Turkish gov’t in new bid to block Internet access without legal order Hurriyet Daily News The Turkish government has been preparing to make yet another move which would add insult to injury for those who have been concerned over plight of freedom of expression in the country Prosecutor Requests Arrest of Journalist After Release Bianet :: English … Read more
A citizen protesting corruption was carrying this cartoon as a banner and police decided that this is a crime as there is the act of “cutting Turkish flag” in this cartoon… News in Turkish here. Statement on Erdogan Government’s shameful action against Fethullah Gulen | Alliance for Shared ValuesAlliance for Shared Values afsv.org – Dec … Read more
This year is the first time you see Gülen Movement supporters on street politics and their performance is not that bad at all… Turkey could disappear if AKP rule continues HDP co-leader says The continued rule of the AKP endangers the existence of Turkey as a country, as it will lead to a chaos, HDP co-chair … Read more
The End of Turkey in Europe Freedom House – Nate Schenkkan – On December 17, 2013, Turkey woke up to mass police raids across the country. The chief executive of state-owned HalkBank was detained, and television stations showed shoeboxes stuffed with millions of American dollars pulled out from under his… Turkey’s politicians should not be let … Read more
Turkish police raid media outlets close to Gulen, detain some people Reuters.com – Dec 14, 2:44 AM – ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police raided a television station and a newspaper close to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen on Sunday, detaining some people, media reports said, two days after President Tayyip Erdogan signaled a fresh Turkish police … Read more
Turkish PM calls for boycott of Gülen movement?s schools Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has geared up his rhetoric against the movement of U.S. based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, calling for a boycott of the movement?s schools Turkish PM faces deepening corruption scandal as second tape emerges Audio posted to YouTube allegedly records … Read more
Prosecutors who launched Turkey?s graft probe removed from case amid fresh purge 90 of the 192 prosecutors in Istanbul?s Çağlayan Courthouse were reassigned, including two prosecutors in charge of the graft probe launched on Dec. 17 Turkish PM Erdoğan accuses Gülen movement of trying to ?steal national will? Erdoğan has implicitly slammed … Read more
PM Erdoğan uses hologram to address İzmir party members for first time in Turkey 3D holographic beams reflected Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?s image as he addressed a party meeting in İzmir Ankara Mayor Gökçek highlights possibility of political killings ahead of local polls Melih Gökçek has alleged that current political tensions could … Read more
If the police does what the prosecutor orders, it is replaced. If not, they are ok. So an operation against corrupt officials in Beyoğlu, İstanbul cannot proceed because government does not allow. Because government believes all the corruption case is an attack to its sovereignty. Police chiefs do not want to be replaced. So they … Read more
Turkey mulls proposals for military re-trial Turkey is considering legal changes that could lead to the re-trial of hundreds of people convicted of anti-government plotting Just in 5 months, a PM advisor changes his views on the coup trial and begins to accuse Gülen movement…. PM Erdoğan denounces ‘plot’ against Turkey at luncheon with journalists and … Read more
One of the vocal pro-AKP columnist Dilipak’s claim are widely shared at Star , a staunchly pro-AKP daily, here. Unfortunately, what I observe is that this paranoid belief system is not peculiar to some but a general attitude in AKP circles while they have entered a state of denial on the graft probe… A news … 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
4 major newspapers that function as AKP spokespersons today targeted the ambassador: Ricciardone refutes claims US ‘behind Turkey graft probe’ Hurriyet Daily News-3 hours agoShare US’ Ambassador to Turkey, Francis J. Ricciardone has refuted Turkish media reports that United States was “behind” the ongoing graft probe in Turkey’s governing AK party embroiled in internal strife over corruption claims Irish … 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