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Who says Turkey turned its back to Europe? “Nearly half of Europe’s waste exports made to Turkey”

In Uncategorized on May 30, 2022 at 17:49

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According to data from the Statistical Office of the European Union, exports of waste from the EU to non-EU countries reached 33.0 million tonnes in 2021 and Turkey is the largest destination for waste exported from the EU, with a volume of around 14.7 million tonnes.

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New photo from Facebook May 30, 2022 at 05:59PM

In Uncategorized on May 30, 2022 at 17:04

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What Erkan is up to recently… A summary.

In Uncategorized on May 29, 2022 at 20:19

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I know I don’t talk about myself in this blog. Let me at least briefly summarize some of the things I was involved with recently…

Just returned from a workshop in İzmir…
…and attended a friend’s, Fatih’s, Turkish folk music dance show.

 

And before these….














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Timely; the theme of the 30th #İstanbul Pride Week is “resistance”

In Uncategorized on May 28, 2022 at 11:14

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The organization committee of the İstanbul LGBTİ+ Pride Week has announced that the theme of the İstanbul Pride will be “resistance” this year.


While all concerts as part of the International Spring Festival were canceled at Middle East Technical University, one concert was banned on the grounds of “public safety” in Bursa, while another one is banned in Isparta for being against “morals of the society.”


World-famous violinist Ara Malikian’s concert has been canceled by the Ministry of Culture without specifying the reason.

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Open letter: “The voices of human rights defenders affected by the Pegasus spyware must be heard”

In Uncategorized on May 26, 2022 at 09:49

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The voices of human rights defenders affected by the Pegasus spyware must be heard

EDRi and 22 civil society organisations urge the established European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware to ensure that the systematic targetting of human rights defenders with these technologies is fully examined by the Committee, and that the voices of human rights defenders affected are heard.

A group of civil society organisations and human rights defenders urges the established European Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware to ensure that the systematic targetting of human rights defenders with these technologies is fully examined by the Committee, and that the voices of human rights defenders affected are heard.

 

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New photo from Facebook May 26, 2022 at 10:37AM

In Uncategorized on May 26, 2022 at 09:39

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Back to the basics: “Dozens of Kurdish concerts, plays banned in Turkey in three years

In Uncategorized on May 23, 2022 at 13:39

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Many concerts, theater plays, and other events in Kurdish have been banned in the last three years. Artists and musicians have difficulties finding places to organize events.

“Poets are those who prove the truth, and we continue on this path,” Doğan has said.


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Eight human rights activists have been given long prison sentences for anti-government protests in Turkey. Sami Kent reports

A prominent philanthropist and seven other human rights activists have been found guilty in a Turkish court of charges related to the Gezi Park protests in 2013 and the failed coup attempt in 2016.

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New photo from Facebook May 22, 2022 at 03:55PM

In Uncategorized on May 22, 2022 at 14:59

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By overusing its hand, Turkey may lose the leverage it gained after the Russian invasion of Ukraine…

In Uncategorized on May 21, 2022 at 09:59

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Just an idea. Turkey continues to blackmail Sweden and Finland over the NATO membership, but I feel like this might be a losing move in the end. The Turkish economy is just too fragile to handle a prolonged tension. Let’s see.
Autocrats Strain Unity

Two Autocrats that Strain the European Unity…
Leaders of Turkey and Hungary are slowing the Western response to Russia.
Why has Erdoğan doubled down on threat to veto Nordic Nato bids?

Analysis: By demanding extradition of alleged PKK members, Turkish president could have one eye on elections After initial
Sweden, Finland, NATO and Turkey’s veto

Sweden’s prime minister openly stated that one issue they will discuss with Biden will be Turkey’s veto threat. They also know that the main problem of Turkey’s
NATO talks with Finland, Sweden falter but will continue

NATO envoys failed to reach a consensus on May 18 on whether to start membership talks with Finland and Sweden, diplomats
Turkey’s FM hopeful for F-16s after meeting with Blinken, reiterates opposition to Sweden, Finland

Minister Çavuşoğlu has visited the US secretary of state New York for the first meeting within the framework of the “US-
US offers ‘complete backing’ for NATO bids by Sweden and Finland

After meeting with both countries’ leaders, Biden says Sweden and Finland ‘meet every NATO requirement and then some’.
Erdoğan: Turkey will say no to Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid

President Erdoğan repeated that Turkey will oppose Sweden and Finland from joining NATO.
Turkey asks Sweden to extradite Kurdish author who died seven years ago

Ankara has asked Stockholm to extradite several “terrorism” suspects to approve its NATO membership. Kurdish author
Not only Sweden and Finland, but many European countries tolerate ‘terrorism,’ says Erdoğan

“They host them in their parliaments. They supply them with arms and ammunition. We see these. And, since we are aggrieved
Strongmen in Turkey and Hungary Stall Unity in NATO and the E.U.

Russia benefits as Turkey slows down Swedish and Finnish applications to NATO and Hungary continues to block an E.U. embargo on Russian oil.

TEN POINT MANIFESTO : What does Erdoğan want from Sweden and Finland for approval of their NATO membership?

According to the information leaked to the press from the Presidency, Erdoğan’s demands contradict the ECHR and NATO might be on the brink of a crisis.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother coming to Ankara to convince it to approve their Nato bid. Turkey surprised its Nato allies last week by saying it would not view their applications positively, mainly citing their history of hosting members of groups Ankara deems terrorists. The Swedish foreign office said earlier on Monday that senior representatives of Sweden and Finland plan to travel to Turkey for talks to address Ankara’s objections.

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Some tragedy.. Turkish government is destroying the remnants of Atatürk Airport

In Uncategorized on May 18, 2022 at 16:44

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That’s why Turkey will never be a developed country. Destroying an existing airport that could still be easily used… Such a waste…

Work starts to demolish Atatürk Airport runways, opposition claims İstanbul Airport to be sold – Bianet

Click to read the article in Turkish. Dozers entered İstanbul’s Atatürk Airport yesterday (May 16) to start work to convert the airport into a

Erdogan’s Plan to Demolish Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport Angers Opposition | Balkan Insight

Then Istanbul Airport, a huge project of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which opened to commercial passenger flights in 2019, is now the city’s main

Some 17 mln tourists expected to visit Istanbul

Around 17 million tourists are expected to visit Istanbul this year, with arrivals from European countries rising significantly,

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