Turkish Politics & Internal Affairs

[Zulkarneyn]

Are you from Kahramanmaras or something?

Nice deduction

 

[Attila the Hun]

Yes.

Really??

Nice deduction

Complete guesstimate . i swear

 

[bsruzm]

Really??

Why not?

 

[hacibin]

Islamic faith&Secularism
You could be right....in the year of 2009.

 

[Islamic faith&Secularism]

Islamic faith&Secularism
You could be right....in the year of 2009.

I have said that since 2000s, still claim so, of course some has withdrawn from the AKP project for some reasons, or after they got what they demanded(like Greece with islands, return of some assets to church in Istanbul, ecumanic etc.).

However, The AKP is replacing them with the new ones, and desparetly seeking for the new ones; She does this only to keep the power as long as she can no matter what it will cost to The country; Because she knows what will hapen to them as soon as they leave the power.

I can assure you that who ever today defends the AKP to death will also curse on them more than any one does today, just like they curse on Gulen today, while we were cursing for decades and they were defending Gulen against us untill July 15th.

 

[AUz]

Damn...tunnels, bridges, under water trains,metro, and now mono rail...all to address Istanbul's traffic? What the heck!

But seriously, best of luck to you bros!

 

[Attila the Hun]

Why not?

That is cool

Damn...tunnels, bridges, under water trains,metro, and now mono rail...all to address Istanbul's traffic? What the heck!

But seriously, best of luck to you bros!

Allah kara ka hum hamsha acha dost reha







If that is something bad, blame my Pakistani friend!!!!

 

[bsruzm]

That is cool

Good to know

 

[AUz]

That is cool



Allah kara ka hum hamsha acha dost reha







If that is something bad, blame my Pakistani friend!!!!

Haha it says "May Allah keep us friends"

So it's good!

 

[Royal Kathiyawadi]

Bad decision, this will destroy historic beauty of Istanbul.

 

[Beno]

Nice

 

[Solomon2]

3 FETO-linked California schools face closure
Los Angeles Board of Education expected to vote next week on district recommendations to close schools

See? In the U.S. the Gulenists were being pursued for suspected crimes long before the July coup attempt. That's why the insistence that the U.S. deliver Gulen only is so suspicious to me. Turks know the Gulenists as a dangerous organization in Turkey. Because of situations like this one, I find it reasonable to suspect the Gulenists are a danger in the U.S., too. Yet it seems the information about this is being withheld by the Erdogan government, in favor of pursuing Gulen exclusively. Why?

MURAT YETKİN

murat.yetkin@hurriyet.com.tr


Byzantine games over Turkey’s new charter

The efforts by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) to effect a constitutional shift from Turkey’s parliamentary system to an executive-presidential one have stepped up with support from Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

That has been the political target of President Tayyip Erdoğan for a long time. Complaining about being slowed down by parliament and the courts, Erdoğan wants a stronger executive by decreasing the role of the prime minister and increasing that of the executive on legislation and the judiciary; that means fewer checks and balances.

When Bahçeli said that in order to get rid of the “de facto presidency” under Erdoğan, which he claimed “might pave the way for new coup attempts,” his party would agree to go to a referendum over the AK Parti proposal if they bring it to parliament, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım immediately agreed.

The two other opposition parties strongly reacted as expected. Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), which is focused on the Kurdish issue, accused the AK Parti and the MHP of “dragging the country into a dictatorship hand-in-hand.” The HDP has very little hope of being included in political projections by the AK Parti, unless it unequivocally condemns the acts of terror by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and distances itself from it.

But the social democratic main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is not like that. It is actually the rational partner for the AK Parti for a real reform in the system for a better democracy. And that’s not just because it represents a counterbalance to the AK Parti with its conservative and partly Islamist grassroots, but also because the two could achieve a sizable majority in parliament of 75 percent of voters when they combine their forces.

The AK Parti has 317 seats in the 550-seat Turkish parliament, although that is effectively 316 since the speaker is from the AK Parti and cannot vote. The CHP has 133, the HDP 59 and the MHP 40. The AK Parti and CHP together reach 449, well beyond the two-thirds qualified majority of 367. The AK Parti and MHP, on the other hand, have 356, 11 short of the magic figure of 367, but in excess of the three-fifths majority of 330 which is enough to take the draft to a referendum.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the CHP, has become upset since he previously said he had given a positive response to the call of PM Yıldırım to make the constitution together through a commission in parliament. He accused the MHP of being in a plot with the AK Parti to finish off the parliamentary system to pave the way for one-man-rule in Turkey.

