International judges warn of ‘party politics’ at HSYK A top international judicial association has called on Turkey to ‘keep party politics out of the election process’ for the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors Government draws up plans against failure at judicial body elections Disappointed by the first two rounds of the elections at the HSYK, the … Read more
Turkish Court Rejects Part of Judiciary Law NYT > Turkey by By TIM ARANGO The Constitutional Court overturned a provision that gave the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greater control over the judiciary Tension between top court, gov?t likely to escalate: Turkish main opposition Hurriyet Daily News CHP Deputy Chair Faik Öztrak … Read more
Graft probe prosecutor claims he was ?threatened? by Turkish gov?t Öz says he was ‘threatened’ by two people sent by PM Erdoğan to stop the probe Turkey’s under-fire Erdogan sidles up to military Turkey’s embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears willing to mend fences with the once all-powerful army which he fought … Read more
The army is in a losing battle. They have lost most of their ground. It seems that they cannot even control their (supposedly) tightly sealed structure (ie. latest spy operation) I personally do not give a shit; better not to see uniformed people among civilians… Turkey’s Chief of Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner, right, shakes hands … Read more
And there were Turkish, Arabic and Syrian in addition to Kurdish banners.. Kurdish language program at university sign of Turkish prosperity, says Gül from Hurriyet Dailynews Different cultures contribute to Turkey?s prosperity, President Abdullah Gül said at a ground-breaking ceremony in the southeastern Anatolian province of Mardin on Monday. FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Chief prosecutor … Read more
Yargıtay (The Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey ) today made the headlines. It announced that YÖK’s latest move, allowing headscarfed women to universities, is not right, it violates Constitutional and European Court decisions. After the HSYK defeat, this seems to be a last breath shot of the Kemalist judiciary… I don’t believe Yargıtay’s move … Read more
photo via By being elected as Saadet Party’s leader again at 84, Necmettin Erbakan demolishes his own political heritage. If he is healthy it may be all right, but he is having difficulties in walking, talking and even breathing and he is now into active politics. A few years ago, the President pardoned him for … Read more
From(L-R) Turkey’s Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, State Minister Zafer Caglayan, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Ali Babacan, State Minister Cevdet Yilmaz and Labour Minister Omer Dincer attend a news conference in Ankara October 11, 2010. Babacan said the government would adhere to fiscal discipline and would not overspend … Read more
Let me remind the fact that these members’ duties were about to expire. As usual they launched a show and probably they do attempt to influence the ongoing membership elections process withing judiciary circles. Thanks God that these high judiciary judges who have not performed a single act in the name of democratic reforms are … Read more
Cemil Çiçek, a center right politician but with an intense nationalist tendency, who could cling to AKP’s rise and who always gets important positions the government reiterated recently a crude, primitive statement about PKK members: Most of them are not circumsion. So he implies PKK members are probably Armenians. He continues to deny Kurdish existence. … 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
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (C), Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug (R) meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara February 25, 2010. Turkey’s political and military leaders meet on Thursday as a storm gathers over a coup plot investigation against the armed forces which is threatening stability and investor confidence in the EU-candidate country. REUTERS/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace Press Office/Handout
Turkish leaders meet as coup plot storm gathers – washingtonpost.com
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Power shift from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkish army coming under increasing pressure Largest Ergenekon probe touches all untouchables Today’s Zaman İbrahim Fırtına, who was interrogated earlier in January by prosecutors conducting the investigation into Ergenekon, was detained yesterday in addition to Turkish soldiers stand at the entrance of the War Academy … Read more