Instagram Censors Journalist Ahmet Şık’s Newroz Photos Bianet :: English Instagram closed the account of prominent journalist Ahmet Şık after receiving massive complaints over the photos he shared during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır province on March 21. Court Blocks Jihadist Website Used to Recruit Turks to Islamic State NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU The court … Read more
Tarihî Newrozlar “Ben, bu çağrıma kulak veren milyonların şahitliğinde diyorum ki: Artık yeni bir dönem başlıyor, silah değil, siyaset öne çıkıyor. Artık silahlı unsurlarımızın sınır ötesine çekilmesi aşamasına gelinmiştir.” Newroz 2013 “PKK’nin Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’ne karşı yaklaşık kırk yıldır yürüttüğü silahlı olan mücadeleyi sonlandırmak ve yeni dönemin ruhuna uygun siyasal ve toplumsal strateji ve … Read more
Reactions to Öcalan’s Message Bianet :: English We compiled PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s Newroz message’s reactions by various politicians, human rights activists and writers. Erdoğan: I Don’t Look at Monitoring Committee Positively Bianet :: English President Erdoğan said that he didn’t look at the idea of a monitoring committee to the resolution of the Kurdish … Read more
Bülent Arınç proved himself several times to have no weight against Erdoğan’s hegemony. So his latest political trolling means: Erdoğan is now aiming for Turkish nationalist votes and the remaining AKP gov’t intending to maintain their Kurdish voter base. I so much admire their mastery of electoral tactics. They use regional mutually exclusive tactics and they mostly win… … Read more
Turkish Kurds gather to celebrate the Nowruz in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The Nowruz has traditionally been used as an opportunity to highlight separatist demands by Kurdish rebels and police had to intensify security against possible violence as tensions run high ahead of nationwide general elections. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for ‘new … Read more