Today is the 93rd anniversary of the Turkish republic…

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Turkey celebrates 93rd anniversary of the republic

The celebrations marking the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic began on Oct. 29 with a ceremony at the mausoleum of founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

One woman’s journey from prisoner to mayor

al-monitor.com – Mar 23, 2015, 2:10 AM

Author: Amberin Zaman March 23, 2015 Gultan Kisanak is the first female mayor of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, which is widely seen as the unofficial capital of Turkey’s Kurds. Kisanak is among thousands of political activists who served…

 

Have Turkey’s neo-Ottomans abandoned Yemen?

al-monitor.com – Oct 26, 12:32 AM

Author: Pinar Tremblay October 26, 2016 In the early 2000s when I started studying Yemen, no one in Turkey seemed to care about the country. Yet by 2010-11, Yemen was a hot topic. Neo-Ottomans loved Yemen, they sang songs about Yemen

 

Turkey has spent $12.5 billion on refugees so far: Deputy PM

Turkey has so far spent $12.5 billion on Syrian refugees living in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said on Oct. 28, while noting that ongoing military operations in northern Syria have not caused any significant new migration influx.

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Izlanda secimleri. “We are Pirates.We are everywhere.We will win! https://t.co/eOWuxuOzSo Good luck @PiratePartyIS from #istanbul #PiratesForIceland #kosningar via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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As bad as it gets… “Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Kışınak and Anlı in Custody”

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Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Kışınak and Anlı in Custody

 Bianet :: English

Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-Mayors Gültan Kışınak and Fırat Anlı have been taken into custody.

Turkey detains co-mayors of mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir

Reuters – Oct 25, 3:58 PM

ANKARA Turkish police on Tuesday detained the co-mayors of the mainly Kurdish southeast’s biggest city, part of a government crackdown after more than a year of militant violence in the region, security sources said. Gultan Kisanak, a former

Germany nixes Armenian ‘genocide’ concert in Istanbul Washington Post BERLIN — Germany’s Foreign Ministry has halted plans for a classical concert about the Armenian genocide that was due to be held at its consulate in … German MFA cancels concert dedicated to Armenian Genocide in Istanbul with strange … – Armenpress.am German Foreign Ministry Cancels Armenian Genocide Concert in Istanbul – MassisPost Germany Cancels Plans For ‘Armenian Genocide’ Concert In Istanbul – Zimbabwe Sta

Child refugees in Turkey making UK clothes – BBC News

BBC – Oct 23

Syrian refugee children have been making clothes for British shoppers, an undercover BBC investigation has found. Panorama investigated factories in Turkey and found children had been working on clothes for Marks and Spencer and the online retailer…

Turkey’s New Maps Are Reclaiming the Ottoman Empire

foreignpolicy.com – May 29, 2014, 5:16 PM

In the past few weeks, a conflict between Ankara and Baghdad over Turkey’s role in the liberation of Mosul has precipitated an alarming burst of Turkish irredentism. On two separate occasions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the Treaty of

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Turkey on Headlines again: HRW report (Emergency Decrees Facilitate Torture)- An American Company Helping Turkey Spy On Its Citizens

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Turkey: Emergency Decrees Facilitate Torture

hrw.org – Oct 24, 9:01 PM

Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture (Istanbul) – Turkish police have tortured and otherwise ill-treated individuals in their custody after emergency decrees removed crucial safeguards in the wake of a failed coup

 

Is An American Company’s Technology Helping Turkey Spy On Its Citizens?

Forbes – Thomas Fox-Brewster – Oct 25

HRW: Statutory Decrees in State of Emergency Facilitate Torture in Custody

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Referring to cases of police torture and ill-treatment in custody, Human Rights Watch in its report has pointed out that the Statutory Decrees issued in the State of Emergency set ground for rights violations.

Turkish gov’t denies torture and ill-treatment claims

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İzlanda’da iktidara yürüyen Korsan Parti Hareketi (@korsanparti) Istanbul ayağı buluşması. Üye olmak icin erkek olmak yeterli. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Turkey: A land where “women know how to die like a man” and distributors of ‘unholy’ epilation brochure shot…

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Turkish women ‘know how to die like a man,’ says Family Minister Kaya

Commenting on women who died on the night of the thwarted July 15 military coup attempt, Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya has said “Turkish women know how to die like a man.”

Turkish court fines bystander/tourist who sued police for shooting out his eye

Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

Shavkatbek Saipov was vacationing in Turkey in 2013 when he was hit in the eye by a teargas cannister fired by police during the brutal crackdown on the Occupy Gezi protests; he lost the eye and sued the Turkish police.

Four wounded in random fire over distribution of ‘unholy’ epilation brochures in Trabzon

Four people were wounded on Oct. 20 when an assailant opened random fire on locals following a brawl that erupted over the distribution of advertising brochures belonging to an epilation center in Trabzon, claiming that they were unholy

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