Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish party leaders amid claims of internet shutdown World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Selahattin Demirtaş, HDP co-leader known as the ‘Kurdish Obama’, held with at least 11 MPs as post-coup crackdown continues The two joint leaders of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP) have been detained along with at least 10 MPs because of … Read more
Turkey calls Kurdish plea ‘treason’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s President Erdogan condemns as “treason” a call by prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas for Kurdish autonomy. Turkey’s ruling AKP: Declaration of autonomy ‘political assassination attempt’ A recent call for self-governance supported the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is “a political assassination attempt” targeting law order … Read more
100,000 people displaced due to clashes with PKK Hurriyet Daily News A police report on the effects of the recent clashes in southeastern Turkey has revealed that some 100,000 people have been displaced in five towns in the region, with 1.3 million people being affected by the repeated curfews Erdoğan vows Kurdish rebels ‘will be buried in … Read more
Turkey blast: aftermath of Ankara bomb attack – video World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk The aftermath of twin explosions outside Ankara’s main train station on Saturday morning. The blasts appear to have targeted hundreds of people who had gathered to protest violence between authorities and Kurdish separatist group, the PKK. Turkish government … Read more
Turkish prosecutor of corruption, coup cases flee to Georgia over ‘coup attempt’ arrest warrant A controversial prosecutor who led probes into alleged coup attempts has fled to Georgia with a colleague after an arrest warrant has been issued on both judiciary figures for attempting to overthrow the Turkish government with the corruption investigations of 2013. Turkish … Read more
VIDEO: Moment Turkish police shot militant attacking US Consulate in Istanbul A Turkish police officer has been captured in footage while taking down a female militant after she opened fire on the U.S. consulate building in Istanbul with another assailant. Four police officers killed in mine attack in Turkey’s southeast A mine attack carried out by outlawed … Read more
A day in the life as a Syrian living on İstanbul’s streets BGN NEWS A day in the life as a Syrian living on İstanbul’s streets … southeastern border, many have flocked over to the western provinces — as far as İstanbul. Istanbul Rail Systems Mavi Boncuk Museum houses taking off in Istanbul Istanbul is rich … Read more
Anger over new powers for Turkish authorities online BBC Trending What’s popular and why Restricted access to the internet in Turkey saw widespread demonstrations in Istanbul last year Continue reading the main story Last year Turkey entered the headlines for briefly blocking Twitter and YouTube. Now, with both unblocked, activists are using them to highlight a … Read more
Media campaign against Kurdish youth is obviously a government led propaganda: Pro-AKP Troll in Twitter created a hashtag to TT: #CizredeMüslümanlarSaldırıAltında [Muslims are under attack in Cizre] At least two dead as Turkey’s Hizbullah, PKK engage in street battles At least two people were killed as fresh gunfights erupted between Hizbullah and the PKK in a southeastern province … Read more
Erdoğan has no right to deprive Turkish people of EU membership The year-long fight between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Fethullah Gülen community entered a new phase after the detentions of daily Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı Erdoğan shoots himself in foot on anniversary of graft probe Turkish President Erdoğan has been blasting … Read more
Erdoğan claims Israel’s mentality ‘no different from Hitler’ as daughter joins Istanbul protest Turkish PM Erdoğan has accused Israel of committing ‘systematic atrocity and state terror’ against the Palestinians since 1948. Erdoğan’s daughter, meanwhile, joined a protest in front of Israeli consulate in Istanbul ‘May God help Erdoğan if I’m elected’ HDP’s presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has … Read more
Anti-AKP coalition of Occupy Gezi seems to be crumbling down after recent riots and deaths in Lice, Diyarbakır. It is very hard to make intelligent arguments about the turning of events in Turkey’s Kurdistan and there are so many speculations about possible outcomes. For me, there is at least one single fact to mourn about. Unarmed protesters were killed by … Read more
Turkey blows Israel’s cover for Iranian spy ring washingtonpost.com ? David Ignatius ? 10/16/13 ? The Turkish-Israeli relationship became so poisonous early last year that the Turkish government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is said to have disclosed to Iranian intelligence the identities of up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting EU … Read more
Ruling AKP deputy report criticizes government handling of Gezi crisis Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was misinformed during the Gezi Park protests and the redevelopment project was not handled in a democratic way, İdris Bal says Protest politics and the ethical imagination Protest, like marriage, implies the possible start of something new. It means … Read more
Don?t have credit cards: Turkish PM Erdoğan Turkish Prime Minister has suggested not owing the credit cards Analysts warn of consequences to Turkish PM?s ?Stop using credit cards? remark Turkish PM Erdoğan told citizens to stop using credit cards amid analysts? warnings against the consequences of picking on banks at a time of foreign capital … Read more