Boycott of schools begins across Turkey A boycott of schools was launched on Feb. 13 upon a call from the Eğitim-Sen teachers’ union and a number of Alevi associations to protest the government’s recent education system implementations, including on compulsory religion classes. Dozens detained around Turkey in school boycott Dozens were detained around Turkey on Feb 13 … Read more
Erdogan chides Obama for silence on Chapel Hill murders World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Relations appear to have deteriorated as Turkish president reveals he no longer talks directly to his US counterpart Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday criticised US President Barack Obama for his silence following the killings of three young Muslims in … Read more
Detained suspect ratio highest in Turkey: Council of Europe report Turkey is the country with the highest rate of arrested suspects in Europe, with almost one-third of inmates in the country still awaiting their final verdict, according to a Council of Europe report released on Feb. 11 Turkish courts being turned into ‘revenge’ instruments says outgoing top … Read more
Turkey’s media watchdog fines TV station for using ‘God’ instead of ‘Allah’ Turkey’s media watchdog has issued a formal warning to a private station over the use of the word ‘God’ on a French TV show Turkey-EU parliamentary meeting delayed a month amid cool relations A planned joint parliamentary meeting between Turkey and EU representatives was postponed … 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
US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media US Congress members have written a letter to Kerry about Turkey’s crackdown on media organizations linked to Gülen In the footsteps of the murders of Hrant Dink and Nihat Kazanhan Today’s Zaman After an investigation was launched into Ergenekon — a clandestine organization nested within … Read more
Erdoğan’s security package will make Turkey a police state, opposition leader says A controversial domestic security package draft code, which is set to come to parliament this week, would turn Turkey in to a “police state,” according Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) head Devlet Bahçeli. Turkish government pushing for bill on security amid heated row The government has … Read more
Turkish police saw Gezi activists as morally-problematic ‘others’ Police viewed the activists in the Gezi Park protests as ‘morally problematic outsiders’ Diyarbakır-based Dutch journalist faces jail term for ‘PKK propaganda’ A lawsuit has been opened against Frederike Geerdink on charges of making propaganda on behalf of PKK Indictment of Dutch journalist in Turkey heightens press freedom fears World … Read more
Gülenists in Turkey cooperating with Israel’s Mossad, Erdoğan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodoğan says the Gülenists in the country have joined forces with the Israeli intelligence service Ankara condemns Sargsyan remarks in Turkish-Armenian war of words The spokesperson of Turkish President Erdoğan and the Foreign Ministry strongly reacts to remarks by Armenian leader Sargsyan Uncovering the … Read more
İstanbul Ocakbaşı Rehberi ve Şişin Kebabın Akıl Uçuran 14 Adresi ListeList by Engin Özer Kurtuluş Adana Ocakbaşı Japanese art comes to Istanbul Japanese art of painting Sumi-e, which has a significant place in Far Eastern culture, has been brought to Turkey by SushiCo. Istanbul to host global energy regulation forum The sixth World Forum on Energy … Read more
Charlie Hebdo’ya saldırı– Medyaya Şiddet ve Sansür View image | gettyimages.com Charlie Hebdo dergisine düzenlenen silahlı saldırıdan sonra medya organlarına yönelik şiddet ve sansür vakalarında artış gözlendi. 7 Ocak’ta ölümcül saldırıya uğrayan Charlie Hebdo dergisine açık destek verdikleri için birçok medya organı şiddet ve sansürün hedefi oldu. Baskı, tehdit ve fiziki saldırılar… … Read more
Turkish PM calls reprinting of Charlie Hebdo cartoons ‘deliberate provocation’ Davutoğlu slammed Cumhuriyet for reprinting the Charlie Hebdo cartoon featuring the Prophet Muhammad New Charlie Hebdo Muhammad Cartoon Stirs Muslim Anger in Mideast NYT > Turkey by By ANNE BARNARD The authorities in Egypt and Turkey moved to place restrictions on the cartoon, which shows the … Read more
RWB condemns presence of ‘predators’ in Paris march, calls for solidarity with ‘all Charlies’ Reporters Without Borders – Jan 11 – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the participation of many foreign leaders in today‘s march in Paris in homage to the victims of last week’s terror attacks and in defence of the French republic’s values, but … Read more
Ekrem Dumanli: Turkey’s witch hunt against the media washingtonpost.com – Jan 1 – Ekrem Dumanli is editor in chief of the Zaman daily newspaper in Turkey. When I first appeared in court after last month’s raid on my newspaper in Istanbul and 80 hours of detention, I asked the judge: “Two columns and a news … Read more
Top court approves revoke of Gülen’s ‘special passport’ The leader of the Gülen movement was given the right to have a special passport, widely dubbed a ‘green passport,’ in 1990, as a retired mufti President Erdoğan announces plans to chair Cabinet meeting on Jan 19 ‘I will chair the Cabinet of Ministers on Jan. 19. The Cabinet … Read more