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Cengiz Aktar: Barışı anlamak değil kurmak

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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…

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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…

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    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…

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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…

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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…

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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

Sinan Kızılkaya: Bölüm 3. Savaşın gölgesinde dört soru…

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SAVAŞIN GÖLGESİNDE DÖRT SORU.. The National Security Council met for five hours before ageeing support for a tougher stance against the PKK [Reuters] Öcalan?ın müzakere süreci ve anlaşma hattının kurulduğuna ilişkin açıklaması sonrasında beklenmeyen bir anda Silvan saldırısı gündemimize düşmüştü. Ardından küçük çatışma ve ölüm haberleri ile düşük yoğunluklu bir çatışma döneminin önümüzde belirdiğine dair haberler süreklileşirken … Read more

Sinan Kızılkaya: Bölüm 1- Kürt Meselesinde Yeni Dönemin Öncesinde

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KÜRT MESELESİNDE YENİ DÖNEMİN ÖNCESİNDE 1 Öcalan?ın ?çekiliyorum? açıklaması, akabinde Silvan saldırısı ve  Başbakanın yaptığı ?Ramazan Bayramından sonra mücadele farklı olacak? açıklaması beraberinde başka haber ve duyumlarla birleşince birçok kişinin kafasında ?yeni bir savaşın eşiğinde miyiz? sorusunu akla getiriyor.  Toplumumuzun ya da topluluklarımızın hafızasında tazeliğini henüz koruyan ve acısı dindirilememiş, bir sonuca erdirilmemiş ön-içsavaş sürecinin … Read more

Oath-taking crisis over [so what was that about?] a Politics roundup…

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Oath-taking standoff over, charter is next from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA- Hürriyet Daily News Parliament gears up to discuss a new constitution after opposition deputies reach agreement with the ruling party and take the oath of office We have agreed with Turkish officials to form peace council: Öcalan from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Radikal … Read more

“Predetermined” Parliamentary elections on June 12.

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Even the main opposition accepts that AKP will lead the elections. The bets are on how much vote it will get… AKP’s current arrogancy is probably due to its being without any substantive alternatives….   Turkey’s general elections to be held on June 12 from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA Daily News Parliament Bureau Parliament approved … Read more

Oda TV raided by police. Ergenekon trial moves onto journalistic/civil links

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However it gets complicated. If there isn’t hard evidence,  and there is a growing anxiety over the evidence issue, then it is impossible to support this raid. This is despite the fact that I have no sympathy for Soner Yalçın and his gang at Oda.TV, an influential website with idiosyncratic left leanings, anti-AKP and pro-Ergenekon … Read more

not all happy with AOL-HuffPost merger…

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To the list below, you can also add Erkan’s Field Diary. Anyone to contribute? 🙂 Dear jammers, creatives, revolutionaries, #HUFFPUFF has touched a nerve. Now, a firestorm is developing as writers, readers and publishers of indie media are rallying to huff and puff Arianna’s AOL merger into the ground. Media activists, this is our chance … Read more

CHP to save Ergenekon suspects; Turkish PM says stress causes harsh rhetoric (!)

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan inspects a guard of honour during a welcome ceremony in Kiev January 25, 2011.? Read more » REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Turkish PM says stress causes harsh rhetoric from Hurriyet Dailynews Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that recent comments he made regarding Turkish alcohol consumption arose out of a … Read more

New year mood in the campus, but Turkey still discusses bilingualism etc

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Erdoğan, BDP and bilingualism by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The bilingual debate recently sparked by the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has expanded, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan now weighing in. After remaining silent for a time, Erdoğan has now strongly rejected opening the language issue to debate, saying that Turkey has only one … Read more

As BDP promises greater bilingualism in Turkey’s Southeast, Social distance between Kurds, Turks widening- a politics roundup…

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech during an Ashura procession in Istanbul December 16, 2010. Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims gathered in Istanbul’s Halkali district to commemorate the Ashura, where Shi’ite mourners beat themselves with steel-tipped flails or slash their bodies with knives to mark the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of … Read more