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palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Turkey reassures investors, says Dutch business not at risk

Dutch direct investment in Turkey amounts to $22 billion, making the Netherlands the biggest source of foreign investment

Dutch investment in Turkey is not at risk from the diplomatic row between the two countries, as Ankara's ire is focused on the Dutch government, not its people or businesses, Turkey's minister for EU affairs told Reuters.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-reassures-investors-says-dutch-business-not-risk-269904642

Die Realität ist anders als die Liberalen https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Showdown-der-Rechtspopulisten-aus-der-Tuerkei-und-Holland-3651394.html deken....

Der Betrug von den Referendum hat in Kurdistan schon angefangen .....

Possible election fraud: Ballot boxes in Kurdish towns relocated

Practices casting doubts on election security have began with less than 40 days left before the upcoming referendum. Many ballot boxes in Kurdish towns have been moved to 'more central' locations before the April 16 referendum, just like they had been relocated in the last 2 elections. The decisions are seen as an important obstacle for the voters, and were taken after the request of gendarme commands and police headquarters in the Kurdish region.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/possible-election-fraud-ballot-boxes-in-kurdish-towns-relocated

The limits to Ankara’s reliance on Moscow

Turkey’s deepening crisis with Europe has re-energized its desire to expand ties with Russia. Ankara clearly wants to show that it has powerful friends that can reduce its dependence on the United States and Europe. This also works to Moscow’s advantage, given its problems with the West and barely concealed desire to undermine NATO.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-russia-europe-rally-ban-kremlin-disappointed-ankara.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s antipathy for the West has boiled over again. He is back to hurling furious insults at various European countries — mainly Germany, the principal target of his current fury.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-europe-rally-ban-sparks-new-crisis.html

Flynn lobbied for Turkish government, documents reveal

Former US national security adviser was paid $530,000 for work that 'benefited the Republic of Turkey'
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/michael-flynn-lobbied-turkish-government-2021030388

Questions surround Turkish businessman at center of Flynn controversy

Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s short-lived former national security adviser whose contacts with Russia cost him his job, is embroiled in a fresh controversy after telling the Justice Department that his consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group, was hired by a Turkish businessman to do work that “could be construed to have principally benefitted the Republic of Turkey.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/flynn-trump-scandal-lobbying-turkey-alptekin.html

Turkey shuts down Mercy Corps' Syria aid program

Turkey continues to maintain its official silence over the decision made public March 7 to order Oregon-based Mercy Corps, one of the biggest humanitarian relief organizations delivering aid to Syria, to shutter its Turkish operations.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-syria-mercy-corps-ngo-humanitarian-ypg-kurds.html

What is happening in the Turkish military?

No one can question the centrality of civilian-military relations in Turkey’s political life. Early in the last century, a military republic assumed the legacy of a military empire. In the 93 years since, Turkey has experienced four military coups and three abortive attempts. For a third of that time, Turkey was under martial law, and until 2000, practically lived under military tutelage
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-is-military-high-command-really-disturbed.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

The botched coup attempt that rattled Turkey on July 15, 2016, marked a double setback for the country’s democracy. As the academic Vahap Coskun succinctly described it, the failed putsch “was an insurrection against the democratic order by a group that had infiltrated the state. Those in the seat of power realized that the most critical organs of the state had been functioning outside their control and that their hold of power had been to a large extent only an appearance.” Turkish democracy thus braced for a second “coup” on July 16 as the government embarked on a ferocious crackdown with the stated aim of dismantling the putschist network and in the process pushing the limits of the law with authoritarian and arbitrary measures.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-judiciary-sets-example-of-subservience.html

Showdown Erdogan gegen Merkel nützt beiden Regierungen
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Showdown-Erdogan-gegen-Merkel-nuetzt-beiden-Regierungen-3644447.html

Erdogan droht Deutschland mit Aufstand

.....Er drohte der deutschen Regierung damit, letztlich auch gewaltsam oder unter Missachtung der Souveränität ins Land einzudringen, wenn ihm der Sinn danach steht, und sogar noch schlimmer, er drohte damit, einen Aufstand zu inszenieren: "Wenn ich will, komme ich morgen. Ich komme und wenn ihr mich nicht hereinlasst oder mich nicht sprechen lasst, dann werde ich einen Aufstand machen."
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Erdogan-droht-Deutschland-mit-Aufstand-3644548.html

Germany slams Turkey over 'absurb' Nazi jibe and urges calm
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-slams-erdogan-over-unacceptable-nazi-jibe-1690241226

Erdogans Deutschland-Wahlkampf abgesagt?

