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Elections for parliament speaker continues while Turkey’s presidential office plays logical games to justify ISIS

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ISIL exists because al-Assad exists: Erdoğan aide A senior spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office has indicated the presence of terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was linked to the prevalence of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria AKP candidate leads in elections for parliament speaker in … Read more

AKP leadership attacking Supreme Court as 4 former ministers’ corruption case to be determined today…

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Supreme Court plotted against AKP, health minister claims Hurriyet Daily News Mehmet Müezzinoğlu diagnosed the Supreme Court as ‘the main element which plotted against the ruling party’ Inquiry panel to vote on fate of former ministers A parliamentary inquiry commission is expected to decide whether to send four former ministers to the Supreme Council for trial on … Read more

After Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, there comes the 2nd Presidential Candidate officially: Selahattin Demirtaş

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Basically supported by Kurdish votes, a very good candidate who unfortunately has not much chance. Probably, he will get the 3rd position. As a person and politician, I believe he will remain to be a significant politician though… HDP announces co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş as presidential candidate The Peoples’ Democratic Party had stated that it would run with its … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Fact-checking Hillary Clinton’s comments on Edward Snowden and the NSA

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  How Brewster Kahle is using open-source principles to build affordable housing for non-profit workers The Next Web by Paul Sawers Brewster Kahle?s Internet Archive has been charting the Web?s evolution since 1996. Anyone wishing to return to the Yahoo of the mid-1990s or the Google of the early noughties   All of Denmark virtually … Read more

How many were killed in the alleged poison gas attack? The US, French and British intelligence dossiers… Syria updates…

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The US, French and British intelligence dossiers cannot even agree on how many were killed in the alleged poison gas attack. When you read the assessment of the British, French and US intelligence services as to who was responsible for the alleged poison gas attack in Damascus on 21st of August, you quickly see what very thin gruel they … Read more

Americana roundup: “Obama’s counterterrorism policy, by the numbers

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Obama’s counterterrorism policy, by the numbers According to the New York Times, President Barack Obama will use his big counterterrorism speech on Thursday to sharply curtail the administration’s targeted killings. Going forward, the strict criteria used for approving strikes on American citizens abroad will govern drone strikes on all suspected militants. ***************** Republicans to make … Read more