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Turkish opposition changes target from army to AKP
Turkish opposition parties try to change the axis of the row over the cross-border operation against PKK positions in northern Iraq from their traditional ally, the army, to the Islamist AKP government in a move to end a very rare situation triggered by exchange of harsh words between the military and opposition.
Turkish opposition changes target from army to AKP
Turkish opposition parties try to change the axis of the row over the cross-border operation against PKK positions in northern Iraq from their traditional ally, the army, to the Islamist AKP government in a move to end a very rare situation triggered by exchange of harsh words between the military and opposition.
Turkish army rejects criticism of operations
Turkey's military rejected on Tuesday opposition politicians' criticism of its handling of a major ground offensive against PKK in northern Iraq. Earlier on Tuesday, in rare criticism of the armed forces, the leader of the nationalist MHP said the military had helped the image of the outlawed separatists by issuing statements that effectively depicted them as worthy opponents.
Please match me a match!
Simple fact: If you have a nine to five job, you cannot watch daytime TV. That is a mixed blessing. On the plus side, you do not have to see "Big Brother," "Would You Be My Bride?" or its more deviant derivative, such as "Would You Be My Daughter-in-Law?" On the minus side, you are painfully devoid of the "real agenda" of the people and miss out on local celebrities.
TSK lifts boycott on Barzani
The General Staff is extremely hopeful and expectant regarding efforts against PKK terror. The public is not greatly aware of it but the General Staff believes that the PKK is under huge international pressure and that a break up process has started. When carefully examining Gen. Başbuğ’s words in his latest speech you’ll understand expectations and preparations of the General Staff in this issue.
ANALYSIS - Kurdish nationalism on the rise, ballot suggests
DİYARBAKIR - Local election results manifested, once again, evidence that Kurdish nationalism is strong and the tactics of the incumbent Justice and Development Party, or AKP, do not appease its adherents or win any hearts and minds in the country’s southeastern region. The victory was most clear in Diyarbakır, the biggest city in Southeast Turkey
Kurdish nationalism on the rise, ballot suggests
DİYARBAKIR - Local election results manifested, once again, evidence that Kurdish nationalism is strong and the tactics of the incumbent Justice and Development Party, or AKP, do not appease its adherents or win any hearts and minds in the country’s southeastern region.
Is Tayyip Erdoğan the new Nasser?
Last Thursday night, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan suddenly became the focus of all the news channels in the country. The reason was that he had stormed the diplomatic scene at a World Economic Forum panel in Davos by accusing Israeli President Shimon Peres for "killing people," and reminding the biblical commandment, "Thou shall not kill."
What excuse buster!
Our country may be led with democracy, but recent discussions have shown that an individual segment of this society is not democratic and only plays a game of democracy as long as it is in their interest and as long as you share their opinion, and transforms into its real position when confronted with opposite opinions. A society has been revealed that is intolerant and says "what I say is correct."
First account on the apology campaign
The campaign was launched Monday. The thoughtful, caring and humble language of the two sentences of apology, as well as its being an individual expression of consciousness, infuriated the negationist camp. But it also disturbed many editorialists who like to talk through their hats.
An apology...
No... No... I am not joining the campaign of a group of intellectuals who have taken a "collective individual decision" to apologize to the Armenians for the 1915-1917 events in which immense tragedies were lived not only by Armenians but by all ethnic groups of Anatolia. I am not going to engage in a campaign of denial either, with claims that Armenians were killed but so were others and turn a blind soul to the massive human tragedies of that period.
A heretical idea: Atatürk is no god
Since its release on the anniversary of the Turkish Republic, Oct. 29, Turkey’s pundits have been hotly debating “Mustafa,” a documentary by Can Dündar, columnist for daily Milliyet and popular voice of the moderate left. The Mustafa in question is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey’s founder, the film intends to show his “human side,” often neglected or even hidden in modern Turkey.