Ergenekon suspects released amid chaos over legal authority between courts Several Ergenekon suspects have been released by separate courts at the same time that the former specially authorized court which dealt with the case ruled on the continuation of their imprisonment Election security does not exist for HDP, party says Attacks against the HDP in the run-up … Read more
Restrictions on alcohol sales go into effect today A series of controversial regulations placing limits on the sale and advertising of alcoholic beverages in Turkey takes effect as of today
Ruling AKP deputy report criticizes government handling of Gezi crisis Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was misinformed during the Gezi Park protests and the redevelopment project was not handled in a democratic way, İdris Bal says Protest politics and the ethical imagination Protest, like marriage, implies the possible start of something new. It means … Read more
Turkey?s Gezi Park episode is far from over Paradoxically, Gezi Park presented Erdoğan with a golden opportunity, one that could also have helped Turkish democracy part company from the tendency of powerful political parties to drift into populism-fuelled authoritarianism. For the global media what happened in Gezi Park throughout June is now old news. Not … Read more
Now watching Turkey‘s Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe in Kayseri. This is a scene right before the game starts… AKP leadership will again defend themselves citing examples from the Western world. However, increasinly anti-Western AKP only chooses examples from the West if they fit their social engineering to transform Turkish society a conservative … Read more
One-third of Turks are poor or needy: Ministry?s report Nearly one-third of Turkish people, 23.6 million, are poor or needy *********** Behind the facade of Turkey?s recent economic growth Numbers do not lie, but they do deceive. Turkey?s GDP has more than doubled in the last decade, the International Monetary Fund expects the Turkish economy … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan defends alcohol restrictions Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended the alcohol restriction law recently passed by Parliament.. Is AKP changing plans on elections? After Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during his U.S. trip that ?three ballot boxes might be set up?. Towards an intelligence state? ?As Turkish … Read more
Q&A: On Turkey’s proposed alcohol restrictions ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? A look at legislation passed in Turkey’s parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim Irked by ‘tipsy youth’, Turkish PM … Read more
Controversial ?alcohol ban? bill passes commission A draft bill restricting the sale and consumption of alcohol is set to pass. **************** Military rejects claims of Alevi discrimination The claim of a main opposition party figure that Alevi military personnel. Cameras were off during attack on US embassy The city camera system (MOBESE) was not working … Read more
Ministers seemed to have gone beyond a reasonable mindset as the responses above demonstrate… Hundreds of students poisoned by state distributed milk around Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News Hundreds of students around Turkey have been poisoned by milk distributed as part of a campaign in schools to promote the drinking of milk. Hundreds of Students … Read more