What would you expect? “Turkish PM Erdoğan defends alcohol restrictions…

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

Cengiz Aktar: Suriye Politikası

Suriye Politikası       Suriye?deki içsavaştan, içsavaşın bölgesel ve küresel etkilerinden kimse azade değil. Ön cephede veya daha beride olsun aktörlerin hepsi temkinli ve son tahlilde kendi çıkarlarını kollamanın peşinde. Türkiye hariç!       Hükümetin verdiği görüntü şu: Suriye Sünnîlerinin muhalefetine koşulsuz destek, hatta bu muhalefet içinde başta ABD olmak üzere hatırı sayılır … Read more

Turkish PM visits Silicon Valley… in the mean time accuses Turkish media for not standing up against al-Assad…

Turkish media has not stood up enough against Bashar al-Assad: PM Erdoğan The Turkish print and visual media haven?t stood against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Turkish PM visits Silicon Valley Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Silicon Valley in San Francisco.. Turkey?s Economy Minister on a Decade of … Read more

PKK withdrawal begins… Constitution commission agrees to continue work until July 1

  Kurdish rebels begin withdrawal from Turkey from Yahoo news By Ayla Jean Yackley SEMDINLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants began their withdrawal from Turkey on Wednesday, a pro-Kurdish party leader told Reuters, advancing a peace process designed to end an insurgency which has killed 40,000 people and ravaged the region. Turkish security forces manned … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: ?Eski Türkiye?nin son anayasası?

 ?Eski Türkiye?nin son anayasası?       Bugün Meclis çatısı altındaki Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu?na mart sonunda verilen bir aylık ek süre doldu. Dikkat edilirse epeydir anayasa cephesinden gündeme ?iyi haber? düşmüyor. Artık beklenti Komisyon?un görevine son verilmesi ve epeyidir dillendirilen ?geçici anayasa? üzerinde asgarî bir mutabakat aranması yönünde.       Bu süreçten böyle bir … Read more

PKK?s withdrawal to start as of April 25… a politics roundup…

PKK?s withdrawal to start as of April 25, following statement from senior figures in Kandil: BDP deputy from Hurriyet Daily News The withdrawal of PKK militants from Turkish soil will start April 25..   PKK to ?withdraw, lay down arms soon? from Hurriyet Daily News The outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) will soon start to … Read more

Politics roundup. Most parties full support to peace process.. Let’s see what happens…

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the media before his flight to Denmark for an official visit at Esenboga Airport in Ankara March 19, 2013. REUTERS/Umit Bektas   Turkey?s leading business group visits BDP, lends full support to peace process from Hurriyet Daily News The peace process and the new Constitution preparations are a … Read more

“Turkey’s fourth judicial package passes into law… A politics roundup…

Turkey’s fourth judicial package passes into law with critical last-minute amendment from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s 4th judicial package was passed into law by Parliament with the introduction of an amendment to remove extra punishment for those convicted of ‘terror propaganda’.   Turkey: How Durable is Gülen Movement? from EurasiaNet.org – Turkey by k_kumkova Copyright … Read more

Yeni Anayasa gündemi: ANAYASA Uzlaşma Komisyonu anayasa çalışmalarına devam kararı aldı…

AKP anayasa için son kez tarih verme hazırlığında Ulusal Kanal Yurttaşlar 8 Nisan’da, Silivri’de Ergenekon tertibine karşı toplanırken, Bölünme Anayasasıçalışmaları kapsamında kritik bir adım atılacak. Meclis Başkanı Cemil Çiçek, AnayasaUzlaşma Komisyonu üyeleriyle, 8 Nisan akşamı bir araya gelecek. Masada   İşte BDP’nin ‘Anayasa’ isteği! Diyarbakır Söz BDP’nin sunduğu anayasa taslağının üçüncü maddesindeki devletin resmi diliyle … Read more

Politics roundup. After ceasefire, who will be the Wise People?

Two problems: Who can be the Wise People? And Who will choose them? Turkish PKK Peace Plan Trajectory from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White In information leaked by Ankara sources to the press, the peace plan announced March 21 between the Turkish AKP government and Abdullah Ocalan, imprisoned leader of the Kurdish PKK, is to … Read more

Ceasefire call aftermath… Full Text in Turkish | İmralı Cezaevi 21 Mart 2013…

Turkey should seize offer of peace from Kurdish guerilla leader from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Ian Traynor The negotiations will be tricky, but Abdullah Öcalan has given the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan a historic opportunity Turkey’s public enemy number one did the Turkish government a big favour on Thursday. Abdullah Öcalan, the … Read more

The Peace Process in Turkey goes like this: PM criticizes media/threatenes media freedom, slams opposition leaders, Opposition insults back and labels him as traitor…

MEMO FROM DIYARBAKIR; Turkey Renews Focus on Ending Its Long Conflict With Kurds from NYT > Turkey by By TIM ARANGO; Sebnem Arsu contributed reporting from Diyarbakir, and Ceylan Yeginsu from Istanbul. One of the region?s most intractable conflicts may be nearing a close, thanks to the determination of the prime minister, yet ending violence … Read more

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi: İsmet Berkan: Yeni anayasa çıkmaza mı giriyor?

Yeni anayasa çıkmaza mı giriyor? – İsmet BERKAN from Hürriyet Yazarlar İLK işareti Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Aralık ayının sonunda TRT 1?de katıldığı Enine Boyuna programında verdi. Tüm partiler anayasa sürecine dahil olmalı Haber 10 BDP İstanbul Milletvekili Sebahat Tuncel, Türkiye’de anayasa sürecini çok önemsediklerini belirterek, bu anayasanın halkların anayasası olması ve demokratik bir anayasa … Read more

As “Turkey enters key week in Kurdish solution bid”, “Angry Mob Winds Up Kurdish Deputies in Sinop…

Turkey enters key week in Kurdish solution bid from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey is entering one of its most crucial weeks in its efforts to solve the Angry Mob Winds Up Kurdish Deputies in Sinop from Bianet :: English Dozens of angry protestors has reportedly winded up Kurdish deputies at a local guesthouse in Sinop … Read more

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi. “Millete gitme planları…

  Erdoğan’dan ‘yeni’ anayasa takvimi: ‘Mart olmaz, Nisan olur, önemli değil’ soL Haber Portalı Daha önce Mart ayının sonuna kadar yeni anayasa çalışmalarının bitirilmesini hedeflediklerini kamuoyuna açıklayan Erdoğan, MHP’nin ‘komisyon 23 Nisan’a kadar çalışsın’ önerisine, ?Mart olmaz Nisan olur. Önemli değil bir ay daha beklenir. Amaç süreci AK Parti’de anayasa uzlaşmazlığı CNN Türk AK Parti’li … Read more