Turkish President Gül invites opposition leaders for meeting amid political crisis The invitation comes amid an ongoing political crisis fueled by a bill on the judiciary In Scandal, Turkey?s Leaders May Be Losing Their Tight Grip on News Media The New York Times (USA) Sunday, January 12, 2014, p. A 11 By Tim Arango … Read more
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
seçim günlüğü Adaylar TKP İstanbul adayını belirledi! soL Haber Portalı Türkiye Komünist Partisi, yerel seçimler öncesi İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Başkanlığı adayını belirledi. “İstanbul’un büyük bir kent olarak kamu çıkarları doğrultusunda yeniden yapılandırılması ancak ve ancak solun işi olabilir” diyen TKP’nin adayı . CHP’nin Denizli adayı belli oldu Akşam Denizli’de CHP’nin merakla beklenen büyükşehir belediye … Read more
Beneath Turkey’s turmoil is a bitter battle between two wounded men | Fiachra Gibbons Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s abuse of power is being exposed by the equally intimidating exiled spiritual leader Fethullah Gülen Imagine for a moment you saw yourself as a “model for the world” like the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who … Read more
During the day, Burhan Kuzu, an AKP deputy who happens to be a professor on constitutional law, tweeted that a list that contains around 2 thousand high level bureaucrats’ names have been given to PM Erdoğan. Supposedly these people are followers of Fethullah Gülen and will be eliminated from the state bureaucracy. Mr. Kuzu is … Read more
Fethullah Gülen movement [FGM] is now the biggest school of Islamic circles that follow Said Nursi‘s teachings. FGM was known to support center right parties. With the collapse of center right in Turkey as AKP did rise to power, FGM and AKP allied to challenge their common enemy: Turkish Army. In the mean time, AKP … Read more
Washington says high tension over graft probe will have ‘consequences’ The United States does not want to increase the tension over the latest statements by Prime Minister Erdoğan?s implication The End of the Turkish Model? Erdogan?s Paranoia and Authoritarian Streak Threaten his Legacy Turkish probe marks AKP-Gulen power struggle Aljazeera.com Cases such as Ergenekon … Read more
Başbakanın Yeğeninden Gözaltına Alınan Öğretmene İşkence Talebi Polise Külhanbeyi diyen BAŞBAKANIN gerçek külhanbeyi yeğeni Ali ERDOĞAN gözaltına alınan öğretmene polisten işkence yapması için talepte bulunuyor. Kabul görmeyince de küfrediyor başka bir versiyon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDLSi2hLKQ Haberi: http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/14337/_Basbakan_in_korumalari_karakol_basti_.html Erdoğan Bayraktar Trabzonda Seçmene Para Dağıttı Rüşvet ve Yolsuzluklarıyla gündeme gelen AKP’li Bakan Erdoğan Bayraktar ziyaret ettiği Trabzonda seçmene para dağıttı! … Read more
Istanbul intelligence unit head called for deposition over allegations of leaking graft probe Istanbul?s public Prosecutor?s Office has summoned Intelligence Unit head Erdogan backs officials against bribery ?stain? Turkey prime minister blames foreign forces and the media for allegations of bribery against his government, accusing them of preparing ?a trap? to snare his ministers … Read more
When did Erdoğan know about the bribe probe? One of the biggest corruption probes in Turkish history has put Tayyip Erdoğan?s AK Parti Istanbul police chief dismissed after arrests in corruption case Huseyin Capkin says he has been removed from post and recalled to Ankara, after allies of PM caught up in inquiry Istanbul’s most … Read more
Just this morning I hear the news in Twitter that some high profile businessmen, including infamous Ali Ağaoğlu, close to AKP circles are detained… ************** Hakan Şükür, a former well-known football player, close to Gülen movement, resigned from being an AKP MEP last night. The photo below from the good old days. Mr. Gülen was … Read more
Kafkas cephesinde hareketlilik Dışişleri Bakanı perşembe günü Karadeniz Ekonomik İşbirliği Teşkilâtı?nın bir toplantısına Türkiye?yi temsilen katılmak üzere Erivan?a gidiyor. Normal şartta adî bir vaka sayılacak bu seyahat pekçok nedenden ötürü ayrı bir mana ifade ediyor. İki ülke arasında diplomatik ilişkilerin olmayışı, Türkiye?nin ?olmayan? Ermenistan politikasını Azerbaycan?a ihale etmiş olması, Ermeni Soykırımı?nın yüzüncü yılında hükümetin … Read more
Turkish government signed decision to fight against Gülen Movement in 2004: Report The government signed a MGK decision in 2004 recommending an action plan against Gülen?s movement, report says Row between Turkish government and Gülen heats up with new document The row between followers of the Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen?s movement of and the … Read more
Turkish government defiant as battle over prep schools rises The tension recently peaked, with Erdoğan describing the group?s objection to his government?s plans as a ?smear campaign? Turkish government to let Syrian refugees vote in elections, CHP claims The government is aiming to manipulate election results by allowing Syrian refugees to vote in Turkish elections, … Read more
After Occupy Gezi, there comes the second blow… For the last 4 days, AKP’s plan to eliminate prep schools has been challenged in Twitter not by Gezi protesters but by Fethullah Gülen movement sympathizers. Private prep school network all over Turkey is one of the major recruitment hub for the Gülen movement (Cemaat). As the … Read more