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Monday, September 28, 2015

Tyranny of bureaucracy: Students under Sun, bureaucrats under shade… News from the social fabric…

Today in Samsun. News in Turkish: http://ift.tt/1Lh4TiI

113 killed in car crashes in Turkey during Eid al-Adha

A total of 113 people were killed in car crashes across Turkey during the nine-day Eid al-Adha holiday as hundreds of thousands of citizens began to return amid intensifying traffic

1,500 refugees sent from Edirne to other Turkish cities

Syrian refugees, who have waited over 10 days near Turkey’s border with Greece in an attempt to reach Europe, were sent back to different provinces in Turkey, the governor of the northwestern Edirne province said

In Photos: 10 best activities in Turkey to do for less than $30

Our jury of experts have picked the 10 best activities in Turkey that you can do by spending as little as $7.50.

Turkish judge elected as vice president of ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has elected two new vice-presidents: Işıl Karakaş from Turkey and András Sajó from Hungary

Turkish professor elected president of Council of Europe monitoring group on violence against women

A Turkish professor from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) was elected as the first president of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) on Sept. 22

Unleashing nationalist and militarist elements in Turkish society

open Democracy News Analysis – by Julian de Medeiros

Depending on who one believes the country is either on the brink of civil war, or instead heroically participating in the Global War on Terror.

Review: ‘The Cut’ Depicts the Armenian Diaspora Through a Searching Father

NYT > Turkey by By NICOLAS RAPOLD

In Fatih Akin’s epic feature, a man survives a Turkish genocidal campaign to travel from country to country, hoping to find his daughters.

Refugee crisis latest – in pictures

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Natasha Rees-Bloor /

People continue their journeys as central and eastern European leaders opposed to mandatory refugee sharing meet Luxembourg’s foreign minister in Prague

Syrian migrants flock to Istanbul bus station in attempt to reach Greece

Hundreds of Syrian migrants have flocked to Istanbul’s largest bus station to board a bus to northwestern Edirne province near the Greek border in an attempt to cross into Europe.

Turkey declares nine-day public holiday for Eid al-Adha week

Turkey has declared a nine-day public holiday starting from Sept. 19 over Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), with a half day off for public employees falling on Sept. 23, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported

Turkish PM ‘disapproves’ of threats against daily Hürriyet

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said he “disapproved” of threatening remarks by a deputy of his party targeting daily Hürriyet journalists

Plan to replace Atatürk statue with tea glass figure sparks debate in Turkey’s north

A controversy has sparked over removing a statue of Turkey’s founder Atatürk at a major public area in Rize and placing a tea glass-shaped statue instead, in a reconstruction plan

Every Turkish girl’s dream: Making börek

Baking börek is not rocket science. Any idiot can do it. It is a trap for girls. Have you ever seen a man say he will learn how to make börek so his marriage can last?

Fitch: Fiscal discipline key for Turkey

The commitment to fiscal discipline in Turkey is a key factor in the “stable” outlook for the country’s credit rating, Fitch Ratings Senior Director Paul Gamble told Anadolu Agency on Sept. 22

Vía Erkan’s Field Diary http://ift.tt/1LXOjic

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Kurdish news agency #DİHA in Diyarbakır raided by Turkish security forces, 10s detained; Turkey recruits more militias against Kurdish guerillas…

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A video from the scene:

A list of detained DIHA employees:

Gömülü resim için kalıcı bağlantı

DIHA agency website currently blocked in Turkey: http://ift.tt/1iTSfTd

Ongoing censorship blocks Kurdish, critical, data-based media …

Today’s Zaman–Aug 16, 2015

The majority of sites that have been blocked are Kurdish media outlets, including ANF, ANHA, the Dicle News Agency (DİHA), Rojnews and …

Almost 400 Kurdish rebels killed in 2 weeks of airstrikes
Ledger Gazette–Aug 16, 2015

Turkey set to recruit 5,000 village guards in anti-terror fight

Turkey will recruit 5,000 village guards, Interior Minister Selami Altınok announced Sept. 19, amid an upsurge in violence between the state and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

And “Prof” Davutoğlu claims “war of perceptions” as if Turkey has no guilt…

Turkish PM says Ankara facing ‘war of perceptions’

Turkish PM Davutoğlu said Sept. 27 that a “war of perceptions” is being carried out on Turkey through false information and propaganda disseminated by international actors

Curfew in Four Quarters of Diyarbakır Lifted

Bianet :: English

The curfew in four quarters of Bismil district of Diyarbakır province was lifted last night.

Cizre Report of Diyarbakır Bar Association: Witnesses Tell

Bianet :: English

Diyarbakır Bar Association told the legal frame of curfew in Cizre, Şırnak and they would invite UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions to Cizre.

Deputy PM says peace process ‘unsustainable’

The resolution process cannot restart like nothing has happened because it has become “unsustainable,” a senior Turkish governmental official has stated, adding that the “security vacuum” due to deadly attacks of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be entirely filled

Demirtaş Implies Coalition with Republican People’s Party

Bianet :: English

On his journey through Europe, HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş said CHP and HDP should offer an alternative to the society to form an alternative democratic government.

Police Stop Refugees Walking from İstanbul to Edirne

Bianet :: English

Syrian refugees waiting in İstanbul Bus Terminal started to walk towards Edirne province but they were stopped by riot policemen.

Schools of Minorities Opened along with Troubles

Bianet :: English

Today, schools are open but the problems of schools of minorities haven’t been ironed out yet. Minority students still have matters to be settled.

Turkish president set to attend anti-terror rally in France

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is scheduled to go to Strasbourg on Oct. 4 to attend a rally to protest recent attacks by militants

Farmers plan to hire Syrians after attacked Kurdish workers leave Ankara town

Farmers in the Beypazarı district of Ankara have complained Kurdish agricultural workers left the town after being attacked and said that they will resort to Syrian refugees as workers to prevent their harvests from rotting in the field.

In photos: Turkey halts hundreds of migrants at the gates of the EU

Hundreds of migrants have been stopped by Turkish law enforcement on a highway near the Turkish border city of Edirne, as bickering governments in the EU shut border crossings. Here is the full story in photos

AKP fine tunes presidential system in election manifesto

In its manifesto for the Nov. 1 snap election, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has narrowed space dedicated to its pledge for transforming the country’s current administrative system to a presidential system in line with President Erdoğan’s insistent calls, mentioning the plan solely within the framework of “a declaration of intention.”

Turkish police stop migrants’ advance toward Greek border

Hundreds of migrants who had been camping at the central bus terminal in Istanbul for days have begun walking along a highway connecting Istanbul to the northwestern province of Edirne, about 230 kilometers away, in a bid to reach border crossings between Turkey and Europe

A turbulent Turkey in a region in turmoil

open Democracy News Analysis – by Oğuzhan Göksel and Omer Tekdemir

It is clear that the PKK-focused, national security oriented ‘new politics’ is the main factor that consumes Turkey’s energy.

Protest over end of the Peace Process, Istanbul, 2015. Demotix/erhan demirtaş.

CHP head accuses PKK of hurting HDP

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is hoping to ensure the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) under the 10 percent electoral threshold by fighting Turkey’s security forces, the head of Turkey’s biggest social democratic party has said

Children caught in crossfire in Turkey

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Children suffer as Turkish army battles the PKK

AKP officially launches election campaign with candidate presentation

Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), which failed to form a single-party government in the June 7 election for the first time after winning three consecutive elections since November 2002, has presented its candidates for the Nov. 1 snap elections with a mass gathering in Ankara

CHP to hold election campaign with ‘Turkey first’ slogan