Es ist Wahlkampf. Türkischer Wahlkampf - in Deutschland. Fast eineinhalb Millionen Türken hierzulande sind beim Verfassungsreferendum im April stimmberechtigt. Da die Umfragen innerhalb der Türkei kein gutes Ergebnis für die Regierungspartei AKP und Staatschef Recep Tayyip Erdogan erwarten lassen, tobt nun der Kampf um Stimmen aus dem Ausland.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Erdogans-Deutschland-Wahlkampf-abgesagt-3644262.html

In run-up to referendum, Turks can say anything but 'no'

Saying no can have a high price tag for ordinary Turks as pressure builds in the days leading up to an April 16 referendum on constitutional amendments designed to widely expand the president's powers.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-referendum-erdogan-tone-policing-backfires.html

MMC Spokesperson: We will protect our people and land against attacks

Derwish pointed out that with its attacks on Manbij, the Turkish state aimed to expand its invasion in Northern Syria and to increase the rate of nationalist votes it expects to receive in the referendum to be held in April.
http://anfenglish.com/features/mmc-spokesperson-we-will-protect-our-people-and-land-against-attacks

Why the battle for Manbij will make or break Trump's relations with Turkey

"After Al-Bab is over, our next target will be Manbij and Raqqa," he said. Recently, Turkish armed forces and its allied Free Syrian Army have almost seized full control of the strategic town of Al-Bab in northern Syria.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/battle-manbij-will-decide-trump-s-syria-policy-and-relations-turkey-1244202159

Turkey walks fine line in dealing with 'frenemy' jihadis

Turkish police detained four terrorist suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS), as well as a cache of explosives and suicide belts, as CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrived in Turkey for official talks Feb. 9.

The arrests are in line with a massive crackdown on Salafi and terrorist networks in Turkey this year. On Feb. 5-6, 820 alleged IS sympathizers and operatives were arrested in 29 cities across Turkey. In all of 2016, Turkish police detained and charged 2,936 people on charges of being Salafi or jihadi terrorists.

Metin Gurcan explains that the “main reason” for the crackdown “is the political climate in Turkey, which is preparing for a constitutional amendment referendum in April that would greatly expand the president's power. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is very much aware of the shock effect of the Istanbul nightclub attack in the first hours of the new year. That attack heightened Turkish people's fear of IS and what it can do. The government was harshly criticized for the country’s intelligence and security flaws. IS-initiated, extreme Salafi violence on the eve of the referendum would further frighten the public and expose the government's weaknesses, probably boosting the 'no' votes.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-crackdown-terror-groups-syria-kurds-federalism-al-bab.html

so , ich bin die Meinung das Erdogan Macht hat ihrer Zeit gezählt.... Rusland and der USA finden sich Erdogan unvertraulich , deutschland nachdenke ihren Schriten wegen die fragen worüber türkischen inmigranten und deutschen-türken angehörige werden getan und die die deutsche Investitionen in der Türkei (sind mehr als 2500 deutschen die in der türkei invertitionen haben) . geld ist geld.... wenn sich eine lösung auf diesen fragen finde ..... wie Erdogan gestürtz wird , ist für die mächtiger keine probleme sei , sie haben Oft das gemacht.... sie brauchen nur ein vertreter , wenn sie eine finden......

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Central Executive Board (MYK) released a statement regarding the increasing operations of political genocide as part of which hundreds were taken into custody across Turkey today.

The statement announced that more than 318 people including administrators, provincial-district co-chairs and members of the HDP have been detained in Istanbul, İzmir, Van, Adana, Adıyaman, Kocaeli, Antep, Siirt, Bingöl, Malatya, Bursa and Ağrı provinces and their districts today.

