The tape maybe a fake one but with tonight’s leak, Erdoğan may have lost a good deal of legitimacy…

Tonight we listened to a 11 minute talk between Erdoğan and his son Bilal on the day of December 17, Corruption Operation began… Supposedly, Bilal asks his father how to disappear millions of cash. The voices sound genuine but who knows. With this level of technology everything is possible. Gülenist accounts seem to approve the … Read more

Now that no need any more, “No need for special courts, says Turkish President Gül.. News from Turkey…

French President Fracois Hollande (left) with Turkish President Abdullah Gul No need for special courts, says Turkish President Gül President Gül has welcomed the government?s move to abolish specially authorized courts Court rejects controversial police officer?s removal over negligence in Dink’s murder The court challenged the interior ministry?s defense and recalled that Akyürek received two … Read more

In sort of a twisted logic, Turkish PM [rejects to focus on claims but threatens] to show ?no mercy? to ?group? behind graft probe

Turkish police detain at least 23 in anti-al-Qaeda op, raid on İHH office Police have detained at least 23 people in an operation into al-Qaeda held simultaneously in six cities Turkish police raid aid agency’s offices in ‘crackdown on al-Qaida’ One person held in raid on Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) in Kilis, bordering Syria, amid … Read more

While Turkish gov’t is about to control Judiciary.. “Riza Sarraf, the mega-rich “Great Gatsby” of Turkey…

Graft probes triggered fight within Turkish government   Turkey has never seen such a fight within a government before. Here is the list of events since Jan. 6, as PM Erdoğan left Turkey for Japan on the evening of Jan. 5   Riza Sarraf, the mega-rich “Great Gatsby” of Turkey. Immigrant success story or a … Read more

PM Erdoğan holds summit with “inner circle” while “Turkey’s Democratic Institutions Besieged

Turkey’s Democratic Institutions Besieged brookings.edu ? Peter W. Singer ? 1/3/14 ? In Foreign Policy magazine, John Hannah, a former national security advisor to Dick Cheney, suggests that ?the end? of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish prime minister, may ?suddenly be within the realm of Lawmakers’ Twitter frenzy angers Deputy PM Arınç   Bülent Arınç … Read more

EFD Seçim Günlüğü- “Hükümlüler artık oy kullanabilecek…

Adaylar   BİNALİ YILDIRIM, SEÇİM ÇALIŞMALARINI 3 OCAK’TA BAŞLATACAK Haber 3 AK Parti İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye Başkan adayı Binali Yıldırım, 3 Ocak Cuma günü İzmir’e gelerek seçim çalışmalarına başlayacağını söyledi. Yıldırım, seçim kampanyasında polemiğe girmeyeceğini belirterek, “Bizim kavgacı bir üslubumuz yok” dedi Mansur Yavaş’tan ilk seçim vaadi Sözcü Geçtiğimiz hafta adaylığı kesinleşen Yavaş, yeni yıla girerken Ankaralılar … Read more

Turkey’s Council of State annuls controversial regulation on judicial police BUT gov’t de facto plots a coup by controlling police and army against Judiciary…

  Turkey’s Council of State annuls controversial regulation on judicial police The regulation obliged those carrying out investigations to inform their superiors Turkey: court overturns move blocking probe   ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? A Turkish high court has suspended an attempt by the government to funnel all corruption investigations through top police and judicial officials Turkish Armed Forces … Read more

Saçılan videolardan… “Gözaltına Alınan Öğretmene İşkence Talebi vb…

  Başbakanın Yeğeninden Gözaltına Alınan Öğretmene İşkence Talebi Polise Külhanbeyi diyen BAŞBAKANIN gerçek külhanbeyi yeğeni Ali ERDOĞAN gözaltına alınan öğretmene polisten işkence yapması için talepte bulunuyor. Kabul görmeyince de küfrediyor başka bir versiyon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDLSi2hLKQ Haberi: http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/14337/_Basbakan_in_korumalari_karakol_basti_.html Erdoğan Bayraktar Trabzonda Seçmene Para Dağıttı Rüşvet ve Yolsuzluklarıyla gündeme gelen AKP’li Bakan Erdoğan Bayraktar ziyaret ettiği Trabzonda seçmene para dağıttı! … Read more

