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Dispatches from Turkey. Davutoğlu threatens: “Normalization not possible after Gaza offensive…

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Calls grow for boycott of Israeli goods in Turkey A number of professional associations have urged consumers to refrain from buying goods from a list of companies Normalization not possible after Gaza offensive, senior Turkish diplomat tells Israeli counterpart The Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu is also set to hold talks in Washington where he will … Read more

Erdoğan’s fight with Gülen movements starts the disintegration of Ergenekon Case. İlker Başbuğ, former chief of staff, released this evening…

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In his personalized fight against Gülen movement, Erdoğan seems to be looking for help from Kemalists and for military elites, as the special courts to overview the so-called Ergenekon trial closed, one of the earliest to be free is İlker Başbuğ, former chief of staff… Turkey?s former Chief of Staff İlker Başbuğ to be released … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Three reports rule out self-defense in Gezi protester Sarısülük killing

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Three reports rule out self-defense in Gezi protester Sarısülük killing: Lawyer Three separate reports all indicate that police officer A.Ş. did not use self-defense when he shot dead Ethem Sarısülük *************** Go and live in the forest, Turkish PM tells environment activists PM Erdoğan slammed environment activists opposing the construction of a road passing through … Read more

CHP claims Turkish government blacklisted opposition deputies… A politics roundup

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  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

Ergenekon verdict aftermath. A roundup…

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Turkish leader accused of witch-hunt as army coup plotter is jailed for life Police fire teargas at protesters outside court as critics say Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used trial to weaken military Turkey is facing angry divisions after a former armed forces commander was sentenced to life imprisonment with 16 other retired officers for their role … Read more

Document: Ergenekon Defense Files | Full Text in Turkish

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Ergenekon Defense Files | Full Text in Turkish Ergenekon Defense Fies | Full Text in English for Balbay, Haberal and Ozkan All files here

EFD Rights Watch: Egg-throwing students face 5 years in jail; New media law to end newspaper bans…

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Egg-throwing students face 5 years in jail in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News A prosecutor has asked for up to five years of imprisonment for two students   Will the Halki Theological School be opened? from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ I divide Turkey?s minority policies … Read more

Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek continues to decry: ?No interest in [new] charter? but….

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in not a surprising irony any more, Mr. Çiçek is the very embodiment of status quo, and now he is in charge of the new constitution that will supposedly be more democratic… ?No interest in charter? from Hurriyet Daily News Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek continued his criticisms against civil society and institutions which have not … Read more

Hrant Dink trial once again puts judiciary process in Turkey under fire.. A roundup…

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Turkey seeks to streamline judicial process from FT.com – World, Europe Ankara has unveiled a package of almost 100 reforms to the lumbering judicial system, which is under the international spotlight Judiciary in Turkey under European fire from Hurriyet Daily News The Council of Europe?s Thomas Hammarberg implores Turkey to fix its ill functioning justice … Read more

As Kılıçdaroğlu becomes the new target of Judicary and KCK arrests continue, an Economist slideshow of who crossed Ankara and ended up in jail…

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Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu addresses party members at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Kilicdaroglu accused the judiciary of doing the government’s bidding after a prosecutor sought to lift his legal immunity, a step that would clear the way for him to be charged with insulting the … Read more

As Yavuz Baydar states, “Jailing generals does not end tutelage….

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Turkey Arrests Ex-Chief of Military, Gen. Ilker Basbug from NYT > Turkey by By SEBNEM ARSU Gen. Ilker Basbug faces charges in a long-running case involving accusations of a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan?s pro-Islamic government.Q&A: Turkey’s military and the alleged coup plots BBC News The BBC’s Bridget Kendall examines the issues … Read more

İlker Başbuğ tutuklandı… Storified…

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EFD Rights Watch: NYT states “Turkey?s Glow Dims”

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Turkey?s Glow Dims as Government Limits Free Speech from NYT > Turkey by By DAN BILEFSKY and SEBNEM ARSU While Washington and Europe praise Turkey as the model of Muslim democracy for the Arab world, human rights advocates say the government is curbing press freedom. Turkey’s former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug, center left, … Read more

Journalists working for Intelligence

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Well-known journalist-interviewer Neşe Düzel interviews former chief editor of Sabah, Ergun Babahan. It is in Turkish. Many notable journalists/columnists voluntarily or professionally worked with military and civil intelligence institutions in Turkey. Now some defend them in the name of press freedom. Such a low point for the Turkish press…

and a Turkish politics roundup here:

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A roundup of aftermath of biggest raid against Ergenekon

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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