Turkey opposition in disarray
Burak Akinci
Published — Friday 13 November 2015
The stunning victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party in legislative elections has plunged the Turkish opposition into disarray, leaving it fighting simmering rebellions and baffled over how to challenge the strongman leader.
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Friday, November 13, 2015
World Leaders Prepare for G20 Summit in Turkey
World Leaders Prepare for G20 Summit in Turkey
Smita Nordwall
November 13, 2015 12:51 AM
Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies (the G20) are to meet in the Turkish resort town of Antalya for two days, starting Sunday, to discuss economic and tax cooperation, the migrant crisis and climate change.
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Smita Nordwall
November 13, 2015 12:51 AM
Leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies (the G20) are to meet in the Turkish resort town of Antalya for two days, starting Sunday, to discuss economic and tax cooperation, the migrant crisis and climate change.
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Turkey: EU and UN address Turkey’s troublesome arts freedom record | Freemuse
Turkey: EU and UN address Turkey’s troublesome arts freedom record
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Significant shortcomings in the promotion of democracy and human rights feature highly in the European Commission’s 2015 Progress Report on Turkey, which points to ‘significant backsliding’ on protection of freedom of expression in the last two years after several years of progress.
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In: News, Reports/By: Freemuse/
Significant shortcomings in the promotion of democracy and human rights feature highly in the European Commission’s 2015 Progress Report on Turkey, which points to ‘significant backsliding’ on protection of freedom of expression in the last two years after several years of progress.
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Obama Set to Meet Turkish President Erdogan to Discuss ISIL, Syria
Obama Set to Meet Turkish President Erdogan to Discuss ISIL, Syria
© AFP 2015/ Saul LOEB
Politics
20:37 12.11.2015(updated 20:49 12.11.2015)
Obama and Erdogan are set to discuss US-Turkey counter-ISIL efforts and the situation in Syria during their meeting on Sunday.
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© AFP 2015/ Saul LOEB
Politics
20:37 12.11.2015(updated 20:49 12.11.2015)
Obama and Erdogan are set to discuss US-Turkey counter-ISIL efforts and the situation in Syria during their meeting on Sunday.
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The specter of elected despotism – POLITICO
The specter of elected despotism
How Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan beat us at our own game.
By
Melik Kaylan
11/13/15, 5:30 AM CET
Updated 11/13/15, 12:08 PM CET
A specter is haunting Europe, and the world — the specter of elected despotism. In Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iran, and even as far afield as Venezuela, a new order is challenging the Western model of liberal democracy.
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How Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan beat us at our own game.
By
Melik Kaylan
11/13/15, 5:30 AM CET
Updated 11/13/15, 12:08 PM CET
A specter is haunting Europe, and the world — the specter of elected despotism. In Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iran, and even as far afield as Venezuela, a new order is challenging the Western model of liberal democracy.
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Turkey's path to dictatorship - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Turkey's path to dictatorship
Armed with his Justice and Development Party's (AKP) stunning Nov. 1 election victory, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is revisiting his goal of replacing the country's parliamentary government with an executive presidency.
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Armed with his Justice and Development Party's (AKP) stunning Nov. 1 election victory, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is revisiting his goal of replacing the country's parliamentary government with an executive presidency.
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Turkey Tightening Media Crackdown as EU Looks On
Turkey Tightening Media Crackdown as EU Looks On
Dorian Jones
November 12, 2015 1:26 PM
ISTANBUL—
Concerns over media freedom in Turkey are growing with the opening of a trial against a journalist who is facing 23 years in jail for writing about members of the judiciary who allegedly received preferential treatment in a real estate deal. Meanwhile, the European Union is under criticism for allegedly ignoring the crackdown.
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Dorian Jones
November 12, 2015 1:26 PM
ISTANBUL—
Concerns over media freedom in Turkey are growing with the opening of a trial against a journalist who is facing 23 years in jail for writing about members of the judiciary who allegedly received preferential treatment in a real estate deal. Meanwhile, the European Union is under criticism for allegedly ignoring the crackdown.
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Turkey overshadows EU-Africa summit
Turkey overshadows EU-Africa summit
By Nikolaj Nielsen
Valletta, 12. Nov, 19:21
The long red-carpeted corridors in the former Sacra Imfermeria of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Malta’s capital city Valletta are crowded with EU leaders and other senior officials.
