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Towards Referendum (2): PSYOPs in Dörtyol and İnegöl

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Two towns whose populations are more intermixed due to domestic migration, Dörtyol and İnegöl have been targets of psychological operations in order to start communal strifes. This is a pattern that has been observed several times in pre-1980 coup d’etat. In the old days, Alevis vs. Sunnis tension was manipulated. Now comes Turks vs. Kurds tension. Kurdish populations increase in especially Western parts of Anatolia and this brings some social tension. There have been some other attempts to instigate strifes in recent years but İnegöl and Dörtyol cases that happened in the same week seem to be more deliberate. Mobs agitated by Turkish nationalist themes are mobilized after seemingly personal conflicts between persons that happend to be Kurds and Turks.

Unlike the previous cases, government acted swiftly this time and there have been arrrests in İnegöl and security forces patrol the city. Mobs are cowards. When they see security forces at work, they back down. In fact, in most of the cases, security forces are “called to wait” and then come the massacres. This time the government will not let this happen. It seems. Well, apparently these operations aim to destabilize the country and calls for “law and order” regime. Not more democratizations…

In the mean time, Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu who emerged as a symbol of hope for some in opposition continue to embarrass himself with ridicilous allegations.. That’s the best CHP  could reach…

In the mean time, judiciary battles continue.  There is a warrant to arrest 102 active and retired military officials although it is not executed yet… We will see the drama unravel in the next days…

Unrest against Kurdish Population in Hatay

from Bianet :: English
Four police officers were killed in an attack on a police car in the south-eastern city of Dörtyolu; the party building of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party was burned; shops owned by Kurds were demolished. Tension is still rising high in the region.

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Turkish politics roundup (2): CHP, Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu meeting, Internal struggle at SP…

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Erbakan supporters call for new SP convention from Hurriyet Dailynews The recent Saadet Party convention failed to yield the expected solidarity, the founder of the party has said as his supporters call for a new convention. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and main opposition Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu shake hands during … Read more

Constitutional Court violates Constitution again but not prevents a possible Constitutional change…

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Having the current Judiciary establishment in Turkey, this might be the best result. Now comes the referendum on September 12, the anniversary day of 1980 coup d’etat. Hopefully, coup constitution will get a blow that day…

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BÜLENT KENEŞ – Constitutional Court violates Constitution again

Article 148 of the Turkish Constitution, which establishes the functions and powers of the Constitutional Court, states: ?The Constitutional Court shall examine the constitutionality, in respect of both form and substance, of laws, decrees having the force of law, and the Turkish Parliament?s Rules of Procedure.

MAIN FOCUS: Turkish court blocks constitutional reform | 09/07/2010

from euro|topics

The Constitutional Court of Turkey has declared parts of the government’s constitutional reform invalid. The press writes that the court has once more overstepped the boundaries of its jurisdiction, but that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan has nevertheless scored a partial victory in his campaign to bring more democracy to the country.

YAVUZ BAYDAR – A disputable, but smart move

After deliberations which lasted almost 10 hours, Turkey?s Constitutional Court on Wednesday signed, sealed and delivered another historic decision which, although in part disputable, shines with its caution to not cause severe damage for the fragile democracy.

FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – A mediocre ruling

Turkey?s Constitutional Court, which has sparked heated debates due to its controversial rulings in the past, has added one more such ruling to its record, annulling key amendments in a government-sponsored reform package that aims to raise the judicial and democratic standards in the country.

Court annuls key Turkish reforms

from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Turkey’s Constitutional Court annuls key parts of government-backed constitutional reforms.

Turkey to vote on post-military constitution

from FT.com – World, Europe
Turkey’s government-sponsored constitutional reforms can be put to a referendum as planned in September, after a constitutional court ruling annulled only details of the most controversial proposals

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Nothing new in the CHP front: Kılıçdaroğlu condemns democratic initiative

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CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu condemns democratic initiative

from Hurriyet Dailynews
The leader of the main opposition has criticized the ruling party’s democratic initiative policy, saying politics should not be about religious affairs and ethnic identity.