The statement by the HDP said the following:

"The operations against our party, ongoing since July 2015, continue increasingly without a pause since the coup attempt of July 15, 2016. As many as 859 administrators, provincial-district co-chairs and members of our party were detained and 112 of them were arrested since the first day of 2017. As result of continued political genocide operations against our party and its constituents, at least 318 people have been unlawfully arrested today. A total of 9796 people have been taken into custody in operations against our party and its constituents since 22.07.2015, and 2906 of them were jailed, including Co-chairs, deputies, provincial-district co-chairs, administrators and members of our party. According to figures compiled by our IT department, 5471 people from our party were detained and 1482 were imprisoned since July 2016. The main goal of these operations, escalated after the finalization of the referendum date, is to make a referendum without the HDP.
http://anfenglish.com/news/hdp-more-than-318-members-of-our-party-detained-today

Das freie Wort geht ins Exil

Der Wahlkampf zum türkischen Verfassungsreferendum wird begleitet von Massenverhaftungen und dem Kampf gegen Universitäten und Medien
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Das-freie-Wort-geht-ins-Exil-3623134.html

.......Can Dündar, dem in der Türkei mehrere Jahre Haft drohen, hat gemeinsam mit Hayko Bagdat das zweisprachige Onlinemagazin Özgürüz ("Wir sind frei") gegründet, das unmittelbar nach dem Launch in der Türkei gesperrt wurde. Dündar und Bagdat wollen auf diesem Wege ein Gegengewicht auch zu den staatlichen türkischen Medien in Deutschland bilden und eine unabhängige, oppositionelle Stimme hörbar machen.
https://ozguruz.org/de/ozguruz-de/

Turkey walks fine line in dealing with 'frenemy' jihadis

Turkish police detained four terrorist suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS), as well as a cache of explosives and suicide belts, as CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrived in Turkey for official talks Feb. 9.

The arrests are in line with a massive crackdown on Salafi and terrorist networks in Turkey this year. On Feb. 5-6, 820 alleged IS sympathizers and operatives were arrested in 29 cities across Turkey. In all of 2016, Turkish police detained and charged 2,936 people on charges of being Salafi or jihadi terrorists.

Metin Gurcan explains that the “main reason” for the crackdown “is the political climate in Turkey, which is preparing for a constitutional amendment referendum in April that would greatly expand the president's power. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is very much aware of the shock effect of the Istanbul nightclub attack in the first hours of the new year. That attack heightened Turkish people's fear of IS and what it can do. The government was harshly criticized for the country’s intelligence and security flaws. IS-initiated, extreme Salafi violence on the eve of the referendum would further frighten the public and expose the government's weaknesses, probably boosting the 'no' votes.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-crackdown-terror-groups-syria-kurds-federalism-al-bab.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

HDP Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım stated that 9000 HDP members have been detained in the past one and a half years, and that attacks on the party have intensified during the referendum process on the basis of the AKP/MHP alliance.
http://anfenglish.com/news/9000-hdp-members-detained-2500-jailed-in-one-and-a-half-years

'Environmental massacre': Turkey accused of using coup powers to crush mine protest

The Cerattepe hill overlooking the city of Artvin in Turkey's northeast is one of the country's most idyllic areas of natural beauty. The area is one of the most biodiverse in Turkey, home to more than 600 plant species, 26 of which are distinct to the area, and hundreds of animal types including roe deer, wild boar and grey wolves.

Mining companies have long coveted Cerattepe, which is home to huge reserves of copper, gold, silver and mercury. For more than two decades, locals in Artvin have campaigned to prevent the destruction of Cerattepe and Artvin's ecosystem - often with great success - against a number of Turkish administrations.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mining-dispute-turkeys-artvin-province-exposes-rifts-1337225532

Turkish police arrest 12 in protests over purge of professors

Turkish police detained at least 12 people and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds more protesting outside Ankara University against the dismissal of dozens of professors, police sources and Reuters witnesses said.

