Gulen Ad | ISIS Cruelty Deserves Our Strongest Condemnation Mavi Boncuk Mavi Boncuk | ISIS Cruelty Deserves Our Strongest Condemnation Turkish President Erdoğan slams New York Times over ISIL story President Erdoğan has slammed the New York Times for a recent story claiming that Turkey is one of the biggest sources of recruits for ISIL militants Erdoğan holds … Read more
Turkish football fans face life in prison for ‘coup attempt’ during Gezi protests Prosecutors accused members of çArşı of ‘attempting to overthrow the gov’t’ in Arab Spring-like fashion Workers at Istanbul construction site block road denouncing ‘poor labor conditions’ The protest comes as 10 construction workers were killed in a labor accident Torun Center Workers: We Are Not … Read more
That’s how it works here in Turkey… They do not seem to know that both drinks belong to same company… Pro-AKP circles started a campaign to boycott Israeli products and their first product to boycott is Coca Cola. Although the latter is not an Israeli company, they believe that Coca Cola “helps” Israel. Thus comes the boycott. … Read more
AKP postpones parliamentary panel for corruption claims until after presidential elections Hurriyet Daily News The ruling party has once again postponed the parliamentary investigation panel to investigate corruption claims on four former ministers Turkey’s religious head warns against Sunni bias 2 Hurriyet Daily News The head of Turkey’s top religious body said Turkey should ‘stay out of sectarian … Read more
Turkey’s Higher Election Board rejects CHP?s appeal in Ankara Hurriyet Daily News The CHP’s appeal to cancel the results of the contested local election has been rejected Debate mounts over attack on CHP leader Hurriyet Daily News The fallout from the assault on the main opposition CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu continues, with the opposition asking whether … Read more
CHP leader?s attacker expelled from ruling AKP, deputy head says Hurriyet Daily News The man who attacked main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was a member of the Justice and Development Party Assailant says the attack was premeditated after being annoyed by CHP leader?s speeches Hurriyet Daily News The attacker reportedly planned the assault a month ago … Read more
In the mean time, no re-counting yet for Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul cities where election frauds abound… Ağrı was won by BDP and during the 16th re-counting, some votes were found to be missing and the election will be re-held on June, 1…. Surreal Turkish version of Groundhog Day in Agri. Every morning they wake … Read more
Pro-gov?t suppliers, not cats, cut off electricity on election night: Report Is Something Rotten In Ankara’s Mayoral Election? A Very Preliminary Statistical Analysis erikmeyersson.com ? Erik ? Apr 1, 12:07 PM ? Having today seen tweets on numerous alleged voting irregularities in Turkey and thanks to Twitter user @erenyanik I came across this CHP/STS dataset of voting data … Read more
And in so many districts opposition parties demand re-voting against AKP led election frauds…. All Together: Crowdsourcing vote recounts Hundreds volunteered at the main opposition CHP’s headquarters in Ankara to comb through the official voting database amid widespread fraud allegations Police fire water cannon in Turkish capital at election protest http://reut.rs/1fkCx55 pic.twitter.com/T6utvguK0k @occupybarcelona @USILive … Read more
Citizens cooperate for a just re-counting…. CHP online ?@CHP_online Ankaralılar oyları için YSK önünde böyle nöbet tutuyor.. Fotoğraf: @mertgkhankoc http://fotogaleri.hurriyet.com.tr/galeridetay/81077/2/32/ankarada-saat-saat-ne-oldu ? pic.twitter.com/0Tu4v128jR –@bulentmumay iskender paydas ?@iskenderpaydas Turkısh Braveharts keep their votes from the cheaters pic.twitter.com/EIu9XD7x0w Many people in Ankara challenge the election results since there are serious signs of fraud: http://www.cnnturk.com/haber/turkiye/ysk-onunde-protesto ? pic.twitter.com/q86QRqnD5e LabourNews #Turkey ?@KivancEliacikEN 11m Opposition ballots found in … Read more
First of all, I have to strongly declare that as long as elections go through a transparent process and vote counting occurs without a major irregularity, I am ready to accept and congratulate whatever results AKP gets. If the citizens of Turkey predominantly prefer to continue with AKP leadership, I respect this decision. I had … Read more
Ergenekon suspects released amid chaos over legal authority between courts Several Ergenekon suspects have been released by separate courts at the same time that the former specially authorized court which dealt with the case ruled on the continuation of their imprisonment Election security does not exist for HDP, party says Attacks against the HDP in the run-up … 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
Tonight we listened to a 11 minute talk between Erdoğan and his son Bilal on the day of December 17, Corruption Operation began… Supposedly, Bilal asks his father how to disappear millions of cash. The voices sound genuine but who knows. With this level of technology everything is possible. Gülenist accounts seem to approve the … Read more
Turkish president reportedly loses 80,000 followers after signing controversial internet law…. [View the story “Twitter critics #UnfollowAbdullahGul” on Storify]