Turkey welcomes opening of new EU membership talks (ANKARA ) – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday hailed the European Union decision to reopen accession talks with Ankara despite opposition from some member states including Germany. EU agrees to open new chapter with Turkey, talks to start in October The European Union has agreed to open new … Read more
The judge decided that it was a self-defense. After PM Erdoğan‘s encouragement of police violence, we are not subject to arbitrary killings more than ever… Here is how Ethem was killed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0daS16bs6jY Related articles Police shooting Ethem Sarisuluk in the head. Mother of Turkish protester killed in Ankara: ‘Erdogan must resign’ Family of protester … Read more
[[Yesterday Ankara mayor, Melih Gökçek, accuses BBC Turkish journalist of being an ‘agent’ in Twitter campaign]] Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek BBC Global News Director, Peter Horrocks, has issued the following statement. The BBC is very concerned by the continued campaign of the Turkish authorities to discredit the BBC and intimidate its journalists. A large … Read more
Court rejects arrest demand for officers in southeastern Turkey rape case The demand for the arrest of four sergeants accused of raping a minor in Bingöl was rejected Court orders demolition of park considered sacred in Tunceli, stirring outcry A park in an area considered sacred by the local Alevis in the eastern province … Read more
EU foreign ministers to decide on Turkey?s membership talks (News) The Turkish government‘s handling of protests that have rocked the country for the past three weeks have strained relations with the EU, and a decision to take another step in Ankara?s accession talks, expected today (24 June), appears uncertain. EurActiv Turkey reports EU summit … Read more
2.5 million people attended Gezi protests across Turkey: Interior Ministry Some 2.5 million protestors hit the streets across Turkey since the unrest began Opinion: The threat facing Turkey Turkey has found itself in the international spotlight over the past two weeks, despite the continuing slaughter in Syria, the Iranian elections, and the tensions in Iraq. The crisis … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxGFk-AmIX4 It is the 22nd of June 2013. While reporting on protests in Ankara, Turkey my cameraman and I are shot by a police water cannon. With my back to the police vehicle and the light on our camera on I do not believe the police could not have seen we were media doing our … Read more
People were eating out in this street: via @castrobey Zambak Sokak, Istiklal Street: via @149Journos Taksim Square after the police attack: İstiklal Street: via @BaranBinboga In Asmalımescit: via @serkanaltunigne İstiklal Street: via @140Journos Cihangir: Via @MrChapullingg Earlier in the Taksim Square: via @cihankardesler Earlier this evening: via y_ozgurpolitika via @Can_Memis Turkey?s middle class taking … Read more
Before the intervention: After… Protesters gather in Istanbul’s Taksim Square with carnations in hand Hundreds of protesters gathered today in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, a week after the police cleared Gezi Park after a muscled crackdown. via @xeciiyan Turkish Foreign Ministry hold talks with German ambassador amid EU row German Ambassador Pohl held talks today with Turkish Foreign … Read more
HÜCRE HÜCRE DİRİLMEK: ETHEM Fakülte birinci sınıfta gri şehrin kurdu olmaya yeni yeni başladığımız dönemlerde hocamız derste şöyle bir soru sormuştu: ?Ulus?tan Sıhhiye?ye doğru gelirken yolun solunda ne vardır?? Eczacılık Fakültesi hocasının ancak bunu sormuş olabileceği düşünülerek sınıfın tamamı ?Sağlık Bakanlığı? diye yanıt vermişti. Oysa hoca, yol üzerinde bulunan ve tıbbi bir bitki olduğundan görmüş … Read more
Merkel’s CDU reject Turkish membership in the EU in election programme Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s CDU has rejected Turkish membership in the EU in their German election programme, saying it would ‘overburden’ the bloc. Ankara mulls cutting political ties with EU if chapter vetoed Turkey-EU relations could hit a new nadir if the opening of the … Read more
Direnen Ankara öğrencilerinin provokatörler ve marjinal gruplar eşliğinde hazırladığı Dış Mihrak destekli video çalışmasıdır. “Bu panoyu ben kırdım!” A few more videos from 18 June 2013 Police violence in Ankara: 37.00 dan itibaren toma nın gelişi ve insanların etrafının sarılışı http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34506381 1 dakikalık devamı http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34507965 Kuğulu’ya ulaşan kameramanın olayı özeti http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34508181 Geride kalıp dayak … Read more
Turkey’s ‘standing people’ protest spreads amid Erdoğan’s crackdown Protesters turn to passive resistance after four people die in Erdoğan’s brutal response to Taksim Square demonstration Lunchtime in the waterfront district of Beşiktaş in Istanbul on Tuesday and Ismail Orhan has been standing silently under a yellow parasol in the blistering heat for more than four hours. … Read more
Duran adamlar… Temizlik Gezi Parkı?nın o muhteşem keşmekeşi, o rengârenk yaratıcılığı, o zekâ dolu mizahı, o yumuşak anarşisi arasında en hoşuma giden mekân kütüphaneydi. İlk gün parkın çimlerinin üstünde kitabını okuyan, polislere kitap okuyan ya da dikilmiş polislerin karşısında yerde kitap okuyan gençlerin kareleri belleğime nakşedildi. Polis ve kitap: Kol gücüyle beyin gücünün münazarası? Zor hatta … Read more
Turkish police hitting an headscarved protester. 16 June 2013. Istanbul Police Terror! German TV ZDF 15.06.2013 English subtitles: Arrested protesters… Turkey: Erdoğan Evicts Protesters, Brings Reinforcements to Istanbul After a night of wide-ranging violence in Istanbul, a role reversal occurred: Turkish security forces occupied Taksim Square and anti-government protesters were left on the outside looking in. … Read more