Up to 1,000 people including academics had tried to gather at the campus on Friday, some inside and others on surrounding streets, but police blocked the entrance, firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-police-arrest-12-protests-over-purge-professors-1768137357

Türkei: Mit Gewalt gegen die Nein-Sager

Der Wahlkampf um das Verfassungsreferendum in der Türkei hat begonnen. Die AKP und die ihr nahestehenden Medien trommeln kräftig für ein "Ja", während aktuelle Umfragen weiter darauf hindeuten, dass eine deutliche Mehrheit der türkischen Bevölkerung gegen die Einführung des Präsidialsystems ist.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Mit-Gewalt-gegen-die-Nein-Sager-3617925.html

Turkey steps up action against Salafi networks

Turkish security forces in 2016 detained 2,936 people on charges of being violent Salafi jihadis. So far this year, the pace of security operations against Salafi networks is much faster.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-steps-up-action-against-salafist-networks.html

Türkische "alternative Fakten"

Der Bürgermeister von Ankara wittert eine Verschwörung finsterer Mächte, die Erdbeben in der Türkei verursachen
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkische-alternative-Fakten-3621569.html

Is Erdogan’s Syria policy slipping through his fingers?

Mustafa Akyol writes that despite protests throughout the United States and worldwide over the Trump administration’s executive order restricting access to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries, “the same solidarity did not come from some of the Middle Eastern governments that often claim to be the defenders of the faith,” including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, which, Akyol added, “not only has political expectations from Trump but also has a political elite that has a curious adoration for the new American president.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/erdogan-syria-policy-turkey-kurds-trump.html

Turkey moves billions in state assets to wealth fund for megaprojects

One expert said he estimated the value of the transferred assets to be $33 billion
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-moves-assets-wealth-fund-funding-megaprojects-2015330453

How political risks wreck Turkey’s economic prospects

Invest in Turkey — a promotional website by the Turkish government — lists 10 main reasons why foreign investors should put their money in the country. Highlighting geopolitical advantages, the site describes Turkey as “a natural bridge between both East-West and North-South axes, thus creating an efficient and cost-effective outlet to major markets.” The country, it says, has an “easy access to 1.6 billion customers in Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa” and “multiple markets worth $24 trillion” in gross domestic product.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-how-country-squanders-its-geopolitical-edge.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Zum ersten Mal seit dem Putschversuch im Juli 2016 besuchte gestern Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel die Türkei. Schon im Vorfeld des unglücklich terminierten Treffens mit Staatspräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan hagelte es Kritik in der deutschen Presse. Und die türkische Opposition pochte auf klare Worte.

Erdogan machte schon einen Tag vorher klar, welchen Stellenwert die bundesdeutsche Kritik bei ihm hat: Am Mittwoch wurden türkeiweit insgesamt 1848 Personen festgenommen. Ein neuer Höhepunkt der seit Monaten andauernden Massenverhaftungen von Regimegegnern.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Merkel-in-der-Tuerkei-Die-gezaehmte-Kanzlerin-3617319.html

Folter? Kein Hinderungsgrund!

Vor der Reise von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel in die Türkei warnen Berliner Regierungsberater vor einer etwaigen Abkehr des Landes vom Westen und dringen auf Zugeständnisse gegenüber Ankara. Staatspräsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan führe die Türkei immer enger an die Seite Russlands, heißt es in einer aktuellen Analyse der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP); türkische Think-Tanks stellten bereits die Mitgliedschaft in der NATO zur Debatte, einige sprächen sich sogar offen gegen sie aus. Ankaras Trennung von dem Kriegsbündnis und dem Westen müsse unbedingt verhindert werden, schreibt die SWP und rät zu Empfänglichkeit für Wünsche der türkischen Regierung. Tatsächlich hat das Berliner Establishment kaum je einen Zweifel daran gelassen, dass es die Kooperation mit der Türkei nicht nur wegen ökonomischer, sondern vor allem auch wegen strategischer Vorteile bei der Einflusssicherung im Mittleren Osten sowie in Zentralasien aufrechterhalten will; das Land könne als "Landbrücke" in die dortigen Rohstoffregionen dienen, heißt. Bereits im Herbst hieß es in einem Kommentar einer führenden deutschen Tageszeitung, die Zusammenarbeit mit der Türkei müsse selbst dann gewahrt werden, wenn in dem Land "dauerhaft und systematisch Oppositionelle gefoltert" würden.
http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/de/fulltext/59530

