PKK’s Leadership Threatens Group That Carried Out Istanbul Attack
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Istanbul’s Taksim square near a police station where the bomber blew himself up.—– Photo/Reuters. ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: The leadership of the
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A list of imprisoned journalists in Turkey
A longer list can be found in International Federation of Journalists’ site via here and here. 1- Abdulcabbar Karadağ, Azadiya Welat Gazetesi Mersin Temsilcisi, Mersin E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi 2- Ahmet Birsin, Gün TV Genel Yayın Koordinatörü, Diyarbakır D Tipi Cezaevi 3- Ali Buluş, DİHA Mersin Muhabiri, Karaman-Ermenek M Tipi Cezaevi 4- Ali Çat, Azadiya … Read more
A BBC piece on “Bringing Turkey’s coup leaders to book
Bringing Turkey’s coup leaders to book Jonathan Head By Jonathan Head BBC News, Istanbul Troops seal off main road in Ankara (15 Sept 1980) Hundreds of thousands of people were detained after the coup and many were tortured For 30 years, the officers who led the last military takeover in Turkey have lived secure in … Read more
YouTube ban lifted. But not web censorship…
YouTube Ban Finally Lifted from Bianet :: English The access ban to the YouTube video sharing site was lifted after 2.5 years subsequent to the removal of the controversial videos that allegedly insulted the memory of Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Turkey Lifts YouTube Ban from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder Turkey has lifted its … Read more
Who gives a s*hit any more? Chief of Staff did not attend the President’s reception…
The army is in a losing battle. They have lost most of their ground. It seems that they cannot even control their (supposedly) tightly sealed structure (ie. latest spy operation) I personally do not give a shit; better not to see uniformed people among civilians… Turkey’s Chief of Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner, right, shakes hands … Read more
Mardin welcomes President in 4 languages…
And there were Turkish, Arabic and Syrian in addition to Kurdish banners.. Kurdish language program at university sign of Turkish prosperity, says Gül from Hurriyet Dailynews Different cultures contribute to Turkey?s prosperity, President Abdullah Gül said at a ground-breaking ceremony in the southeastern Anatolian province of Mardin on Monday. FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Chief prosecutor … Read more
Another dark moment for the Turkish judiciary: Hrant Dink murderer to be tried at Juvenile Court
and he will probably get a short sentence and be out soon… Dark alliance behind this triggerman remains unraveled… Triggerman Suspect to be Tried at Juvenile Court from Bianet :: English The 15th hearing of the trial regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is currently held in Istanbul – the first session after … Read more
Sum of the week (1): not much progress at KCK Trial
It is hard to see much progress in slow-motion Turkish judiciary, especially when the trial is big. KCK trial looks like Ergenekon Case in terms of scale and political motivations and the first week passed by only reading the summary of Indictment… Court Dismissed Request for Defence in Kurdish from Bianet :: English The Diyarbakır … Read more
Yargıtay decrees: Headscarf is illegal
Yargıtay (The Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey ) today made the headlines. It announced that YÖK’s latest move, allowing headscarfed women to universities, is not right, it violates Constitutional and European Court decisions. After the HSYK defeat, this seems to be a last breath shot of the Kemalist judiciary… I don’t believe Yargıtay’s move … Read more
Politics roundup. Kılıçdaroğlu’s promise of more dynamic CHP brings more confusion within the party….
From(L-R) Turkey’s Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, State Minister Zafer Caglayan, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Ali Babacan, State Minister Cevdet Yilmaz and Labour Minister Omer Dincer attend a news conference in Ankara October 11, 2010. Babacan said the government would adhere to fiscal discipline and would not overspend … Read more
the Racist of the Month for August and September from DurDe initiative…
Irkçılığa ve Milliyetçiliğie DurDe [No to racism and nationalism] initiative continues to select the racist of the month in Turkey. August winner is the bureucrats that prepared the State’s defense for the Hrant Dink Trial at ECHR. September winner is the script writers of Valley of the Wolves. [The initiative has only pages in Turkish…]
Conscientious Objector İnan Süver, still in prison!
Conscientious Objector Süver Remains in Prison from Bianet :: English The Izmir Şirinyer Military Court dismissed the request for the release of conscientious objector İnan Süver. Süver is said to have been sentenced to imprisonment of 35 months. The case was adjourned to 15 November. from the CNN Turk’s new ad campaign found in CNN … Read more
Thanks God, chaos bringer HSYK members resign…
Let me remind the fact that these members’ duties were about to expire. As usual they launched a show and probably they do attempt to influence the ongoing membership elections process withing judiciary circles. Thanks God that these high judiciary judges who have not performed a single act in the name of democratic reforms are … Read more
Noam Chomsky in Istanbul
Some friends were absolutely excited about it as he was to attend free speech event in Istanbul Bilgi University. I was not so. Mr. Chomsky’s arguments are known, nothing new. That doesn’t mean I don’t disagree with most of his arguments but I wish an academic of such a calibre would invest more time on … Read more
Mr. Yıldırım is likely to make history by a possible Facebook ban…
He must be suffering from not getting enough attention from the giants of web…. Facebook should appeal to court, Turkish minister says from Hurriyet Dailynews The Turkish minister responsible for communications urged Facebook Inc. on Wednesday to appeal against Turkish court rulings.