media users drove a worldwide decline in internet freedom in the past year, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Nonetheless, Freedom on the Net 2013 also found that activists are becoming more … Read more
New law to permit Turkish police to detain ?possible? protesters A court?s order will not be necessary to detain ‘potential’ protesters with a new law ******************** Gezi protester died from tear gas canister, says forensic report A forensic medicine report confirmed that 22-year-old Abdullah Cömert was killed by a tear gas canister that hit his … Read more
Istanbul to get much-needed metro network: Mayor Istanbul?s metro network will finally expand to reach the level of those in global cities by 2019, the ambitious metro plans unveiled by mayor show Cable cars to cross the Bosphorus Three lines of cable cars are set to be unveiled across the Istanbul Bosphorus, connecting the … Read more