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Protesting Turkish miners call on government to uphold promises
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A miner who survived the May 2014 devastating coalmine blast of #Soma, takes to the streets with other miners for a protest against the government in Ankara on June 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
A group of Turkish miners from the town hit in May by #turkey's worst ever mine tragedy marched on parliament Wednesday to urge the government to honor promises made in the wake of the disaster. The miners from Soma, where 301 were killed, said the authorities were obliged to follow up on pledges to improve working conditions and safety standards. “We have not forgotten our 301 colleagues,” around 1,000 protesters shouted as they walked from the central Sihhiye square to the parliament in the capital Ankara. read (...)
Turkish secular opposition back little-known presidential candidate
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Turkey’s Presidential candidate #Ekmeleddin_Ihsanoglu, left, speaks with Turkish women at the Haci Bayram mosque after the Friday prayer in Ankara on June 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
#turkey's two main secular opposition parties on Sunday formally backed a little-known presidential candidate to challenge an expected bid by the country’s prime minister #Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan, who heads an Islamic-rooted party. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) submitted a joint application to parliament to nominate Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, an academic and career diplomat, as their candidate in August presidential elections. read (...)
#Rouhani: #Iran may work with #US to fight #ISIS
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses a Turkish-Iranian business forum in Ankara on June 10, 2014. (Photo: ADP - Adem Altan) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses a Turkish-Iranian business forum in Ankara on June 10, 2014. (Photo: ADP - Adem Altan)
Iran could entertain the possibility of cooperating with the United States to restore security to #Iraq if it saw Washington confronting “terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. “We all should practically and verbally confront terrorist groups,” Rouhani told a press conference broadcast live on state television. Asked if Tehran would work with its old adversary the United States in tackling advances by jihadists in (...)
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#turkey confirms #Youtube ban despite court ruling
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to members of parliament from his ruling Justice and Development (AKP) Party during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on April 8, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkish authorities defied court orders and reaffirmed a ban on YouTube imposed after the posting of illicit recordings of top secret security talks that was cited by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as part of a “dirty campaign” to topple him. Authorities imposed the ban on Google’s video-sharing site on March 27 in the build-up to local elections, after weeks of leaked wiretaps which had emerged online, allegedly uncovering corruption in Erdogan’s inner circle. Erdogan emerged from the polls with his popularity largely intact. read (...)
#erdogan: I don’t have to respect #Twitter court ruling
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the crowd during an election rally in Ankara March 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) #turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the crowd during an election rally in Ankara March 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized a Constitutional Court ruling that lifted his government’s March 20 #ban on Twitter. “We are of course bound by the Constitutional Court verdict, but I don’t have to respect it,” said the premier, a day after the US-based social media site went live again in Turkey. “I don’t respect this ruling.” read (...)
#erdogan tells opponents they “will pay” after Turkish election victory
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the crowd from the balcony of Justice and Development Party headquarters in Ankara, #turkey on March 31, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the crowd from the balcony of Justice and Development Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on March 31, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in local polls that had become a referendum on his rule and said he would “enter the lair” of enemies who have accused him of corruption and leaked state secrets. “They will pay for this,” he said. Erdogan, fighting the biggest challenge of his 12-year rule, addressed supporters from a (...)
#turkey begins investigation over #syria #Youtube leaks
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Turkey’s Prime Minister #Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan addresses the crowd during an election rally in Ankara March 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkey has started an espionage investigation after a discussion between top officials on potential military action in Syria was leaked on YouTube, heralding a possible government crackdown on its political opponents after elections on Sunday. The recording of the meeting between Turkey’s intelligence chief, foreign minister and deputy head of the military was by far the most serious breach in weeks of highly sensitive leaks, a scandal which Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has cast as a plot to sabotage the state and topple him. read (...)
Will #turkey’s municipal elections determine #erdogan’s future?
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Supporters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) wave Turkish and party flags during an election rally in #Ankara March 28, 2014. (Photo-AFP-Adem Altan) Supporters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) wave Turkish and party flags during an election rally in Ankara March 28, 2014. (Photo-AFP-Adem Altan)
#Istanbul – Sunday’s election in Turkey will be fateful, and will largely determine the political future of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The election is exceptionally important because it is taking place in a political climate fraught with tension, on account of the corruption scandals – to the tune of $200 billion – surrounding the prime minister and his son Bilal, as well as (...)
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Erdogan slams opponents amid criticism over #Twitter ban
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Supporters of #turkey's prime minister wave Turkish and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) flags during an election rally in Ankara March 22, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
With a huge rally on the approach to the Bosphorus waterway, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will launch a final electoral push on Sunday to stifle rivals he described this weekend as an ’alliance of evil’ in cahoots with terrorism. Erdogan, who vowed last week to wipe out Twitter in Turkey for carrying anonymous postings accusing him and associates of corrupt dealings, accused the networking site of “systematic character assassination.” The site remained blocked on Saturday in Turkey, access denied as a “protection measure.” read (...)
