A weekend in Iraqi Kurdistan….

I happened to pay a visit to Kurdistan region, Iraq last weekend. It was one of the most satisfactory visits I had recently. I visited Sulaymaniyah and Erbil. I flew from İstanbul to Sulaymaniyah and travelled to Erbil by car to fly back to İstanbul. Between these two biggest cities of Kurdistan (it takes 3 hours to go) … Read more

Clashes in Amed (Diyarbakır) now after #Gever killings protest

Not exactly clashes but more like police intervention… @bdpgenclik2013 via @mergesor   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-83smR4avGE BDP Gençlik Meclisi @bdpgenclik2013 4 taraftan saldıran kolluk kuvvetleri ve #Amed halkı…. #direnAmed pic.twitter.com/EmCun0dqJX      

EFD Seçim Günlüğü-

seçim günlüğü Adaylar Hatipoğlu?na Diyarbakır önerisi AK Parti?nin, Diyarbakır Belediye Başkanlığı için ilahiyatı Prof.Dr. Nihat Hatipoğlu?na adaylık önerisinde bulunduğu öğrenildi.   Demirtaş: “Gültan Kışanak Diyarbakır’a çok iyi başkan olur” CNN Türk BDP Eş Başkanı Selahattin Demirtaş, Gültan Kışanak’ın Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığına adaylığı iddialarına ilişkin, “Diyarbakır’da çok iyi bir belediye başkanı olacağını düşünüyorum” dedi. BDP … Read more

Barzani added to Peace Process probably to weaken Turkey based Kurdish movement… a politics roundup…

Erdoğan adds Barzani to Turkey?s Kurdish bid   Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan was aiming at hitting a few birds with one stone Turkish PM hints at general amnesty, calls for support to Kurdish peace process PM Erdoğan rounds off a busy weekend of rallies in southeastern Turkey, calling on all Kurds to embrace the ?new … Read more

Meet TRT’s first headscarved presenter.. A Social fabric roundup….

Feyza Çiğdem Tahmaz starts presenting at TRT Türk… News in Turkish here *************** Extreme measures: invoking moral order in Turkey   While our fingers point at cohabitation and house sharing, and our minds are troubled by the imposition of a particular lifestyle, we tend to overlook a larger project of social restructuring. Recep Tayyip Erdogan … Read more

Peace for the moment, now comes the AKP’s Kurdish stunt…

Turkey‘s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani (R) attend a ceremony with Erdogan’s wife Emine Erdogan in Diyarbakir November 16, 2013. The president of Iraqi Kurdistan called on Turkey’s Kurds to back a flagging peace process with Ankara on Saturday, making his first visit to southeastern Turkey in two decades … Read more

Now open war: Gülen movement vs. AKP

Pro-Gülen Zaman daily declared today some measures have not been seen even during coup d’etat days. AKP plans to close down private education institutions that are the primary recruitment centers for the momevent… ****************** In the mean time Erdoğan believes planting new trees is enough after damaging ecological systems…   Nobody can compete with us … Read more

Bülent Arınç says he is to retire from politics… A TR politics roundup…

One of Erdoğan’s long lasting men Bülent Arınç is to retire.. News in Turkish here   Diyarbakır meet key to Kurdish peace: PM Erdoğan A meeting with KRG leader Barzani in Diyarbakır will represent a historic day, PM Erdoğan says, but the BDP has said it shows traces of electioneering   Gülen movement rules out … Read more