Yeni Anayasa Gündemi: liderlerin açtığı tazminat davalarına çözüm arayışı…

Mehmet Ali Şahin’den Anayasa açıklaması Bursada Bugün Bursa Haberleri “Yeni bir anayasa yapma konusunda hedefimizin çok gerisindeyiz. Biz AK Parti olarak kısa ve özlü bir anayasa yapılmasını arzu ettik. Onun için bizim anayasa teklifimiz 106 maddeden oluşmaktadır. Mevcut anayasaise 170 madde civarında. CHP ise 170   Anayasa Komisyonu ‘vatandaşlığı’ konuşacak Günlük Evrensel Gazetesi Yeni anayasa … Read more

Cemil Bayık says PKK stops retreating, PKK demands apology from Turkish gov’t for damaged cemetery in Mardin… A politics roundup…

Bayık: Turkish State Wants War, We Will Defend Ourselves KCK Executive Council Co-Chairperson Cemil Bayık said the Turkish state has yet to take a step forward in the democratic peace process and wanted to make war – a situation that will require them to make self-defense. PKK demands apology from Turkish gov’t for damaged cemetery … Read more

“Syria crisis overshadows G20 summit… Turkey rushes to push for Syria…

Warlords in Syria and Turkey Today I will leave aside the ?strategically deep? topics and focus on a smaller problem Obama, not at his best…  MAIN FOCUS: Syria crisis overshadows G20 summit | 05/09/2013 The G20 leaders convene in St. Petersburg today, Thursday. Commentators expect the topic of Syria to dominate the talks. While some hope … Read more

Contious warnings about the peace process: “PKK retreat to ?end Sept 1? unless ruling AKP takes steps- Politics roundup

PKK retreat to ?end Sept 1? unless ruling AKP takes steps A senior PKK leader has said that they will continue to withdraw until Sept. 1 Turkish gov?t urges PKK to keep commitments in peace process A senior government member has urged the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) to fulfill its responsibility and complete the … Read more

Turkey manages keep relations broken both with Syria and Israel;) A FP roundup….

John Kerry statement on Syria polarises world leaders Iran and Russia stand alongside Assad regime while UK, France and Australia follow US lead As the US moves towards military intervention in the Syrian conflict, world leaders have issued a string of belicose statements, with Iran and Russia standing alongside the Assad regime against a western … Read more

Ankara Mayor provokes, Students starts resistance to protect Trees…. #direnODTÜOrmanı

ODTÜ students in tent protest against Ankara Municipality for campus-crossing road Students at Ankara?s Middle East Technical University?s politically-aware campus has taken a stand on against a new road that is set to be built inside its perimeter Turkey’s squares not destined to become second Tahrir: PM Erdoğan Turkey’s squares were not destined to become … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: 108 soldiers commit suicide since 2012…Columnists As Biggest Hate Speech Makers in Turkey…

108 soldiers commit suicide since 2012, Turkish defense minister says The Turkish defense minister said that 166 soldiers have committed suicide or been killed in accidents across the country in the last year and a half 50 Percent of Rape Victims Are Children, TÜİK Says According to Statistics Institute of Turkey, sexual assault crimes have … Read more

Yeni Anayasa Gündemi: “beş general’ tartışması…

Yeni anayasada kritik viraj! HABERTURK Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu çalışmalarına devam ediyor. Şu ana kadar 59 madde üzerinde uzlaşma sağlandı. Komisyon çarşamba günü yapacağı toplantıda “İlk dört madde, vatandaşlık tanımı ve anadil” gibi tartışmalara neden olan maddeleri müzakere Anayasa’nın değiştirilemez maddelerinde uzlaşma sağlanamadı Radikal ANKARA ? Anayasa’nın ‘değiştirilemez maddeleri’ üzerinde görüşmelerine devam eden TBMM Anayasa Yazım … Read more

CHP claims Turkish government blacklisted opposition deputies… A politics roundup

  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

Turkey?s Council of State Ignores ECHR Verdict- What were you waiting for? /EFD Rights Watch

Turkey?s Council of State Ignores ECHR Verdict Ignoring an ECHR verdict, Turkey?s Council of State confirmed a lower court ruling on the rejection of repartition demand in the case of Abdullah Yaşa – a 13 year old victim of police canisters during a demonstration in Diyarbakır in 2006. Twice an injustice (II) No doubt, the … Read more

Another act of AKP’s social engineering project: Alcohol test for fans before they enter the stadium…

Now watching Turkey‘s Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe in Kayseri. This is a scene right before the game starts… AKP leadership will again defend themselves citing examples from the Western world. However, increasinly anti-Western AKP only chooses examples from the West if they fit their social engineering to transform Turkish society a conservative … Read more

Into the darker ages. Turkish court condemns Apollinaire?s book, Turkish board cites ?telekinesis? as possible cause of mysterious suicides…

Turkish court says French book ?too explicit? Turkey?s Supreme Court of Appeals said Guillaume Apollinaire?s did not fall under freedom of speech Turkish board cites ?telekinesis? as possible cause of mysterious suicides The suspicious suicides of four engineers working at the ASELSAN could have been caused by telekinesis, report says  

Ergenekon verdict day. Martial Law measures against citizens who want to attend the Anti-coup trial…

Gendarme prevents buses… DHKP/C threat prompts high security measures: Ergenekon judge The severe security measures taken at the Silivri Courthose ahead of Ergenekon verdict trial were prompted by a tip claiming a threat Gendarme stands duty in the Silivri farms, in case, some attempt to enter Court premises. Police forces resort to teargas to disperse Silivri crowds … Read more

Towards August 5, Ergenekon Verdict Hearing, Police raid homes of Workers? Party and TGB members…

No protesters allowed in Silivri during Ergenekon hearing, says governor Hurriyet Daily News No protesters will be allowed to demonstrate at the Silivri Courthouse during the Ergenekon trial hearing scheduled to take place on Aug. 5, according to Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu, who added that visitors and relatives would also not be   Police … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Utku Kali, a Turkish soldier, may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’

Turkish soldier may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’ A military prosecutor has demanded 25 years imprisonment for the gendarme accused of leaking secret documents on the Reyhanlı bombings-linked terrorist activities   ********* This year?s Internet Villain is: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Our prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was named Internet Villain … Read more