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#erdogan: “We will wipe out Twitter”
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Turkey’s anti-Internet Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vows to eradicate Twitter, two weeks after threatening to ban Facebook and YouTube. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) #turkey's anti-Internet Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vows to eradicate Twitter, two weeks after threatening to ban Facebook and YouTube. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkey’s combative prime minister warned on Thursday that he would eradicate Twitter after a number of audio recordings anonymously posted on social media purportedly exposed #Corruption in his inner circle. “We will wipe out Twitter. I don’t care what the international community says,” premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an election rally in the western province of Bursa. "They will see (...)
#erdogan dismisses Turkish protesters as « charlatans »
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of a new metro line in Ankara March 13, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) #turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of a new metro line in Ankara March 13, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused protesters on Thursday of trying to sow chaos to influence local elections after Turkey’s worst day of civil unrest since anti-government demonstrations swept the nation last summer. Late on Wednesday, a man in Istanbul was shot dead and a police officer in eastern Turkey suffered a fatal heart attack. Erdogan said demonstrators had “burned and destroyed” offices (...)
Turkish court releases five suspected in corruption scandal
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Demonstrators chant slogans as they protest against #turkey's Prime Minister and his ruling AK Party (AKP) government in Ankara on February 27, 2014, following a corruption scandal in which the Prime Minister has become embroiled. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
A Turkish court on Friday released five people, including the sons of two ministers, who were detained on corruption allegations in mid-December in a high-profile probe that has rocked the government, local media said. The private NTV channel said that Baris Guler, the son of the former interior minister, as well as Kaan Caglayan, the son of the ex-economy minister, and Azerbaijani businessman Reza Zarrab, were among those freed. NTV said the suspects were let go because the necessary evidence had been (...)
#turkey cements government control of judiciary as Erdogan slams leaked tapes
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Protesters prepare to burn a portrait of Turkey’s Prime Minister #Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan during a demonstration against the opening of a controversial new road development that will include a part of the Middle East Technical University campus in Ankara on February 25, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday signed into law a contested bill tightening the government’s grip on the judiciary as it grapples to contain the fallout from a major corruption probe. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday leaked recordings of him and his son allegedly discussing how to hide large sums of money as a “vile attack” by rivals, as calls mounted for his beleaguered government to resign. read (...)
Turkish government seeks broader power for its spy agency
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on February 18, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
#turkey's government has submitted a bill to parliament to give the country’s spy agency more sweeping powers, a parliamentary source said Thursday. The bill aims to give the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) the authority to carry out missions and surveillance both in Turkey and abroad without the need for a court order. The MIT, which reports to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will also have unlimited access to all documents - from personal information to data on public or banking sector - pertaining to national security. read (...)
#erdogan calls on Turkish ambassadors to tell the “truth” on corruption case
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to the members of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on January 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ordered his ambassadors on Wednesday to confront allies with the “truth” that a corruption investigation shaking Ankara was the result of a foreign-backed plot to sabotage #turkey's international standing. Erdogan, visiting Brussels next week, also mockingly rejected European Union expressions of concern about his moves to tighten control over a judiciary he sees as central to the conspiracy. read (...)
#turkey: Gulen-Erdogan Conflict Deepens With Corruption Probe
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People hold hoses to symbolize the siphoning of public funds by people close to the government as civil servants gather in central Ankara on December 28, 2013 to protest corruption and the government of the Turkish prime minister. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) People hold hoses to symbolize the siphoning of public funds by people close to the government as civil servants gather in central Ankara on December 28, 2013 to protest corruption and the government of the Turkish prime minister. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Since 2003, Turkish Prime Minister #Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan has succeeded in toppling his opponents from the military and the secular camp, leaving an indelible mark on Turkish political and social life. Today, the (...)
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Broadcast cut after Turkish minister calls on PM to resign
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip #erdogan acknowledges his supporters upon his arrival at Esenboga Airport in Ankara December 24, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
#turkey's environment minister stepped down on Wednesday over a #Corruption probe, with his live broadcast being cut after calling on the prime minister to follow suit. “I am stepping down as minister and lawmaker,” Erdogan Bayraktar told the private NTV television. “I believe the prime minister should also resign,” he added before the television network cut the live broadcast in a move that immediately raised a stir on Twitter, with critics slamming it as #Censorship. Bayraktar was the third in the cabinet to resign Wednesday over an anti-graft probe that has roiled the government. read (...)
Turkish parliament faces stalemate in efforts to draft new constitution
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Members of the leftist Workers’ Party, with flags bearing the effigy of the nation’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, rally outside Turkish Parliament in Ankara on November 19, 2013 to protest against the possibility Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government, Kurdish rebel group of PKK and and northern Iraqi Kurd leader Masoud Barzani divide #turkey. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkey’s parliament is deadlocked over efforts to draw up a new constitution aimed (...)
Ankara Seeks to Limit Damages and Mend Ties With #Iraq
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People gather in front of the mausoleum (Anitkabir) of #turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of his death in Ankara, on November 10, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) People gather in front of the mausoleum (Anitkabir) of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of his death in Ankara, on November 10, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan) (...)
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