Tag Archives: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
US, Turkey initiate new fund for islamist radicalization
A new fund, formally called the Global Fund for Community Engagement and Resilience, will for the first time combine financing from both government and nongovernment entities to identify credible local organizations; develop, monitor and evaluate programs; and channel funds to local projects that target groups and individuals vulnerable to appeals from terrorist groups. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/world/us-and-turkey-to-create-fund-to-stem-extremism.html?hp&_r=0 […]
Turk protesters continue to suffer from tear gas use
In a report released last week, the Turkish Medical Association, based in Ankara, the capital, said it had questioned more than 11,000 protesters nationwide who were exposed to tear gas for up to eight hours a day over multiple days during the protests, which convulsed Turkey for weeks in June. It said 39 percent complained […]
Erdogan shows true globalist colors as US Syria strike fades
On Thursday, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a strong advocate for military intervention in the Syrian war, reacted angrily to the United States’ decision to delay a military strike there — a decision analysts said had left Mr. Erdogan more politically vulnerable at home. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/world/middleeast/for-turkeys-leader-syrias-war-worsens-his-problems-at-home.html?ref=world In a speech to a trade group, […]
Turkish police state goes after journalists again
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday of cowing local news media into self-censorship after a journalists’ group said dozens of reporters had been fired for their coverage of antigovernment protests. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/world/europe/turkey-72-journalists-forced-out-for-covering-protests-union-says.html?emc=eta1&_r=0 The Turkish Journalists Union said at least 72 journalists had been fired or forced to take leave or had resigned in the past […]
Turkish police state arrests students as terrorists
Antiterrorism police units in Istanbul on Tuesday raided dozens of residences, including several college dormitories, in a crackdown on those who participated in widespread antigovernment demonstrations in June, detaining at least 30 people. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/world/europe/turkish-crackdown-on-demonstrators.html The police, citing terrorism laws, issued a temporary order withholding legal assistance to the detainees and denying them access to their […]
Turkey foreshadows US police state
The Turkish authorities widened their crackdown on the antigovernment protest movement on Sunday, taking aim not just at the demonstrators themselves, but also at the medics who treat their injuries, the business owners who shelter them and the foreign news media flocking here to cover a growing political crisis. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/world/europe/turkey.html?pagewanted=2&hpw In some of his toughest […]
Turkish police state turns on enviromentalists
Police staged a dawn raid on demonstrators who had been camping for days in Gezi Park in anger at plans to build a shopping mall, and clouds of tear gas rose around the area in Taksim Square that has long been a venue for political protest. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/05/31/world/europe/31reuters-turkey-protests.html?ref=world Amnesty International said it was concerned by what […]
Turkish court finds state conspiracy in journalist death
A Turkish appeals court ruled Wednesday that the killers of an ethnic Armenian journalist did not act alone but were part of a criminal conspiracy. “We have strong evidence that state officials were involved in the conspiracy, and that evidence is even in the prosecutor’s report,” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/world/europe/turkish-court-sees-conspiracy-in-the-journalist-hrant-dinks-death.html?ref=world The journalist was shot to death in broad […]
Dirty Babylon 