All you need to know BBC News | Europe | World Edition A quick guide to the French presidential election – said to be the least predictable in decades. Will France’s next president be innovative? EurActiv.com by Stephen Boucher France’s election is a test-bed for democratic renewal. However, without a more coherent understanding of how to be … Read more
Vice PM Kurtulmuş: State of Emergency to Be Extended for 3 More Months Bianet :: English Vice PM Kurtulmuş has announced that the cabinet decision to extend the State of Emergency was submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Turkey Referendum Is Haunted by Allegations of Voter Fraud NYT > Turkey by By PATRICK KINGSLEY President … Read more
Turkey should investigate referendum vote ‘irregularities’, says EU commission World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Daniel Boffey in Brussels President’s spokesman calls on authorities to launch transparent inquiry after observers raised doubts about poll result The EU has called on the civil authorities in Turkey to launch a transparent investigation into the referendum result granting the … Read more
Here is the report: INTERNATIONAL REFERENDUM OBSERVATION MISSION Republic of Turkey – Constitutional Referendum, 16 April 2017 here is link to @osce_odihr mission statement happening live now in case anyone missed it earlier https://t.co/VlioOzZK7F #TurkeyReferendum — Arzu Geybulla (@arzugeybulla) April 17, 2017 Unlevel playing field in Turkey's constitutional referendum: preliminary conclusions by international observers … Read more
I was very upset with the November 1, 2015 election results when AKP had a landslide victory. However, that’s what voters chose and in the last analysis I am fine with that. It is part of the democratic system we have to live with that. As long as there are legitimate elections, we can always … Read more
Turkey Investigating 17, Some Americans, Accused in Failed Coup NYT > Turkey by By PATRICK KINGSLEY The inquiry, which targets many prominent Americans, was announced a day before a national referendum to expand the powers of Turkey’s president. Germany receives 262 asylum requests from Turkish diplomats and military officers A total of 262 asylum requests from Turkish … Read more
Referendum day news mapped here. 5:30 pm: According to friends from Adana and Lüleburgaz, nationalist MHP constituencies predominantly voted for “No”. Though not representative of course. Weird, Yeni Şafak's sister TV channel, illegally breaching reporting ban, giving very different results to the ones journalists are getting https://t.co/YTsrkzZv5K — Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) April 16, 2017 … Read more
I am really proud of the wiki project we have created in our Digital Cultures course. Enjoy: http://secimturk.wikispaces.com/Anayasa2017 In case you are in town, we have an election event tomorrow starting tomorrow at 4 pm in Taksim:
MHP, AKP in 11th-hour debate on federalism The two main supporters of the “Yes” camp have become embroiled in a last-minute row over whether the shift to an executive presidential system constitutional amendments will introduce a “federal state structure,” with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan denying claims that Turkey’s unitary system will be eroded President Erdoğan slams OSCE … Read more
17 Nisan ve sonrası İki gün kaldı. Türkiye halkı faşist rejime geçişi oylayacak. Kabul ya da ret çıktığında çok farklı bir 17 Nisan’a uyanılacağı konusunda hayır cephesinde güçlü bir kanaat var. Evet cephesinde böyle bir telaş yok. Evet cephesi sonuç ne olacaksa olsun özgüvenli. Evet çıkması için iktidarın her şeyi yapmaya hazır olduğunu bildiği gibi … Read more
Uber offers free rides on Turkish referendum day Reuters The offer only applies in Istanbul — a city of 15 million people — and is limited to … Uber launched in Istanbul in 2014 and has faced competition from a … Uber offers free rides on Turkish referendum day – Reuters Uber offers free rides on … Read more
A sweet Poltio survey. How well you know Erkan? In fact, I did have a system for that but this year I forgot. This year I did not care to remember. However, just a little ago, when I was having a shower, I decided I am definitely 42 now. After achieving most of my life goals, and … Read more
Mastodon – like Twitter, without Nazis Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder Sarah Jeong of Motherboard says Mastodon is a “kinder, nicer, decentralized open source version of Twitter.” I hope she’s right! (I’m frauenfelder at Mastodon.cloud.) The promises and problems of Mastodon, a Twitter alternative Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder Intrigued by Mastodon, a new open-source alternative to … Read more
Facebook etkinlik sayfamız Wiki projemize de göz atmayı unutmayınız.
Thousands Protest In Belgrade Against Vucic For Sixth Day Today’s protest in Budapest (i.redd.it) Major protest in Hungary over Soros university law EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev Hungary saw the biggest anti-government protest in three years on Sunday (9 April), as tens of thousands demonstrated against new higher education legislation seen as targeting the respected Central European … Read more