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“Candaş medya”. A new partisan media emerges

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Pro-AKP press has been labelled as “partisan media” by particularly Doğan Media Group press but as Star daily claims those who labelled others as partisan show signs of partisan coverage themselves towards CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu…

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Turks at Twitter: #Recep Bey, @notredamedesion @ahmethc @cbabdullahgul- Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (9)

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New CHP leader’s addressing of PM Erdoğan as “Recep Bey” became a Twitter phenomena a few days ago (The Istanbulian: What Is Recep Bey?) AKP members responded by setting up a website called Recep Bey (http://www.recepbey.com/) and began striking back. In the mean time, Kılıçdaroğu gained quite a number of fans at Facebook (Turkish opposition … Read more

Kılıçdaroğlu’s men

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Hürriyet lists the new governing body of CHP here with short bios.

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Now official, Kılıçdaroğlu becomes the new CHP leader

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Funny cartoonsfrom Mavi Boncuk on Kılıçdaroğlu’s candidacy. More here.

‘Gandhi’ Kemal’s long march to power in Turkey begins with convention of hope
Hurriyet Daily News
Unlike during former leader Deniz Baykal’s era, the ongoing case of Ergenekon, an alleged gang comprising prominent figures accused of planning to topple

CHP'nin 33. Olağan Kurultayı

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Kılıçdaroğlu officially named sole candidate at CHP convention

from Hurriyet Dailynews
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was officially named the sole candidate for the leadership of Turkey?s main opposition party Saturday after the application period closed at midday, a party official said. (UPDATED)

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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu emerges as the new CHP leader

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After Baykal’s resignation, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who got a nationwide fame during his candidacy for Istanbul municipality elections, emerged as the most possible CHP leaders. It seems that Mr. Baykal was hoping for a comeback but after yesterday’s developments within CHP circles, Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu, he is gone for good. Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu proved himself a capable polemicist … Read more

Baykal’s resignation aftermath. Kılıçdaroğlu rising. A roundup.

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Turkish politics in general

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Sex, Baykal, and Videotape

from The White Path

[Originally published in Hurriyet Daily News] I am not really very curious about what other people do in their bedrooms. But the recent sex scandal that shook Deniz Baykal, the opposition leader, is too political to dismiss. In case you haven’t heard the news, here is the brief story: Last Thursday, an Islamist website ran the footage of a hidden camera showing Mr. Baykal with a female deputy of his party, the Republican People’s Party, or CHP. The setting was a private house, and the scenes were much too private for these two people, which are both married to other people. As you can imagine, the “Baykal affair” hit the headlines instantly. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an ordered an instant ban on the scenes, but they were already all over. What was disturbing was not just the “A” word (a.k.a. adultery), but the fact that Baykal had made her lady friend, Nesrin Baytok, a member of the Parliament in 2002, and that her husband got sweet contracts from CHP municipalities.

Hürriyet’s online survey results. CHP voters want Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu:

Conspiracy

from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Turkish Pre by TAHA AKYOL – MİLLİYET
Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal has never been involved in a scandal. He was leading a happy life with his wife and grandchildren.

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As "Cagers" caged…

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A new leaked document claims that “Operation Cage” by the Ergenekon gang planned assassinations on non-Muslim Turkish citizens to provoke and contain AKP rule…

Ministry announces number of people tapped
Hurriyet Daily News- The ministry had earlier said that within the last five years, 69 judicial officers were tapped ? 56 of them related to the Ergenekon case

Third letter from military source raises tensions in Turkey (SETimes.com)

Turkey probes fresh allegations of anti-govt plot
Reuters
They say these conspirators belong to a shadowy, nationalist group dubbed the “Ergenekon” network. A judge suspended until Monday a hearing in the

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of CHP backed down and gave support to Onur Öylem who had explicity supported the Dersim Massacre of Alevite citizens. Two those who claim him to be the “Gandhi of Turkey”: Gandhi my ass.

A documentary on Dersim Massacre (In Turkish)

In order to create a Turkish nation from above, Turkish nationalists waged a campaign against non-Turkish and non-Muslim elements of the empire.The First World War served as an excuse for the Young Turks, then the Turkish goverment, to exterminate Armenians. It was a deliberate and sustain war, in the course of which hundreds of thousands Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks had been ruthlessly killed or forced into exile.The collapse of the Ottomans had left a power vacuum, filled by another section of the Turkish nationalists, called Kemalists at a later time.In 1937-38, i.e., at a time when world attention was focused on the Second World War, the Turkish nationalists commited another genocide. This time the victims were Dersimis, who are also known as Kızılbash or Alevis. Approximately 40.000-70.000 of them were killed and thousands were taken into exile. The Dersim Genocide of 1937-1938 was on one hand a continuation of the Kızılbash extermination of the Ottoman times and also an extermination of an ethnically distinct and separate people from Turks.

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