He was the first foreign notable to visit Erdoğan’s Palace and now He uttered the G. word 🙂 Pope’s remarks on Armenia issue irk Ankara Turkey has summoned the Vatican’s ambassador in Ankara over the Pope’s comments on the mass deportation of Armenians Turkey fury at Pope ‘genocide’ claim BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey … Read more
Haberi Bianet’ten: Hrant Dink Vakfı, 1915 Ermeni Soykırımı’nın 100. yılında, “1915’te Bugün”twitter hesabı açtı. İngilizce ve Türkçe olarak açılan hesaptan gün gün soykırımda yaşananlar anlatılıyor. Hrant Dink Vakfı’ndan Murat Gözoğlu, vakıftan bir ekibin Türkçe, İngilizce, Ermenice, Fransızca, Almanca kaynakları tarayarak tweetleri oluşturduğunu söyledi….
Toprağın fıtratı View image | gettyimages.com Genellemeler daima kolay fakat yanıltıcıdır. Erkeklerin tecavüzcü yaradılışı tabii ki buraya mahsus değil. Yine de bu toprağın fıtratını hatırlamak öğretici; bilhassa soykırımın yüzüncü yılında. Soykırım ve harp esnasında zaten korumasız olanlara tecavüz yaygın ve yoğundur. Halep’te 1922-1927 yıllarında hizmet vermiş Koruma Evi’ne, çoğu seks ve hizmet köleliğinden … Read more
Armenia Withdraws “Normalization” Protocols From Parliament Bianet :: English Following Armenia’s withdrawal from normalization protocols signed in 2009, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry made a statement, saying that Armenia’s decision was “unfortunate”. Frustration over Özgecan Aslan continues in Turkey: Death penalty is not solution, says Özgecan’s father The father of Özgecan Aslan, a 20-year-old student who was brutally killed … Read more
Pamuk: ‘Authoritarian and Islamist government’ replaced soldiers in Turkey Hurriyet Daily News The AKP is ‘destroying the balance of powers’ and ‘authoritarian soldiers were (pushed) out, (an) authoritarian and Islamist government took their place,’ Nobel laureate Pamuk says Turkey’s premier author anxiously observes his changing home The Times of Israel Turkish Nobel laureate author Orhan Pamuk … Read more
Turkey’s media watchdog fines TV station for using ‘God’ instead of ‘Allah’ Turkey’s media watchdog has issued a formal warning to a private station over the use of the word ‘God’ on a French TV show Turkey-EU parliamentary meeting delayed a month amid cool relations A planned joint parliamentary meeting between Turkey and EU representatives was postponed … Read more
US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media US Congress members have written a letter to Kerry about Turkey’s crackdown on media organizations linked to Gülen In the footsteps of the murders of Hrant Dink and Nihat Kazanhan Today’s Zaman After an investigation was launched into Ergenekon — a clandestine organization nested within … Read more
Turkish police saw Gezi activists as morally-problematic ‘others’ Police viewed the activists in the Gezi Park protests as ‘morally problematic outsiders’ Diyarbakır-based Dutch journalist faces jail term for ‘PKK propaganda’ A lawsuit has been opened against Frederike Geerdink on charges of making propaganda on behalf of PKK Indictment of Dutch journalist in Turkey heightens press freedom fears World … Read more
Gülenists in Turkey cooperating with Israel’s Mossad, Erdoğan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodoğan says the Gülenists in the country have joined forces with the Israeli intelligence service Ankara condemns Sargsyan remarks in Turkish-Armenian war of words The spokesperson of Turkish President Erdoğan and the Foreign Ministry strongly reacts to remarks by Armenian leader Sargsyan Uncovering the … Read more
Infographic: Turkey’s human rights record in ECHR rulings Turkey still heads the notorious list of countries sued or convicted at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), but the number of applications against Ankara has recently been falling. AKP eyes elections results to push for new Constitution The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is making calculations … Read more
Opposition party (CHP) deputy Veli Ağbaba in a press meeting today pointed out that more than 3 thousand university students are in prison. Most of them are due to non-violent crimes like commemorating a revolutionary leader of 1970s… News in Turkish Report emphasizes Erdoğan’s impact on decline of democracy in Turkey Freedom House’s annual report … Read more
Turkey declares day of mourning for Saudi king Hurriyet Daily News Turkish national flag to be flown at half-mast across Turkey and at foreign delegations on Jan. 24 Cold case of the murder of journalist Uğur Mumcu says a lot about Turkey today When considered in retrospect, it can be observed that the murder of Mumcu did … Read more
Erdoğan chairs first cabinet meeting, promoting presidential system The meeting takes place at the Presidential Palace under the leadership of President Erdoğan and with the participation of Prime Minister Davutoğlu Erdoğan moves for de facto regime change in Turkey Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan convenes the board of ministers in his new Presidential Palace today on Jan. 19 … Read more
On January 19, 2007, the journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul.His assassination was the culmination of a decade-long campaign of harassment by the country’s authorities, by the military and by extremist groups. But it triggered an unprecedented upswell of solidarity and pro-democracy activism in Turkey after more than 100 000 attended his funeral.Today, … Read more
1915’e girerken Kim bilir, başımıza çökmüş olan bunca kötülük, bitmeyen toplu kıyımlar, belimizi bir türlü doğrultamıyor olmamız, yüz yıllık âh ile yüz yıllık yalanın lânetidir. Ne dersiniz? Bu topraklarda inleyerek can veren, mezarsız, tabutsuz, duasız sabilerin, kadın, erkek silâhsız Ermenilerin bedduasıdır belki. Rumlar, Süryaniler akabinde Alevîler, Kürtlerle birlikte bütün karayazılı vatandaşlarımızın azap içindeki ruhlarının, … Read more