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How the NSA Helped Turkey Kill Kurdish Rebels

 The Intercept by Laura Poitras

On a December night in 2011, a terrible thing happened on Mount Cudi, near the Turkish-Iraqi border. One side described it as a massacre; the other called it an accident.

US, UK spied on Turkey, report says citing Snowden

Turkey is one of the US’ leading targets for spying, German weekly magazine Der Spiegel has reported

President Erdoğan, PM Davutoğlu to be absent at opening of judicial year in act of protest

Turkey’s top government officials will be absent at the opening of the judicial year, in protest at the speech of the Union of Bar Associations head

A Two-Faced Friendship: Turkey Is ‘Partner and Target’ for the NSA

SPIEGEL ONLINE – Aug 31 – On a December night in 2011, a terrible thing happened on Mount Cudi, near the Turkish-Iraqi border. One side described it as a massacre; the other called it an accident. Several Turkish F-16 fighter jets bombed a caravan of villagers that night

Turkey’s Imperial Fantasy

nytimes.com – Behlul Ozkan – Aug 28– Istanbul — In the late 1990s, as Turkey was reeling from various political and economic crises, there was a nationwide debate over European Union membership and whether Turkish accession to the union would solve the country’s problems. Back

Erdogan’s Turkey
Where does Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey rank in terms of global competitiveness?

Turkish elections could shift president’s role
Washington Times
If there is a war or something,” said Ilter Turan, a professor at Istanbul’sBilgi University. “It is not one in which the president calls a session and says: Let’s build a bridge. That’s not the idea.” Presidents take an oath to remain neutral when …
Divisive Erdogan favorite in Turkey president vote
EU urges Erdogan to adopt inclusive approach
Recep Tayyip Erdogan the favourite to win Turkey’s first presidential election
Number of Yazidi refugees in Turkey swells to 16,000: official
The number of refugees from Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority who have fled to Turkey from the advance of jihadists has risen to 16,000 and may rise further, a top provincial official was quoted as saying Saturday. The number marks a sharp rise from the figures of several thousand previously given and shows Turkey is dealing with another major influx of refugees as it gives sanctuary to some 1.2

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Politics roundup: New cabinet with 4 names, continuity in policies…

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Erdoğan appoints aide who denounced ‘murder attempts by telekinesis’ as economic adviser

The move is likely to alarm investors already concerned over the economic management

PM Davutoğlu takes no risk before 2015 elections

August was a very meaningful month for Turkish politics this year. It brought about a new president, new prime minister and new Cabinet

Four new names in Davutoğlu Cabinet with Çavuşoğlu as FM

No time has been wasted in the formation of Turkey’s new government with PM Ahmet Davutoğlu at the helm. The newly-minted Cabinet, announced less than 24 hours after the handover ceremony at the presidency, contains only four new names. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has replaced Davutoğlu in the FM seat

62nd Turkish Cabinet Announced

 Mavi Boncuk

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved the new cabinet, the Presidential Press Office said in a statement.

Turkey’s new cabinet unlikely to spell major policy shift

By Gulsen Solaker ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s new Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, will announce his cabinet on Friday, a day after Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as president, with the new government not expected to signal any major changes in policy direction. The current economic team, including Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, is expected to remain largely

New Turkish cabinet spells little policy shift, Erdogan stays dominant
swissinfo.ch
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu kept key members of Turkey’s economic management team in place and named Ankara’s point man on Europe as foreign minister in a new cabinet on Friday, moves signalling President Tayyip Erdogan’s …
Turkey’s AKP power struggle comes to a boil

Impatience grows in Turkey over Syrian ‘guests’

Violent protests against their presence have already taken place in Istanbul and in the southeast but there is little chance of the refugees leaving Turkey in the near future

A portrait: Erdoğan’s epic political journey

Erdoğan has proven he could deliver most of his promises after having entered politics

Erdoğan’s Assets Published on Official Gazette

Bianet :: English

Turkey’s Official Gazette published the assets of President Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan. According to this, Erdoğan is expecting a 500.000 lira payment from his son Burak Erdoğan

Will Turkey’s centre-left dare to reform itself?  open Democracy News Analysis – by Arnaud Castaignet The problem is that the Republican People’s Party (Turkey’s centre-left main political party) remains torn between the supporters of a European-style social democracy and those of a die-hard Kemalism.

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Two Istanbul reservoirs close to drying out

New pictures have shown how two of the reservoirs supplying Istanbul’s water needs have nearly dried

Istanbul residents on streets to keep guard against robbers

Residents of Istanbul’s Eyüp district are keeping guard against rising theft in their neighborhood, hoping to stop the criminals before being robbed.

Old 3D print of Hagia Sophia emerges

The actual print was given to a man named Branden Gunn, who works in 3D printing and runs the blog Engunneer.

