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Turkey’s education council is a failure… ends up with Ottoman language classes polemic…

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Turkey’s education council ends, but debate lingers on The education council’s controversial decisions ‘enligthen education’s future,’ according to the education minister, despite harsh opposition criticism Ottoman language classes to be introduced ‘whatever they say,’ vows Erdoğan President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has waded into the heated debate over the possible inclusion of Ottoman language classes in the high … Read more

Despite more transparency claims “Turkey falls behind in global corruption index…

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Turkey falls behind in global corruption index Turkey slumps alarmingly in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index Turkey’s Growing Corruption Problem Is Getting Harder to Hide  Global Voices Online by Ece Basay Money in a shoebox. Viral image. In the last twelve months, the Turkish state has appeared significantly more corrupt. That is the underlying message of … Read more

Erdoğan’s Palace. No ones knows how much it costed and how many rooms it has…

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Erdoğan today announced The Palace has 1150 rooms. Adding another number… Divulging cost of Ak Saray would hurt Turkey’s economy, housing administration says ‘If the reason for TOKİ’s refusal to announce the cost is that it will hurt the economy, this shows that there would be speculation on the stock exchange if [it] were announced,’ … Read more

Organic food places in İstanbul… “Istanbul’s Fading Metabolism…News roundup…

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Organik Alışverişin İstanbul’daki 9 Adresi  ListeList by Çağla Gillis   EkoOrganik   Istanbul’s Fading Metabolism AuthorJesse Honsa SummaryThe acute city versus obtuse urban redevelopment: Istanbul’s urban structure is being replaced by big, slow, and stupid projects. Fikirtepe urban redevelopment. Image: Bülent Kılıç. Istanbul municipality prepares to evacuate city’s first squat house used as social center The … Read more

Turkey and Russia together against EU in South Stream gas pipeline… No Agreement Reached on Syrian No-Fly Zone…

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No Agreement Reached on Syrian No-Fly Zone  NYT > Turkey by By HELENE COOPER Turkey is continuing to push the Obama administration to impose a no-fly zone or safe area along the Turkish-Syrian border, administration officials said Monday, but obstacles remain. Putin declares gas discount for Turkey, issues warning on South Stream Turkey and Russia have … Read more

Erdoğan’s palace to be protected by commandos… Open Source Analysis of The IS Attack on Kobane… “NATO calls on Turkey to join EU sanctions against Russia as Putin visits Ankara…

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The IS Attack on Kobane: Open Source Analysis turkeywonk.wordpress.com – aaronstein1 – Nov 30, 6:55 AM – Yesterday, the Islamic State detonated four suicide car bombs in the embattled town of Kobane. One VBIED detonated just inside the Mursitpinar border gate. After the explosion, clashes broke out between the YPG and the Islamic state in … Read more

Two autocrats, Erdoğan and Putin, to meet in Turkey… Dispatches from Turkey….

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Turkey, Russia to seek new ways to deepen economic ties despite disagreements in Syria, Ukraine Moscow and Ankara will likely focus on finding new ways to enhance their already-tight relationship during Russian president’s high-level Ankara visit Turkey, Russia building new investment platform for joint projects across Russia’s regions The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Renaissance Holding … Read more

Turkish Constitutional Court working on 10 percent election threshold… Turkey’s Science Minister declares Muslims discovered Earth… Dispatches from Turkey…

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Turkish Constitutional Court working on 10 percent election threshold Turkey’s Constitutional Court is considering applications that call for lifting the 10 percent threshold in the Turkish election system, according to Constitutional Court head Haşim Kılıç. Muslims discovered Earth is round, Turkey’s Science Minister says After President Erdoğan’s ‘Muslims discovered America’ claim, a Turkish minister raises the ante … Read more

Pope call to combat fanaticism, Erdoğan slams Islamophobia, ISIL…

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LIVE: Pope Francis becomes first foreign guest of Erdoğan at presidential palace Pope Francis has arrived in Turkey for a three-day visit that many are billing as an opportunity to increase dialogue between the Muslim and Christian worlds at a time of increased religious tension. Pope call to combat fanaticism  BBC News | Europe | World Edition … Read more

The President Who Ate Turkey… Dispatches from Turkey…

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The President Who Ate Turkey POLITICO – Steven A. Cook – Without fail every year, starting around November 10, my #Turkey Twitter feed is jammed with not just the latest news from Ankara and Istanbul, but also Auntie Jean’s turkey recipe and suggestions about how to deep fry the bird without blowing up… Foreigners don’t like … Read more

Turkey today: Corruption investigation censored; Erdoğan bestows tradesmen with policing mission- another fascistic imagination of society

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Turkish President Erdoğan bestows tradesmen with policing mission Hurriyet Daily News Erdoğan has this time bestowed a ‘volunteer mission’ on tradesmen throughout Turkey We Don’t Recognize the Media Ban And Take Legal Action  Bianet :: English Just like the previous times, bianet refuses to follow the media ban imposed on the coverage of 4 former ministers’ statements … Read more

Cengiz Aktar (@AktarCengiz): Is Erdogan rewriting history?

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Is Erdogan rewriting history?   Rewriting history according to one’s own religious beliefs is a highly controversial and perilous enterprise. Cengiz Aktar Cengiz Aktar is Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center. As a former director at the United Nations where he spent 22 years of his professional life, Aktar is one of the leading advocates … Read more

Erdoğan repeated age long Islamist argument against gender equality. No equality but complementarity…

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…. in which men have the upper hand and women are relegated to motherhood… Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: ‘women not equal to men’  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Turkish president also accused feminists of not understanding special status attributed to mothers by Islam Turkish PM targets Wikipedia amid ‘censorship’ of sexual articles Prime Minister Davutoğlu has slammed the use … Read more

Nothing new: “Erdoğan says women’s equality with men ‘against nature’ Dispatches from Turkey…

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Turkish President Erdoğan says women’s equality with men ‘against nature’ Gender equality is against nature: Thus spoke Turkish President Erdoğan President cites Oslo talks to justify exclusion of third-party from Kurdish peace process Time has proven that the involvement of any third party would further complicate Turkey’s Kurdish peace process instead of helping it, President Erdoğan has … Read more

PM Davutoğlu in Dersim to reveal Alevi reform package as protesters gassed…

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Conservative, Sunni and anti-leftist Cihan agency frames the news like this: Police disperses ultra-leftist demonstrators protesting PM in Tunceli Cihan News Agency–54 minutes ago About 300 people attempted to protest Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Tunceli province on Sunday, but police did not allow them to hold Turkish gov’t against discrimination toward Alevis, says PM Davutoğlu … Read more