Mining safety standards postponed to 2020, of course Swingers, facing 177 years in jail, are a bigger threat to society (!)

Turkey swingers’ club suspects face up to 177 years in jail World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Prosecutors demand lengthy prison sentences for 29 people charged with organising wife-swapping parties to which prostitutes were taken New cabinet decree gives mining companies until 2020 to match safety standards A new cabinet decree has postponed a 2006 obligation and given … Read more

“You don’t worth my shoe” – Dispatches from Turkey

You don’t worth my shoe, angry MP yells at male colleagues Turkish Parliament has witnessed a rare moment of protest when an infuriated MP told her male colleagues that she might hurl her shoe at them. ‘But it doesn’t worth,’ CHP deputy Aylin Nazlıaka concluded Turkey: A future of anxiety and unknowns Although Erdogan’s election is worrisome, … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Machete attacker gets away with TL 9,000 fine… “Shiite Mosque attacked twice in two days

  Pro-Erdoğan group hacks Armenian weekly’s website, threatens community with ‘eradication’  Hurriyet Daily News Hackers posted PM Erdoğan’s photo and threat messages Mosque belonging to Shiite community suffers second attack in two days A mosque belonging to the Shiite Caferi community in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district was vandalized just a day after being subject to an arson attack … Read more

YouTube ban reported to be lifted but DNS hijacking probably continues. While Erdoğan says no respect for the Constitutional Court?s Twitter ruling..

#Hijacking of public #DNS servers in #Turkey, through #routing – Blog Stéphane Bortzmeyer   Turkish court lifts YouTube ban Hurriyet Daily News A local court lifted a ban on the popular video-sharing website YouTube on April 4 We have to implement it, but we don’t have to respect it,? Turkish PM says on Twitter ruling Hurriyet … Read more