4 reasons Turkey is destined for an imperial presidency

Turkey's president has his political propaganda machine all oiled up and ready to roll to victory in April, when voters will very likely grant him exceptional powers.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/turkey-erdogan-referendum-victory-inevitable-destiny.html

Senior Turkish Army officers seek asylum in Germany after failed coup

Turkish soldiers working at German NATO installations seek asylum due to fear of political persecution
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-turkish-army-officials-seek-asylum-germany-after-failed-coup-23190503

Why Islamists are no longer Erdogan’s favorites

There is a new theme these days in Turkey's hard-core pro-Erdogan media: The unreliability of opinion leaders or activists who have led Turkey’s Islamist movement for decades, and who have also been strong supporters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Lately, some prominent Islamists have raised criticism about “corruption by power” in the ruling circles. The Islamists also have criticized the pro-Erdogan propaganda machine, which intimidates, threatens and libels any critic of the president. Although all these Islamist critics used as friendly and respectful a tone as possible, they could not escape being labeled as disloyal or treacherous.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/turkey-why-islamists-are-no-longer-erdogan-favorites.html

Gegen Erdogan und Armut

Um in der Mainmetropole eine Art Sozialforum nach dem Vorbild des »Demokratischen Kongresses der Völker« (HDK) in der Türkei zu gründen, waren am Sonntag rund 130 türkische und kurdische Migrantinnen und Migranten ins Frankfurter DGB-Haus gekommen. In der Türkei war erstmals 2009 ein solches Bündnis entstanden. Die Politiker der daraus hervorgegangenen linken Oppositionspartei HDP werden aktuell in der Türkei entrechtet, diskriminiert und verhaftet. »Wir wollen in Deutschland alle systemkritischen und fortschrittlichen Kräfte zusammenführen, um darauf hinzuwirken, den Ausnahmezustand und die Diktatur Recep Tayyip Erdogans in der Türkei zu beenden«, erklärte Mesud Duman, Pressesprecher des HDK Frankfurt. In Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Nürnberg und Köln habe sich der Kongress konstituiert, in weiteren Städten sei es geplant. Europaweit werde er am 4. Februar ins Leben gerufen.
https://www.jungewelt.de/2017/01-18/017.php?sstr=t%C3%BCrkei

This is the reason why we don't dwell on Turkish deaths in the West

Turkey is alone. First, we’ll take a look at the racist reasons for this. If 39 men and women had been slaughtered in Paris or Brussels or Berlin on New Year’s Eve, the headlines would ripple on for three or four days. Two or three days if the victims had been western European. But of course, this being Turkey, which is a Muslim country – whose people are not always as white as those from “Christendom” – the headlines drifted off far more quickly. Not our lot, we Westerners said.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/turkey-isis-istanbul-new-year-shooting-nightclub-erdogan-turks-kurds-syria-why-we-dont-dwell-in-the-a7505606.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Die EU sieht Gülen nicht als Drahtzieher des Putschversuches. Vor dem Referendum zur Verfassungsreform wird in der Türkei die Jagd auf Gülen-Anhänger intensiviert
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Erdogan-Guelen-und-der-Putsch-3606530.html

HDP honorary president: 'Impossible' that constitution referendum will be fair

Most people who faced the kinds of political struggles that Ertugrul Kurkcu has dealt with over his lifetime might consider taking up a different profession. The veteran leftist spent 14 years in jail - originally a death sentence commuted following a 1974 amnesty - after taking up arms following Turkey's second military coup in 1971, taking hostage three British NATO technicians and calling for the release of a number of imprisoned leftists on death row.

