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Freedom House 2018 Report declares Turkey as Not Free for the first time as nationalist bloc intensifies…
Status Change Explanation: Turkey’s status declined from Partly Free to Not Free, its political rights rating declined from 4 to 5, and its civil liberties rating declines from 5 to... Read more
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Turkish FP news 1- Germany leaves Incirlik Base… US resolution over Washington brawl….
Germany to Withdraw Forces From Incirlik Base in Turkey NYT > Turkey by By ALISON SMALE The Turkish government refused to guarantee that German lawmakers could visit troops at the facility,... Read more
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#Referendum2017 Results are marred by substantive allegations….
I was very upset with the November 1, 2015 election results when AKP had a landslide victory. However, that’s what voters chose and in the last analysis I am fine... Read more
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While Reza Zarrab approaches pro-Trump persons for his legal team, another significant arrest happened: “Halkbank Deputy General Manager Arrested in US
Turk in Sanctions Case Adds Rudolph W. Giuliani to Legal Team NYT > Turkey by By BENJAMIN WEISER and MAGGIE HABERMAN The former mayor is close to President Trump, raising the... Read more
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#TurkeyReferendum A nay-sayer video producer says if the video gets viral, he will probably be arrested and as it gets viral, he is arrested…
Here is the video: There are strong implications, but they are still implications…. A young citizen, Ali Gül, says at the end of the video what he expects and that... Read more
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“Turkey backers” response to “Europe”: flooding social media with Nazi symbols…
‘Turkey backers’ target Amnesty, BBC and other major Twitter accounts BBC News | Europe | World Edition Hackers tweeted “Nazi Germany, Nazi Holland” from several official accounts in Turkish. Twitter accounts... Read more
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Life is hard. “Erdoğan brands Dutch government ‘Nazi remnants and fascists’ – video…
Turkey referendum: Dutch are Nazi remnants – Erdogan BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s president brands the Dutch “Nazi remnants” as a row grows over a cancelled Rotterdam rally.... Read more
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Turkish justice at work: “Professor İştar Gözaydın Arrested”
Professor İştar Gözaydın Arrested Bianet :: English Professor İştar Gözaydın has been arrested on the 8th day of her being detained as part of the “FETÖ/PDY Investigation” launched into Gediz... Read more
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Turkey’s brain drain: Purges and fear are driving Turkish scholars out of the country
By William Armstrong The new academic year opened under dark clouds for many scholars in Turkey. The crackdown in the aftermath of July’s attempted military coup has worsened the sense of... Read more
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Freedom of Expression in Turkey represented in a photo here:
Arzu Geybulla took this photo at a bookstore: “Author of books in row 5,6,7 and 11,12 is currently behind bars in #Turkey “ ‘Ahmet Altan is one of Turkey’s most important... Read more
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More than 11K teachers fired, 28 HDP municipalities to be seized, Altan Brothers arrested without no substantive judiciary process…
More than 11,000 teachers suspended over PKK links More than 11,000 teachers have been suspended over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s Education Ministry announced on Sept.... Read more
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Strange days. “DW interview with Turkish youth minister seized” but ministry refutes…
DW interview with Turkish youth minister seized by ministry The record of an interview with Turkish Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç that was slated to be published for a... Read more
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Meanwhile in the EU front; “Turkey will accept end-of-2016 delay in EU visa liberalisatio
Turkey will accept end-of-2016 delay in EU visa liberalisation EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev Turkey is now willing to accept the liberalisation of travel visa rules with the European Union by the... Read more
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August was another month of tragedy for journalists and also LGBTQ+ Community in Turkey…
Stop the press: Turkey’s crackdown on its media goes into overdrive theguardian.com – Constanze Letsch – Aug 28, 10:00 PM Since the attempted coup, the government has ordered more than... Read more
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A WSJ article on Purge claims in Turkish universities… A Black Sea village, learned of coup attempt 10 days later due to lack of power, to be the most tranquil community in Turkey…
After Failed Coup, Turkey’s Erdogan Is Purging Universities of Potential Enemies wsj.com – Joe Parkinson – Aug 24, 8:46 AM KONYA, Turkey—On the humid afternoon after July’s bloody coup attempt,... Read more
