Check out many election day related photos here. There were rumors of election violations especially in Kurdish cities and in Ankara… We have tried to list them as many as possible at our election monitoring project. Kurdish led Left-bloc Independents are expected to win more than 20 seats, that is good news. Votes in Eastern … Read more
And a stats of Turkish voters in previous elections can be found in as a graph in this article in Turkish… Turkish Elections 2011: The Blog View by Yigal Schleifer With the Turkish elections set for Sunday, I’ve asked Aengus Collins, the man behind the very intelligent and informative “Istanbul Notes” blog to answer some … Read more
Wall Street Journal likens Turkish PM Erdoğan to Malaysia’s Mahathir by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires An editorial published by the The Wall Street Journal on Thursday has likened PM Erdoğan to former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, who is known for his anti-Semitic rhetoric. Turkey’s EU minister rejects accusations of ‘autocratic tendency’ Today’s Zaman … Read more
Pls do check our project, first of all. Google offers election related search stats here. Turkey’s Kurds await political leaders’ messages in Diyarbakır by DİYARBAKIR – Hürriyet Daily News As tension flares up ahead of the June polls, pro-Kurdish groups are focusing their attention on the messages key politicians will deliver this week in Diyarbakır. … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), shake hands during the 66th General Assembly of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), in Ankara May 16, 2011. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Kılıçdaroğlu?s autonomy proposal by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Main opposition Republican People?s Party … Read more
Increasingly ugly election process we have. It seems that some circles within the Establishment decided to break down MHP (Nationalist Action Party) and sex tapes of MHP officials continue to be released. Until now 10 officials resigned after the tapes… The photo above shows the last 5 that resigned this morning… More news in Turkish … Read more
Bu gece Taksim’de Ayşe Paşalı’yı anma eylemi var. Ayşe Paşalı kimdi diyenlere: buyrun. Bir sansür haberi daha. Nü Sözlük de gitti… 15 Mayıs sansür karşıtı eylem bilgileri burada. BTK’nın abuk subuk açıklamalarına karşı açıklamalar burada. Bu arada ABD’nin yeni oyuncağı internet özgürlüğü. Bunun için fon ayırmaya devam. 15 Mayıs ayrıca Dünya Vicdani Red günü. Program … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters during an election rally in Kastamonu, northern Turkey, May 4, 2011. Unidentified attackers threw an explosive device and opened fire on a bus carrying Turkish police, killing one officer, in northern Turkey near where Erdogan held an election rally earlier on Wednesday, broadcasters said. Erdogan had … Read more
Kurdish protesters run away from tear gas during clashes with riot police in a street demonstration on April 19, 2011 in Istanbul after Turkey’s electoral board barred prominent Kurdish candidates from standing in upcoming elections. Turkish riot police fired teargas and water cannons during pitch battles with thousands of demonstrators infuriated by the ban. (AFP/Mustafa … Read more
CHP nominated İlhan Cihaner as a MEP candidate from Denizli. PM Erdoğan promised something like building up two cities around Istanbul… Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures to the audience after announcing his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) election manifesto in Ankara April 16, 2011. Turkey will hold parliamentary elections on June 12. … Read more
Former Air Forces Commander Gen. Halil İbrahim Fırtına and former Naval Forces Commander Adm. Özden Örnek are among the 163 suspects who were arrested on Friday. from Today’s Zaman 162 Turkish officers ordered jailed in coup trial Bloomberg That case is based on a conspiracy by an alleged gang of secular nationalists called “Ergenekon.” Critics … Read more
Actually, the anniversary was yesterday… Adnan Menderes Adnan Menderes (Turkish pronunciation: [ad?nan mende??es]? 1899 ? 17 September 1961) was the first democratically elected political leader in Turkish history. He served as prime minister between 1950?1960. He was one of the founders of the Democratic Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He … Read more
The rhetoric turns into harsh and somewhat insulting in both sides but No front is certainly more agressive and frustrated. They play the victim side which is a frequent cultural code to turn to. Three CHP women claimed to be beaten by AKP followers yesterday. The No media used their claim but today we learn … Read more
Turkish NGOs defend Ergenekon investigation with report from Hurriyet Dailynews The legitimacy of the Ergenekon case has now been defended on a point-by-point basis by two civil society organizations that published a report Thursday supporting the investigation. complete report can be accessed here. politics roundup: Bulwark polemic in Turkish politics (!) TESEV?s Kurban: Solving Kurdish … Read more