EUROPEUS - turquie

TURKEY TURNS AWAY FROM THE FUTURE

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:53:16 +0200

Until very recently, Turkey was an emerging economic success story; a role model for Islamic humankind. Today the country is increasingly associated with instability and un¬certainty. Tension between the old, secularist elite and the Islamic-rooted pro-reform ruling party has reached a climax. The chief prosecutor wants to ban from politics the governing party – a party that received almost half of all votes at last year’s general election. Economic indicators are turning red. The Turkish situation is exacerbated by the…

EU'S REGIONAL POLICY AND KURDISH QUESTION

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:00:12 +0200

The Republic of Turkey has a credibility problem regarding solutions to the Kurdish question. Accepting Kurds as interlocutors seems difficult for those ruling elites whether they are old-style Kemalists or new-fashion Islamists. Turkish governments' approach to comparable situations in other countries and mainly their stance on the Cyprus question shows a clear double standard. On Cyprus, policies to introduce an independent state, if not a federal structure are brought up, whereas a strictly centralist and �Unitarian� approach is adopted for…

SIX35, LE PREMIER JT DU WEB #7: QUELLE LAICITE POUR LA TURQUIE?

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:31:41 +0100

Le logement précaire et la nuit solidaire, le voile qui fait son entrée dans les universités turques et le livre blanc de la diplomatie française sont au menu de cette septième édition du six35. Vous retrouverez dans ce JT les brèves de la rédaction et les dessins de Julo ainsi que le groupe coup de coeur de la semaine : Bensé.

TURKEY: WOMEN CAN NOT RELY ON THE ARMY FOR THEIR GAINS

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:35:47 +0100

(By Ertuğrul Kürkçü / Source : Bianet.org – Turkey) Those who believe that the issue of headscarves at university is a “legal issue” are totally mistaken. We are faced with a historical question: Does the new block of Islamist AKP and ultranationalist MHP with the passive consent of the army represent a moment of freedom?

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TURKEY URGENTLY NEEDS PEACE JOURNALISM

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:55:17 +0100

(By Erol önderoglu / Source : Bianet.org – Turkey) A reaction in the Turkish press to the fire in Ludwigshafen which killed nine Turks shows how great the need for more balanced reporting is. A newspaper accusing Germany of covering up a neo-Nazi attack is perpetrating racism itself.

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RECEP ERDOGAN POURS OIL IN THE FIRE OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:53:29 +0100

The reason for Recep Erdogan’s visit to Germany was sad. During the recent carnival period, a house in Ludwigshafen (south-west of Germany), where Turkish families lived, burnt down and left nine Turkish persons dead. While the Turkish media explained a racist and xenophobe background of this disaster to their readers, German authorities conduct a very transparent investigation allowing Turkish officials to supervise their work. For the time being, the reason for this deadly fire remains unclear.

LETTERS FROM ISTANBUL: MEDIA, TURBAN AND BAN

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:15:00 +0100

9h20. Phone’s calling. “Mr. Nonnenmacher? Hi, I’m Irem from the Turkish Daily News. I had to pick you up at your hotel. I’m sorry but i’ll be 10 to 15 minutes late. Trafic is horrible today”. Just time for a quick coffee break. Taking the elevators to the lobby. Sitting there, facing the street. Turning the computer on. Quick look at gmail. Then to the Six35’s yesterday edition. Some people look at me wondering: “God, who’s that guy with its…

TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES HEADSCARF CHANGES IN FIRST ROUND

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:13:37 +0100

(By Gökce Gündüc / Source: Bianet.org - Turkey) The bill put forward by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) suggesting constitutional change in order to allow women wearing headscarves to attend university was passed in the first round yesterday (6 February). After a debate lasting for over thirteen hours, amendments to Articles 10 and 42 were passed with between 397 and 404 votes. The second round of votes will be on Saturday…

LETTERS FROM ISTANBUL: CROSSING THE BRIDGE

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:45:00 +0100

Heard, when released, a lot about it. (Re)discovered those past days via a Turkish friend. Movie midday by Besiktas. Another look on Istanbul and Turkey than the one too often heard in France. Some won't probably care, stucked as they are in their (sad) believness. Some may see that city, the Turks, differently. Much closer from who they really are. Till then keep on meeting people, filming for Europeus and the Six35. Ten years I had had not been there.…

TURKEY: NO COURT CASE AGAINST HRANT DINK'S LAWYER

noreply@blogspirit.com (EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA) — Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:31:26 +0100

(By Erol Önderoglu / Source : Bianet.org – Turkey) An Istanbul court dropped the case against Hrant Dink’s lawyer Erdal Dogan for writing that nationalist lawyer Fuat Turgut should be tried for threatening Hrant Dink. After lawyer Hrant Dink’s lawyer Erdal Dogan wrote an article entitled “The big brothers use the law very well” in the Aksam newspaper on 9 April 2007, lawyer Fuat Turgut filed a criminal complaint against him. Fuat Turgut, who was taken into custody and later…