Day 0 starts today with some pre-meeting events. There will be a public Freedom House reception in Taksim. I will attend the IGF as a Freedom House delegate. All FH delegates are listed here in this Twitter list (and they contribute at #FHDel). In addition to this massive event IGF 2014, there will be an alternative event … Read more
Deputy PM warns AKP rookies to ‘calm down’ Turkish deputy Prime Minister Arınç urges younger members of the ruling party AKP to ‘calm down’ after a row within the party over who will lead it after Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s term Davutoğlu aide appointed as PM’s chief advisor An adviser to FM Davutoğlu has been appointed as … Read more
After more than a decade of AKP reign, growing signals of a failing municipal governance…
Court upholds controversial verdict in killing of Nigerian refugee despite appeal ruling An Istanbul court upheld a previous verdict sentencing a police officer to four years in prison for ‘involuntary manslaughter’ in the fatal shooting of Nigerian refugee Festus Okey PM Erdoğan?s agent accusation against CNN reporter ?ridiculous,? Washington says PM Erdoğan had questioned CNN?s impartiality, labeling … Read more
Experts to inspect Istanbul 3rd bridge construction Hurriyet Daily News The Istanbul Archaeology Museum has sent a team to inspect the route of Istanbul’sthird bridge after reports that contractors have failed to inform The world’s 5th largest city, Istanbul, is running out of water Daily Kos According to the latest statistics from the Istanbul water authority the level of the … Read more
Turkish Court Says YouTube Ban Is Unconstitutional NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU DISPATCHES FROM TURKEY: Popular Twitter User Receives 15 Months of Prison Bianet :: English E. P., the owner of popular twitter user “Allah CC?, has been convicted to 15 months of prison for ?overtly humiliating religious values accepted by a faction of the society?. … Read more
Nothing changes but more police brutality in one year… I will switch to Twitter for immediate reporting…
Here is a timeline in Turkish. Documentary: Witnessing Gezi ************ Exhibition on Gezi to open on protests? first anniversary An art exhibition about last year?s Gezi protests will be displayed in two venues on the first anniversary of the protests.
Evet durum bu… Bekleriz… Ciddi birşey beklemeyin. Eğlenmeye gidiyoruz. Türkiye İnternet aleminin bazı isimleri de arzı endam edebilir… Gelmeyeni silebilirim. Twitter etiketi: #EFD10Yaşında Facebook event sayfası: https://www.facebook.com/events/241990562669429/
CHP MP to broadcast graft session online in absence of Parliament TV CHP’s Melda Onur will once again air the critical session on graft claims via the Internet Parliament likely to whitewash four ministers, Erdoğan likely to ascend to presidency Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan is actually aiming to hit not two, but three birds with … Read more
May Day in Turkey no longer worker’s, but policeman?s holiday: Human Rights Watch For the second year running, thousands who gathered in the districts of Beşiktaş and Şişli to march toward Taksim Square ere dispersed with tear gas and water cannons Journalists in Turkey freer than all countries listed in Freedom House report: FM … Read more
Turkey relegated to the league of ?not free? countries: report Turkey has been relegated from the league of ?Partly Free? countries to the league of ?Not Free? countries, Freedom House reports Tear gas at Turkish May Day protests Riot police in Turkey use tear gas and water canon to prevent demonstrators defying a ban on protests on … Read more
Many major unions and left wing organizations are determined to celebrate May Day in Taksim, as it has been the case for decades, but I believe it is hard to challenge Erdoğan’s determination to close Taksim for celebrations. Against a brute state force, there will be clashes around but it is hard to imageine activists … Read more
*An anonymous commenter: “This is not state capitalism in the usual sense. It is a highly flawed and risky way to use the sovereign guarantee. Since the beneficiary will be just one city (not even the capital) it is obviously completely inappropriate as well as dangerous.” Turkey smooths way for mega-projects State guarantees increased so … Read more