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Cartoonists hit back: #ErdoganCaricature Dispatches from Turkey
#ErdoganCaricature: cartoonists hit back at Turkish leader’s clampdown theguardian.com – James Walsh – Oct 23, 7:20 AM – Cartoonist Martin Rowson urges cartoonists to caricature Turkey’s president Erdoğan, to highlight... Read more
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Denmark is still curious about the Release of attempted murder suspect… we are not…
Release of attempted murder suspect in Turkey not closed, says Danish PM Questions over Turkey’s release of the shooting suspect of a right-wing writer and critic of Islam in Copenhagen in... Read more
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Turkish inaction ends but not for ISIS, fighter jets bomb PKK positions… Nejat Ağırnaslı, Sociologist, Dies in Kobane…
Nejat Ağırnaslı, Sociologist, Dies in Kobane bianet – Suphi Nejat Ağırnaslı, a sociology graduate from Turkey’s prestigious Bosporus University, has lost life in Kobane while fighting against ISIS. He was... Read more
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Some ups and downs, some caprices… Turkey Says No Deal Yet on U.S. Use of Bases in ISIS Fight
U.S. Troops to Use Bases in Turkey NYT > Turkey by By ERIC SCHMITT and KIRK SEMPLE The agreement to allow American and coalition troops to use bases in Turkey in... Read more
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Erdoğan promises legislation against street violence… That is, total criminalization of democratic street politics…
The emerging Middle East order: who can shape it and how? open Democracy News Analysis – by Dlawer Ala’Aldeen For the first time for decades, all sides to the conflict... Read more
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Cengiz Aktar: Doğu demokrasisi
Doğu demokrasisi “Demokrasi Batı’da, farklı insanlara farklı anlamlar ifade eder. Ama Asya’da demokrasi, vatandaşların özgür ve adil seçimlere hakları olduğu ve böylece kendi hükümetlerini seçme hakkına sahip oldukları anlamına... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: “27 Acquitted, 1 Convicted For Insult in Twitter Case
27 Acquitted, 1 Convicted For Insult in Twitter Case Bianet :: English İzmir 22nd Assize Court ordered the acquittal of 27 out of 28 defendants charged with “igniting public to violating... Read more
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So some authorities at work to fix Istanbul’s notoriously crowded Metrobus network… Istanbul news roundup…
Turkey seeks solution to metrobus crowds The authorities are set to implement a system aimed at solving problems in Istanbul’s notoriously crowded Metrobus network, which often works above its capacity Simit sellers... Read more
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2 Eylül’de. Açık Oturum: İnternet Çağında Medya Özgürlüğü
Açık Oturum: İnternet Çağında Medya Özgürlüğü Tarih: 2 Eylül 2014, Salı Saat: 10:30-11:30 Yer: santralistanbul Kampüsü Katılımcılar: Neelie Kroes (Avrupa Komisyonu Başkan Yardımcısı) Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz (İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi) Melih Kırlıdoğ (Alternatif Bilişim Derneği)... Read more
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Süleyman Shah tomb claim “vehemently” denied by Foreign Affairs Ministry…
Foreign Ministry vehemently denies bargain with jihadists over Turkish territory Foreign Ministry has categorically denied a report that Ankara has agreed to hand over the tomb of Süleyman Shah to... Read more
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Embrace for more tension. One killed in Lice in statue destruction… 25 Turkish police officers arrested in İzmir…
One Killed in Lice bianet interviewed HDP Diyarbakır Provincal Organization Co-chair Zübeyde Zümrüt following the death of one person within the rising of tension in Lice over the statue of PKK... Read more
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Soner Çağaptay believes “Turkey’s Future Will Be Liberal… Dispatches from Turkey
If we survive, this might actually be true…. After Erdogan, Turkey’s Future Will Be Liberal NYT > Turkey by By SONER CAGAPTAY Erdogan won on Sunday, but the era of Islamist dominance... Read more
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“US Jewish group demands PM Erdoğan return award… Dispatches from Turkey…
US Jewish group demands PM Erdoğan return award AJC, a prominent Jewish organization in the US, has asked Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan to return a courage award he received in 2004,... Read more
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Pro-ISIL militants attacked a Shiite mosque in Istanbul… EFD Rights Watch…
ISIL ‘attacks Shiite mosque’ in Istanbul Hurriyet Daily News Members of ISIL attacked a Shiite mosque in Istanbul last week, a human rights association has claimed in report Governor suggests sending Syrians... Read more
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After Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, there comes the 2nd Presidential Candidate officially: Selahattin Demirtaş
Basically supported by Kurdish votes, a very good candidate who unfortunately has not much chance. Probably, he will get the 3rd position. As a person and politician, I believe he will remain... Read more