Corruption Case: Many police chiefs, including Hüseyin Çapkın of Istanbul, replaced. Probable media blackout to start…

  When did Erdoğan know about the bribe probe? One of the biggest corruption probes in Turkish history has put Tayyip Erdoğan?s AK Parti Istanbul police chief dismissed after arrests in corruption case   Huseyin Capkin says he has been removed from post and recalled to Ankara, after allies of PM caught up in inquiry Istanbul’s most … Read more

Corruption rises… Turkish finance minister: Public institutions unable to provide financial statements WHILE NGOs pressure Turkish government for ?urgent? election reform…

Public institutions unable to provide financial statements: Turkish finance minister Public institutions were not able to provide balance sheets and financial statements in conformity with the format required by the Court of Accounts, Finance Minister Şimşek has said   NGOs pressure Turkish government for ?urgent? election reform   Turkey needs an immediate and scrutinized political … Read more

One-man rule in Turkey… 10 TV channels broadcasting the PM’s talk at the moment…

via @FlyfbK via @gilorya A politics roundup:   Islamic scholar Gülen ?speechless? on gov?t action plan against his movement Gülen said he would have given ‘the benefit of the doubt’ without the plan to scrap the dershanes   Turkish government in bid for wider public support for prep school plan   The government has been … Read more

EFD Seçim günlüğü- CHP ile HDP arasında İstanbul pazarlığı iddiaları…

seçim günlüğü Adaylar Ak Parti’den iki bakan aday iddiası Timeturk Ak Parti’nin yaklaşan yerel seçimlerde kabineden iki bakanı belediye başkanı adayı göstermeye hazırlandığı iddia edildi… 20 Kasım 2013 Çarşamba – 03:54. İddiaya göre, Ak Parti Gaziantep’ten Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanı Fatma Şahin’i, İzmir‘den ise … AK Parti’nin Aday Adayları Belli Oluyor AK Parti’nin büyükşehir … Read more

EFD Seçim Günlüğü-

seçim günlüğü Adaylar Gürsel Tekin İstanbul için iddialı konuştu Ensonhaber Tekin’e, İstanbul için neden bu kadar istekli olduğu da soruldu. Gürsel Tekin bu soruya şöyle cevap verdi: ‘Bugün sayın Başbakan’ın önceliklerine baktığınızda birinci sırada İstanbul geliyor. İstanbul çok önemli bir şehir. İstanbul’daki AVM’lerin … ‘İstanbul adayımız Mustafa Sarıgül’ Chp’li Tekin: Gökçek’in Ne Söylediği Önemli Değil, … Read more

Turkish politics agenda: “5 Questions & Answers About The Rift in AKP…”CHP stages flamboyant ceremony for Şişli Mayor Sarıgül’s return

PM Erdoğan rebuffs Deputy PM Arınç’s criticism over co-ed housing stance PM Erdoğan has expressed his discomfort after Deputy PM Arınç criticized the way the mixed-sex student housing debate was being conducted urging him an explanation 5 Questions & Answers About The Rift in AKP The mixed-sex student houses debate has triggered a surprising crisis … Read more

EFD Seçim Günlüğü-

seçim günlüğü Adaylar   CHP İstanbul’da adaylarını sandık ve yoklamayla belirleyecek Hürriyet Toplantıya, CHP İstanbul İl Başkanı Oğuz Kaan Salıcı, CHP İstanbulmilletvekilleri ile İstanbullu Parti Meclisi üyeleri de davet edilerek, görüşleri alındı. Toplantıda, CHP’nin belediye başkanlığını yürüttüğü 13 ilçede, kamuoyu yoklamasının yapılması … Chp Efeler Aday Adayı Gümüş’ten Ön Seçim Çağrısı Haber 3 07.11.2013 14:37CHP Efeler Belediye … Read more