Higher Education Council: 5,342 Staff Members Laid Off Bianet :: English The Council of Higher Education has announced that legal action has been initiated against 6,792 members, 5,342 of them laid off. Twitter refuses to explain censorship of verified journalist accounts in post-coup Turkey dailydot.com – Aug 12, 7:22 PM Twitter has made a name for … Read more
Ankara voices ‘disappointment’ to Swedish envoy over age of consent tweet The Foreign Ministry has summoned Sweden’s chargé d’affaires in Turkey, upon a claim from Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom that Turkey had legalized sex with underage children Chemical castration of sex offenders in Turkey condemned by women’s groups World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch … 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