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EFD Rights Watch: A minority report or basically Raping Democracy case: “New law to permit Turkish police to detain ?possible? protesters

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New law to permit Turkish police to detain ?possible? protesters A court?s order will not be necessary to detain ‘potential’ protesters with a new law ******************** Gezi protester died from tear gas canister, says forensic report A forensic medicine report confirmed that 22-year-old Abdullah Cömert was killed by a tear gas canister that hit his … Read more

This slightly looks like a police state: The Turkish government will hire 10,000 to form a special security force for stadiums and universities!

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A new unit will protect stadiums and universities, Minister Güler says. Government to form new guard unit for protection of universities, stadiums: Minister The Turkish government will hire 10,000 people to form a special security force.. ************************** EFD Rights Watch: Turkey’s state-run channel broadcasts Western Armenian song for the first time ‘Tzyuni Patil’ (Snow Flake) … Read more

Towards elections: What if current political leaders were women? A campaign to increase awareness for more women candidates…

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Check out the blog of Necati Özkan, a political consultant, for more of these campaign posters. If they were women, they would probably be housewives, not politicians… Who’s calling Turkey a police state? | Cengiz Çandar by Cengiz Çandar Freedom of speech is part of the daily routine in Turkey. Western attacks on the Turkish … Read more

Some newspapers in Turkey rebel against pressure on a book that is not even published yet

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Everyday the state of free speech in Turkey goes for worse… Yesterday’s police ambushes are in the first page of many newspaper. On the other hand, pro-government dailies such as Zaman, Yeni Şafak, Star did not think this was a major issue…   Main Turkish opposition harshly criticizes raid against unpublished book from Hurriyet Dailynews … Read more