Turkish ?walking woman? keeps on walking Aylin Kotil?s walk to protest the election threshold reached its fourth day on July 11, with the Republican People?s Party deputy arriving in the northwestern city of İzmit Turkish state agency to build 1 mln new houses The Housing Development Administration (TOKİ) aims to build 1 million houses … Read more
Gezi detainees start hunger strike as prosecutor extends detention Around 50 people who were detained in accordance with the Gezi Park protests started a hunger strike today #occupygezi, #changebrazil and the new #urbanrevolution #occupygezi and #changebrazil that we witnessed recently are not the beginning, but the continuation of a global phenomenon: the new urban hashtag … Read more
Ali İsmail Korkmaz was attacked by thugs in Eskişehir on 2 June. Since then he was in coma. We hear today the sad news… Like in the case of the man with the machete in Istanbul, security forces do not prevent these thugs and in fact allow them to attack protesters… Here is yet the … Read more
Massacre in Cairo CAIRO — Egypt is specializing in worst-case scenarios these days. In the early morning hours of Monday, the Egyptian military opened fire on pro-Morsy demonstrators at the Republican Guard headquarters in Cairo, where the protesters had gathered to call for the release of the deposed president. At this point, the Egyptian Health Ministry … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3M6FieB-pY Police intervention against protesters ?perfectly natural?: Interior minister Police intervention against unauthorized demos in public places is ‘natural,’ says Güler via @akgulelif The attacker with the machete @BerxwedanYARUK via sinanchakmak via @noisensured via @ismailsaymaz via @angelusemi via @IvanCNN i’ve been stopped at, have 12 yr old waiting. I used to pray for u! pic.twitter.com/FFOboGni02 via @niLaylaylom_
Ruling party MPs walk out of US reception over envoy?s critical Gezi remarks The AKP lawmakers reacted against the ambassador Ricciardone for his highly political remarks over the three-week long Gezi Parkı demonstrations Generation Gap: Turkish Family Split Between Gezi and Old Way By Özlem Gezer in Istanbul AFP The rift currently dividing Turkey also runs right … Read more
Turkey to Pay 330,000 Euros for Extrajudicial Killings ECHR reached a verdict on the case where 5 people ages between 13 and 24 were killed by soldiers, ordering Turkey to pay a sum of 330,000 euros to applicant families. Alevis and their religious rights I knew two of them rather closely in person. Behçet … Read more
Başlıkta büyük bir genelleme var, Kürt hareketi hakkında o kadar da iddialı değilim. Kişisel, ben merkezli bir kaç fikir sunacağım. Özellikle İstanbul’daki gösterilere bireysel olarak birçok Kürt vatandaş katılsa da partisel anlamda katılım iddiası olmadı. Daha ilk günlerde ulusalcılarla yanyana olmamak gerek gibi bazı BDP liderlerinin söylemleri de bunda etkili olsa gerek. AKP apolojistlerinin belki … Read more
This is Turkey’s public news agency, AA’s Twitter account. In one hour, it sent 5 Tweets about the anti-CNN protest in New York. In Turkish version, it said masses attended the protest…. via @GurbetName Here is the actual photo of the protest. 5 of the same family seem to have attended the event: via @GurbetName … Read more
Solidarity with Lice march tonight in Kadıköy, İstanbul… via @pilkiz From Marginal March To Mass Movement How the Turkish government has fanned a simple protest by overreacting and then blaming scapegoats. RedHack launches cyber attack on Istanbul Special Provincial Administration The Turkish hacker group Redhack announced The fight for the square ?The fight … Read more
Merkel tells Turkey democratic values “non-negotiable” for EU German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she welcomed an agreement to reopen talks with Turkey about joining the European Union MAIN FOCUS: EU wants to continue negotiations with Turkey | 26/06/2013 The EU foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to continue accession negotiations with Turkey despite the violence … Read more
According to Human Rights Association of Turkey 4 dead, 7,681 wounded, 70 arrested. via Gezi bilançosu: 4 ölü, 7 bin 681 yaralı, 70 tutuklama Facebook denies providing user data to Turkish authorities following government requests over protests Facebook today released a statement saying it has not handed over any user data to Turkish authorities despite government … Read more
EU envoys react to Bağış?s comparison of Turkish and EU police European Union ambassadors asked for transparency and accountability in investigating the Turkish police?s unlawful moves against civilians during the Gezi Park protests Turkish minister says Twitter turned down cooperation offer over Turkey protests Turkey?s offer to cooperate with social media micro-blogging website Twitter over the Gezi … Read more
Two wise men refuse to attend meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan because of Gezi unrest Wise men Professor Baskın Oran and columnist Murat Belge.. ************** One arrested in southeastern Turkey rape case One suspect was arrested for charges related to the rape of a sixteen year-old. Turkish police detain 20 alleged protesters during raids … Read more
?Yargı kararlarına uyacağız? Gezi Krizi?nin en sıcak günlerinde Başbakan?ın sarfettiği akılalmaz sözlerden biriydi bu. Hoş, bu aralar giderek artan dozda akılalmaz şeyler söylüyor ama şu yargı kararına uymayı lütfetmesi yenilir yutulur gibi değil. İfade, memleketin içinde bulunduğu keyfîliği bütün çıplaklığıyla gözler önüne seriyor. Keyfîliğin nedenleri açık: İktidarın had safhada merkezîleşmesi ve … Read more