Cristina Rotaru If you’re walking the streets of the small area called Tünel in Istanbul’s Beyoglu you will find your senses overwhelmed by the strongest of smells and the most curious of sights, but, more importantly, by the number of music stores that fill the picture. It’s all about the music around the Galata Tower […]
News, Etc.Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan shut the door on any compromise with the opposition saying that the ongoing process regarding the constitutional amendments will continue as planned. Earlier he had expressed no objection to a proposal by the opposition leader Deniz Baykal that the amendments package should be divided into two and the articles on […]
Baraj projesinin gündeme geldiği 1997’den bugüne Hasankeyf’le yatıp kalkıyoruz. Gelgelim Dicle nehri üzerine yapılmak istenen bu anlamsız projeye karşı giderek yükselen sesler, açılan davalar, Hasankeyf’i dünya üzerinde daha bilinir kılmaktan başka bir işe yaramıyor. Şimdilik. Çevre kuruluşları, geçen geride kalan 15 yıllık dönemde Ilısu Barajı’nın ilerlemesini iki kez durdurmayı başardı. Baraj için gerekli krediyi sağlayacak […]
News,Etc.It came as a respite in the years- long bickering between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the opposition Republican Peoples Party (CHP) when Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan unexpectedly found negotiable a proposal by Deniz Baykal that if the package of Constitutional amendments is broken up into two, the opposition would vote to […]
Aslı TUNÇ For the last four years the government has been working on a bill for regulating radio and television broadcasting services in Turkey. This bill has been promised to finish by the end of 2009 as a part of the country’s bid to harmonize with the EU legislation. However, like the other promises Turkey […]
Türkiye Su Meclisi, 22 Mart Dünya Su Günü nedeniyle hazırladığı afişte hidroelektrik santrallerin (HES) neden olduğu doğa yıkımına dikkat çekti. “Bir ampul kaç balıkla yaşar” sorusuyla son yıllarda santral inşaatı, doğal su kaynaklarının kurutulması ve sulama faaliyetleri nedeniyle yok olan doğal alanları ve canlı türlerini hatırlattı. Su Meclisi, yaşamın temel koşulu suyu anayasal güvence altına […]
News,etc. The Ministry of Health had to revise its regulations about the functioning and composition of Board of Ethics in Clinical Research because the earlier one has been repealed by the Supreme Administrative Court upon a complaint by the Turkish Medical Association on grounds that it contravenes the existing laws. The ministry published new regulations […]
News,etc. “Are you not concerned that homophobic murders might increase in the society because of the comments made by your minister?” was among the written questions put to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan by the Istanbul deputy Mehmet Sevigen following the strong reaction to State Minister Selma Aliye Kavaf in charge of family and women’s affairs […]
News, etc. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan closeted with his ministers and legal experts for four hours putting the final touches to constitutional amendments which he said will be negotiated with all the political parties in Turkey. According to AKP sources quoted by the Turkish newspapers the package of amendments will introduce 12 changes regarding the […]
Yusuf Yavuz Antalya’nın Finike ve Kumluca ilçelerinde yaşayan 100 bini aşkın nüfusun tek su kaynağı Alakır Nehri üzerinde projelendirilen sekiz hidroelektrik santral (HES) bölge halkını ayağa kaldırdı. Su kaynaklarının ellerinden alınmasına tepki gösteren sekiz köy, birleşerek dava açmaya hazırlanıyor. Köylüler, 3 Mart’ta Türkiye Su Meclisi ve çevre örgütü temsilcileriyle bir araya gelerek bölgenin merkezi konumundaki […]
News,Etc. Prosecutors in Istanbul continued to order the detention of military men throughout the week after the first wave which sent 33 of the 49 officers detained to prison on charges of participating at plans to stage a coup against the government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan while President Abdullah Gul asked him and Chief […]
Cristina RotaruIt’s every once in a while, when you feel like mornings don’t blind you with their softness anymore, and afternoons become just an excuse for a long night, that you hear the road calling you. It’s usually a high-pitched tone that not all ears can hear, and this time, just this once, mine brought […]
News,Etc. A total of 49 officers, some retired, some still in active service, including the former commanders of the air force and navy have been detained by police on the orders from the prosecutors investigating the Ergenekon case in Istanbul on charges of planning to spread turmoil in the country to overthrow the government of […]
Ahmet Şık, Niyazi Dalyancı The simmering conflict between the nation’s judiciary and the government turned into open warfare this week with the Justice Minister accusing wholesale the judges serving on the Supreme Court (Yargitay) and Supreme Administrative Court (Danistay) of breaking the law and interfering with the free functioning of jurisdiction. At the center of […]
Zaman hızla ilerliyor, teknoloji gelişiyor, hayatımız kolaylaşıyor derken hastalıkların da şekli ne alakaysa değişiyor. Çağımızın hastalığı kanser bir yana dursun, hemen her sene çıkan garip isimli hastalıklar, çoğu insanı kırıp döküyor ve bizleri ebedi yolculuğumuza uğurluyor. Atalarımız, “Silahla şaka olmaz” demişler, aynı şekilde hastalıkla da şaka olmaz tabii. Ama hemen her sene çıkan çeşitli hayvan […]
Kopenhag Zirvesi’nin, iklim değişikliğine (ya da daha popüler ismiyle küresel ısınmaya) karşı dünya ülkelerini tedbir almaya zorlayan Kyoto Protokolü’nün devamını ortaya koyacağı umuluyordu. 14-18 Aralık 2009’da gerçekleşen zirvenin sonucu, bırakın gezegenin tükenmekte olduğunu haykıran bilim insanlarını, zirvenin adıyla anılan antlaşmayı imzalayan ve küresel ısınmanın müsebbibi olan ülkeleri bile tatmin etmedi. Aslında ortada anlaşma falan yoktu.Newsweekdergisinden […]
Niyazi Dalyancı The Supreme Court of Greece decided to reopen an 88-year old case which had resulted with the execution of six politicians and army commanders found responsible for what the Greeks term as the “Great Catastrophe,” that is the defeat of the Greek armies by the Kemalist forces in Asia Minor in 1922. The […]
Aslı Tunç While the city is wrapped in pure whiteness of snow, the dark and evil details of a military takeover plan, Sledgehammer are pouring on us through the daily, Taraf. By now, Taraf has become notorious with its anti-military stance and with leaking the documents on coup d’état plans and misdemeanors of the Turkish […]
Niyazi Dalyancı Dogfights over the Aegean would be intensified and if the Greeks fail to shoot down a Turkish air force jet, then a Turkish pilot would do it for them; bombs would be planted in two historical mosques during Friday prayers triggering mass demonstrations by Islamic fundamentalist men wearing beards and women in veil […]
Gazeteci Hrant Dink, öldürülüşünün 3. yıldönümünde anıldı. Dink’in kurucusu olduğu Agos gazetesinin İstanbul Şişli’deki bürosunun önünde yapılan anma törenine katılan yaklaşık üç bin kişi, suikastın gerçek faillerine ulaşılamamasını eleştirdi.Cinayetten 3 yıl sonra oğul Hrant Dink, ilk kez basının önünde sert bir konuşma yaptı. “Bu ülkede babası üç yıl önce öldürülmüş birisi olarak ağlayamıyorum” diyerek başladığı […]