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By Nikolaj Nielsen
Valletta, 12. Nov, 19:21
The long red-carpeted corridors in the former Sacra Imfermeria of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Malta’s capital city Valletta are crowded with EU leaders and other senior officials.
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Erdogan's Art of Political Warfare
Erdogan’s Art of Political Warfare
Burak Kadercan
November 12, 2015
Only a couple of weeks ago, spectators of Turkish politics — almost unanimously — were convinced that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice Development Party (AKP) were about to face yet another electoral defeat. In June, the AKP failed to achieve a majority in a general election for the first time since 2002. Its share of the vote dropped to little more than 40 percent, all the way from close to 50 percent from the elections of 2011. The June elections showed that Erdogan, long thought to be invincible by many, could actually bleed. Now that Erdogan was wounded, it would not take much to knock him out. Or so they thought.
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Burak Kadercan
November 12, 2015
Only a couple of weeks ago, spectators of Turkish politics — almost unanimously — were convinced that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice Development Party (AKP) were about to face yet another electoral defeat. In June, the AKP failed to achieve a majority in a general election for the first time since 2002. Its share of the vote dropped to little more than 40 percent, all the way from close to 50 percent from the elections of 2011. The June elections showed that Erdogan, long thought to be invincible by many, could actually bleed. Now that Erdogan was wounded, it would not take much to knock him out. Or so they thought.
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Turkey’s free and unfair election - James in Turkey
Turkey’s free and unfair election
Thursday 12 November 2015 0
Last Sunday’s result astonished us all, even though it was what the people of Turkey voted for. That doesn’t mean it was fair.
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Thursday 12 November 2015 0
Last Sunday’s result astonished us all, even though it was what the people of Turkey voted for. That doesn’t mean it was fair.
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EU wants migrant summit with Turkey at end-November or early December, says Merkel - Yahoo News
EU wants migrant summit with Turkey at end-November or early December, says Merkel
VALLETTA (Reuters) - The European Union plans to hold a summit with Turkey at the end of November or beginning of December to discuss how to tackle the migration crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the end of an EU meeting in Malta on Thursday.
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VALLETTA (Reuters) - The European Union plans to hold a summit with Turkey at the end of November or beginning of December to discuss how to tackle the migration crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the end of an EU meeting in Malta on Thursday.
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Germany should give refugee aid to Turkey if EU deal fails: vice chancellor - Yahoo News
Germany should give refugee aid to Turkey if EU deal fails: vice chancellor
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany should unilaterally provide aid to Turkey for refugees to help slow the flow across the Aegean Sea to Greece if the EU fails to reach a common deal with Ankara on the issue, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany should unilaterally provide aid to Turkey for refugees to help slow the flow across the Aegean Sea to Greece if the EU fails to reach a common deal with Ankara on the issue, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday.
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Turkish wage hike plan sets alarm bells ringing over economy | Reuters
Turkish wage hike plan sets alarm bells ringing over economy
ISTANBUL | By Asli Kandemir
When Turkey's government increases the minimum wage by around 30 percent in January it will make good on an election promise to millions of workers currently struggling to make ends meet.
But unless it introduces strong countermeasures to soften the impact of such a steep rise on an uncompetitive and inflation-ridden economy, it also risks setting itself on a collision course with domestic employers and international investors.
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ISTANBUL | By Asli Kandemir
When Turkey's government increases the minimum wage by around 30 percent in January it will make good on an election promise to millions of workers currently struggling to make ends meet.
But unless it introduces strong countermeasures to soften the impact of such a steep rise on an uncompetitive and inflation-ridden economy, it also risks setting itself on a collision course with domestic employers and international investors.
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Turkey opposition dazed after Erdogan poll knockout | theSundaily
Turkey opposition dazed after Erdogan poll knockout
Posted on 12 November 2015 - 07:04pm
ANKARA: The stunning victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party in legislative elections has plunged the Turkish opposition into disarray, leaving it fighting simmering rebellions and baffled over how to challenge the strongman leader.
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Posted on 12 November 2015 - 07:04pm
ANKARA: The stunning victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party in legislative elections has plunged the Turkish opposition into disarray, leaving it fighting simmering rebellions and baffled over how to challenge the strongman leader.
