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The whole world watching Ankara…. Police intervenes citizens… as usual.

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And in so many districts opposition parties demand re-voting against AKP led election frauds…. All Together:   Crowdsourcing vote recounts   Hundreds volunteered at the main opposition CHP’s headquarters in Ankara to comb through the official voting database amid widespread fraud allegations Police fire water cannon in Turkish capital at election protest http://reut.rs/1fkCx55  pic.twitter.com/T6utvguK0k @occupybarcelona @USILive … Read more

EFD Seçim Günlüğü-

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seçim günlüğü Adaylar Kadir Topbaş: İstanbul adayını Başbakan 5 Aralık’ta açıklayacak Radikal İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Kadir Topbaş, belediye başkanlığı adaylığıyla ilgili olarak “Sayın Başbakanımız İstanbul ile ilgili kararını bölge illerini de kapsayacak şekilde zannediyorum çarşamba ya da ayın 5’i gibi (Aralık) açıklayacaktır” dedi. Topbaş: Başbakan İstanbul adayını… Kadir Topbaş’a, ‘İstanbul adayı ne zaman açıklanacak’ sorusu AK Parti İstanbul adayını ne zaman açıklayacak? AK Parti’nin … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Çözüm başlamadan bitiyor

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Nasıl birkaç saat içinde yaygın bir iyimserlikten kapkara bir havaya giriverdik. Bunca yıldır alınan ve alınmayan hukukî kararlar sonucunda YSK?nın Hatip Dicle?nin vekilliğini düşürmesi memleketi ciddî bir krizin eşiğine getirdi bıraktı. Savaş lügatinden kaos, darbe, bomba benzetmeleri boşuna değil. Dicle?ye, her derde deva ?örgüt propagandası? suçuyla Anayasa?nın 76. maddesi uyarınca 1 yıldan fazla hüküm giymiş … Read more

Turkey today: YSK intervenes again

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Higher Election Committee (YSK), whose members are mostly made up from the remaining Kemalist establishment, had its play recently: “No, we are as bad as AKP. We cannot be behind in rights violations” (!), they seem to state… Pro-Kurdish demonstrators shout anti-government slogans during a protest against Turkey’s election board, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June … Read more

NOW: Reports of police violence against pro-Hatip Dicle protesters in Taksim

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Higher Election Council (YSK) cancelled the MP status of pro-Kurdish BDP candidate Hatip Dicle yesterday. Since then BDP fans are protesting. As of 19, there started a march in Taksim and there are reports of police brutality and despite that protests continue. I will collect twitter reports here: https://twitter.com/#!/theserendipity/status/83582986561396736 https://twitter.com/#!/theserendipity/status/83581837481488384 https://twitter.com/#!/organiktus/status/83581975109173249 https://twitter.com/#!/ASLIERDAL/status/83574722046078976 https://twitter.com/#!/nianerten/status/83576256066621441 https://twitter.com/#!/_chiquitita_/status/83575429277040640 https://twitter.com/#!/_chiquitita_/status/83573782245154816 … Read more

Towards elections: AKP rises the stakes with the Kanal İstanbul project…

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A massive project. Much more imaginative than other parties’ election promises. AKP increasingly relies on grand projects reminding me older dam projects etc by center-right parties… Probably environmental unfriendly, and pro-corporate. (A friend of mine on real estate business already gave me tips about that). Cutting a New Bosphorus Through Istanbul by Jenny White Image … Read more

Toward elections: YSK backs off, Kurdish candidates reinstated.

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  Kurds Renew Movement for Civil Rights in Turkey from NYT > Turkey by By LANDON THOMAS JR. Turkey?s Kurds have begun a fresh push to achieve true freedom of representation and the right to be educated in their mother tongue.   What got into the High Election Board? by Fréderike Geerdink Now, the Kurdish … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Demokrasinin teminatı Kürt meselesinin çözümüdür

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?Güneş Kral? olarak da anılan Fransa Kralı 14. Lui Avrupa tarihinde saltanatı en uzun sürmüş hükümdardır: Resmen 72 fiilen ise 54 sene! Başa geçtiğinde çocuk olduğundan krallığı bir müddet kral naibi Colbert yönetir. Kral Lui uzun saltanatı esnasında pek çok önemli iş yapmış yaptırmış bir hükümdardır. Ona atfedilen ?L?Etat C?est Moi?  (Devlet Ben?im) sözünü edip … Read more

Congratulations YSK. Now blood spilt in Bismil…

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One killed in protests in Turkey’s Southeast by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires A demonstrator was shot and killed by security forces in the Bismil district of the southeastern Diyarbakır province, broadcaster CNNTürk reported on its website.   Kurdish protesters run away from tear gas during clashes with riot police in a street demonstration … Read more

Once again, Judiciary mechanisms in Turkey become an obstacle for peace: YSK Disqualifies Pro-Kurdish Politicians From Parliamentary Election

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Kurdish protesters run away from tear gas during clashes with riot police in a street demonstration on April 19, 2011 in Istanbul after Turkey’s electoral board barred prominent Kurdish candidates from standing in upcoming elections. Turkish riot police fired teargas and water cannons during pitch battles with thousands of demonstrators infuriated by the ban. (AFP/Mustafa … Read more