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Turkey: DTP party ban triggers mass protests over Turkish Kurdistan
Region: Turkey
On December 11, the Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) was shut down by the Constitutional Court of Turkey, unanimously. The charges where in connection to a terrorist organization aka the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) of Abdullah Öcalan, who is currently in jail. Ottoman's Posterous says: The Constitutional Court on Friday banned the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) on charges of having links to... more
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Report Denies That Ceylan Önkol was Killed By a Mortar Blast
Region: Turkey
The Village of Şenlik in Diyarbakır province Turkey On September 28 Ceylan Önkol went out to tend the family sheep as her mother prepared macaroni for her. According to villagers there was a sound in the air followed by an explosion, shortly thereafter Ceylan (whose ages been reported as 12 and 14) was found dead with her midsection shredded. Body parts were scattered over 150 m with some landing ... more
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Answer to George Clooney wants to hear from you.
Region: TurkeyMy video is ready to answer the initiative George Clooney and Ban Ki Moon have launched for the October UN General Assembly. I am supposed to dowload it on Youtube which is banned and very difficult to use in Turkey : can anybody help ? (It can be viewed on my Facebook page for the moment)www.facebook.com/search/ I am also trying to add it here. It has to be sent before 10 October 2009. Thanks and regards. ... more
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How I discovered www.groundreport.com
Region: Turkey
I heard about the Initivative launched by the UN and George Clooney to invite 5 'world citizens' at the UN opening on TV. The essential information about it, and the actual contest, are on Youtube. Actually, I live in Turkey and 'Youtube' has been banned by the Turkish government. As I wasn't home that day, I didn't have my 'alternative tools' (also advertised and used by the Turkish Prime Minister !). I look for... more
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Turkey is a beautiful country,no doubt
Region: TurkeySaman is a medicine professional, she visited Turkey with her husband last year. Saman said she chose Turkey for vacations because its a paradise of sun, sea, rivers, mountains and lakes. A land of historic treasures from the world’s ten greatest civilizations. The Mediterranean, Aegean, and the Black Seas, as well as the Sea of Marmara, surround Turkey to the north, west and south. With over 8333 kilometers of c... more
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Armenia-Turkey: Mixed reaction to Obama Speech in Ankara
Region: Turkey
by Onnik Krikorian Having promised to recognize the massacre and deportation of as many as 1.5 million ethnic Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire during WWI as genocide if elected president, the large and influential Diaspora lobby in Washington had hoped that this week's visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to Turkey would see a campaign promise fulfilled. But, mindful of the delicate state of negotiations betw... more
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No Threat to Kill Obama in Turkey
Region: Turkey
Ankara, Turkey: A Turkish man was detained after receiving a hoax tip that he was plotting to kill President Barack Obama but he was released without any charge, the government sources told. The Police in Ankara detained a Turkish national on Friday after receiving an anonymous e-mail that even gave the suspect’s address in Istanbul. There was nothing serious, Police released the man and said th... more
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Turkish PM Celebrated as 'Conqueror of Davos'
Region: Turkey
ISTANBUL: A supporter held a banner outside Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport yesterday, proclaiming Turkish Prime Minister Tayyab Erodgan, who returned home Saturday, "The Conqueror of Davos." Some 5,000 people, waving Turkish and Palestinian flags, gathered at the airport to welcome Erdogan upon arrival. Israeli PM Shimon Peres and Erdogan butted heads at the World Economic Forum ... more
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Op-Ed: What Israel Can Learn from Turkey
Region: Turkey
This article was originally published on the blog Turkish Diary. Turkey has recently condemned Israel's offensive in Gaza. Ankara has even decided to suspend its mediating efforts between Israel and Syria. It would be easy to dismiss such a position as just solidarity with the Muslim brothers and sisters in Gaza. Not that it would be wrong. But I would like to change the perspective in the issue, noticing that Israel... more
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Soap Opera Grips Arab World - But is it a Sin to Watch?
Region: TurkeyPosted by Amira Al Hussaini to Global Voices Online A strange phenomenon has gripped the Arab world, and for the first time in a long while, Arabs seem to agree on something. It is an infatuation with a Turkish soap opera, dubbed in Arabic, and its stunning star Muhanned (played by Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ), whose romantic trysts are beamed on television screens across the region. The obsession of some people with... more
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