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It is very hard for the Turkish gov’t or AKP trolls to admit, but ISIS is the most obvious perpetrator in #AnkaraBombings

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Ankara bombing: PM office confirms suicide bombings The Turkish Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed the twin blasts that rocked capital Ankara were caused by two suicide bombers Infographics: How have Turkish Internet users evaluated the Ankara bombing? Turkish Internet users have answered a number of questions about the Oct. 10 Ankara bombing in a poll conducted by … Read more

Video with English subtitles: “From Demirtaş to Davutoğlu”. One of the best speeches in Turkish politics in the Ankara Bombings Aftermath

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link Demirtaş remains to be an excellent speaker. This video sums it up… ***************************** Turkey becomes a Middle East country:694 dead since June 7 elections:   Police prevent Ankara mourners from laying flowers at bomb site – video  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Mourners were prevented on Sunday from laying carnations at the site where two … Read more

At least 86 dead as of 15:53 in Ankara explosions. AKP’s Turkey cannot even provide security in its own capital…

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        Turkey blast: aftermath of Ankara bomb attack – video World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk The aftermath of twin explosions outside Ankara’s main train station on Saturday morning. The blasts appear to have targeted hundreds of people who had gathered to protest violence between authorities and Kurdish separatist group, the PKK. Turkish government … Read more

Deportation of Dutch Journalist Geerdink represents Turkey’s miserable approach to EU membership…

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Netherlands Reacts to Deportation of Journalist Geerdink  Bianet :: English Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink has been deported upon the request of Governorship of Hakkari. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted, Netherlands Association of Journalists will protest. Turkey deports Dutch journalist after being released A Dutch journalist who was detained in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari’s Yüksekova district on … Read more

New Turkey: A staunchly pro-AKP columnist, C.K. threatened columnist Ahmet Hakan with death…

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  HDP leader speaks out on latest violence across Turkey Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has condemned the violence that has enveloped the country and resulted in numerous attacks against his party’s buildings, warning perpetrators about the consequences of their actions. Pro-AKP columnist threatens Hürriyet columnist with death ‘We could crush you like a fly … Read more

from Emre Kızılkaya: “5 Stories To Understand Pro-AKP Assault on Turkey’s Largest Newspaper…

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5 Stories To Understand Pro-AKP Assault on Turkey’s Largest Newspaper The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya That stone… Tweets from AKP MP who took part in Hürriyet protest show he had supported Al-Nusra An AKP deputy has stirred controversy on social media with an old tweet in which he showed support for an al-Qaeda-linked group, hours after he … Read more

Iraq Kurd fighters on Turkey border await to join Kobane; Biden to visit Turkey next month…

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  US Vice President Joe Biden to visit Turkey next month US Vice President Joe Biden next month visits Ukraine as well as Turkey, where fighting across the border in the Syrian town of Kobane has sparked tensions with Washington Iraq Kurd fighters leave base for Syria deployment: report More than 150 Kurdish peshmerga fighters left a … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Probable justice bastardization: “Turkey charges 255 over mass Gezi Park protests

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  Turkey charges 255 over mass Gezi Park protests Turkish prosecutors charge 255 protesters, including seven foreigners, over the mass demonstrations that swept the country in June   Gezi Case Opens in Kayseri 161 defendants stood trial first time in the central province of Kayseri for charges related to attending Gezi Resistance protests.   Government … Read more

Clashes in Amed (Diyarbakır) now after #Gever killings protest

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Not exactly clashes but more like police intervention… @bdpgenclik2013 via @mergesor   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-83smR4avGE BDP Gençlik Meclisi @bdpgenclik2013 4 taraftan saldıran kolluk kuvvetleri ve #Amed halkı…. #direnAmed pic.twitter.com/EmCun0dqJX      

A critical provocation in Gever, Yüksekova, Hakkari…

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2 Kurdish protesters shot dead in Gever, Yüksekova, Hakkari by special forces. Let’s see how this murder is handled by government… Later, the hospital was pepper-gassed and attacked by special police forces who wanted to get the bodies of protesters….. BDP, HDP express indignation over protesters? death in Yüksekova Both the BDP and its recently founded … Read more

Tatlıses poses with Erdoğan… And a social roundup

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The first pose after the assassination attempt appeared yesterday: via Turkish singer shot in attack to be released from intensive care – Monsters and Critics Rape in Turkey: between incitement, complicity and silence, Sertaç Sehlikoğlu from open Democracy News Analysis – by Sertaç Sehlikoğlu The debates triggered by a 14-fold increase in violent crimes against … Read more

Actors and actresses protest long serial episodes

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Booming industry has a black side. An episode sometimes last 2 hours and not all actors and actresses are compensated enough… So there many of them gathered together to protest unhumane working conditions…. More photos and news in Turkish here. and a social fabric roundup: Leftist ‘moral police’ busted by actual cops in Istanbul Hurriyet … Read more

Turkey,the 53rd in personal armament rates.

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Plus a social fabric roundup…. There is a a blog that supports personal armament in Turkey. It provided a list of personal armament rates in the world: World ranking Country Population Armament per 100 persons. (%) 1 USA 304.201.200 88,8 3 Switzerland 7.437.100 45,7 4 Finland 5.246.100 45,3 6 Cyprus 757.800 36,4 10 Sweden 9.024.100 … Read more