Peace negotiations behind the doors continue…PKK head proposes withdrawal from Turkey

PKK head proposes withdrawal from Turkey from Yahoo news ANKARA, Turkey , March 16 (UPI) — The head of a Kurdish separatist party has proposed completing a withdrawal of its fighters from Turkey this summer. New BDP delegation visits PKK leader Öcalan on İmralı from Hurriyet Daily News A delegation of Peace and Democracy Party … Read more

PKK releases captives… PM Erdoğan staying at home due to flu

I will rest at home for a few days, Turkish PM says after leaving hospital from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he would rest at home Delegation reaches Iraq to receive hostages from PKK from Hurriyet Daily News A group, including two Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) lawmakers and non-governmental. … Read more

Politics roundup: PKK expected to free Turkish prisoners tomorrow…

PKK to Free Turkish Prisoners Tuesday ? Naharnet Kurdish talks leak obtained through our party: BDP?s co-chair from Hurriyet Daily News The co-chair of the Peace and Development Party Demirtaş announced via Twitter. Lay down your arms, conduct politics in Parliament: Turkish PM Erdoğan from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s government will act as interlocutor during … Read more

Foreign Policy roundup: Turkey and Greece relations even more sweet as Greece offers support to Turkey ‘s 2020 Olympic bid

    Greece offers support to Turkey ‘s 2020 Olympic bid from Yahoo News Photos ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece has offered its support to regional rival Turkey ‘s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Turkey will be Europe’s strongest economy in 2050: Turkish President Gül from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey will become the first economy … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: the PM forcing the journalist to reveal sources.. Unsatisfying Uludere Massacre report… In the last 16 years 366 women abused in custody…

Reveal İmralı leak sources or we might: Turkish PM Erdoğan from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the media to reveal its sources. Turkish PM urges media to reveal İmralı leak sources from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the media to reveal its sources. … Read more

Social fabric roundup: Müslüm Gürses laid to rest… Arda Turan’s wedding, another instance of hypocricy…

Müslüm Gürses was laid to rest after a ceremony at the Teşvikiye Mosque. Photo by Emrah Gürel   Thousands pay last respects to Müslüm Father from Hurriyet Daily News Müslüm Gürses, the famous Turkish singer who passed away March 2, was laid to rest in Istanbul. Turkish singer Muslum Gurses dies | National Music News … Read more

Turkey vs. Israel. A fresh new round with Erdoğan’s statements on Zionism… A FP roundup…

  Israel: Turk?s Remarks Criticized from NYT > Turkey by By REUTERS; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Thursday of making a ?dark and false? statement. Israel, Turkey row over Zionism deepens rift between ex-allies from Yahoo news JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s prime minister accused his Turkish counterpart … Read more

Öcalan says finalization in 2-3 weeks, Erdoğan says peace process starts after PKK militans leave Turkey…

Kurdish peace process will start after PKK militants leaves Turkey, PM Erdoğan says from Hurriyet Daily News Any peace process in Turkey will only start after members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) Öcalan calls for finalization of process in two to three weeks from Hurriyet Daily News The imprisoned leader of the outlawed … Read more

Good remix: Tayyip Erdoğan, same topics, totally opposite perspectives in different contexts… [Bir Başbakan İki Erdoğan / Recep Erdoğan – Tayyip Erdoğan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxYZYgm-PZU

As “Turkey enters key week in Kurdish solution bid”, “Angry Mob Winds Up Kurdish Deputies in Sinop…

Turkey enters key week in Kurdish solution bid from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey is entering one of its most crucial weeks in its efforts to solve the Angry Mob Winds Up Kurdish Deputies in Sinop from Bianet :: English Dozens of angry protestors has reportedly winded up Kurdish deputies at a local guesthouse in Sinop … Read more

Erdoğan makes a move towards the Army while using anti-foreign powers rhetoric…

  Deciphering Erdogan’s Olive Branch to the Military from The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya So, why did he visit him at an Istanbul hospital today? Erdoğan slams US envoy?s remarks, saying ‘Turkey is not anybody’s scapegoat’ from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan criticized U.S. envoy to Turkey Ricciardone’s remarks on long detention periods … Read more

Well, US State Department backs Ambassador Ricciardone’s comments… A FP roundup…

US State Department backs Ambassador Ricciardone’s comments from Hurriyet Daily News U.S. State Department Spokesperson Nuland argued that there was nothing new in Ricciardone?s comments on Turkey. Despite US opposition, oil trade with Iraq is legal, PM Erdoğan says from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey will continue its oil trade with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). … Read more

The Economist article: “Erdogan and his generals”… ‘Imralı process’ continues…

Turkey and its army: Erdogan and his generals by Acturca The Economist (UK) no. 950 Saturday, February 2, 2013 The once all-powerful Turkish armed forces are cowed, if not quite impotent. Imagine a country with NATO?s second-largest army that counts Iraq, Iran and Syria as neighbours and is encircled by the Aegean, the Black Sea … Read more

Assassinations in Paris as Peace talks in Turkey continue…

Members of Paris’s Kurdish community gather outside the office block where three Kurdish activists were found dead. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Turkey’s Paris envoy reveals crucial detail in PKK murders from Hurriyet Daily News After killing three Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) members in Paris, the killer or killers locked the door of the office where … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Artık gündem başkanlık

Artık gündem başkanlık   ?Gelinen noktada takıldıkları yer Başkanlık Sistemi… Herkes bir tez ileri sürüyor, bizim de böyle bir tezimiz var. Kabul edilir veya edilmez. Zaten bu komisyon karar mercii değil. Genel Kurul var, hatta belki referanduma gidecek. Nihai kararı millet verecek. Niye telaş ediyorsunuz. Gerekirse alternatifleri sunalım. (?) Bitti bitti, bitmediği takdirde, artık biz … Read more