Mayor of Turkey’s Cizre suspended by ministry over terror charges Turkey’s Interior Ministry has suspended the mayor of a southeastern town over inciting people to armed uprising and terror propaganda. A curfew which was implemented late Sept. 4 in the Cizre district of Şırnak would be removed as of 7:00 a.m. on Sept. 12. Post-curfew photos tell … Read more
Today in Beşiktaş a feminist group protested Erdoğan’s latest – not any more funny- ranting: via Twitter PM Erdoğan counters growing pressure over Uludere massacre with arguments beyond reason… For the first time, I began to hear some rumors that he might in fact be in need of psychiatric help… via Twitter Abortion is ‘murder,’ … Read more
Erdogan Seeks to Dispel Cancer Rumors – Emerging Europe Real Time – WSJ By Ayla Albayrak ISTANBUL ? Turkey?s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has broken his silence to stop swelling rumors that he is stricken with cancer and is secretly undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Which is the real opposition party: CHP or BDP? from … 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
numbers from here. Suppressing Kurdish identity has failed. Turkey must take a new approach | Fazel Hawramy from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Fazel Hawramy Erdogan’s government must engage with Kurdish political parties and the PKK if it is serious about resolving this conflict In 1991, a 30-year-old woman was sworn in as a … Read more