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 […]
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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about the functioning and composition of Board of Ethics in Clinical Research because the earlier one has been repealed by the Supreme Administrative Court upon a complaint by the Turkish Medical Association on grounds that it contravenes the existing laws.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 […]
iktidar tarafından Aydın Doğan’a böyle bir liste gittiğini anlatıyordu. Coşkun’un söylediğine göre verilen listede yazarların iktidarı destekleme oranları dahi yüzdeler halinde belirtiliyordu. İktidarın ve Başbakan Erdoğan’ın gazetelere ve gazete patronlarına yalnızca kürsüden yapılan konuşmalarla sınırlı bir etkide bulunup bulunmadığı elbette önümüzdeki yıllarda enine boyuna konuşulacak, tanıklar ve belgelerle yazılıp çizilecek. 2002 sonrasında medya mülkiyetinin yeni […]
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 […]
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 […]
Annika Sehn Globalization, relationships with western countries and the increasing migration are big issues in the political arena in Turkey nowadays. A term which comes along with it is the marriage migration. On the one hand the world grows closer, which means more people who work or travel abroad, get in contact with the inhabitants […]
Ferhat Jak Icoz On a rainy fall day, with a friend we decided to spend our two-hour break at the Contemporary Arts Museum of SantralIstanbul, without knowing what was expecting us. My friend commented to persuade me that ‘the exhibition is quite striking, interesting, and even mind-blowing’. As we approached to the end of our […]
Manon Loisel At first glance, it’s easy to see that Richard Reid is passionate by the energy and promise that dealing with children gives him. Before I could ask any questions, he said “Can I ask you a few questions lady? What are you studying? Why do you want to be journalist? … Ah, that’s […]
Annika Sehn From 19 July 2009, one of the most stringent smoking bans of all Europe became fully effective in Turkey. Since then it is much harder for stressed workaholics in the office, for the depressed unemployed in the “kahvehane” and for the nonchalant party animal at the favourite bar to have a good smoke. […]
News, etc. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s visit to Ankara over the weekend somewhat relaxed the confrontation between the two countries that flared up last week when the Turkish ambassador to Jerusalem was snubbed by Israeli officials who summoned him to protest a television serial aired in Turkey. Although President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Tayyip […]