Parliament acquits four ex-ministers on corruption, but vote stirs ruling AKP Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s parliament has acquitted four ex-ministers who faced graft charges, thanks to the votes of the ruling AKP deputies. Scores of AKP deputies who broke the party lines, however, would soon be ‘identified and cleaned,’ a leading MP said. Erdoğan took presidency in … Read more
Turkish parliament set to vote in historic session Parliament is set to vote on whether to send four former ministers to the high court to be tried on charges of corruption Bar head sentenced to six years for participation in rallies A Turkish court has sentenced Tunceli Bar Association head Uğur Yeşiltepe to six years in jail … Read more
[TIMELINE] Hrant Dink Memorials on 8th Anniversary Bianet :: English Murdered on 19 January 2007, Agos Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink will be remembered with a march from Istanbul’s Taksim district to Osmanbey where the murder scene and Agos newspaper headquarters are located. [FULL TEXT] Murathan Mungan’s Hrant Dink Memorial Speech Bianet :: English On the 8th anniversary … Read more
Twelve-year-old shot dead in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast A 12-year-old boy was shot dead in Cizre in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the sixth person to be killed in the largely Kurdish town in the last three weeks, security sources said. The spate of killings risk undermining confidence in a two-year-old peace process between the government and the … Read more
via Amnesty launches campaign to stop S Korea exporting tear gas to Turkey The change.org campaign aims to stop S Korea exporting some 1.9 mln tear gas canisters to Turkey Repent over your tattoos, Turkey’s top religious body says Turkey’s top religious body has issued a fatwa that urges Muslims who have tattoos to repent if they … Read more
In the mean time, Suicide blast at Istanbul police station kills officer World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch Woman claiming to have lost her wallet detonates explosive device inside guard cabin, killing one officer and injuring another Female suicide bomber hits police station in Istanbul – video World news: Turkey | … Read more
Turkish PM Davutoğlu decides to attend Davos six years after Erdoğan drama Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will attend the upcoming World Economic Forum summit in Davos Activists protest razing of 800-year-old cedar trees for Antalya marble quarry Environmental activists protested over the weekend against the felling of 800-year-old cedar trees for a marble quarry near … Read more
https://twitter.com/emeyersson/status/552434205477834753 Wrong timing: police arrest Dutch journo @fgeerdink while President says "There is no freer press…anywhere in the world than in #Turkey" — Marc Pierini (@MarcPierini1) January 6, 2015 https://twitter.com/radikal/status/552439263074476032 https://twitter.com/radikal/status/552439263074476032 #Turkey: a madhouse where these two tweets can be written within 20 minutes of each other. pic.twitter.com/OAaxkgJA0K — Noah Blaser (@nblaser18) January 6, … Read more
Roboski airstrike – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roboski_airstrike Wikipedia The Roboski airstrike, also known as the Uludere massacre, Sirnak massacre, orRoboski massacre took place on December 28, 2011 at 9:37 pm local time Families ask Erdoğan to keep promise to find perpetrators of Roboski massacre on 3rd anniversary Families have demanded President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to … Read more
Media campaign against Kurdish youth is obviously a government led propaganda: Pro-AKP Troll in Twitter created a hashtag to TT: #CizredeMüslümanlarSaldırıAltında [Muslims are under attack in Cizre] At least two dead as Turkey’s Hizbullah, PKK engage in street battles At least two people were killed as fresh gunfights erupted between Hizbullah and the PKK in a southeastern province … Read more
Erdoğan Heard, Read and Watched 2.5M Times in 2014 Bianet :: English In 2014, the television, press and online media coverage of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan turned out in 2,052,748 different media pieces. Whereas opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu remained at 482,669 and PM Davutoğlu at 268,604. Prominent scholar dismayed by Erdoğan’s ‘Turkish not suitable for philosophy’ claim ‘We … Read more
Panel delays key vote into graft claims related to former ministers Hurriyet Daily News A legislative commission investigating graft claims involving four former ministers has delayed a vote about whether to send them to the Supreme Council until Jan. 5, 2015 How Turkey Sabotaged Its Future NYT > Turkey by By MUSTAFA AKYOL President Erdogan’s fixation on … Read more
Erdoğan has no right to deprive Turkish people of EU membership The year-long fight between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Fethullah Gülen community entered a new phase after the detentions of daily Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı Erdoğan shoots himself in foot on anniversary of graft probe Turkish President Erdoğan has been blasting … Read more
“Homeland Security Act Proposal Undermines in Human Rights” Bianet :: English Human Rights Watch released a report, warning the government on the new act proposal concerning Turkey’s homeland security. The parliament should reconsider the parts that expands police duties, the report said. HDP co-chair Demirtaş responsible for any bloodshed: Turkish PM PM Davutoğlu declares that HDP co-chair … Read more
Majority of educated women victim of violence in Turkey, survey reveals A large majority of Turkish women who work in white-collar jobs and have a university degrees say they have been exposed to violence at least once in their life Hrant Dink murder case deepens with new testimonies The list of suspects in the murder case of … Read more