Turkey’s Curious Ballet NYT > Turkey Turkey is to allow Iraqi Kurds cross into Syria to fight Islamic State. US airdrops to Kobane were not wrong, Washington says after Erdoğan criticism Washington does not think the US airdrop of weapons to the Syrian border town of Kobane was wrong, Marie Harf has said PYD not terrorist under US … Read more
Venezuela Gets Security Council Seat; Turkey Fails NYT > Turkey by By SOMINI SENGUPTA After two rounds of voting at the General Assembly, the five new rotating members will be Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela. Ankara strikes upbeat note despite failure in UN Security Council bid New Zealand and Spain win the seats in the … Read more
Turkey: Strike Down Abusive Internet Measures hrw.org – Sep 15 – The retention of metadata by the Telecom Directorate is deeply worrying because it gives the body the direct capacity to conduct surveillance on people’s internet use. The Turkish government very publicly champions the privacy rights of politicians… Related articles Turkey: Strike Down Abusive Internet … Read more
Twitter files for lawsuits in Turkish courts to get ongoing ban on its service lifted The Next Web by Nick Summers Twitter is fighting to have the ban on its social network lifted in Turkey. Today, the company filed petitions for lawsuits in multiple Turkish courts, demanding that the current ban be lifted. Turkish court upholds appeal … Read more
It?s Not Twitter It?s The Eclipse Of Reason Twitter has become a basic communication tool for the users in Turkey to exercise freedom of speech. The President, The Prime Minister and the commissioners, journalists, bureaucrats, members of the parliament, writers, artists, unionists and activists, people with different political ideologies, oppressed groups and people from different parts of … Read more
Parliamentary Question: new legislation censors internet in Turkey marietjeschaake.eu Turkish Internet bill to ?deepen press freedom crisis,? CPJ says The press freedom NGO slammed Ankara for voting ‘radical censorship measures’ *************** RedHack hacks ISP TTNET, Vodafone and Turkcell, leaks data of Govt Officials against death of a Gezi protester HackRead ? Pushpa Mishra … Read more
World Report 2014: Turkey hrw.org ? In office for three terms since 2002, and enjoying a strong parliamentary majority, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has demonstrated a growing intolerance of political opposition, public protest, and critical media. In May, police… ****************** Turkish doctors condemn government curbs on emergency treatment Medics accuse government … Read more
13-year-old Gezi protester facing prison-time for graffiti-painting acquitted The secondary school student was facing charges of ‘damaging public property’ for writing ‘Government resign, death to fascism’ on the pavement Human Rights Watch report slams Turkey over growing intolerance The Turkish government is demonstrating a growing intolerance of political opposition, public protest and critical media, Human … Read more
Not only in Roboski but in many cities, citizens commemorate the Roboski massacre today… 34 villagers died in Turkish planes bombardment: The Roboski strike, also known as the Uludere massacre,[2] Sirnak massacre,[3][4][5] or Roboski massacre[6] took place on December 28, 2011 at 9:37 pm local time near Turkish-Iraqi border.[7] Two Turkish F16 jets fired at a group of villagers, acting on an information that … Read more
He is now known to state opposite a little while later…considering the peace process and all… Turkish PM denies general amnesty claims Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has strictly ruled out comments that the government was considering a general amnesty ************ Main opposition CHP?s bill for sick prisoners rejected by ruling AKP votes A bill … Read more
Report shows hard prison conditions for LGBT?s, disabled A recent report stated that the prison conditions in Turkey were not good for LGBT individuals, disabled persons and the old Turkey?s democracy deficit led to Gezi protests: SISecretary General Gezi Park protests have clearly reflected the distance between the priorities of the Turkish people and the … Read more
Part 3 The talk of a different Turkey There was much hope vested in the new government of Turkey and its new charismatic Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan who previously as Istanbul?s mayor did much for the city?s development- enhanced water supply, cleared slums, tackled the environment issue and even planted thousands of trees. … Read more
15 detained over Gezi protests 15 people were detained for allegedly harming private property and use Molotov cocktails while attending the Gezi protests. Democracy and rights Peninsula On-line When protests erupted in Turkey‘s Taksim Square against the government’s redevelopment plans, US Secretary of State John Kerry was among the top figures who criticised the … Read more
Fact Check Facebook has not provided user data to Turkish authorities in response to government requests relating to the protests. More generally, we reject all government data requests from Turkish authorities and push them to formal legal channels unless it appears that there is an immediate threat to life or a child, which has been … Read more
Turkish Government tries to hide their responsibility for the bombings in Reyhanli by arresting innocent soldiers Officer in custody over leaks on Reyhanlı attack A gendarmerie officer suspected of leaking secret documents to a Turkish hacker group has been taken into custody, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesman Hüseyin Çelik has said as … Read more