Last night, some had good time while another 10 K citizens lost their jobs after the State of Emergency decree…

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Some were so happy at the reception that took place at the Presidential Palace in Ankara to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of Turkish Republic.

Some pro-government columnists who built their career as anti-militarists -during their anti-Kemalism years- were happy to take selfies with the Chief of Staff:

In the mean time:

And we rely on American embassy’s warnings for her own citizens to be informed about possible terror threats…

Turkey sacks more than 10,000 civil servants over links with failed coup

Reuters – Oct 30, 2:26 AM

ISTANBUL Turkish authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over their suspected links with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating the failed coup in July. Thousands of academics, teachers and health

 

How to lose a job with a peacenik tweet

Most of those who know Turkey’s human rights community probably also know Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu. He is a medical doctor from the city of Kocaeli, and has been a devoted human rights activist for decades.

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Turkey confirms asking Germany to prosecute comedian for insulting Erdoğan, A new video emerges…

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Erkan Alles ist für die Inszenierung von Erdogans öffentlichen Auftritten zuständig. Ein Traumjob für den 35-Jährigen. Massenszenen als Propaganda sind sein Spezialgebiet.

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Turkey confirms asking Germany to prosecute comedian for insulting Erdoğan

A senior Turkish official has confirmed that Ankara had officially requested Germany criminally prosecute a comedian for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a poem

Relocating IPSA 2016 from Istanbul: one right, two wrongs and many traitors

open Democracy News Analysis – by Ahmet Erdi Ozturk

The declaration leaves Turkey alone with its knotty problem, putting it into the same basket with all the other countries unsafe from a western perspective.

Blue Mosque through a window on the second floor of Hagia Sophia. Flickr/Mehran Heidarzadeh. Some rights reserved. The World Congress of Political Science, organised by the International Political Science Association (IPSA), is one of the high prestige settings for any social science researcher eager to present their research, expand their networks, attend fruitful scholarly discussions and have the opportunity to detect new approaches in their specific fields. It is also a challenge for host countries to show their organisational abilities. In 2016, for the first time, İstanbul was appointed host for the 24th World Congress of Political Science. Now it has lost its chance.

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