Campaign for Pınar Selek, Torture Museum, Belated Justice issues in Turkey; a roundup

FOR JUSTICE, WE TAKE SIDE, BESIDE PINAR SELEK from KARAKOK OTONOMU TR/CH by Karakök This is an urgent call from Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative to all intellectuals, writers, artists, feminist associations, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and politicians Feminist, sociologist, anti-militarist peace activist, writer  and founding member of Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative Pınar Selek  is … Read more

Politics roundup: Gül’s Diyarbakır visit, Kılıçdaroğlu celebrating new year underground…

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu entered the new year among mining workers underground. Turkish president seeks to calm Kurdish tensions | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 30.12.2010 Ending 2010 with debates on bilingualism, autonomy by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Turkey is ending 2010 amidst debates on bilingualism and autonomy for Kurds. It has been a year during which Turkey?s … Read more

Gül’s Diyarbakır visit: “President embraces use of Kurdish, reaffirms Turkish as official language

Kurdish Town of Cizre Becomes Bilingual from Bianet :: English The departments in the southeast Cizre municipality building, controlled by the pro-Kurdish BDP are titled in both Turkish and Kurdish. Inspite that Turkey officially recognizes only the Turkish language locals mother tongue Kurdish, will be openly used in public institutions. says deputy mayor Gölçe. Gül?s … Read more

New year mood in the campus, but Turkey still discusses bilingualism etc

Erdoğan, BDP and bilingualism by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The bilingual debate recently sparked by the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has expanded, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan now weighing in. After remaining silent for a time, Erdoğan has now strongly rejected opening the language issue to debate, saying that Turkey has only one … Read more

Debates around bilingualism and democratic autonomy continue

which is actually great. Despite the fact that most of the content of the debates is hostile, aggressive and divisive. Still, this is how it works in Turkish politics. If it can even be debated, than we are on the right track:) a roundup: “Democratic Autonomy” Model Takes Shape from Bianet :: English The pro-Kurdish … Read more