Turkey’s Democratic Institutions Besieged brookings.edu ? Peter W. Singer ? 1/3/14 ? In Foreign Policy magazine, John Hannah, a former national security advisor to Dick Cheney, suggests that ?the end? of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish prime minister, may ?suddenly be within the realm of Lawmakers’ Twitter frenzy angers Deputy PM Arınç Bülent Arınç … Read more
seçim günlüğü Adaylar TKP İstanbul adayını belirledi! soL Haber Portalı Türkiye Komünist Partisi, yerel seçimler öncesi İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Başkanlığı adayını belirledi. “İstanbul’un büyük bir kent olarak kamu çıkarları doğrultusunda yeniden yapılandırılması ancak ve ancak solun işi olabilir” diyen TKP’nin adayı . CHP’nin Denizli adayı belli oldu Akşam Denizli’de CHP’nin merakla beklenen büyükşehir belediye … Read more
İstanbul Sözleşmesi Merkezî iktidar yeni yılda İstanbul için yeni bir şehir daha düşünmüş, sağolsun. Adı ?Yenişehir?! Karadeniz?e doğru Arnavutköy, Avcılar, Bağcılar, Bakırköy, Başakşehir, Esenler, Eyüp ve Küçükçekmece?nin son boş alanlarında inşa edilecekmiş. 2014 yılına, binlerce yıldır varolan bir şehirde giriyoruz. Şehrin ömrü bizlerinkinden bu kadar daha uzunken, ?İstanbul bitti? demek mümkün olabilir mi? Değişiyor İstanbul, … Read more
Game culture vs. women Game developer Brianna Wu explains that women haven’t yet made headway in the critical landscape of game culture, a fact exposed by 2013’s Game of the Year lists. The Most Pirated Movies of 2013 ? And Why Piracy Isn’t Hurting Profits Despite the high number of pirated films, Hollywood … Read more
Gezi indictment levels terror-related charges against 36 protesters Prosecutors have charged 36 people with being members of a terrorist organization in the indictment over Gezi protests Two jailed Kurdish lawmakers released upon top court?s ruling Peace and Democracy Party lawmakers İbrahim Ayhan and Gülser Yıldırım were detained as part of the Kurdish … Read more
Beneath Turkey’s turmoil is a bitter battle between two wounded men | Fiachra Gibbons Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s abuse of power is being exposed by the equally intimidating exiled spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen Imagine for a moment you saw yourself as a “model for the world” like the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who … Read more
Turkish-Armenian writer Nişanyan to be jailed on charges of illegal construction The Turkish-Armenian writer and linguist Sevan Nişanyan was expected to be jailed on Jan. 2 and serve a two year sentence Ombudsman’s Gezi report advises adoption of EU norms for mass protests The 8-article list of advice includes ascertaining the wrongdoing of … Read more
Newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, Efkan Ala claimed that the truck contained charity for Turcomans in Syria… If you believe so… Turkish governor blocks police search on Syria-bound truck reportedly carrying weapons The mystery surrounding a truck seized for allegedly carrying weapons to Syria is deepening after reports that an official search of the cargo … Read more
Background reading for a European Parliament election year One of the more useful pieces I found over the festive period, thanks to Craig Willy ? a rare outsider to the European system who actually understands how it works, and as such an excellent guide who comes with limited baggage (and some occasionally forceful and thought-provoking … Read more
During the day, Burhan Kuzu, an AKP deputy who happens to be a professor on constitutional law, tweeted that a list that contains around 2 thousand high level bureaucrats’ names have been given to PM Erdoğan. Supposedly these people are followers of Fethullah Gülen and will be eliminated from the state bureaucracy. Mr. Kuzu is … Read more
Adaylar BİNALİ YILDIRIM, SEÇİM ÇALIŞMALARINI 3 OCAK’TA BAŞLATACAK Haber 3 AK Parti İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye Başkan adayı Binali Yıldırım, 3 Ocak Cuma günü İzmir’e gelerek seçim çalışmalarına başlayacağını söyledi. Yıldırım, seçim kampanyasında polemiğe girmeyeceğini belirterek, “Bizim kavgacı bir üslubumuz yok” dedi Mansur Yavaş’tan ilk seçim vaadi Sözcü Geçtiğimiz hafta adaylığı kesinleşen Yavaş, yeni yıla girerken Ankaralılar … Read more
Turkey hopeful of ties with EU during Greek presidency The Turkish government believes that ties with the EU could be further boosted during the rotating presidency of Greece and Italy in 2014 Erdogan?s woes snarl Turkey?s Syria policy The Daily Star (Lebanon) December 28, 2013, p. 10 By Lauren Williams A corruption scandal in Turkey … Read more
Greece takes over EU presidency Crisis-hit Greece on Jan. 1 took over the six-month rotating EU presidency from Lithuania European labour market opens for Romanians, Bulgarians Romanians and Bulgarians have the right to work in any of the European Union’s 28 countries from Wednesday but “no major increase” in emigration is expected Spain: A … Read more
Google Puts Over 57,000 Works of Art on the Web The Brave New World of Academic Censorship Last week, the Kansas Board of Regents, a nine-member governing body that controls six state universities and some 30 community and technical colleges, voted unanimously to approve a new policy that gives each institution?s ?chief executive officer? … Read more