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Demand for autonomy: Treason. AKP leadership pays for the nationalist votes they have gained in the last elections…

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Turkey calls Kurdish plea ‘treason’  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s President Erdogan condemns as “treason” a call by prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas for Kurdish autonomy. Turkey’s ruling AKP: Declaration of autonomy ‘political assassination attempt’ A recent call for self-governance supported the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is “a political assassination attempt” targeting law order … Read more

Here is the list of journalists in Jail in Turkey (25 Dec 2015)

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Source: Bianet Adı Soyadı Çalıştığı Basın Kuruluşu Aldığı Ceza Adresi 1 Beritan Canözer JİNHA İddianamesi hazırlanmadı. Beritan Canözer Diyarbakır E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi 5 Nisan Mah. Emek Cad. Diyarbakır E Tipi Kapalı Cik Bağlar/Diyarbakır 2 Zeki Karakuş Nisebim.com İddianamesi hazırlanmadı. Zeki Karakuş Mardin E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi Evren Mh., 47100 Mardin Merkez/Mardin 3 Ali Konar … Read more

100,000 people displaced in Turkey due to clashes in southeastern Turkey…

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100,000 people displaced due to clashes with PKK Hurriyet Daily News A police report on the effects of the recent clashes in southeastern Turkey has revealed that some 100,000 people have been displaced in five towns in the region, with 1.3 million people being affected by the repeated curfews Erdoğan vows Kurdish rebels ‘will be buried in … Read more

Journalist jailer, Book censorer Turkey ranks 72th in Human Development Index…

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CPJ: 199 Journalists in Prison, 14 From Turkey Bianet :: English According to a report of the Committee to Protect Journalists, 14 journalists out of 199 arrested journalists all over the world, are in prison in Turkey. Number of jailed journalists in Turkey ‘dramatically increases’ in 2015: CPJ report The number of journalists jailed in Turkey has … Read more

Of course Turkish army is busy to fight against ISIS… Residents in a Silopi neighbourhood are taken to a sports hall… More news from the Kurdish region…

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Residents in a Silopi neighbourhood are taken to a sports hall… reported in Turkish here. HDP co-chair questions gov’t over ‘cleansing’ in curfew towns HDP co-chair Demirtaş has questioned comments made by the ruling AKP gov’t asserting military operations would continue until the towns under curfew in Turkey’s southeast were fully “cleansed” of militants Kurdish militants killed … Read more

At war with its own Kurdish citizens…Right now… #ŞırnakCizreyeYürüyor

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Soldiers posing with nationalists slogans in the classrooms, where students are supposed to be in… After clashes… Security forces attacking Kurdish citizen who oppose curfews and march from Şırnak to Cizre… Turkish police teargas crowds protesting military action against Kurdish rebels  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk About 10,000 troops have been deployed to the country’s south-east with military vowing … Read more

It is war out there in Turkey’s Kurdistan. 7 more killed today… while teachers are officially ordered to leave Cizre and Şırnak…

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Seven people killed in Turkey amid protests against curfews World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Reuters in Diyarbakır Two people die as demonstrators clash with police in Diyarbakır while five Kurdish militants are killed in Mardin Teachers Leave Cizre, Silopi Bianet :: English Teachers in Şırnak’s Cizre and Silopi districts have received an SMS informing them that … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “RSF launches appeal for arrested Cumhuriyet journalists…

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RSF launches appeal for arrested Cumhuriyet journalists The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has launched an international appeal for the release of arrested Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, as well as many other reporters who remain detained in Turkey   KILLING OF TAHİR ELÇİ: Bozdağ: Cartridge Bullet Obtained Bianet :: English Minister of Justice Bozdağ … Read more

“The (Turkish) State has arrived”. Scenes after the curfew in Silvan… An EFD Rights Watch….

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12-day curfew in Turkey’s Silvan ends, governor reveals death toll A 12-day curfew in the three neighborhoods of the Silvan town in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır was lifted, with soldiers withdrawin Hurriyet Daily News / Silvan: 2015 (Fotoğraf: Sebati Karakurt): VIDEO: Police fire tear gas, water cannon at HDP delegation in Turkey’s southeast … Read more

Turkey’s Official accounts for #G-20 Summit #G20LiderlerZirvesi [and a roundup]

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Twitter: @G20Turkey2015 Instagram: instagram.com/G20Turkey Facebook: facebook.com/G20Turkey Security issues occupy centre-stage at G20 summit  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Estimated 30,000 security personnel deployed in Antalya to secure summit, which usually focuses on economic issues G20 and Turkey’s firsts  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Among other objectives, the aim of the summit is to pave the way for a … Read more

Our hearts and souls are with the people of #Paris, #ParisAttacks #Prayforparis – A roundup…

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The Streets of Paris Are as Familiar to Me as the Streets of Beirut  Global Voices Online by Joey Ayoub Memes widely shared in solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks. I come from a privileged Francophone community in Lebanon. This has meant that I have always seen France as my second home. The streets of … Read more

A Kurdish town, Silvan, under curfew for 9 days…

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Six people were killed during a curfew that has been in place in Diyarbakır’s Silvan district since Nov. 2. (Photo: Cihan) Constant gunshots heard from Silvan, where 6 killed under … Today’s Zaman–16 hours ago Gunshots are being heard constantly from Silvan, Diyarbakır province, due to ongoing clashes between the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party … Silvan, … Read more

While Fears of government seizure spill over to Turkey’s universities, “Turkish PM hires top PR firm in EU capital…

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Fears of government seizure spill over to Turkey’s universities – Al-Monitor the Pulse of the Middle East – Nov 6, 1:14 AM Author: Tulay Cetingulec November 6, 2015 A week before Turkey’s Nov. 1 elections, Koza Ipek Holding, whose 22 companies include a media group, were handed over to trustees under a judicial ruling requested … Read more

Well, after all, Erdoğan wants the Presidential system…

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Presidential system, new charter back on agenda Presidential system, new charter back on agenda Erdoğan starts pushing for system change in Turkey In line with the proverb “Strike while the iron is hot,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan lost no time bringing forward the issue of a radical shift in Turkey from the current parliamentary system to a … Read more

With more confidence after the election, attacks on Kurdish targets, journalist and opposition members arrests and denial of election promises…

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Aerial Operation by TSK on Qandil  Bianet :: English General Staff has announced it hit Qandil and its surrounding area Turkish magazine critical of Erdoğan confiscated, editors detained 2 An Istanbul court has ordered the confiscation of the latest issue of Nokta magazine on the grounds that it “incites crime” due its cover and headline showing President … Read more