Ayşe Özer, Aleviliğin ABC’sinin yeni baskısı üzerine Ali Murat İrat’la görüştü…

ALEVİLİĞİN ABC?Sİ Ali Murat İrat, Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesinde öğretim görevlisi olarak çalıştıktan sonra istifa etti. ODTÜ?de Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümünde ikinci yüksek lisansını yaptı. Mülkiye?de ikinci doktorasını yaparken Paris?teki Ecole Normale Superieure?da felsefe eğitimi aldı. Alevilik üzerine yazıları ve kitapları, ayrıca Yitik isimli bir romanı bulunuyor. Devletin Bektaşi Hırkası isimli kitabının gözden … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Turkey to Implement New Judicial Reforms…

Turkey to Implement New Judicial Reforms from Bianet :: English ntvmsnbc said Turkish government is soon to conclude its efforts to draft new judicial reforms, publicly known as 4th Judicial Package. Judicial package in pipeline: Justice minister from Hurriyet Daily News The fourth judicial package, which aims to remedy structural problems in the Turkish judicial. … Read more

Assassinations in Paris as Peace talks in Turkey continue…

Members of Paris’s Kurdish community gather outside the office block where three Kurdish activists were found dead. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Turkey’s Paris envoy reveals crucial detail in PKK murders from Hurriyet Daily News After killing three Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) members in Paris, the killer or killers locked the door of the office where … Read more

Heavy snow, earthquake in the Agean region..While gov?t-PKK peace talks continue.. Politics roundup…

Quake in Aegean Sea Shakes Turkey and Greece-ABC News Heavy snow hits Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News An anticipated cold front from the Balkans brought heavy snow to the whole country today. ************ Turkey learning that jaw-jaw is better than war-war from Yahoo news Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reached the conclusion that there’s … Read more

Turkish politics roundup: More doubts on late Turkish President Özal?s death… Turkish PM toured the world four times in 2012

Turkish PM toured the world four times in 2012 from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has traveled a total Doubts linger on late Turkish President Özal?s death from Hurriyet Daily News The plot thickens on the suspicious death of late Turkish President Turgut Özal as media reports suggest that.   Was … Read more

Turkey?s newly elected first ombudsman, Mehmet Ömeroğlu, under fire… Immunities row now… Politics roundup…

Ombudsman alla Turca from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Parliament elected its first ombudsman, or public inspector, last week on Nov. 27, sparking a new debate on his eligibility. Ombudsman under fire for his verdict on Dink from Hurriyet Daily News Pressure is mounting for Turkey?s newly elected first ombudsman to resign amid criticism from the … Read more

After all, like Fazel Hawramy says “Turkey would rather jail journalists than address the Kurdish question. A Turkish politics roundup

Turkey would rather jail journalists than address the Kurdish question | Fazel Hawramy from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Fazel Hawramy The state has too long shaped the Kurdish issue as one of terrorism. About 100 journalists are now in prison ? it must end Turkey has put 44 Kurdish journalists on trial this … Read more

Intense clashes in SE Turkey… Five PKK reports… a politics roundup..

Intense clashes continue in SE Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News Intense clashes are continuing throughout southeast Turkey following close to a month of operations in the area.   Turkey?s longest war from Hurriyet Daily News The longer the conflict between the Turkish government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party.. Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul comforts a … Read more

In the mean time, some tension between pro-Erdoğan and pro-Gül factions emerge…

In the end, Gül shows his fury against his AKP mates from Hurriyet Daily News It was in Ruşen Çakır?s column: The topic is whether or not President Abdullah Gül will participate.   Gül, Erdoğan engage in proxy presidential row from Hurriyet Daily News A proxy debate has been sparked over the presidential system, with … Read more

we will probably see more in this line: “The rise and fall of Turkey?s Erdogan

The rise and fall of Turkey?s Erdogan by Acturca Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) July 23, 2012 By M K Bhadrakumar * Israel?s emergence from the woodwork can signal only one thing: the Syrian crisis is moving towards the decisive phase. The lights have been switched on in the operation theatre and the carving of … Read more

Whenever there is talk of peace in Kurdish issues, acts of terror emerges.. a politics roundup…

SUCH A CYCLE …. Fighting in southeastern Turkey leaves 26 dead, reports say – CNN.com Turkish soldiers outnumbered, outgunned: Deputy prime minister from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish soldiers who came under attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) today were both outnumbered and outgunned by their foes   Reports: Dozens dead in Turkey from … Read more

Cover-up for Uludere massacre continues… some might one day shout back at the PM? “you know how to kill well*

* Erdoğan to Shimon Perez at the notorious “one minute incident”: “Mr. Peres, you are older than I am. But the volume of your voice is too high. And I know this is because of the guilt psychology. My voice will not be that loud. Know this like that. When it is time to kill, … Read more

William Armstrong on “AKP & Fethullah Gülen alliance”, Presidential system debates, New constitution writing…

New constitution formula takes shape from Hurriyet Daily News Parliament?s Constitutional Reconciliation Commission started writing the new constitution beginning with the section on ?fundamental rights and freedoms.? Charter team draws first border from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s Constitution Conciliation Committee agrees on 45 titles under the Fundamental Freedoms and Rights chapter, while failing to reach … Read more

Mr. Erdoğan pushes for presidential system..that means it might be in the new constitution… a politics roundup

Rights, freedoms first topic for charter writing from Hurriyet Daily News The panel tasked with writing the draft of a new charter is set to start with the first chapter on ?rights and freedoms. Is Turkey adopting a presidential system? from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday that Turkey could … Read more

A video: Turkish parliamentarians fight for the new education system

4+4+4 ismiyle anılan yasa teklifinin görüşmeleri esnasında Milli Eğitim Komisyonu’nda AKP’li milletvekilleri, CHP’li milletvekillerinin konuşmasını engellemeye çalıştılar. Yaralanan gazeteciler ve milletvekilleri bulunmaktadır