?Moral profiling? of students? private lives… another aspect of growing conservative surveillance over society.. A politics roundup…

Police units in southeastern city perform ?moral profiling? of students? private lives   Police followed students’ political and social activities as well as their relationships, a report said Islamic Scholar Gülen?s letter to Ankara intensifies graft case row A letter recently sent to President Abdullah Gül by Fethullah Gülen has intensified the already rifted relations … Read more

CHP claims Turkish government blacklisted opposition deputies… A politics roundup

  Analysis: Turkey’s divisive Ergenekon trial Conviction of alleged coup plotters seen by many as Islamists‘ revenge against the army.   Turkish government blacklisted opposition deputies, CHP says Turkey?s main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) has alleged that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) collected 15 CHP deputies and officials’ personal information   Top … Read more

Towards August 5, Ergenekon Verdict Hearing, Police raid homes of Workers? Party and TGB members…

No protesters allowed in Silivri during Ergenekon hearing, says governor Hurriyet Daily News No protesters will be allowed to demonstrate at the Silivri Courthouse during the Ergenekon trial hearing scheduled to take place on Aug. 5, according to Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu, who added that visitors and relatives would also not be   Police … Read more