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Sunday, November 6, 2016

After leadership arrests, Turkey’s HDP decides to halt parliamentary works….

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Turkey’s HDP decides to halt parliamentary works after arrest of deputies
The Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has decided to halt all its parliamentary works following the arrest of nine of its lawmakers, including co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, private broadcaster CNN Türk has reported.
Turkey’s crackdown on Cumhuriyet shows true extent of Erdogan’s wrath
World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Peter Preston
Arrests at secular and independent newspaper signify dark day for press freedomThere’s always a tipping point where democracy dies; and Turkey’s President Erdoğan reached it last week, when he dismissed another 10,000 civil servants, closed more media outlets and, crucially, arrested the editor and a dozen of his finest journalists on Cumhuriyet.

The capital punishment to soon be brought to parliament: President Erdoğan

Turkey’s parliament cannot stay indifferent to the “public demand” for the death penalty, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, reiterating that he would approve the bill on the re-installment of capital punishment if lawmakers vote in favor of it.

Council of Europe warns Turkey over death penalty plans

The Council of Europe warned Turkey against re-establishing the death penalty on Oct. 30.
Counting the closures: Turkey’s media shutdown
 AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)
We take a closer look at the ever-increasing numbers of media closures and steadily decreasing numbers of news sources.

President given power to directly appoint rectors to universities in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be able to appoint rectors to universities directly without having to consider the preferences of academics following the imposition of the latest state of emergency decree on Oct. 29.

New law broadens Turkish state authority to appoint trustees to companies

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A new state of emergency decree law gives the government the authority to appoint trustees in place of minority shareholders on boards of companies not suspected of being controlled by the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, shuts more media in coup attempt aftermath

Turkish authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over suspected links to U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, accused of orchestrating the failed coup attempt of July 15.

What could and should the EU do with Turkey?

–open Democracy News Analysis – by Bilge Yabanci and Kerem Oktem –

Is there a minimal sense of responsibility in European policies towards the people of Turkey, or do we have to content ourselves with European realpolitik?

Selahattin Demirtas, centre, and Figen Yuksekdag, to his left, co-leaders of the pro Kurdish Democratic Party of Peoples (HDP) lead a march towards the site of the explosions in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. Burhan Ozbilici/Press Association. All rights reserved.Early on November 4, police raided the homes of the opposition People’s Democratic Party’s (HDP) co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ on terrorism charges. Along with them nine other MPs were detained, while the HDP headquarters was raided by the police. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Whatsapp, now the most reliable sources of news and journalism in Turkey, were restricted or even totally blocked in some provinces of Turkey. The internet was slowed down country-wide.

 

Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown Targets Kurdish Politicians

– NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU and SAFAK TIMUR  –
Critics have accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of using the failed coup as a pretext to neutralize all opposition, notably the main pro-Kurdish party.

AKP: From democratic conservative to nationalist conservative

When the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in late 2002, they had sought to try to defuse the concerns sparked in the West by defining their political movement as “democratic conservative” and advocate of universal human rights values as well as fundamental freedoms.

Turkish police disperse protesters with water cannon after journalists’ arrests – video

 World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Turkish police use water cannon and teargas against hundreds of protesters in Istanbul on Saturday, to block them from marching to the office of an opposition newspaper where staff had been arrested. The protesters gathered hours after Turkish authorities formally arrested nine staff at the secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper

Turkey has reportedly blocked Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp nationwide

The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Internet monitoring group Turkey Block reports that Turkey has restricted access to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube across the country since 1:20AM there (UTC+2). Connections to those services are being throttled or slowed down drastically by internet service providers, rendering them inaccessible.