Following the abduction, Turkish special forces found Kurkcu and nine other young people in the village of Kizildere in Tokat province. During the ensuing bombardment, all the inhabitants were killed, apart from Kurkcu.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hdp-president-2131074313

Turkey offers citizenship to foreigners with deep pockets

On Jan. 12, Turkey’s official gazette published a government decree on granting citizenship to foreigners who bring in large sums of foreign currency, a plan that Ankara had long been considering.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/turkey-offers-citizenship-foreigners-to-lure-investors.html

Britain sells Turkey £330m-worth of arms since 2015

Britain has sold almost £50m-worth of arms to Turkey since the crackdown on opposition groups by the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after last year’s failed coup attempt.
http://anfenglish.com/news/britain-sells-turkey-ps330m-worth-of-arms-since-2015

Saddam Hussein's 'grandson': Only Turkey can enter Mosul

Mesut Torun claims to be the grandson of the former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. Born and raised in Turkey, the 33-year-old still flies the flag for the now-banned Baath Party and its struggle for what he calls the "liberation" of Iraq from Iran and the US.

Iraqi government forces fighting to capture Mosul from Islamic State militants are committing "genocide" against the population, and are facing resistance from Baathists and other Sunni forces in the city, according to Torun.

He also claimed that Baath militants were fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, as well as Iran, the US and Shia militias operating in Iraq, and that only Turkey should enter the city to protect its Sunni population.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/in-depth/features/saddams-grandson-only-turkey-can-enter-musul-1082108576

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Es war eine stürmische Woche in Ankara. Zwischenzeitlich flogen im Parlament die Fäuste. Aber am Ende half es alles nichts. Der energische Widerstand der Oppositionsparteien CHP und HDP, die harsche Kritik der MHP-Parteibasis an der Unterstützung für die AKP - alle Punkte der Verfassungsreform, die das Land zur Ein-Mann-Diktatur umbauen soll, wurden angenommen. Eine weitere Abstimmungsrunde soll am Mittwoch stattfinden, und voraussichtlich im April soll die Abschaffung der Demokratie per Referendum bestätigt werden. Ob das letztlich gelingen wird, ist völlig offen, denn zur Zeit ist eine Mehrheit der türkischen Bevölkerung Umfragen zufolge gegen das Präsidialsystem, in dem Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan dauerhaft per Dekret regieren könnte, ohne dass das Parlament eine Möglichkeit hätte, ihn zu bremsen.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Unterwegs-zur-Ein-Mann-Diktatur-3597563.html

Reportage: Türkei - Made by Erdogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr7s0_uxQpA

3 journalists killed, 299 detained, 80 arrested in 3 months

Contemporary Journalists' Association (ÇGD) issued its quarterly Media Report for the months of October, November and December. During these three months, 3 journalists were killed, 80 journalists were arrested, 299 journalists were detained, 32 journalists were assaulted, 7 foreign journalists were expatriated, 2622 journalists were left unemployed, 5 media offices were attacked, 157 media and 9 publication firms were shut down, 3 media centers were raided, broadcast ban was placed on 24 events, access to 20 websites were banned, and 624 press cards and 32 parliamentary cards were cancelled.
http://anfenglish.com/freedom-of-the-press/media-report-3-journalists-killed-299-detained-80-arrested-in-3-months

Turkish prosecutor demands lengthy sentences for pro-Kurdish leaders

Two jailed pro-Kurdish political leaders are facing jail sentences of 142 and 83 years respectively for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), according to the indictment presented by the Turkish state prosecutor.

He presented the indictment of HDP leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag to Turkey’s High Court on Tuesday, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.

Demirtas has been accused of being a "terrorist organisation manager,” "making propaganda for a terrorist organisation,” “opposing the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations" and "publicly inciting hatred and hostility”.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-prosecutor-demands-lengthy-sentences-jailed-pro-kurdish-leaders-276140030

Suspect in Hrant Dink Murder Case: Erdoğan appointed all of us

The 31st hearing of the case on the murder of Agos Newspaper Chief Editor Hrant Dink began at Istanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court in Çağlayan today. The then Intelligence Unit C Branch Director Ali Fuat Yılmazer, former Intelligence Unit Director Ramazan Akyürek and many other suspects appeared at court.

