First moments of the intervention… Tayyipci et Apocu : Le tailleur d?Izmir qui aime Recep Tayyip Erdogan et le processus de paix Après la retraite à Rabat, voici le temps de la contre manifestation conservatrice et peut-être du recourt au très peu démocratique référendum (ce qui rappelle un certain Mai français.). Ce week-end, 2 grands meetings comme … Read more
However, AKP is organizing two major rallies in Ankara and İstanbul this weekend. In this evening’s Ankara rally, PM Erdoğan repeated the same lies about the Occupiers,already debunked accusations and relied heavily to play with AKP voters’ religious sensitivities. I do not exaggarate, in my life, I have never seen such crude and intense exploitation … Read more
Referandum : Ara sandık Referandumu Başbakan?ın geri adımı olarak yorumlayan var ki doğru. Ama parkı boşaltmanın gerekçesi haline gelme riski var. Ayrıca anayasal açmazı gözden kaçırmamak lâzım. Keza İstanbul çapında bir kentte Gezi çapında bir alan için yapılmış bir emsali dünyada yok. Ama meselenin özü başka. Referandum ile kamu otoritesi tarafından daha önce alınmış bir … Read more
Turkey PM patience ‘has limit’ as protest violence flares Turkey‘s defiant Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told supporters his patience “has a limit” as police fired tear gas and jets of water at demonstrators in unrelenting protests against his government’s decade-long rule Turkey PM says patience ‘has limit’ as protest violence flares Turkey’s defiant Prime Minister Recep … Read more
Here is the full transcript of Erdoğan’s provocative speech in English. 7 June 2013: Same headlines in 6 dailies. This is media censorship: Turkish democracy needs compromise and tolerance, say members of European Parliament Members of European Parliament said the ongoing. Ankara ?chapuls? in tear gas-free Kuğulu Park Residents of Ankara were hit by an unexpected … Read more
Gezi Park set for religious ceremony, Quran reading As the 9th day of Gezi Park demonstrations coincided with the Lailat al?Mi?raj, protestors decided to mark this religious event through several activities. Over 4,000 injured, two dead in Turkey’s nationwide protests: Association Over 4,100 people have been wounded and two people. Turkish group demand police chiefs? sacking Newly formed … Read more
Turkey Is Now Arresting Dozens for Using Twitter Turkey Is Now Arresting Dozens for Using Twitter Third person killed in Turkey protests Ethem Sarısülük, a Turkish activist who was wounded in the head during Taksim Gezi Park clashes. Twitter detainees in Turkey protests all ?young kids,? says opposition member Twenty-nine people detained overnight in the Aegean province of … Read more
Mars?tan memleket yöneten bir Başbakan Barış derken birdenbire bir nevî savaş ortamına devrilmemizi, memleketin baş sorumlusunun ruh, şuur ve davranış halleriyle anlamaya çalışmak gerekiyor. Başka yolu yok çünkü en mikro kararın dahi kendisi tarafından alındığı bir ortamda, siyasetin sıfır noktasındayız. Olup bitenlerden sonra pazar günkü monolog açıktı: ? ?Onlar? ile ?bunlar? yani milletine verdiği … Read more
A gallery of Resistance Humor here. A gallery of how civic this Resistance is here. Turkish deputy PM apologizes to injured protesters The initial reaction against the demolition of a park in Istanbul?s central Taksim. UN rights office urges probe of Turkey crackdown Turkey must conduct a far-reaching, independent probe on its security forces’ treatment … Read more
Allegedly by police… Heavy clashes in Ankara, İzmir and Dersim (Tunceli) reported as of 01:30 4 June 2013. The 8th day in the civil resistance begins…
Police hold Taksim under siege, continue raid on 5th day of protests The Turkish police?s crackdown against Taksim Gezi Park protesters continued on June 1, as clashes broke out in Istanbul‘s symbolic Istiklal Avenue and the Beşiktaş district. Raw: Police, Demonstrators Clash in Turkey Turkish police have let off tear gas and pressurized water against groups of … Read more
Turks least happy among OECD nations Turkey ranks worst among 26 OECD countries with regards to people?s happiness, and is failing to. OECD slashes global growth forecasts The OECD has cut its growth forecast for Turkey from 4.1 percent to 3.1 percent along with ****************** ?Conqueror? actor snubs celebrations for Taksim park protest The lead … 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
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is pictured with U.S. troops at a Patriot missile site in southern Turkey on May 27, 2013 in this picture released via McCain’s Twitter account. McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate and one of the loudest voices calling for military aid to the Syrian opposition, met with some of the … Read more
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ suggests Hezbollah needs to change its name to ?Hezb-evil.? AA photo ‘Hezbevil’ not Hezbullah, Deputy PM suggests Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has suggested that ?pro-al-Assad? Iran-based. Syrian opposition split as peace moves forge ahead International efforts to end the conflict in Syria accelerate on Monday with key … Read more