Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Abdulhamid II style. Informant boxes in neighbourhoods…Student loan cuts claim for Gezi participants.. A social fabric roundup

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Abdul Hamid II Turkish minister refutes student loan cuts claim for Gezi participants Youth and Sports Minister Suat Kılıç has refuted allegations that university students who participated in the Gezi Park protests will not be eligible for loans ?Informant boxes? to be installed in Turkey The police will install informant stations in neighborhoods, ostensibly to … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Ekşi Sözlük is the target of organized attacks…

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As recently stated Ekşi Sözlük is one of the major internet sites that harbored an internet user culture in Turkey. From time to time, it has been targeted by conservative or Islamist citizens who are quite annoyed with the existence of such a major independent site despite the growth of Facebook and Twitter. There are … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Increase in homophobic murders… Pressure on media…

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Turkish newspaper watchdog punished for baring teeth The sacking of Yavuz Baydar from his role as ombudsman of Sabah demonstrates the extent of the PM’s influence Milliyet appoints Ankara representative Fikret Bila as new editor-in-chief One of Turkey?s most prominent mainstream newspapers, Milliyet, has appointed its veteran Ankara representative, Fikret Bila, as the new editor-in-chief, … Read more

Revenge politics in Turkey. “Financial inspectors, police raid biggest Turkish firm owned by Koç

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Financial inspectors, police raid biggest Turkish firm owned by Koç Finance officials reportedly staged a raid at Koç Holding?s Tüpraş due to allegations of manufacturing smuggled fuel ***************** Turkey probes tax affairs of Koc energy firms Turkey’s government has launched a probe into the tax affairs of energy firms affiliated with one of the country’s … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Utku Kali, a Turkish soldier, may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’

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Turkish soldier may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’ A military prosecutor has demanded 25 years imprisonment for the gendarme accused of leaking secret documents on the Reyhanlı bombings-linked terrorist activities   ********* This year?s Internet Villain is: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Our prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was named Internet Villain … Read more

PM Erdoğan continues to dehumanize Gezi Occupiers by labelling them as ‘pitiful rodents’

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  Turkish PM compares protesters to ‘pitiful rodents’ for calls to damage the economy PM Erdoğan slammed those who suggested to stop consuming in order to harm the government by comparing them to ‘pitiful rodents’   Turkish PM denounces ‘barbarian’ calls to damage economy and harm the gov’t PM Erdoğan slammed those who suggested to … Read more

Yavuz Baydar, the veteran journalist, another victim of pressure on media as Turkey now 154th in world press freedom index…

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Turkish paper fires readers’ editor after refusing to publish his columns The veteran Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar has been fired from the daily newspaper Sabah, where he was its readers’ editor, after two of his columns were rejected for publication. On the first occasion on 24 June, Baydar wrote a column that criticised the government’s handling … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: 64 journalists under arrest…Turkey coup case defendants deprived of liberty

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UN group says Turkey coup case defendants deprived of liberty The United Nations-mandated Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released its opinion on the ?Balyoz? (Sledgehammer) coup plot case 64 journalists under arrest, Turkish main opposition announces There are 64 journalists under arrest and another 123 are facing trial on charges of terrorism, the Republican … Read more

Turkey’s deputy prime minister says Turkey won’t tolerate ‘de facto’ Kurdish entity in Syria… A FP roundup

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Turkey says it won’t tolerate ‘de facto’ Kurdish entity in Syria Turkey’s deputy prime minister says his country supports Syria’s territorial integrity and won’t tolerate the creation of a “de facto” Syrian Kurdish entity on its frontiers. Turkey?s Kurdish phobia resurfaces A Turkey that was flying high at the time with ambitious plans for the … Read more

Yeni Anayasa gündemi: “Yeni Anayasada Temel Hak ve Hürriyetlerin Sınırlanması

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  Yeni Anayasada Temel Hak ve Hürriyetlerin Sınırlanması Uzlaşılan Öneri Anayasa m.24 (Temel hak ve hürriyetlerin sınırlanması): \”Hürriyet esas, sınırlama istisnadır. Tereddüt halinde yorum hürriyet lehine yapılır..   Anayasa’yı tutuklu vekiller çıksın diye yapmıyoruz Internet Haber CHP Genel Başkanı Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu’nda mutabakata varılan 48 maddenin TBMM’den geçirilmesi durumunda tutuklu milletvekillerinin sorunlarının çözüleceğine … Read more

Yavuz Baydar: Media Bosses [n Turkey] Are Undermining Democracy… A politics roundup…

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In Turkey, Media Bosses Are Undermining Democracy New York Times By YAVUZ BAYDAR. Published: July 19, 2013. ISTANBUL ? THE protests that convulsed Istanbuland other Turkish cities last month exposed, among many other things, the shameful role of Turkey’s media conglomerates in subverting press freedom. ****** Kurdish rebels warn Turkey on peace Kurdish rebels give … Read more

Blending international politics with domestic one, Erdoğan style. Deaths in Turkey less important than deaths in Egypt…

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Turkish PM defends Egypt and Syria stance, criticizes EU at ambassadors? iftar dinner PM Erdoğan defended Turkey‘s stance vis-à-vis the military takeover in Egypt and Syria in his address to foreign ambassadors to Ankara ?Turkey is the voice of the oppressed in the world,? says PM Erdoğan Brushing aside once again criticism on Egypt, PM … Read more

A poll says Support to AKP drops after Gezi rallies… a Social fabric roundup…

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Support to AKP drops after Gezi rallies, say poll The ruling Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) votes have decreased 6 percent since 2012 while the opposition parties increased their votes, according to a recent survey conducted after the Gezi Park protests. End of ?la dolce vita? period with foreign capital for Turkey soon Turkey attracted … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Ex-police chief Hanefi Avcı sentenced to 15 years NOT because…

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of his police deeds but because he changed sides….He became critical of the current political elites configuration…. Ex-police chief Hanefi Avcı sentenced to 15 years Former Eskişehir Chief of Police Hanefi Avcı has been sentenced to prison for 15 years and fined 10,000 Turkish liras Devrimci Karargah Case Verdict Announced 24 defendants acquitted in Devrimci … Read more

The Anti-Capitalist Muslims…. a social fabric roundup…

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  The anti-capitalist Muslims Jul 18th 2013, 14:13 by WITH his scruffy beard, baggy trousers, plastic slippers and prayer beads, Ihsan Eliacik seems the archetypal conservative Muslim. He is anything but that. At a gathering of anti-government protesters in Istanbul?s secular Besiktas neighbourhood he was applauded when he railed against Turkey?s prime minister, Recep Tayyip … Read more