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#DirenODTÜ There is only one provocateur in town: Ankara Municipality begins the “invasion of ODTÜ forest” at midnight

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Since most of the students are in vacation due to 9-day holiday and cannot resist, Ankara Municipality grasps the opportunity and starts to cut down the trees in order to build a highway. Despite an ongoing judiciary process, AKP’s Ankara Municipality is keen on having a-fait-accompli strike at the forest. A video from the scene: … Read more

2013 Progress report on Turkey by EU released…

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European Commission understood AKP’s democratic potential capacity in its early years belatedly, and now it downplays the increasingly obvious authoritarian tendencies, a harsher critique will appear belatedly, I assume…   Here are the documents in Turkish and in English… AB Komisyonu İlerleme Raporu – 2013 Turkiye Strategy Paper – COM 700 – EN final TURKEY … Read more

Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam): Cezaevinde bir ölüm daha… Tutuklu hasta Hasan Kaya öldü

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Tutuklu hasta Hasan Kaya, Bingöl M Tipi Cezaevi?nde iki gün önce kalp krizi geçirerek öldü.

İnsan Hakları Derneği (İHD) İstanbul Şubesi Cezaevi Komisyonu’nun Twitter hesabında tutuklu hasta Hasan Kaya’nın öldüğü bildirildi. Özgür Gündem gazetesinin web sitesinde yer alan bilgiye göre, şeker hastası Hasan Kaya kalp krizi geçirerek öldü.

İHD Şube Başkanı Av. Adnan Kaya geçen hafta yaptığı bir açıklamaya göre, cezaevlerinde 154?ü ağır hasta olmak üzere 526 tutuklu bulunuyor.

İHD İstanbul Şubesi Cezaevi Komisyonu’nun hesabında yer alan tweetler şöyle:

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EFD Rights Watch: “Turkish Court Upholds Convictions of Coup Plotters

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Turkish Court Upholds Convictions of Coup Plotters Senior officers were among the leading defendants whose involvement underlined the power struggle between the government and the military. *********** Protesters opposing Turkish PM during ODTÜ event indicted on terror charges Ankara prosecutors has pressed charges against 11 people involved in the clashes following a protest at the … Read more

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi: “Anayasa Komisyonu’nda Batum ve Türmen arasında bitmeyen kavga

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“Sorunları, sivil bir anayasa çözer” Objektif Haber 12 Eylül 1980 askeri darbesinin üzerinden 33 yıl geçmesine karşı halen Meclis’in bir sivil anayasa yapamamasının üzüntü verici olduğunu belirten Şenliler, toplumda kangren olmuş sorunlara bir türlü neşter vurulamamasının en önemli sebeplerden birinin Kılıçdaroğlu’ndan anayasa çıkışı: Getirin 59 maddeyi çıkaralım T24 CHP lideri Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ile Gaziantep ziyareti … Read more

Oh boy. the EU Minister softly threatens the EU: “Turkey needs to be ?encouraged? to reopen Halki Seminary

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Turkey needs to be ?encouraged? to reopen Halki Seminary: EU Minister EU Minister Egemen Bağış has said Turkey needs to be ?encouraged? to reopen the Greek Orthodox Halki Seminary in Istanbul *********************  Turkey may face ?tough? EU report The upcoming annual Progress Report from the European Union for Turkey is expected to be the ?toughest? yet … Read more

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi: Çiçek: Yeni bir anayasa yapamamış olmamızın sorumluğunu nasıl taşıyacağız…

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Anayasa taslağını bize havale etseler… Cafe Siyaset Haber Sitesi TBMM Başkanı Cemil Çiçek, siyasi partilerin, anayasa konusunda biraz daha yoğunlaşması gerektiğini belirterek, “Bize havale etseler biz buanayasa taslağını, 8-10 madde dışında, bir taslak metni, Meclis Başkanlığı olarak kamuoyunun önüne, kendilerine … Çiçek’ten Yeni Anayasa Vurgusu Çiçek: Yeni bir anayasa yapamamış olmamızın sorumluğunu nasıl taşıyacağız Çiçek’ten … Read more

Politics roundup: “Proposed electoral system likely to favor ruling AKP…Ruling AKP?s Çelik corrects PM’s advisor: “Our prime minister is not a socialist

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Proposed electoral system likely to favor ruling AKP The narrowed constituency election model would favor large parties and hinder party representation in Parliament, but would lower intra-party authoritarianism, according to analysts Our prime minister is not a socialist: Ruling AKP?s Çelik Prime Minister Erdoğan is a conservative and democratic person, but not a socialist, Çelik … Read more

Live thread… Turkey’s “Democratization” Package to be announced now… #DemokratikleşmePaketi

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You can watch it online here at CNN TURK.  12:08 PM Erdoğan did his PR for 50 minutes. Package announcement lasted 10 minutes…. 12:00 As expected this is another Erdoğan show… 11:29  I am switching to Twitter:) @sakaerka 11:26 in Diyarbakır… via @Faruk_Ayyildiz 11:22 “This is not the last package” So don’t expect much. PM Erdoğan … Read more

Post-Gezi Revenge politics. Today’s agenda: Koç Holding?s national warship contract cancelled, Police Detains Soccer Fans…

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Istanbul police detain fans in dawn operation over eventful derby Istanbul police have carried out a dawn operation against fans of three major football team Police Detains Soccer Fans Police raided several apartments this morning, detaining around 80 soccer fans from Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe teams including Alen Markaryan (Beşiktaş) and Sefa Kalya (Genç Fenerbahçeliler). … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Turkish Protesters Are Still Said to Be Ailing From Tear Gas

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?Police Systematically Used Tear Gas as a Weapon? Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) urged the U.S. authorities to suspend tear gas exports to Turkey. ?The Turkish government used needless and extreme forced,? said PHR regarding the police intervention during Gezi Resistance. Turkish Protesters Are Still Said to Be Ailing From Tear Gas Almost 40 percent … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Turkey to build 207 prisons over 5 years…

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  Turkey to build 207 prisons over 5 years Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin has announced plans for construction of 207 new prisons over the next five years., ?Side Effects of Tear Gas Still Linger? According to a statement released by Turkish Doctors Union, 39 percent of those who were affected by tear gas during Gezi … Read more

Haaretz: In Istanbul, art tries to imitate life – and fails… Istanbul news roundup…

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  Greek minority set to open private university in Istanbul Istanbul?s Greeks are preparing to open a private university that will teach in Greek and Turkish In Istanbul, art tries to imitate life – and fails Haaretz Against the backdrop of the demonstrations at Gezi Park and Taksim Square, the city’s biennial retreated indoors. By … Read more

Whining like a child: “Turkey will probably never become a member of the EU because of ‘prejudiced’ attitudes…

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    Turkey will probably never be EU member, Minister Bağış says Bağış has said Turkey will probably never become a member of the EU because of ‘prejudiced’ attitudes ********************** Turkish investors urge foreign policy revision The head of TÜSİAD calls for Ankara to return to being an honest broker in the wider region in … Read more

Politics roundup: much-anticipated democratization package might be announced on Monday, Sept 30…

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  Turkish PM sets date for the announcement of much-anticipated democratization package The government?s much-anticipated democratization package is likely to be announced on Monday September 30, PM Erdoğan said Romantic intrigue complicates wiretapping scandal at Turkish prime ministry institution Twelve were detained in an operation on illegal wiretapping Turkish main opposition leader slams government?s foreign … Read more