Politics roundup: US Senate discusses Gezi Park protests… Erdogan accused of McCarthy-style witchhunt

  Turkey?s Democratic Path The International Herald Tribune (USA) July 30, 2013 Tuesday, p. 7 Egemen Bagis *, Ankara Just days after your editorial ?Turkey undermines its bid to join the E.U.? (June 26), the E.U. decided to resume talks with Turkey by opening the Regional Policy Chapter to negotiations. We welcome this decision. Yet … Read more

Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam): Öcalan’ın sağlığıyla ilgili talepler için yürüyüş

PKK lideri Abdullah Öcalan‘ın sağık koşullarıyla ilgili taleplere dikkat çekmek için Amed’de (Diyarbakır) yürüyüş yapıldı. Öcalan’ın bağımsız bir sağlık heyeti tarafından ziyaret edilmesi talep edildi. fotoğraf via Polis yürüyüşü atılan sloganları ve taşınan pankartları ‘sebep’ göstererek engellemeye çalışsa da yürüyüş devam etti. Yürüyüşte PKK lideri Abdulla Öcalan’ın sağlığıyla ilgili taleplerin yanı sıra, Rojava için de … Read more

Revenge politics in Turkey. “Financial inspectors, police raid biggest Turkish firm owned by Koç

Financial inspectors, police raid biggest Turkish firm owned by Koç Finance officials reportedly staged a raid at Koç Holding?s Tüpraş due to allegations of manufacturing smuggled fuel ***************** Turkey probes tax affairs of Koc energy firms Turkey’s government has launched a probe into the tax affairs of energy firms affiliated with one of the country’s … Read more

May 5. PKK’s withdrawal date.

PKK to start withdrawal from Turkey on May 5 from Hurriyet Daily News Outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) will start withdrawing from Turkish soil.     Kurdish Rebel Group to Withdraw From Turkey from Yahoo news The main Kurdish rebel group said it would withdraw all of its forces from Turkey by May 8 to … Read more

2 from Turkey at Time?s 100 most influential people list… Arab women idolize Turkish soap stars… A social fabric roundup..

Fethullah Gülen an d Abdullah Öcalan make Time?s 100 most influential people list from Hurriyet Daily News PKK‘s jailed leader Öcalan and Turkish religious scholar Gülen were selected in Time’s list.     Arab women idolize Turkish soap stars from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish TV series that have gained particularly popularity in the Middle East … Read more

New times… BDP deputies on the police ball…AKP’s new charter pact with BDP…

BDP deputies on guest list for police ball from Hurriyet Daily News Peace and Democracy Party deputies Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Sebahat Tuncel..   Turkish government mulls new charter pact with BDP from Hurriyet Daily News The ruling AKP?s options for forming the new charter that might leave the party and the BDP alone in … Read more

Politics roundup: Constitution writing impasse.. Wise people meet with the PM, who have actually chose them…

Papers should fire ?wise men? from Journalist in Turkey, background articles, news and weblog about by Fréderike Geerdink It was another victorious week for Prime Minister Erdogan: he managed to get the Turkish media further under his control. And the media are not even protesting. On the contrary, they are willingly and with a smile … Read more

Erdoğan to meet with the “wise people” , whom citizens do not know yet, on Apr 4. …Politics roundup…

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

Scientific solution to the tension in Turkish Parliament – sort of- “Color of seats makes Turkish MPs see red: Report

Color of seats makes Turkish MPs see red: Report from Hurriyet Daily News The main culprit for the explosive atmosphere at the assembly is the color of the chairs, according CHP’s report  A politics roundup: Wise men and not-so-wise men from Hurriyet Daily News Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek was the guest yesterday of the traditional … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Barışı anlamak değil kurmak

Barışı anlamak değil kurmak   Gayet istikrarlı bir barış projesi olan Avrupa Birliği?nin kurucu babası sayılan Jean Monnet?nin anlamlı bulduğum bir meseli var.?İnsanlar olmaksızın hiçbir şey mümkün değildir, kurumlar olmaksızın hiçbir şey kalıcı değildir?. Kuruluş döneminde atılan şu dâhiyane adımı hatırlayalım: Almanya ileFransa?nın kömür ve çelik üretimlerinin denetimini ulusüstü bir otorite Avrupa Kömür ve Çelik Topluluğu?na devrederek silâh … Read more

“Öcalan?s ‘historic call’ for peace to be released on Nevruz, March 21…

Öcalan?s ‘historic call’ to be released on Nevruz from Hurriyet Daily News Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK). Öcalan to deliver message on March 21: BDP from Hurriyet Daily News The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, will announce a call   Turkey set … Read more

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi.. Kuzu ilan etti: Seçim sürecinde yeni anayasa çıkmaz… Öcalan’dan Habermas referanslı anayasa tartışması…

    MAM Cartoon | A Constitution for Two from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M   Öztürk’ten Anayasa konferansı Erzurum Gazetesi ERZURUM (İHA) – Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP) Aşkale İlçe Teşkilatı tarafından Halk Eğitim Merkezi Salonu’nda Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi Genel Başkan Yardımcısı Erzurum Milletvekili veAnayasa Komisyon Üyesi Oktay Öztürk’ün konuşmacı olarak   Kuzu: Seçim sürecinde yeni … Read more

Öcalan says finalization in 2-3 weeks, Erdoğan says peace process starts after PKK militans leave Turkey…

Kurdish peace process will start after PKK militants leaves Turkey, PM Erdoğan says from Hurriyet Daily News Any peace process in Turkey will only start after members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) Öcalan calls for finalization of process in two to three weeks from Hurriyet Daily News The imprisoned leader of the outlawed … Read more

Politics roundup: A new turn with the Imralı visit while “More Turkish soldiers died from suicide than combat in 10 years…

More Turkish soldiers died from suicide than combat in 10 years: Minister from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz has revealed that more soldiers passed away.. Kurdish militant leader signals Turkish prisoners may be freed | Reuters Öcalan foreshadows release of PKK captives, expresses hope that they ?join their families? from Hurriyet Daily … Read more

Assassinations in Paris as Peace talks in Turkey continue…

Members of Paris’s Kurdish community gather outside the office block where three Kurdish activists were found dead. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Turkey’s Paris envoy reveals crucial detail in PKK murders from Hurriyet Daily News After killing three Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) members in Paris, the killer or killers locked the door of the office where … Read more