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“Turkey’s New Constitutional Amendment Bill

March 23, 2010 by admin

One has to wait and see if this is another PR shot or a substantive move. Usual suspects oppose: high judiciary, main opposition parties…

Turkey’s New Constitutional Amendment Bill (PDF in Turkish)

from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M

Turkey’s government on Monday announced plans to amend several articles of the constitution, a legacy of the 1980 coup, arguing that the changes would make it more democratic and strengthen the country’s bid to join the European Union. Opposition parties criticized the Islamic-rooted government for trying to increase its political clout over the secular judiciary. The changes would increase the number of Constitutional Court justices to 16 and give parliament the power to appoint three of them. Another measure would hand the appointment of some key prosecutors and judges to the parliament and the president instead of an autonomous judiciary body.

This could be the only end game before the general elections.

FACTBOX-Turkey’s contentious constitutional reform project | Reuters

Turkish constitutional reform plans anger judges | World news | guardian.co.uk

Changing Turkey interview with Dr. Jenny White on Turkish Politics

March 22, 2010 by admin

Interview with Dr. Jenny White on Turkish Politics and Her Latest Novel ?The Winter Thief? from Changing Turkey in a Changing World by Changing Turkey Jenny B. White is associate professor of anthropology at Boston University, former president of the Turkish Studies Association and of the American Anthropological Association Middle East Section, and sits on … Read more

We have another ban: No “insemination trips

March 16, 2010 by admin

Turkey ban on insemination trips

from BBC News | Europe | World Edition

A new law in Turkey makes it a criminal offence for a woman to go abroad and get pregnant via artificial insemination.

Journalists working for Intelligence

March 15, 2010 by admin

Well-known journalist-interviewer Neşe Düzel interviews former chief editor of Sabah, Ergun Babahan. It is in Turkish. Many notable journalists/columnists voluntarily or professionally worked with military and civil intelligence institutions in Turkey. Now some defend them in the name of press freedom. Such a low point for the Turkish press…

and a Turkish politics roundup here:
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Cartoonists DRAW for children who are in prison due to Law on Struggle Against Terrorism in Turkey

March 15, 2010 by admin

All the world?s cartoonists DRAW for children

from KARAKOK OTONOMU TR/CH by Karakök

I have received 62 cartoons from 22 cartoonists so far for the project to support children victimised by Law on Struggle Against Terrorism. The event is still on?

by Cem Koç
Click here for more cartoons.

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The doyen of Turkish cartoonists, Turhan Selçuk passes away…

March 14, 2010March 11, 2010 by admin

TURHAN Selçuk passes away March 11, 2010 in Istanbul

from caricaturque by kozyurt

The doyen of Turkish cartoonists, Turhan Selçuk dies in Istanbul early this morning March 11, 2010 at 01.30 h at Acibadem Maslak Hospital where he had two operations since he was hospitalized on March 7. He was one of the three founders of the Association of Cartoonists in Turkey in 1969.……..
See his works at
http://www.sanalmuze.org/sergiler/contentxy.php?sergi=397&ic=90&pg=0
http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/karikaturculer.asp?id=4159

Abdülcanbaz was one of the most famous creations by Mr. Selçuk.

In memoriam | Turhan Selcuk (1922-2010)

from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M

by HALİL İ. YILDIRIM and more: Cartoonists draw Turhan Selçuk…

Open Democracy on Ergenekon….

March 11, 2010 by admin

Turkey and Ergenekon: from farce to tragedy ,

– by openDemocracy

Author:

Bill Park

Summary:

An epic military, political, and security scandal continues to absorb Turkey. The affair’s latest bizarre sub-plots make the tensions between the country’s ?deep state? and its constitutional order even more acute, says Bill Park.

The sprawling, chaotic, all-consuming ?Ergenekon? investigation into the activities of Turkey?s so-called derin devlet (?deep state?) shows no sign of abating. Indeed, its tentacles are spreading ever further as it moves from enveloping its politicians and public to polarising the state?s core institutions.