In his defense, former Intelligence Unit C Branch Director Ali Fuat Yılmazer said “All of them were appointed by then Prime Minister Erdoğan and officials. Why isn’t there a single political official here? Former Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the person that authorized the Ergenekon and Balyoz investigations.”
http://anfenglish.com/news/suspect-in-hrant-dink-murder-case-erdogan-appointed-all-of-us

Sorge um die Ausrichtung des türkischen Militärs

Vor einem Jahr, am 12.Januar 2016 sprengte sich in Istanbul nahe Sultanahmet ein Selbstmordattentäter in die Luft und riss elf Touristen, darunter acht Deutsche mit in den Tod (siehe Terroranschlag gegen Touristen in Istanbul). Sofort nach dem Attentat verhängte die türkische Regierung eine Nachrichtensperre und kurz danach präsentierte der türkische Präsident den Attentäter: ein IS-Mitglied syrischer Herkunft.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Sorge-um-die-Ausrichtung-des-tuerkischen-Militaers-3596569.html

British Army slammed for training with Turkish, Saudi troops

The British Army is taking part in a joint exercise with military forces from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to the fury of campaigners who say David Cameron's government is prioritising military relationships over human rights.

About 120 soldiers from the Royal Welsh infantry regiment are joining US and European forces taking part in Exercise Efes 2016 in western Turkey.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-slammed-training-turkish-and-saudi-troops-1346615757

US pastor in Turkish jail while Gulen dominates talks

Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called on US President-elect Donald Trump today to extradite Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylania-based Sunni cleric who was named as the mastermind of the July 15 coup attempt. Yildirim told a news conference that Gulen's delivery to the Turkish authorities would help improve stormy relations between the two NATO allies.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/turkey-asks-trump-extradite-gulen.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Kurz vor Jahresende wurden die ersten zwei von 29 Verfassungsartikeln zur Einführung eines Präsidialsystems vom Parlament mit den Stimmen von AKP und ultrarechter MHP angenommen. Dies wurde medial durch weitere Verhaftungen, Entlassungen und Demütigungen der Regimekritiker begleitet (vgl. Türkei: Streit um das Präsidialsystem): Die Regierung setzt auf ein Klima der Angst. Einerseits werden Kritiker mundtot gemacht und andererseits wird der islamistische oder nationalistische Mob zu Lynchjustiz ermutigt.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Erdogans-massgeschneidertes-Praesidialsystem-3594194.html

Turkish army officers and diplomats seek refuge in Norway
http://anfenglish.com/news/turkish-army-officers-and-diplomats-seek-refuge-in-norway

Turkey says if US wants Kurds at peace talks, might as well invite Islamic State

If the United States wants to invite Kurds to the forthcoming Syrian peace talks, it might as well invite the Islamic State (IS) group, said the foreign minister of Turkey, whose country views Kurdish fighters in Syria as extremists.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-says-if-us-wants-kurds-peace-talks-might-well-invite-islamic-state-99566347

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Es ist kalt in der Türkei. Nicht nur die Stimmung ist am Nullpunkt, auch die Außentemperatur. Eine dichte Schneedecke hat Istanbul und Ankara unter sich begraben. Der Verkehr ist noch chaotischer als üblich, am Istanbuler Atatürk-Flughafen geht nichts mehr. Hunderte Flüge wurden gecancelt, die Maschinen stecken im Schneematsch. Aufgrund des Wetters wird zeitweise der Fährverkehr auf dem Bosporus zwischen Europa und Asien eingestellt. Straßenhunde und Katzen suchen Zuflucht in Wohnungen und Geschäften.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Streit-um-das-Praesidialsystem-3592326.html

Marschrichtung Diktatur

Polizeisperren, Tränengas und Wasserwerfer: Der martialische Aufmarsch der Staatsmacht vor dem türkischen Parlament lieferte am Montag einen Vorgeschmack auf jenen neuen Staat, über dessen Aufbau im Plenarsaal debattiert wurde. Während drinnen die Abgeordneten debattierten, wurden laut Agenturangaben mehrere Demonstranten, die gegen die vom Regierungslager geplante Verfassungsänderung protestierten, von Beamten verletzt.
http://www.jungewelt.de/2017/01-10/004.php?sstr=T%C3%BCrkei