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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

It looks like Lindsay Lohan ended up serving Turkish regime propaganda…

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The person sitting next to Ms. Lohan, Mr. Abdurrahim Boynukalın is a young AKP politician who was allegedly behind the attack against Hürriyet daily last year.

Besides, Lohan shared a picture (above) via her Instagram account, using the hashtag “#theworldisbiggerthan5,” a motto frequently used by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in reference to the U.N. Security Council’s permanent members.

It looks like Turkey’s international lobby activities started to bear fruits…

World is bigger than five, says Hollywood’s Lindsay Lohan during visit to refugees in Istanbul

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, who is known for her speculative life, visited Syrian refugees in the Sultanbeyli district of Istanbul on Sept. 26, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported

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Turkey denied entry to Lagendijk, who was one of the permanent advocate of Turkey’s EU candidacy…

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Dutch politician, columnist Joost Lagendijk denied entry to Turkey

Joost Lagendijk, the former co-chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and Today’s Zaman columnist, was denied entry to Turkey on Sept. 25 after his flight from the Netherlands landed at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport

In other news:

Turkish markets, lira seeking recovery after Moody’s rating cut

Turkey’s markets and currency were seeking recovery after shares tumbled 4 percent and bonds and the Turkish Lira weakened sharply on Sept. 26, the first trading day after Moody’s cut its credit rating to “junk,” raising risks of an outflow of foreign funds and a squeeze on external borrowing.

DW Brings Suit Against Ministry of Youth and Sport

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A German media outlet Deutsche Welle has brought suit against the Turkey’s Ministry of Youth and Sport on the grounds that records of an interview made with the Minister Kılıç has been seized.

Deutsche Welle sues Turkish Sports Ministry over seized interview footage

German media outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) has filed a lawsuit against the Turkish Youth and Sports Ministry after the latter seized video footage of an interview conducted with its minister for a program featured on the outlet’s TV channel

Brussels allows PYD congress

The Eighth Congress of the European wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), which Ankara accuses of being an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was held in Brussels on Sept. 24

Junking Turkey

Everyone agrees that if the coup attempt on July 15 had succeeded, Turkey’s economy would have gone into a tailspin.

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New photo from Facebook September 28, 2016 at 03:24PM

Larung Gar Budist Akademisi, Çin. Via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Eurosphere agenda: “The European Commission’s new anti-leak strategy has been leaked…

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The Brief: Commission’s anti-leak strategy leaks

EurActiv.com by James Crisp

It’s almost too perfect. The European Commission’s new anti-leak strategy has been leaked.

European refugees and Twitter

open Democracy News Analysis – by Francisco Núñez, Román Martín and Aurora Labio

The political parties, professions and media that were registered as the most active in the Twitter storm #DiaMundialdelosRefugiados were those from the centre left.

Candles next to an image of Aylan Kurdi, during a gathering to condemn the death of migrants on their way to Europe, in Barcelona, September, 2015.Emilio Morenatti/Press Association.

“A large dysfunctional family”: reflections on the Labour party conference

open Democracy News Analysis – by Ellie Mae O’Hagan

The conference saw an emboldened Left and a dejected Blairite camp, both struggling to come to terms with the new political terrain.

Sexism row grips German politics and shakes CDU

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

German CDU politician Jenna Behrends sparks a furore about sexism after a male colleague called her a “sweet mouse”.

Welcoming refugees despite the state

open Democracy News Analysis – by Cameron Thibos and Bue Rübner Hansen

Cities and activists across Europe are fighting their national governments to better welcome refugees.

Bue Rübner Hansen explains Barcelona’s project of bringing refugees into the city. Duration: 2:00.

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Monday, September 28, 2015

As Turkish gov’s full frontal attack on media freedom continues, “British lawyers warn of human rights violations in Turkey…

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British lawyers warn of human rights violations in Turkey

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Owen Bowcott

Report alleges serious setback for democracy as 40,000 removed from jobs and police and media figures imprisoned

Turkey’s government is inflicting “systematic human rights violations” on its judiciary, police and media, according to a scathing report by senior British lawyers that was commissioned by one of president Erdogan’s exiled opponents.

Turkey’s key problem now freedom of press instead of torture, judge says

Turkish judge Işıl Karakaş, who was recently elected as the new vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights, has said Turkey’s image as a country that tolerates “torture” has been replaced with the image of a country that does not protect the freedom of press

Turkish Journalist Association condemns Tivibu’s censorship of TV channels critical of gov’t

The Turkish Journalist Association (TGC) has condemned the cancelation of the airing of a number of TV channels that are critical of the government, including Bugün TV, Samanyolu Haber and Mehtap TV, by Tivibu, an online TV streaming service provided by TTNet

Turkish-Armenian journalist set to face off against Ankara mayor

Turkish-Armenian journalist Hayko Bağdat says Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, who took Bağdat to court for using “Armenian” and “disgusting” to describe Gökçek, is in fact “Armenian,” according to Gökçek’s definition

HDP co-chair signals coalition with CHP

Turkey’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş gave signs of a potential coalition with Republican People’s Party (CHP) at a speech during his visit to Germany

Turkey’s HDP burns bridges with interim gov’t let by AKP

Two ministers from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), EU Minister Ali Haydar Konca and Development Minister Müslüm Doğan, resigned Sept. 22 from their posts in an interim cabinet in a sign of growing tension over the ongoing conflict between Turkey’s security forces and militants of the outlawed PKK

Turkey’s HDP leaves AKP’s interim gov’t

With only weeks to go to the Nov. 1 snap election, political tension in Turkey has reached a new high as of Sept. 22, with two ministers from the HDP resigning from their posts in a cabinet led by major partner of the interim government, AKP

Davutoğlu dismisses pro-president, pro-PM divisions within party

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has hailed the strength of his relationship with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan both in professional and personal terms, while denying the existence of any pro-PM or pro-president factions within the Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Soldier faces 18 years for fatal shooting of protester in southeast Turkey

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded 18 years in prison for a private over the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Medeni Yıldırım during a protest against the building of a new police post in Diyarbakır’s Lice district in June 2013

Turkish columnist arrested for ‘being a member of an armed terror group’

Four suspects, including a columnist for daily Bugün, have been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged terrorist organization

Surprises from Turkish parties provide hint for elections

Political parties in Turkey have announced their MP candidates for the crucial Nov. 1 election, providing a number of hints for observers who are wondering whether the outcome will be dramatically different than the June 7 polls.

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

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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

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