A book on December 19-26, 2000 operation in Turkish prisons…

March 10, 2010 by admin

hapishanelerde katliam / massacre in prisons:

During the week of December 19-26, 2000, 10,000 Turkish soldiers violently occupied 48 prisons to end two months of hunger strikes and ?death fasts? by hundreds of political prisoners. The hunger strikers were protesting the state?s plan to transfer its prisoners from large wards to US-style ?F-type? cells holding one to three occupants. Operation ?Return to Life? ? which left at least 31 prisoners and two soldiers dead ? lasted a few hours in most prisons, and up to three days at one prison. Eight prisoners were reportedly ?disappeared,? and at least 426 prisoners have been wounded. 1,005 prisoners have been transferred to F-type cells.

The armed operation ostensibly aimed to ?rescue? members of illegal, radical left organizations from ?forced? starvation at the hands of their leaders. But the official number of prisoners conducting death fasts has reportedly increased to 353 since the operation, up from 282. Unofficial reports say that up to 2,000 prisoners are starving themselves, with the active support of 10,000 others. Human rights groups suspect security forces of burning prisoners with firebombs during the operation. According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, some bodies were buried without being identified, and other deceased prisoners? families and lawyers were not admitted to the autopsies.

in turkish

Helene Flautre describes How the EU Has Impeded Judicial Reform in Turkey…

March 8, 2010 by admin

Helene Flautre: How the EU Has Impeded Judicial Reform from Turkish Politics in Action by Ragan Updegraff Helen Flautre, Co-Chairwoman of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee Assessing the status of accession negotiations in an op/ed published in Today’s Zaman, Helene Flautre strongly criticizes the European Council’s failure to release the results of the European Commission’s … Read more

Another major step: General Staff acknowledges authenticity of Çiçek’s coup plot

March 3, 2010 by admin

Military finally stops turning blind eye, deaf ear to coup plans Today’s Zaman Ergenekon is a clandestine criminal organization accused of working to overthrow the government. According to Reşat Petek, a retired chief prosecutor, General Staff acknowledges authenticity of Çiçek’s coup plot Today’s Zaman Ergenekon is a clandestine criminal organization accused of working to overthrow … Read more

28 February Coup heritage is dead, plotters are in jail but not all

March 1, 2010 by admin

As a symbolic act, Çetin Doğan, one of the military leaders of 28 February coup was jailed just before the anniversary of the event. All civilian political leaders that became part of the post-coup coalition are gone except Devlet Bahçeli. All these happened in 13 years and this is a lesson for all, even for the then victims of the coup who became the governing bodies of Turkey, if you know I mean…

A scene of anti-coup protest in the anniversary of 28 February coup.

For more protest photos see the Islamist Haksöz website here.

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Temporary peace at the top of the State

February 26, 2010 by admin

Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (C), Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug (R) meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara February 25, 2010. Turkey’s political and military leaders meet on Thursday as a storm gathers over a coup plot investigation against the armed forces which is threatening stability and investor confidence in the EU-candidate country. REUTERS/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace Press Office/Handout

Turkey?s Leaders Seek to Defuse Crisis

from NYT > Turkey by By SEBNEM ARSU and SABRINA TAVERNISE

Tensions were rising between the military and the government over the arrests of 20 former and current officers on charges of plotting a coup. Three of those officers were subsequently released.

Turkish leaders meet as coup plot storm gathers – washingtonpost.com

BBC News – Turkey’s religious-secular divide

Release of Turkey generals eases tensions for now – washingtonpost.com

Turkish voices

from BBC News | Europe | World Edition

‘Coup’ arrests spark fresh debate on army’s role

A roundup of aftermath of biggest raid against Ergenekon

February 24, 2010 by admin

Power shift from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkish army coming under increasing pressure Largest Ergenekon probe touches all untouchables Today’s Zaman İbrahim Fırtına, who was interrogated earlier in January by prosecutors conducting the investigation into Ergenekon, was detained yesterday in addition to Turkish soldiers stand at the entrance of the War Academy … Read more

Another weeks begins for the judiciary battles in Turkey

February 22, 2010 by admin

Arrest of Prosecutor in Turkey Exposes Tensions Between Secular and Religious Turks

from NYT > Turkey by By SEBNEM ARSU

Concerns that justice officials are playing politics follow the arrest of a prosecutor accused of seeking to undermine the government.

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