“Turkey’s democratic deficit high on German president?s agenda WHILE Turkish Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Insulting Prime Minister in a Tweet

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Turkish Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Insulting Prime Minister in a Tweet

 Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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A Turkish journalist is going to prison for insulting Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Twitter.

 

Turkey’s democratic deficit high on German president?s agenda

Some conservative journalists had told the German president to give this message to Turkey: ‘We do not want this kind of Turkey in the European Union’

How Did Armenians React to Erdoğan?s April 24 Speech?

What did Armenians think about Erdoğan?s speech on April 24? Elif Akgül reported from Yerevan

Turkey builds a new wall on border with Syria

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Constitution expert criticizes AKP?s ?authoritarian stance?

Prominent Constitutional Law Professor and one-time AKP ally Özbudun criticized the current stance of the Turkish gov’t

Gov?t unveils strategy to bring presidential system to Turkey

Deputy PM Arınç has drawn a roadmap on how the AKP could amend the Constitution on its own in order to bring in presidential system to Turkey

Top judge tool of anti-AKP coalition: Turkish interior minister

Interior Minister Efkan Ala has accused the head of the Constitutional Court of being a tool of an anti-government coalition,

Turkish PM indirectly slams top judge of protecting the ?parallel gang?

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan indirectly accused Turkey?s top judge of being either part of what he calls ?the parallel structure? or of protecting it for his future personal ambitions.

Top judge has become a political actor, minister claims
Turkey?s justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ, has responded to Constitutional Court Head Haşim Kılıç, claiming that “Turkey has a new opposition”

Decoded: How Turkey?s top judge subtly targeted Prime Minister Erdoğan
Turkey?s top judge was in fact referring to PM Erdoğan?s previous statements
Opposition has misgivings about security of votes to be cast by Turks

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?Considering the allegations of fraud in the local polls, I am concerned that the vote count might not be carried out in a fair way in the presidential elections,? said Ayhan Kaya, director of the European Institute at Bilgi University. The .
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425 inspectors are probing eavesdropping cases: Interior minister
Some 425 inspectors are investigating 198 illegal eavesdropping cases believed to be carried out by the Gülen community

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