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Once again, Judiciary mechanisms in Turkey become an obstacle for peace: YSK Disqualifies Pro-Kurdish Politicians From Parliamentary Election

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Kurdish protesters run away from tear gas during clashes with riot police in a street demonstration on April 19, 2011 in Istanbul after Turkey’s electoral board barred prominent Kurdish candidates from standing in upcoming elections. Turkish riot police fired teargas and water cannons during pitch battles with thousands of demonstrators infuriated by the ban. (AFP/Mustafa … Read more

Today in the election process. AKP’s election manifesto announced, CHP nominates another Ergenekon defendant. A roundup

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CHP nominated İlhan Cihaner as a MEP candidate from Denizli. PM Erdoğan promised something like building up two cities around Istanbul… Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures to the audience after announcing his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) election manifesto in Ankara April 16, 2011. Turkey will hold parliamentary elections on June 12. … Read more

Towards elections: MEP candidate lists announced. A roundup

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Nabi Avcı is one of the candidates from AKP. Follow the link for the other candidates Mr. Avcı is my very first professor in my academic career. He was one of our faculty members and one of the most loved ones, before he became an advisor for PM Erdoğan. I wish the latter had listened … Read more

Towards elections: Erdoğan’s obsession for presidential system and more…

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Even President Abdullah Gül and Bülent Arınç opposes the PM Erdoğan’s desire for the presidential system. I cannot know why he is so eager about that. Under normal conditions, his party already dominates the parliamentary system… Transsexual Running for Parliament from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Photo from Radikal-Öykü Özen is running for parliament. She … Read more

Towards elections: What if current political leaders were women? A campaign to increase awareness for more women candidates…

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Check out the blog of Necati Özkan, a political consultant, for more of these campaign posters. If they were women, they would probably be housewives, not politicians… Who’s calling Turkey a police state? | Cengiz Çandar by Cengiz Çandar Freedom of speech is part of the daily routine in Turkey. Western attacks on the Turkish … Read more

Towards elections: TÜSİAD comes back to political stage with a draft constitution

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  TÜSİAD formulates draft constitution by YAVUZ BAYDAR Will the people of Turkey manage to mobilize for preparing and adopting a democratic constitution? The question is vital in what Ümit Boyner, chairwoman of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen?s Association (TÜSİAD), calls ?the watershed elections? approach.   I vote for TÜSİAD?s constitution by KERİM BALCI We … Read more

Towards elections: Probably the best election offer, Paid-for military service, rejected by AKP

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I am sure CHP is not very sincere about her proposal still its election promise was the closed to get rid of the mandatory military service for many. And not surprisingly, AKP  leadership, as the new leaders of Establishment, rejected the proposal outright… The CHP?s paid-for military proposal by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Following its civil … Read more

Another march today for Press Freedom

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the March took place in İstiklal Street, Taksim, Istanbul. More photos here. Turkish journalists protest over arrested colleagues AFP It was the latest move in a sprawling probe into Ergenekon, a purported secularist network that allegedly planned assassinations and bombings to spark chaos and prompt a military coup to topple the Justice and Development Party … Read more

Towards elections, Turkey main opposition party CHP struggling with another scandal…

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A CHP mired in dirt by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The Republican People?s Party (CHP), which has been going through turbulent times since the resignation of its former leader Deniz Baykal due to a video scandal, has been shaken once again with the revelations of an Odatv reporter who was recently detained as part of a … Read more

“Predetermined” Parliamentary elections on June 12.

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Even the main opposition accepts that AKP will lead the elections. The bets are on how much vote it will get… AKP’s current arrogancy is probably due to its being without any substantive alternatives….   Turkey’s general elections to be held on June 12 from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA Daily News Parliament Bureau Parliament approved … Read more

Oda TV raided by police. Ergenekon trial moves onto journalistic/civil links

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However it gets complicated. If there isn’t hard evidence,  and there is a growing anxiety over the evidence issue, then it is impossible to support this raid. This is despite the fact that I have no sympathy for Soner Yalçın and his gang at Oda.TV, an influential website with idiosyncratic left leanings, anti-AKP and pro-Ergenekon … Read more

It gets harder to plan a coup in Turkey. 163 officers arrested.

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Former Air Forces Commander Gen. Halil İbrahim Fırtına and former Naval Forces Commander Adm. Özden Örnek are among the 163 suspects who were arrested on Friday. from Today’s Zaman 162 Turkish officers ordered jailed in coup trial Bloomberg That case is based on a conspiracy by an alleged gang of secular nationalists called “Ergenekon.” Critics … Read more

Towards elections, Police violence in Turkey routinized again…

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Police clash with protesters in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011,as they try to stop a march on Parliament by workers protesting government-proposed legislation that they say will strip them of their rights. About ten thousands of workers, many of whom had traveled from across Turkey, had gathered in the capital Ankara and vowed to … Read more

CHP to save Ergenekon suspects; Turkish PM says stress causes harsh rhetoric (!)

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan inspects a guard of honour during a welcome ceremony in Kiev January 25, 2011.? Read more » REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Turkish PM says stress causes harsh rhetoric from Hurriyet Dailynews Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that recent comments he made regarding Turkish alcohol consumption arose out of a … Read more

Erdoğan at TÜSİAD meeting. Another step towards the center. And a politics roundup…

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It seems that AKP is about the settle down as a center right political party with a more islamic tone. In the election process, now comes the peace with TÜSİAD… PM Erdoğan and Businessman Rahmi Koç. Photo source here. US embassy cables: Turkish military ‘plot’ sparks US fears for democracy from World news: Turkey | … Read more