President Abdullah Gul meets Apple executive John Couch. News in Turkish. in other news: Gül hosts fellow twitterers, talks about social media restrictions from Hurriyet Daily News President Abdullah Gül hosted Turkish social media experts and fellow Twitter users in the presidential palace at Ankara today. Turkish President Gül hosts fellow twitterers, talks about … Read more
Turkey’s presidents, Abdullah Gül at Instagram. ECHR Finds Turkey Guilty For Blocking Google Sites from Bianet :: English The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty in Ahmet Yıldırım case for violating freedom of expression when a Turkish court decided to block access to Google Sites. Yelp comes to Turkey from Hurriyet … Read more
Ombudsman alla Turca from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Parliament elected its first ombudsman, or public inspector, last week on Nov. 27, sparking a new debate on his eligibility. Ombudsman under fire for his verdict on Dink from Hurriyet Daily News Pressure is mounting for Turkey?s newly elected first ombudsman to resign amid criticism from the … Read more
Three leaders of AKP- a decade ago… Abdullah Gül, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bülent Arınç Turkey’s Erdogan hails party’s decade of power from Yahoo news Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed his AKP government’s 10 years in power as a “revolution” in Turkish politics, ending a legacy of military coups and exalting … Read more
via What President Gül reads a the hospital? According to Hürriyet report, on his hospital table, there is a report on Syria, a book on Bush Presidency, Decision Points, and Coelho?s novel, Aleph. Turkish government mulls no change in terror fight methods from Hurriyet Daily News A senior government official tells the Hürriyet Daily News … Read more
In the end, Gül shows his fury against his AKP mates from Hurriyet Daily News It was in Ruşen Çakır?s column: The topic is whether or not President Abdullah Gül will participate. Gül, Erdoğan engage in proxy presidential row from Hurriyet Daily News A proxy debate has been sparked over the presidential system, with … Read more
In a 1,5 hour live interview in a TV Show that focuses on social media, the President explicitly and his interviewers implicitly stated that there was actually no web censorship in Turkey. Digital natives are bombarding this event at Ekşi Sözlük or at several Friendfeed feeds, ie here and here The presenter of the show … Read more
Freed Turkish journalists arrive from Iran from Hurriyet Daily News Two Turkish journalists who went missing while reporting on the uprising in Syria two months ago ************** France: a chance to restart from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by BERİL DEDEOĞLU The presidential elections in France were closely monitored in … Read more
Deputy PM vows more rights for Turkey?s Kurds from Hurriyet Daily News Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç promises more rights to the country?s citizens of Kurdish origin in a speech… Journalists detained in KCK raids Police detained 35 people in raids in seven different provinces in a probe into the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) … Read more
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 22: The President of Turkey Abdullah Gul, accompanied by his wife Hayrunnnisa Gul, stand at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey on November 22, 2011 in London, England. The President of Turkey is on a five day State visit to the UK. (Photo by Olivia Harris – WPA … Read more
Photo from Hurriyet archives. By the time I have arrived Diyarbakır, right now i am waiting for some friends with whom I will go to Mardin to attend an academic conference, 26 soldiers have died. I have had a quick look at Twitter: the president Abdullah Gül uses “revenge”. First time for him. Some people … Read more
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu entered the new year among mining workers underground. Turkish president seeks to calm Kurdish tensions | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 30.12.2010 Ending 2010 with debates on bilingualism, autonomy by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Turkey is ending 2010 amidst debates on bilingualism and autonomy for Kurds. It has been a year during which Turkey?s … Read more
Kurdish Town of Cizre Becomes Bilingual from Bianet :: English The departments in the southeast Cizre municipality building, controlled by the pro-Kurdish BDP are titled in both Turkish and Kurdish. Inspite that Turkey officially recognizes only the Turkish language locals mother tongue Kurdish, will be openly used in public institutions. says deputy mayor Gölçe. Gül?s … Read more
Turkey sets five priorities for Council of Europe from Hurriyet Dailynews As Turkey takes the reins of one of Europe?s top institutions, the Council of Europe, for a six-month term, representatives outline five main focus areas for their work: reform, reducing workloads, fighting discrimination, empowering institutions and facilitating the EU?s decision to join the European … Read more
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