In the mean time, a 15-year old in Adana allegedly killed by Turkish police… #İbrahimAras

  ******************************* Footage reportedly shows Turkish consulate staff and Iraqi soldiers taken hostage by ISIL  Hurriyet Daily News Ankara had expressed hope for the release of the 80 Turkish citizens taken hostage by ISIL Ankara ordered Turkish special forces in Mosul not to clash with ISIL: Report  Hurriyet Daily News Ankara instructed the special forces protecting the … Read more

Check out AKP’s mayor in Bingöl. He refuses to let women hold positions at municipal council….

AKP mayor in Bingöl refuses to let women hold positions at municipal council Hurriyet Daily News The new AKP mayor in the eastern town has refused to let women elected to the local municipal council hold positions of responsibility on religious grounds ******* Graft suspect Halkbank ex-manager appointed as new board member of state-run Ziraat … Read more

EFD Seçim Günlüğü- Hangi cemaat hangi partiye oy verecek…

seçim günlüğü Adaylar   MHP’nin İstanbul adayı Rasim Acar da Gezi’ciymiş: Gaz sıkanların… Radikal MHP’nin İstanbul Belediye Başkan Adayı Rasim Acar, twitter’da Gezi eylemlerine destek veren bir Çarşı hayranı çıktı! MHP’nin İstanbul adayı Rasim Acar, Gezi’ciymiş. Radikal.com.tr – Siyasette yeni belirleyici haline gelen ‘Gezi Parkı etkisi’ MHP ‘de de . CHP aday adaylarına mesaj gönderdi Cafe Siyaset Haber Sitesi CHP aday adaylarına … Read more

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi: CHP, 59 Anayasa maddesi yanıtını perşembeye bıraktı…Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu ‘başörtüsü’ mutabakatı istedi

  CHP, 59 Anayasa maddesi yanıtını perşembeye bıraktı T24 CHP, AKP’nin 59 Anayasa maddesinin Meclis’ten çıkarılması yönündeki teklifine gelecek hafta perşembe günü yanıt verecek. AKP kanadı aranılarak randevu alındı. Kulislerde, CHP’nin iktiidarın birlikte çıkarma önerisine sıcak bakmadığı yönünde. CHP’nin … DP Genel Başkanı Uysal: Türkiye’ye yamalı bir Anayasa teklif ediliyor Star Gündem MUĞLA (CİHAN)- Demokrat Parti (DP) … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Turkey at work to trick UEFA to bring police at games..

  Turkey seeks way to sway UEFA over police at games The Turkish government is mulling ways to convince UEFA over the authorization of police officers to oversee the security at games Male students wear skirts to protest ban in Turkey’s Antalya A small group of male high school students wore skirts in protest at … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Turkey Found Guilty in 4 Cases, Ordered to Pay 38,500 Euros

Only suspect under arrest in Bingöl sex abuse case released The only suspect under arrest in the ongoing case over the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl was released on Sept. 3 Individual Freedoms in Turkey Carnegie Europe In Turkey, only a few organizations deal directly or indirectly with the subject matter: Anadolu Kültür, Antenna, … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Rape scandal in Bingöl continues… Annual transsexual pride demonstration marches for rights, Gezi Park…

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

EFD Rights Watch: five sergeants -allegedly- sexually abused a 16-year-old girl and released…

Prosecutors launch probe into sergeants over accusations of sexual abuse of minor in Turkey Prosecutors in the southeastern Anatolian province of Bingöl have launched an investigation over accusations that five sergeants sexually abused a 16-year-old girl. ***************** Uludere case sent to a military court The Diyarbakır public prosecutor has ruled the ongoing Uludere case out … Read more

NYT article relies on pro-Ergenekon lobby?

A new article in NYT by Mr. Bilefsky quotes extensively from sources critical of the Ergenekon trial. I have once noted the evidence question last year and I still believe it is a valid concern. However, there is a concentrated attempt to slow down or disorient the process and these people are certainly not doing out of innocent democratic aims. As the article underlines the issue is too complicated but it is not a fiction. It is real despite all problems, anybody in town knows that the deep state operated in this country and Ergenekon trial is here to reveal some of the facts. But of course it cannot be an easy process to do that and by putting “clouds” on the Trial itself, some Western Media production helpsthe anti-trial lobby…

Subversion Trial Puts Cloud Over Turkey

from NYT > Turkey by By DAN BILEFSKY
Prosecutors allege that an underground organization has committed dozens of terrorist acts and sought to topple Turkey?s Islamic-inspired government.

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Dozens of Ergenekon members, including businessmen, members of the military and journalists, are currently incarcerated while standing trial.

Cuntaya ?hayır? çıktı, imamlar sürgün edildi
A small scale campaign continues: Adding “Brave” to the name of Bingöl city. People of Bingöl was brave enough to reject the military enforced constitution referendum after the 1980 coup d’etat. In fact, it was only city…

 

 

Members of Genç Siviller (Young Civilians) and the Ankara-based Bingöl Culture and Solidarity Association (BİNDAV) protested the anti-democratic 1982 Constitution, a byproduct of the 1980 coup, in front of the welcome sign to the city of Bingöl on Saturday…

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