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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Somethings never change in Turkey: Legendary pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem raided by police after temporarily closed by court…

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Özgür Gündem daily in Wikipedia

Better to watch this movie about the daily.

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Court temporarily shuts down daily Özgür Gündem over alleged PKK propaganda

An Istanbul court ordered the temporary closure of daily Özgür Gündem on Aug. 16 for conducting alleged propaganda on behalf of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

Nearly 300 courthouse personnel detained over Turkey’s failed coup attempt

Nearly 300 courthouse personnel were detained over suspected links to the Fetullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), which is believed to have been behind the July 15 failed coup attempt

There are deaths worse than death for coup plotters: Turkish PM on capital punishment

There are “deaths worse than death” for the plotters of the July 15 coup attempt compared to death penalty, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said, commenting on a controversial debate on reinstating capital punishment

With Turkey in Turmoil, Students Leave to Study Aboard
Voice of America

“There are a number of ‘push’ factors that lead youngsters to seek education and employment abroad or just decide to stay abroad,” said Aysit Tansel, a professor of economics from Ankara’s Middle East Technical University, who researches “brain drain”

Related posts:

  1. It is time, Turkish politicians head to Washington over worries about Armenian resolution…
  2. Let there be no doubt despite Erdoğan’s distractions before the #TurkeyElections: “ISIL behind Oct 10 Ankara Massacre, says prosecutor’s office
  3. #TurkeyCoup aftermath: Turkey in rhetorical fight with the West, particularly US, Austria and Italy…
  4. Even the talk of death penalty is a further distance from European Union…
  5. Clear cut: “The End of Turkey in Europe”/ “New Turkey” deconstructed in Open Democracy series…

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Friday, March 11, 2016

Erdoğan in the Obama Doctrine according to a The Atlantic piece:

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theatlantic.com – Jeffrey Goldberg – Mar 9

Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and…

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Other leaders also frustrate him immensely. Early on, Obama saw Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, as the sort of moderate Muslim leader who would bridge the divide between East and West—but Obama now considers him a failure and an authoritarian, one who refuses to use his enormous army to bring stability to Syria. And on the sidelines of a natosummit in Wales in 2014, Obama pulled aside King Abdullah II of Jordan. Obama said he had heard that Abdullah had complained to friends in the U.S. Congress about his leadership, and told the king that if he had complaints, he should raise them directly. The king denied that he had spoken ill of him…………

 

 

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