“It’s a known fact that the Turkish President Recep Erdogan dreams of the new Ottoman Empire and want to build it on the ideas of radical Islam. Erdogan has been following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, namely the superiority of Muslims over all other people. The idea of Islamism has become one of the […]
Two Turkish nationals get 3-yr jail senteces in Myanmar
SHWEBO, MYANMAR: Two Turkish nationsl have got three-year jail sentences with hard labours as they were found guilty of money thef in Shwebo in central Myanmar. Mehmet Ali Topcu, 44, and Duygu Av-La, 31, admitted to the charges to Shwebo Township Court and they were sentenced each three-year jail term with hard labour […]
Terror victim sues Free Gaza Movement in N.Y. court
The Free Gaza Movement boasts the names of Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Noam Chomsky, Adam Shapiro and other American radicals allegedly devoted to destroying the United States and Israel. An American victim of a Palestinian terror attack on Friday filed an unprecedented lawsuit to seize ships used in the Gaza Flotilla by Islamic and anti-Israeli organizations to […]
Turkey: DTP party ban triggers mass protests over Turkish Kurdistan
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 […]
Turkish Bloggers Banning Themselves?
If you are a long-time follower of the Turkish blogosphere you will have undoubtedly heard about the Turkish ban on WordPress….and the periodic bans on YouTube, and on the social-networking widget site Slide, oh..and now on Dailymotion as well. I think that is all.. Isn’t it? It is hard to keep track now-a-days and frustrating. […]
Free Speech Roundup: Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen
by Sami Ben Gharbia In this roundup: (1) Indonesia blocks YouTube over “Fitna” the movie. (2) Saudi Arabia: Fouad Alfarhan’s blog and Freefouad blocked. (3) Slide blocked in Turkey. (4) Yemen blocks Maktoob blogging platform. 1. Indonesia blocks YouTube over “Fitna” the movie The Indonesian government has ordered the country’s internet service providers to block YouTube for publishing […]
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