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

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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…

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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

Gül’s Diyarbakır visit: “President embraces use of Kurdish, reaffirms Turkish as official language

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Kurdish Town of Cizre Becomes Bilingual from Bianet :: English The departments in the southeast Cizre municipality building, controlled by the pro-Kurdish BDP are titled in both Turkish and Kurdish. Inspite that Turkey officially recognizes only the Turkish language locals mother tongue Kurdish, will be openly used in public institutions. says deputy mayor Gölçe. Gül?s … Read more