The news in Turkish here. ———– Kurdish civilians hit by snipers as Turkey cracks down on militants World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch in Silopi and Cizre Residents of south-eastern towns say they are living under daily terror from marksmen after new law authorising use of live ammunition to quell protests US Embassy in … Read more
5 Stories To Understand Pro-AKP Assault on Turkey’s Largest Newspaper The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya That stone… Tweets from AKP MP who took part in Hürriyet protest show he had supported Al-Nusra An AKP deputy has stirred controversy on social media with an old tweet in which he showed support for an al-Qaeda-linked group, hours after he … Read more
Sultans’ dreams: The Ottomans’ unfulfilled Istanbul projects In the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire launched extensive modernization projects to transform Istanbul into a European metropolis. Many projects were left on paper, but what if the sultans’ dreams had come true? Istanbul’s Kristallnacht Turns 60 FrontPage Magazine On September 6-7, 1955, Istanbul’s Greek Christians underwent the “most … Read more
Hürriyet Daily Attacked after the Clashes in Dağlıca Bianet :: English A group of people attacked and broke the glasses of the building of Hürriyet Daily by shouting slogans in favour of the President Erdoğan and soldiers who died during conflicts. Pro-government protesters pelt daily Hürriyet building with stones Daily Hürriyet’s Istanbul headquarters was attacked by around … Read more
Turkish PM blames international community, Europe for refugee crisis European leaders must understand that the refugee crisis is no longer a legal or political matter but is about the future of humanity, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said, accusing the international community of not doing enough to address the problem. Syrian refugees continue to Europe ‘journey’ … Read more
VICE News Condemns Turkish Government Over Detention of Its Journalists on Terrorism Charges VICE News – Aug 31, 12:25 PM A Turkish court leveled formal charges of terrorism at two VICE News journalists and their colleague on Monday, as global rights groups have called for the reporters to be released. The two British journalists, Jake … Read more
In Photos: 13 of Turkey’s historic heritage sites destroyed by erroneous ‘restoration’ The “SpongeBob” castle in Istanbul has rekindled debate on Turkey’s failure to protect heritage sites. Click through to see 13 sites across Turkey, destroyed due to erroneous restorations In photos: 25 hilarious reactions to the tourist beating Turkish shopkeepers ‘If this tourist forms a political … Read more
Global Rights Groups Call for Turkey to Release Detained VICE News Journalists VICE News – Aug 30, 12:25 PM Global rights groups have issued calls seeking the immediate release of four journalists working for VICE News who have been detained in Turkey since Thursday without being charged. Turkish authorities took British journalists Jake Hanrahan and … Read more
Turkey’s first election gov’t comes with more firsts Turkish PM Davutoğlu’s interim government, approved by President Erdoğan, is the first one that a Kurdish problem-focused party takes part. It also features the first minister wearing the Islamic headscarf. MAIN FOCUS: Turkey seeks caretaker government | 26/08/2015 euro|topics Following the failure to form a government, the Turkish President … Read more
Two British journalists detained in southeast Turkey Turkish police have detained two British journalists from Vice News for reporting from the predominantly Kurdish southeast without government accreditation, security sources said on Aug. 28. Most Turks see Erdoğan as culprit in failure of coalition talks: Poll For more than 57 percent of 29,000 people who voted in … Read more
General Election Timetable Announced Bianet :: English Timetable of general elections which will be held on November 1st has been announced. Poll shows Turkey’s AKP short of votes needed to form government alone Ruling AKP is seen falling short of the votes needed to form a single-party gov’t in a snap election on Nov. 1 with 41.7 … Read more
Civilian entry blocked in 127 eastern Turkish zones since early June Some 127 zones in 15 provinces in eastern Turkey have so far been declared “temporary military secure zones,” amid tightened security measures against outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacks Turkey to vote in November snap poll BBC News | Europe | World Edition Snap elections are … Read more
HDP could be Turkey’s 3rd biggest party, says pollster head The Kurdish problem-oriented Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) could become Turkey’s third biggest political party, according to the head of the polling company which had made the most accurate estimations prior to the June 7 parliamentary election Turkey’s top election board proposes Nov. 1 as snap election date … Read more
This is one a few other protest that occurred recently…. ************* Pro-gov’t businessman censors own remarks on ‘Erdoğan love’ A pro-AKP media tycoon has succeeded in his unusual lawsuit, with a court ruling to block reports on 50 news websites quoting his reflections on the ‘divine love’ between himself and President Erdoğan The long and arduous journey of … Read more
Turkey accuses BBC of ‘openly supporting terrorism’ Turkey has accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of “openly supporting terrorism” by making “written and visual propaganda” of the outlawed PKK during a broadcast EKİN KARACA’S INTERVIEW: Tarık Ziya Ekinci: PKK Announcing Truce Strengthens HDP’s Hand Bianet :: English Tarık Ziya Ekinci is of the opinion that Erdoğan is … Read more