Is Erdogan rewriting history? Rewriting history according to one’s own religious beliefs is a highly controversial and perilous enterprise. Cengiz Aktar Cengiz Aktar is Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center. As a former director at the United Nations where he spent 22 years of his professional life, Aktar is one of the leading advocates … Read more
…. in which men have the upper hand and women are relegated to motherhood… Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: ‘women not equal to men’ World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Turkish president also accused feminists of not understanding special status attributed to mothers by Islam Turkish PM targets Wikipedia amid ‘censorship’ of sexual articles Prime Minister Davutoğlu has slammed the use … Read more
Graft probe tapings consistent with transcribed files A forensic report on a graft probe started last year has said the transcribed documents and tape recordings of the telephone conversations between the high-profile suspects are consistent Pope Francis to visit Virgin Mary’s House in Turkey Residents of the western town of Selçuk enthusiastically await Pope’s visit to Christian … Read more
ECHR Convicts Turkey Under 3 Different Charges Bianet :: English In 3 different cases, the European Court of Human Rights convicted Turkey of torture, ill-treatment and long term imprisonment, ordering the Turkish state to pay a sum of 30,900 euros as damages. Euro court fines Turkey 58,000 euros in five separate cases The European Court of Human … Read more
#ErdoganCaricature: cartoonists hit back at Turkish leader’s clampdown theguardian.com – James Walsh – Oct 23, 7:20 AM – Cartoonist Martin Rowson urges cartoonists to caricature Turkey’s president Erdoğan, to highlight the trial of a Turkish cartoonist who lampooned him The cartoonist and author Martin Rowson has encouraged people around the world to draw… Turkish deputy PM … Read more
Release of attempted murder suspect in Turkey not closed, says Danish PM Questions over Turkey’s release of the shooting suspect of a right-wing writer and critic of Islam in Copenhagen in 2013 have not been resolved, Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt has said Release of Danish murder suspect ‘decision of Turkish judiciary’ Danish media had reported that Turkey … Read more
US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Syria Kurd town on Turkish border The US-led coalition hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets around a Syrian town on the Turkish border where tens of thousands have fled a jihadist assault Turkey ‘to do whatever needed’ in anti-ISIL coalition, Erdoğan says President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has given … Read more
Erdogan says Turkey may give military support to U.S.-led coalition By ece toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey could give military or logistical support to U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State insurgents in Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Tuesday. “We will give the necessary support to the operation. The support could be military … Read more
Turkey announces EU accession strategy EurActiv.com Turkey said today (18 September) that crises in the Middle East and elsewhere made closer co-operation between Ankara and the European Union essential and announced a new programme to revive the country’s stalled drive for EU membership. EU Minister promotes Turkey’s new EU strategy Turkey provides a more detailed account of how … Read more
Trading of Bank Asya shares suspended again after sharp fluctuations Turkish stock exchange Borsa Istanbul briefly suspended the trading of Islamic lender Bank Asya shares Sept. 18, citing extraordinary movements in the exchange of the lender’s shares. President Erdoğan again slams Gezi protesters, declares pro-Gülen bank ‘already bankrupt’ Erdoğan has signaled no change to his tone as … Read more
Kerry arrives in Ankara seeking support for anti-ISIL coalition U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Ankarafor talks aimed at building a coalition against ISIL, a visit that comes after Turkey refused to allow the use of its air bases for launching attacks on the extremists Arabs back anti-ISIL statement as Turkey abstains w Key … Read more
Turkey’s education row deepens as thousands placed in religious schools ‘against their will’ Turkey’s secondary education examination row has deepened, amid reports that thousands of students, including some non-Muslims, have been placed in Islamic vocational schools for the upcoming school year. Turkish policeman jailed for killing BBC News | Europe | World Edition A Turkish policeman … Read more
No VPN on Earth Can Protect Careless Pirates TorrentFreak Last year, Philip Danks, a man from the West Midlands, UK, went into a local cinema and managed to record the movie Fast and Furious 6. He later uploaded that content to the Internet. After pleading guilty, this week Wolverhampton Crown Court sentenced him to an unprecedented33 … Read more
If we survive, this might actually be true…. After Erdogan, Turkey’s Future Will Be Liberal NYT > Turkey by By SONER CAGAPTAY Erdogan won on Sunday, but the era of Islamist dominance is ending. Today’s young Turks want real democracy. PM Erdoğan vows to hand over AKP leadership after consultations PM Erdoğan has vowed to hand over the … Read more
Muslim gender segregation stirs UK debate Incident at University College London talk thrusts Islam’s male-and-female divide into the spotlight. Britain-France ties: How cordial is the entente? Old tensions loom over Cameron-Hollande summit British, French leaders meet for summit on EU, defence British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande will agree increased cooperation … Read more