Discursive humility: Turkish PM says he doesn?t want to see ?yes men? around Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan encouraged intellectuals to warn politicians, including himself Increasing Conservative agenda: Turkish PM promises separate pools for boys and girls during speech Turkish PM has promised to bring separate Olympic pools for men and women to Rize province … Read more
Başlıkta büyük bir genelleme var, Kürt hareketi hakkında o kadar da iddialı değilim. Kişisel, ben merkezli bir kaç fikir sunacağım. Özellikle İstanbul’daki gösterilere bireysel olarak birçok Kürt vatandaş katılsa da partisel anlamda katılım iddiası olmadı. Daha ilk günlerde ulusalcılarla yanyana olmamak gerek gibi bazı BDP liderlerinin söylemleri de bunda etkili olsa gerek. AKP apolojistlerinin belki … Read more
An informant offers to cooperate in the Dink murder probe: report from Hurriyet Daily News The Istanbul prosecutor investigating the murder of Hrant Dink received a letter Feb. 13 from an inmate claiming to have information on Dink?s killers *************** Iran MP criticizes Turkey’s ‘crackdown’ on journalists from Hurriyet Daily News Spokesperson for Iran?s … Read more
Number of arrested students ?on the rise? in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News A recent report prepared by the Solidarity with Arrested Students Platform says that there are currently 771 students in jail in Turkey. KCK operations hit KESK and Eğitim-Sen from Hurriyet Daily News Police have detained 58 people, including a number of … Read more
In Turkey the right to free speech is being lost | Mehdi Hasan by Mehdi Hasan Erdogan is using a series of alleged plots to justify a crackdown on dissent that threatens basic freedoms Which country in the world currently imprisons more journalists than any other? The People’s Republic of China? Nope. Iran? Wrong again. … Read more
Video Support from Her Students In order to protest the imprisonment of Büşra Ersanlı, ?The Students of Büşra Ersanlı? prepared a video series. Ersanlı speaks about ?love?, with the help of her supporters’ voice. Kurdish migrant women isolated in Istanbul UPI.com “Women are generally more active in their villages, where they work in fields, walk … Read more
Turkish state personnel knew Dink was to be killed, presidential board says from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s State Audit Board (DDK) completed a report into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink today State confesses negligence in Dink murder from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by LALE KEMAL ?State … Read more
Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin have been detained on Monday, February 13th Dear Friends, We regret to inform that our friends and colleagues Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin have been detained on Monday, February 13th. Arslan is a director, author and scholar. Sahin is also a director, cinematographer and actor. The authorities allege … Read more
via Erdoğan after the second surgery… Erdoğan?s post-surgery photographs released from Hurriyet Daily News The Prime Ministry?s Office yesterday released the first photograph taken of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after his second surgery that took place Feb. 11. Intelligence not immune to justice, say prosecutors from Hurriyet Daily News As political tension grows over … Read more
Ragip Zarakolu, human rights symbol in modern Turkey, Bulent Gokay from open Democracy News Analysis – by Bulent Gokay Turkey will become a real global power only when the high level of its economic progress is matched by a strong, stable and functioning democratic system. Ragıp Zarakolu, arrested journalist, publisher, writer and human rights advocate, … Read more
PM Erdoğan personally had given support for Mr. Fidan now he is a “suspect” because he got talks with the PKK representatives in Norway… Looks like a warning to PM Erdoğan from internal rivals of his regime… Turkey’s intel chief suspect in terror case, daily Hürriyet reports from Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul public prosecutor’s office … Read more
Turkey Loses Ground again in World Press Freedom Index Turkey fell back ten places to number 148 in the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index. According to the report of Reporters Without Borders, press freedom is in an even worse state in only 31 countries. Press freedom index: big falls for Arab trio in year of … Read more
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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
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