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  2. As police raids HDP protesters, “PM Admits Deliberate Internet Cut Off”
  3. It is time, Turkish politicians head to Washington over worries about Armenian resolution…
  4. As Davutoğlu implies extrajudicial killings for Kurds, VICE reporter (#FreeRasool) and 19 Kurdish Co-Mayors still captive in Turkish prisons…
  5. Let there be no doubt despite Erdoğan’s distractions before the #TurkeyElections: “ISIL behind Oct 10 Ankara Massacre, says prosecutor’s office

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Friday, November 4, 2016

As police raids HDP protesters, “PM Admits Deliberate Internet Cut Off”

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PM Admits Deliberate Internet Cut Off
Bianet :: English
About Internet cut off, PM Yıldırım has said that things will return to normal “after the threat is parried”.
Problems in access to social media in Turkey a ‘security measure,’ says PM
The slowdown in internet connection experienced throughout Turkey are a “security measure” taken by the government, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Nov. 4, as millions’ access to major social media sites was stalled from the early hours of morning.

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DBP co-head Sebahat Tuncel detained by police
Democratic Unity Party (DBP) co-head Sebahat Tuncel was detained by police in front of the courthouse in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır on Nov. 4, as a wave of detentions targeted senior politicians of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
EU envoys meet at urgent meeting on HDP detentions
European Union envoys in Ankara met on Nov. 4, under the head of the EU delegation to Turkey, over People’s Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs, lawmakers are detained as part of “terrorism” investigations.
HDP MPs Aydoğan, Birlik Arrested
Bianet :: English
Detained this morning, HDP MPs Nursel Aydoğan and Leyla Birlik have been arrested.
HDP MPs should have heeded summons: Justice minister
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has criticized People’s Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers for not appearing to give testimony which left “no any other means” than to summon them by force, following the detention of 12 MPs from the party.

HDP Spokesperson: These Days Will be a Disgrace in Turkey’s History

Bianet :: English
HDP Spokesperson Bilgen has spoken in front of the party building where police blocked entrance: “We didn’t go to testify because we wanted the coup conditions to be seen and known by everyone throughout the world”.

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Balüken opposes police humiliation:

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Police attacks protests all over Kurdish cities…

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Europe criticizes Turkey over detentions of HDP lawmakers

Europe has criticized the detentions of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers and co-chairs

Aftermath of car bomb explosion in Diyarbakir – video

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Ambulances rush to the scene of where a car bomb explosion reportedly killed one person and wounded around 30 others in Turkey’s south-eastern city of Diyarbakir on Friday. The attack, followed by gunfire, came after the overnight arrests of 11 lawmakers from the Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP), whose base is largely drawn from Kurds in the region, as well as leftists and progressives throughout Turkey

Turkish Lira slumps to record low against dollar
The Turkish Lira weakened to an all-time low on Nov. 4 after the overnight detention of 12 lawmakers from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)
If HDP engages in terror then it should pay the price: Turkish PM
Those who come with elections go with elections, but they should “pay the price” if they engage in “terror,” Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has replied to Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in regard to the main opposition leader’s reaction against the detention of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies
Police disperse group gathered to protest detention of HDP deputies in Turkish capital
Police intervened to disperse a group that had gathered to protest the detention of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers in the Turkish capital Ankara on Nov. 4.

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  1. It is time, Turkish politicians head to Washington over worries about Armenian resolution…
  2. There Lira in free fall: 1 USD: 3.10 TL
  3. As Davutoğlu implies extrajudicial killings for Kurds, VICE reporter (#FreeRasool) and 19 Kurdish Co-Mayors still captive in Turkish prisons…
  4. As Obama to travel to Turkey for G20 summit “Assailants open fire in front of main opposition CHP headquarters in Ankara…
  5. After 9 years, new footage that proves some state officials’ involvement in Hrant Dink Assassination leaked…

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

#SizdenKorkmuyoruz -From the stadiums to the parliament, Kurdish representatives are under lynch threat…

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This scene is from 27 April 2016. Ferhat Encü, whose 26 relatives were killed in the Uludere Massacre, are about to be attacked  by AKP deputies…

AMED Spor administrators were attacked in the VIP section last week just like this:

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All attackers are released…

 

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

New photo from Facebook January 12, 2016 at 03:26PM

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