Balyoz dersleri: Askersizleşme yarım yamalak olmaz Balyoz davası ve tutuklamaların yarattığı hararete biraz mesafe alınca ortaya sevimsiz bir arkaplan çıkıyor. Kabaca, hükümet cenahında suç teşkil eden fiillerden darbe suçu çıkmayacağı endişesi hâkim. Karşıdaki askerci cenah ise ?bu günleri de mi görecektik? isyanı ile ?ne var bu beyanlarda, darbe bile yok? pişkinliği arasında gidip geliyor. Asker … Read more
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
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
Four heavy digging vehicles are being used for the excavations in the Mutki district in the province of Bitlis. DHA photo Dozens of bone fragments found during Mutki excavation Many human bone and skull fragments were discovered during excavations in a large trash dump in the Mutki district of Bitlis. Many fragments of bones and … Read more
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
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
Kurdish Town of Cizre Becomes Bilingual from Bianet :: English The departments in the southeast Cizre municipality building, controlled by the pro-Kurdish BDP are titled in both Turkish and Kurdish. Inspite that Turkey officially recognizes only the Turkish language locals mother tongue Kurdish, will be openly used in public institutions. says deputy mayor Gölçe. Gül?s … Read more
Chief of Staff’s statement against Kurdish usage has been translated to Kurdish (!) ROJ : 17 Befranbar 2010 SEET : 15:05 NO : BA – 03 / 10 1. Komara Tirkiyê ku ji neteweya tirk re diyariya Ataturkê Rêberê Mezin e; hêza xwe ji serweriya gel digre û bingeha … Read more
It looks like AKP power consolidates as center right and old patterns of malpractices emerge. Erdoğan?s trial by criticism from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Turkish Pre by Mehmet Barlas Just as novelist Halide Edip Adıver wrote a book titled ?Türk?ün Ateşle İmtihanı? (Turkish trial by fire) Prime Minister Recep Tayyip … Read more
Meeting with Öcalan?s lawyers? from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE Last Sunday, I had a meeting with jailed leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan?s lawyers in Yalova. Öcalan?s lawyers have been meeting with many writers for two years. PKK leader hints at alliance … Read more
a politics roundup: PKK extends truce, calls for Ankara to make next move from Hurriyet Dailynews Announcing a new month-long extension to its period of non-action, the outlawed PKK has urged Ankara to meet its conditions for a permanent cease-fire. (UPDATED) Turkey’s Kurdish rebels extend ceasefire for month from Yahoo news The Kurdistan Workers Party … Read more
Turkish daily Taraf has its day in court from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires The staff of one Turkish newspaper had a very busy day at Kadıköy Courthouse on Friday, with 18 journalists from daily Taraf attending 44 different hearings Ahmet Altan. Taraf’s chief editor. Hürriyet photo Erdoğan’s new stance draws … Read more
Hanefi Avcı is currently a police chief in Eskişehir. He used to have higher positions but he was put under political pressure when he had talked about the gang organizations within the State. He had been accused of being “government’s man” by Kemalists. But with his recently published book, Haliç?te Yaşayan Simonlar; Dün Devlet Bugün … Read more
Kadir Özbek, head of HSYK, acts like an opposition leader… Ergenekon shadow persists over top jurists, courts Today’s Zaman The suspicious incidents are believed to be the work of Ergenekon, a clandestine criminal organization accused of working to overthrow the government. … Ergenekon suspects intimidate judges with compensation claims Today’s Zaman More and more efforts … Read more