See and be seen in Istanbul

Pique Newsmagazine

My wife and I are at Suada Club on the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, which is quite literally bisected by the border between the two continents

İstanbul’s Grand Bazaar is losing its historical texture

Today’s Zaman

The historic Grand Bazaar, one of İstanbul’s oldest and most appealing places of interest, has suffered damage to its walls and ceilings caused by

Istanbul’s water reserve alarming: experts

GlobalPost

ISTANBUL, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — Istanbul has launched a water- saving campaign as water levels of dams have hit a record low, Istanbul Water and

Istanbul: Turkish citizens protest large presence of Syrian refugees

Refugee Resettlement Watch ⋅ Ann Corcoran

Hundreds of people have clashed with Turkish police in Istanbul during a protest against the rising number of refugees from Syria. Businesses were .

Ever more foreign couples wedding inIstanbul

Hurriyet Daily News

Istanbul may not sound like the likeliest place a Scottish woman and an Irishman to tie the knot in. Having previously lived in Turkey’s capital Ankara

80 art galleries from 24 countries meet in Istanbul
From Banksy to Andy Warhol, from Finland to Saudi Arabia

 

Istanbul breakfast junkies’ 119-year-old shrine loses battle against rampant gentrification

Pando Kaymak, the iconic breakfast shop in Beşiktaş, with the fame of its buttery clotted cream and honey transmitted generation to generation, is closing its doors after 119 years of activity

Residents of Istanbul suburb in violent protest over Syrian refugees

Hundreds of Istanbul residents angered by the presence of Syrian refugees clashed with police early Aug. 25 in a violent protest in a suburb of Turkey’s biggest city

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“Coronation” finally. Erdoğan, the 12th President

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Turkey’s 12th President

Erdoğan Takes Oath As 12th President

 Bianet :: English

Having received his official election results, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in as president this afternoon.

US denies that low-profile Erdoğan delegation sends ulterior message

The US denied reports that it sends a low-profile delegation to Erdoğan’s oath to convey a message to Ankara

Official Gazette publishes presidential elections results just in time for Erdoğan’s oath

The results of presidential elections were published in the Official Gazette 13 days after YSK announced the final counting

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Turkey’s Imperial Fantasy

 NYT > Turkey by By BEHLUL OZKAN

The new prime minister’s dreams of a Turkish-led Islamic Union are unrealistic.

Main opposition leader slams Erdoğan, boycotts presidential inauguration

Kılıçdaroğlu has indicated a new era of tension between the president-elect and the CHP, vowing not to attend the incoming president’s oath-taking ceremony, saying he did not want to ‘legitimize a false oath’

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LIVE: Erdoğan takes over Turkey’s presidency after tense parliamentary ceremony

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is stepping down as Turkey’s prime minister and being installed as president, after a ceremony boycotted by the main opposition. Here are the live updates

Is Turkey moving towards a presidential system? Erdogan’s plans and challenges

Reset Dialogues on Civilazations

As expected, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been elected president of Turkey and will be sworn in today. He won the August 10th  elections, once again, by a wide margin. The outgoing prime minister obtained 51.79% of votes, surpassing the best results ever achieved by his party, the AKP, thus avoiding a second ballot and winning in many constituencies, both less urbanised ones and in the country’s two main cities; Ankara and Istanbul. This confirms that Erdogan’s success transcends the urban-rural divide

Gül to immediately leave Ankara after Erdoğan inauguration ceremony

Outgoing President Gül will depart for Istanbul, where he plans to reside in the near future, after the inauguration ceremony for President-elect Erdoğan on Aug 28

Freedom House criticizes Turkish government over Internet freedoms Freedom House describes Turkey as a ‘battleground state’ in Internet freedom in its latest report

The Day Turkey’s Ruling Party Elected A New Chair

The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya

Here is the news summary of the extraordinary day in Ankara:

 

• Turkey’s ruling party elected a new chair (live updates), Ahmet Davutoglu, who will also become Prime Minister.
• In the congress, Davutoğlu pledged harmony with outgoing Prime Minister Erdogan, who will become President tomorrow.
• Erdogan described Presidency as “a beginning, not a goodbye.” Almost everyone agrees that he will stay in active politics.

Turkey’s Erdogan to be inaugurated

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to be officially sworn in after winning the country’s first ever popular vote for head of state.

Where did Turkey’s former president go wrong?

Hurriyet Daily News

“The first time I met her; she had no idea about the issue of my expertise. I gave her a briefing. When we met six months after, I found a woman who had done her homework, asking me all the right questions.”

It’s Erdoğan’s party and Davutoğlu has a hard job

 

‘One flag, one land, and only Erdoğan.’ That slogan had rarely been heard before, but it was often shouted in the Aug. 27 congress of AK Parti by members of its youth organization

 

Turkey hits back at western Isis criticism

Turkey has hit out at criticism of its efforts to prevent foreign fighters joining Isis, calling on its partners to do more to stop the militants

 

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