You can watch it online here at CNN TURK. 12:08 PM Erdoğan did his PR for 50 minutes. Package announcement lasted 10 minutes…. 12:00 As expected this is another Erdoğan show… 11:29 I am switching to Twitter:) @sakaerka 11:26 in Diyarbakır… via @Faruk_Ayyildiz 11:22 “This is not the last package” So don’t expect much. PM Erdoğan … Read more
Source in Turkish here. It seems that the budget share already increases annually: Here is the yearly amount allotted to Diyanet in Turkey’s budget in the last decade (milyon= billion) 2003 ? 771 MİLYON TL 2004 ? 1 MİLYAR TL 2005 ? 1 MİLYAR TL 2006- 1.3 MİLYAR TL 2007- 1.6 MİLYAR TL 2008 ? … Read more
Turkish pianist Fazıl Say sentenced to 10 months in prison for blasphemy in retrial World-renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say, who was sentenced to 10 months in prison for blasphemy Fazıl Say Sentenced to 10 Months of Prison Again Pianist and composer Fazıl Say was sentenced to 10 months of prison for ?overtly insulting religious values of … Read more
Nine suspects released on probation in Turkey?s ?post-modern? Feb 28 coup case The figures released on probation pending trial included the former head of the Higher Education Board (YÖK), Kemal Gürüz and former Air Force Commander Ahmet Çörekçi Turkey wants scholar on Interpol list International Red Notice could be issued for dissident academic Pinar Selek … Read more
3,000 trees in Ankara’s Middle East Technical University to be cut in road plan The ODTÜ Rector?s Office said in a written statement that around 3,000 trees would be affected inside the campus More news in Turkish here
Turkish court says French book ?too explicit? Turkey?s Supreme Court of Appeals said Guillaume Apollinaire?s did not fall under freedom of speech Turkish board cites ?telekinesis? as possible cause of mysterious suicides The suspicious suicides of four engineers working at the ASELSAN could have been caused by telekinesis, report says
He is playing in Istanbul right now and he cried in Turkish: “End to State Terror” while 5 martyrs of Occupy Gezi reflected on the Wall. via @bkara via @direncigdem via @alperseri Ali was a Pink Floyd fan… via @alimivurdular Related articles Roger Waters’ famous show ‘The Wall’ in Istanbul
As recently stated Ekşi Sözlük is one of the major internet sites that harbored an internet user culture in Turkey. From time to time, it has been targeted by conservative or Islamist citizens who are quite annoyed with the existence of such a major independent site despite the growth of Facebook and Twitter. There are … Read more
UN group says Turkey coup case defendants deprived of liberty The United Nations-mandated Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released its opinion on the ?Balyoz? (Sledgehammer) coup plot case 64 journalists under arrest, Turkish main opposition announces There are 64 journalists under arrest and another 123 are facing trial on charges of terrorism, the Republican … Read more
European court says Turkey must revise tear gas laws Turkey should readjust its legal framework regarding the use of tear gas grenades, according to a ECHR decision Post-Gezi witch hunt deepens EU?s concerns over Turkish democracy News reports over the last few days make crystal clear that the government has no tendency to stop Female … Read more
Columnists fired as daily Akşam gets new chief At least four columnists have been fired so far from Turkish daily Akşam, days after Mehmet Ocaktan was assigned as the editor-in-chief NTV Tarih, Popular History Magazine, Closed The administration of NTV Tarih, a popular history magazine in Turkey, closed down the publication as it was preparing … Read more
Thanks, But No: Social Media Refuses To Share With Turkey In its latest effort to rein in the country’s vibrant social media, Turkey says it has requested cooperation from Twitter and Facebook; they’re not playing ball. Protesters are embracing social media ? and the government has complained that such outlets won’t share user data with law … Read more
Abbasağa Park, Beşiktaş, 17 June 2013. Citizens’ Forum. Police is ?Working on? Twitter, Interior Minister Says Reminding that 3 policemen were suspended within an investigation and announcing today?s general strikes as ?illegal?, Interior Minister Muammer Güler said they are working on social media. Turkish trade unions call for strike Workers urged to leave jobs on Monday afternoon … Read more
I am glad that most of Occupiers decided to go back home in order to prevent provocations with these appearing thugs…. via @mkozturk Thugs With Clubs These were men who skipped AKPs peaceful celebration of its power. They were running through Asmalimescit with clubs in hand, shouting ?God is Greatest?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BSIwRoQbyw Here’s pro-AKP thugs: Here is … Read more
inforgraphic source: http://roarmag.org/2013/06/turkey-ten-days-protest-infographic/ An energy drink, rather than the opium of the people It is difficult to imagine fiercer football rivalries than the ones between ?The Big Three? of Istanbul ? Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş. The clashes between their supporters ? often violent, always noisy ? are legendary. Yet many of the (mainly foreign) media … Read more