The World Changed Overnight OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY by Maximilian Forte The European Union is now to be written as a postscript. Thanks to British voters, who were given an extremely rare chance to have a say on one of the biggest issues affecting their lives, who were allowed a rare vote on the fate of globalization and … Read more
Turkey’s Kurdish peace bid ‘lost on way to printers’ Turkish PM Davutoğlu said two pages about the Kurdish peace bid were accidentally lost while his party’s electoral manifesto was being sent to the printing press, stirring fresh controversy with the HDP, which is focused on the Kurdish problem President Erdoğan chairs cabinet, with Ağrı incident and electorate … Read more
Erdoğan appoints aide who denounced ‘murder attempts by telekinesis’ as economic adviser The move is likely to alarm investors already concerned over the economic management PM Davutoğlu takes no risk before 2015 elections August was a very meaningful month for Turkish politics this year. It brought about a new president, new prime minister and new Cabinet … Read more
Turkey asks for satisfactory explanation from Germany over wiretapping reports Ankara warned Berlin that such practices would also harm the two countries’ cooperation in providing international security Turkish anger over German ‘spying’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition The German ambassador to Turkey is called to the foreign ministry over reports that Germany spied on … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan’s rebuke convinces footballer to remove his tattoos Hurriyet Daily News A Turkish footballer has promised to remove his tattoos, following a rebuke by Prime Minister Erdoğan Turkish court dismisses demands to arrest suspect in Gezi Park protestor killing Hurriyet Daily News A Hatay court has dismissed all demands of the arrests for the main … Read more
Plainclothed Turkish cops detained CNN cameraman Joe Duran briefly during crackdown on Istanbul's Istiklal, twisted,hurt his arm & shoulder — Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) May 17, 2014 According to IMC TV’s reporters’ data from the municipalities, 321 already buried. BUT Turkish government’s official death toll is 301 and rescue search is officially completed today… EXPLAINED: The Soma mine … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan storms out of Council of State speech over ‘rudeness’ Hurriyet Daily News Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan walked out in fury from a speech by Union of Bars head Metin Feyzioğlu on after accusing Turkey’s top lawyer of being “rude” in a speech criticizing the government’s performance
Erdoğan now at odds with Constitutional Court Hurriyet Daily News The tendency actually started before the March 30 local elections, but it has continued afterward, despite the 45 percent Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey’s top judge downplays concerns over elections Hurriyet Daily News Constitutional Court President Haşim Kılıç has sought to temper concerns over … Read more
It?s Not Twitter It?s The Eclipse Of Reason Twitter has become a basic communication tool for the users in Turkey to exercise freedom of speech. The President, The Prime Minister and the commissioners, journalists, bureaucrats, members of the parliament, writers, artists, unionists and activists, people with different political ideologies, oppressed groups and people from different parts of … Read more
Turkish government unveils blueprint to boost rights, freedoms The Turkish government has issued a Human Rights Action Plan to boost freedoms, in a bid to harmonize the legislation with the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence framework Turkish PM defies court decision on halting construction of Prime Ministry ‘We have done everything in line … Read more
Leaked tapes prompt calls for Turkish PM to resign Recordings appear to capture Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructing son to dispose of hidden funds amid corruption investigation Turkish opposition parties called on the prime minister to resign on Tuesday as a result of an explosive corruption scandal in which he was allegedly caught on tape ordering his … Read more
PM?s Phone Recordings Views Outnumber Katy Perry’s Around 1,5 million users have viewed the video of phone call recordings allegedly between PM Erdoğan and his son on the first day of Corruption Probe. The video, released by several users on YouTube, has surpassed Katy Perry?s song Dark Hors Tapes are ?as real as Ararat?: … Read more
Supposedly in Kabataş, Beşiktaş, 70-80 men had attacked a headscarved woman. The allegations include half naked men, with gloves, peeing on the woman… AKP people seems to have quite porn fantasies… But no visuals were released. In this video in Turkish, Doğan Haber Ajansı finds out the CCTV shootage and proves that that was a … Read more
Turkey’s Democratic Institutions Besieged brookings.edu ? Peter W. Singer ? 1/3/14 ? In Foreign Policy magazine, John Hannah, a former national security advisor to Dick Cheney, suggests that ?the end? of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish prime minister, may ?suddenly be within the realm of Lawmakers’ Twitter frenzy angers Deputy PM Arınç Bülent Arınç … Read more
Turkey’s Erdogan and year of ‘foreign plot’ Erdogan uses might of state to quell unrest Turkey?s Economic Enemies: Corrupt Politicians and the U.S. Fed Turkey’s economy was already in a shaky place, thanks to decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve that could make it harder for Ankara to sell its goods and borrow cash overseas. … Read more