At that point, Bahçeli said his support was to take the AK Parti draft to the people, but in the referendum, he and his party would vote against the executive presidential system; instead, he said he was for the strengthening of the parliamentary system.

Then AK Parti officials started to talk about April or May being the date for a referendum, as well as the inclusion of a new election law in the constitutional package.

Actually, those two factors are also things the CHP expects in a new constitution, together with a reform to ensure judicial independence and the separation of powers. To decrease the unfair 10 percent election hurdle is something the CHP is also looking for. But the AK Parti and CHP cannot agree on one key issue in regard to judicial reform. The CHP says judges to be elected to the top judicial posts should get elected with a qualified majority by parliament in order to force the parties to engage in reconciliation. But the AK Parti says a simple majority would be enough, which means the governing party will determine all the top judicial positions. Plus, both the CHP and the MHP wants the president to be accountable to the Constitutional Court; currently the president is unaccountable to everything he or she does in office except treason.

Being against an executive presidential system, the CHP will only be ready to discuss it if the AK Parti comes up with proposals suggesting the empowerment of the judiciary through reform, increasing control of parliament over the government and making the president accountable as well.

What the AK Parti is trying to do by courting the MHP might be to force the CHP to cooperate with them over the new constitution. But trying to do that with the stick of a referendum is a dangerous game.

A referendum is one of the most primitive political tools since it aims to design the future of nations (unlike elections with limited time) with momentary perceptions and feelings. Brexit is the best example to see that referendums are to be avoided for the long-term future of countries, no matter how attractive they appear in the short run.
October/21/2016

 

[Attila the Hun]

Haha it says "May Allah keep us friends"

So it's good!

Thank god for that!! haha

 

[Islamic faith&Secularism]

The AKP policy makers are working for the interests of Turkey:

http://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/cavusuglundan-saka-gibi-aciklama-148760h.htm


The photo taken in a street in Mosul; in which PKK terrorists are assisting KRG/Barzani forces on the demand of Barzani.

In Iraq, The AKP/Erdoğan makes an alliance with Barzani who makes alliance with a terrorist organisation that hits Turkey for decades.

Congrats!


Meanwhile, The same Barzani-owned T.V channel shows almost half of Turkey as part of imaginative ''Kurdistan'', in which the names of cities are changed with different names.

Congrats to the AKP and Erdoğan!

http://www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr/barzaninin-kanali-turk-illerini-sozde-kurdistana-katti-148743h.htm

 

[Attila the Hun]

Turkish diplomats seek asylum in Germany after coup bid
Interior Ministry says it will consider extradition on case-by-case basis

By Ayhan Simsek

BERLIN

Dozens of Turkish diplomats, military officers and their families have sought asylum in Germany since the July 15 coup attempt, local officials said Friday.

The Interior Ministry said 35 Turkish diplomatic passport holders had formally applied for asylum.

The information, given in response to a parliamentary question, did not give any details about the asylum seekers' identities, positions or status of their applications.

Turkey recalled scores of diplomats and military staff in the wake of the foiled coup over suspected ties to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), which is believed to have organized the attempted military takeover.

Many suspects sought asylum in European countries, including the military attache in Berlin, Col. Ayhan Dagli.

The Interior Ministry said any extradition request by the Turkish government would be examined on a case-by-case basis by higher regional courts.

Germany, which has a three million strong Turkish community, is among the countries where FETO, led by U.S.-based Fetullah Gulen, has a large network with dozens of private schools, businesses and media organizations.

Several important Gulenist figures from Turkey, including prosecutors and journalists, are believed to have fled to Germany.

Last month Turkey officially asked the German authorities to locate, arrest and hand over two high-profile prosecutors, Zekeriya Oz and Celal Kara, who are accused of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government.

They played a key role in a controversial anti-corruption probe in late 2013 that targeted the upper reaches of government.

Germany views Gulenists with suspicion but the group is not outlawed in the country, with the authorities stressing that such a move could only come with concrete evidence of criminality.

FETO is primarily focused on interfaith dialogue programs promoting messages of moderate Islam in Germany in what many see as an effort to win the trust of the media and political institutions.

http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkish-diplomats-seek-asylum-in-germany-after-coup-bid/669879