Eyes on Diyarbakır for PKK leader Öcalan’s key Kurdish bid message All eyes will be on Diyarbakır on March 21, where a letter from the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, will be read during Nevruz festivities, marking the arrival of spring Kurdish leader to reveal peace plan BBC News | Europe … Read more
Gendarmerie suppresses protests against power plant construction with tear gas in northern Turkey ****** Why is there a peace process if there is no Kurdish question, HDP asks Erdoğan HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has criticized President Erdoğan for his recent statement denying the existence of a Kurdish problem in Turkey What more do Kurds want, Erdoğan asks w … Read more
More than 1,500 people injured by Turkish security forces in 2014, says report Some 1,539 people, including 112 children, were injured by Turkey’s security forces at protests in 2014, while 11,262 people were detained, including 241 refugees, a recent report has revealed Live Q&A: After four years of war in Syria, what’s the plan for refugees? World … Read more
Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution Bianet :: English Several stakeholders of Turkey’s resolution process reacted to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for a PKK congress in spring to decide on quitting arms and 10 measures. Here is a compilation by bianet English. Interior minister addresses intelligence service for leaking Oslo talks Interior Minister Efkan … Read more
Anger over new powers for Turkish authorities online BBC Trending What’s popular and why Restricted access to the internet in Turkey saw widespread demonstrations in Istanbul last year Continue reading the main story Last year Turkey entered the headlines for briefly blocking Twitter and YouTube. Now, with both unblocked, activists are using them to highlight a … Read more
“İktidarın güvenliği” paketinden barış da çıkmaz 9 Şubatta iktidarın “iyi şeyler olacak” diyerek kamuoyunda olumlu bir hava yaratmaya çalışmasıyla barış süreci canlanır gibi oldu. Bendeniz de dâhil kalıcı barışın yolunu ha bugün ha yarın beklenen bekleyenler umutlandı. Newroz’da Abdullah Öcalan’ın Türkiye’ye karşı silâh bırakma çağrısı, çözüm paketinin 10 maddesini ortak açıklama, 10 akıllı … Read more
Armenia Withdraws “Normalization” Protocols From Parliament Bianet :: English Following Armenia’s withdrawal from normalization protocols signed in 2009, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry made a statement, saying that Armenia’s decision was “unfortunate”. Frustration over Özgecan Aslan continues in Turkey: Death penalty is not solution, says Özgecan’s father The father of Özgecan Aslan, a 20-year-old student who was brutally killed … Read more
Turkish President Erdoğan: I asked intel chief to stay, but he left President Erdoğan reiterates his criticism of intel chief Hakan Fidan for resigning to run for office, saying he advised him to stay in the critical post Turkish President Erdoğan says he has ‘final say’ on Fidan’s successor Intel chief joint candidate for ruling AKP, PKK and … Read more
Turkey’s lira drops to record low after US jobs data The currency has hit record lows for weeks as government officials make repeated calls for the Central Bank to cut Turkish interest rates Turkey is Ranked #23 in SwissLeaks Bianet :: English According to the latest leaks that reveled HSBC’s data in Switzerland, Turkey is ranked … Read more
Turkish government postpones transparency package after Erdoğan’s intervention The ruling AKP has postponed the passage of a new transparency package until after the coming election, following an intervention from President Erdoğan Öcalan: HDP Can Pass Election Threshold Bianet :: English Meeting with the Kurdish delegation in Imrali Prison, PKK leader Öcalan said that Peoples’ Democratic Party could … Read more
Bölgede ademimerkezileşme Türkiye’de merkezileşme Ademimerkezileşme konusunda iç ve dış dinamikler giderek daha belirgin hâle geliyor. İçerde Kürdistan’da (ve bütün Türkiye’de) özerklik talebi, iki yüzyılı aşkın bir zaman diliminde ilk kez kopuş olmadan, memleket toprakları dâhilinde iktidar paylaşımı anlamına gelen bir siyasa olarak gündemde. Bölgede ise yine Kürdistanî bir ivmeylefederalleşme, olabilecek en mâkul seçenek olarak … 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
Turkish Constitutional Court working on 10 percent election threshold Turkey’s Constitutional Court is considering applications that call for lifting the 10 percent threshold in the Turkish election system, according to Constitutional Court head Haşim Kılıç. Muslims discovered Earth is round, Turkey’s Science Minister says After President Erdoğan’s ‘Muslims discovered America’ claim, a Turkish minister raises the ante … Read more
ECHR Convicts Turkey Under 3 Different Charges Bianet :: English In 3 different cases, the European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of torture, ill-treatment and long term imprisonment, ordering the Turkish state to pay a sum of 30,900 euros as damages. Euro court fines Turkey 58,000 euros in five separate cases The European Court of Human … Read more
US Vice President Joe Biden to visit Turkey next month US Vice President Joe Biden next month visits Ukraine as well as Turkey, where fighting across the border in the Syrian town of Kobane has sparked tensions with Washington Iraq Kurd fighters leave base for Syria deployment: report More than 150 Kurdish peshmerga fighters left a … Read more