Tarımın sonu-Bir bilanço Mâlum, memleket onyıllardır canla başla tarımını lağvediyor. Bu konuda sağdan sola, köylüden kentliye, başka hiçbir konuda görülmeyen bir uzlaşı mevcuttur. Kanaatler betondandır: “Tarım geri bir faaliyettir; illâki yapılacaksa yoğun biçimde ve insansız yapılmalıdır.” “Hava, su ve toprak sonsuzdur; tepe tepe kullanılabilir.” “Köylülük geriliktir; geçmişte kalmıştır”. Bu inanışlar ne kadar yanlış ve … Read more
Government decides to better inform foreign media about Turkey?s press freedom The government is taking steps to inform foreign journalists in other countries about the ?truth in Turkey,? Davutoğlu said Turkey has censored more than 100 tweets in the past week theverge.com ? Russell Brandom ? May 8, 11:49 AM ? More than a month after Turkey lifted … Read more
Key suspect in Hrant Dink murder trial Erhan Tuncel released Erhan Tuncel was suspected of planning the murder of the Turkish- Armenian journalist Here is a roundup of mostly negative news from Turkey: The Gravest of All Leaked Phone Calls In the past few weeks, several leaked voice recordings allegedly of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan … Read more
PM Erdoğan: Turkey freer than some EU states ‘When you refer to the Gezi Park events, why do you not see the events in Hamburg?’ Erdoğan asked *********************** Turkey Outlook Revised To Negative On Economy: S&P Turkey’s outlook was cut to negative from stable by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Friday S&P?s … Read more
Opposition deputy slams choice of Julianne Moore to promote Turkey An opposition deputy has slammed the choice of a Hollywood star for ‘using a woman?s body to promote the country’ *************** Inquiétudes sur les émergents : la Turquie dévisse L?Opinion (France) 30 Jan 2014, p. 1 Pascal Airault et Cyrille Lachevre Les devises … Read more
French President Fracois Hollande (left) with Turkish President Abdullah Gul No need for special courts, says Turkish President Gül President Gül has welcomed the government?s move to abolish specially authorized courts Court rejects controversial police officer?s removal over negligence in Dink’s murder The court challenged the interior ministry?s defense and recalled that Akyürek received two … Read more
Source in Turkish here. It seems that the budget share already increases annually: Here is the yearly amount allotted to Diyanet in Turkey’s budget in the last decade (milyon= billion) 2003 ? 771 MİLYON TL 2004 ? 1 MİLYAR TL 2005 ? 1 MİLYAR TL 2006- 1.3 MİLYAR TL 2007- 1.6 MİLYAR TL 2008 ? … Read more
Uneasy truce holds as Kurdish guerrilla forces withdraw from Turkey Peace process stalls between PKK fighters led by Abdullah Ocalan and Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan Kurdish politician urges government, PKK to take steps Kurdish politician Kemal Burkay has urged the PKK to withdraw from Turkey as soon as possible and the Turkish state … Read more
1071 Alparslans mark Battle of Manzikert A total of 1071 young men named Alparslan from across Turkey gathered in the Malazgirt district of the eastern province of Muş to mark the Battle of Manzikert Poverty threshold continues to rise in Turkey The hunger and poverty lines for a four-member family have continued to rise in … Read more
The Turkish Lira broke records and stock market tumbled during a live interview with the Central Bank governor Lira, stock market plunges to record lows amid Turkish Central Bank governor?s interview The Turkish lira freshened records and stock market tumbled during Erdem Başçı’s live interview We will be ineligible in 2015 election, says … Read more
Support to AKP drops after Gezi rallies, say poll The ruling Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) votes have decreased 6 percent since 2012 while the opposition parties increased their votes, according to a recent survey conducted after the Gezi Park protests. End of ?la dolce vita? period with foreign capital for Turkey soon Turkey attracted … Read more
Turkish Deputy PM promotes marriage, even at early ages Deputy PM Bülent Arınç emphasized the importance of conjugal unions for society *********** Turkey became first case for new UEFA rules, says analyst The decision of UEFA to ban two Turkish football clubs comes after Europe?s football governing body approved last May stricter sanctions against match … Read more
What we see here is that Turkish authorities did not event care to defend these two clubs. Galatasaray is the favored club of AKP times… Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş set to appeal against UEFA ban Turkish football clubs Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş are to appeal against a UEFA decision to bar Turkey aims to reach … Read more
One-third of Turks are poor or needy: Ministry?s report Nearly one-third of Turkish people, 23.6 million, are poor or needy *********** Behind the facade of Turkey?s recent economic growth Numbers do not lie, but they do deceive. Turkey?s GDP has more than doubled in the last decade, the International Monetary Fund expects the Turkish economy … Read more
Turkish government to meet with ?wise people? April 4 from Hurriyet Daily News The government will meet with the ?wise people? April 4 for a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue.. Deadline fever grips opposition parties from Hurriyet Daily News Parliamentary Speaker Cemil Çiçek triggered heated discussion in Parliament?s Constitution Conciliation Commission.. New charter … Read more