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Turkey Haunted by Its Ghosts - The New York Times
Turkey Haunted by Its Ghosts
NOV. 12, 2015
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — “We don’t want Turkey to become Syria or Diyarbakir to become Aleppo.”
Those were the words of Tahir Elci, the president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association when I spoke to him after the recent Turkish election here in this troubled city of strong Kurdish national sentiment. On the night of the vote tires smoldered and the tear-gas-heavy air stung. In the center of the old city, rubble and walls pockmarked with bullet holes attest to the violence as police confront restive Kurds.
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NOV. 12, 2015
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — “We don’t want Turkey to become Syria or Diyarbakir to become Aleppo.”
Those were the words of Tahir Elci, the president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association when I spoke to him after the recent Turkish election here in this troubled city of strong Kurdish national sentiment. On the night of the vote tires smoldered and the tear-gas-heavy air stung. In the center of the old city, rubble and walls pockmarked with bullet holes attest to the violence as police confront restive Kurds.
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Erdogan′s second chance
Erdogan′s second chance
Can Recep Tayyip Erdogan distance himself from the paternalistic style of government he has favoured in the past? Having been granted a considerable mandate by the Turkish population at the beginning of November, those in the AKP administration can surely afford to take a more benign approach to minority groups and those advocating peaceful dissent. By Sinan Ulgen
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Can Recep Tayyip Erdogan distance himself from the paternalistic style of government he has favoured in the past? Having been granted a considerable mandate by the Turkish population at the beginning of November, those in the AKP administration can surely afford to take a more benign approach to minority groups and those advocating peaceful dissent. By Sinan Ulgen
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Powerful Again, Turkish President Erdogan Faces Choice Between War and Peace With Kurdish Militants - WSJ
Powerful Again, Turkish President Erdogan Faces Choice Between War and Peace With Kurdish Militants
Nov. 12, 2015 5:30 a.m. ET
ISTANBUL—As a consummate politician, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has benefited from renewed war with Kurdish militants to rally voters and regain control over Turkey in a rerun of elections this month.
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Nov. 12, 2015 5:30 a.m. ET
ISTANBUL—As a consummate politician, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has benefited from renewed war with Kurdish militants to rally voters and regain control over Turkey in a rerun of elections this month.
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Fear and loathing in Turkey | European Council on Foreign Relations
Fear and loathing in Turkey
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş
12th November, 2015
“Don’t tell my wife but I voted for AKP,” whispered a businessman, a self-declared hater of Turkey’s ruling party, explaining why he joined the 4.5 million extra voters that gave the Justice and Development Party (AKP) its unexpected – and meteoric— rise in Turkey’s snap elections on 1 November.
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Aslı Aydıntaşbaş
12th November, 2015
“Don’t tell my wife but I voted for AKP,” whispered a businessman, a self-declared hater of Turkey’s ruling party, explaining why he joined the 4.5 million extra voters that gave the Justice and Development Party (AKP) its unexpected – and meteoric— rise in Turkey’s snap elections on 1 November.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Antalya hotels to host world leaders during the G20 Leaders’ Summit
Antalya hotels to host world leaders during the G20 Leaders’ Summit
Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:02
Published by Ozgur Tore
Turkey’s Mediterranean city of Antalya is ready to host the world leaders during the G20 Leaders’ Summit that takes place on November 15 and 16. United States President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saudi Arabia King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the leaders that will be in Antalya.
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Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:02
Published by Ozgur Tore
Turkey’s Mediterranean city of Antalya is ready to host the world leaders during the G20 Leaders’ Summit that takes place on November 15 and 16. United States President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saudi Arabia King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among the leaders that will be in Antalya.
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Turkish Police Raid Anti-Erdogan Newspaper Headquarters
Turkish Police Raid Anti-Erdogan Newspaper Headquarters
by Mary Chastain11 Nov 20150
Turkish police have raided the headquarters of the newspaper Zaman, a publication known to publish pieces critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Police are demanding to search the building and, according to witnesses, are equipped with water cannons.
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by Mary Chastain11 Nov 20150
Turkish police have raided the headquarters of the newspaper Zaman, a publication known to publish pieces critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Police are demanding to search the building and, according to witnesses, are equipped with water cannons.
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