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AKP-Gulen strife worsens ahead of March 30 elections

18 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Al-Monitor

The Turkish elections to be held in less than two weeks, on March 30, are “local elections” in name only. There is currently such a hardened and ill-tempered political and social polarization in the country that the elections are being attributed the function of a general election — that is, a referendum to decide the fate of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey has not held local elections in such a tense and foul atmosphere since 1946, when the country adopted a multiparty system.

Turkish PM Erdoğan pressured daily to fire a headscarved columnist, CHP leader says

18 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğluhas criticized Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over leaked audio recordings of telephone calls, in which the prime minister allegedly pressures the editor-in-chief of a pro-government daily to fire a headscarved columnist over her writings.

Tension in Turkey neither tolerable nor sustainable, says BDP

18 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will either have to change its polarizing attitude on March 31 – the day after local elections – in taking a lesson from the polls results or will have to call for early elections due to the tension that it has ratcheted up in society, according to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).

Is Turkey heading toward Alevi-Sunni clashes?

17 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Al-Monitor

The last week has been very bitter for Turkey. First, Alevi youth Berkin Elvan, who was injured during last year's Gezi Park protests, died in the hospital. Then, Sunni youth Burakcan Karamanoglu was killed in an incident during the funeral ceremony for Berkin Elvan, and the extreme leftist terror organization Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) claimed responsibility. Following these deaths, the Turkish media started to deliberate a potential Alevi-Sunni confrontation.

Gulen attempting to incite chaos in Turkey: Erdogan

17 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Press TV

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again accused US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen of attempting to incite chaos in Turkey ahead of key local elections.

Erdogan made the remarks in an election rally in the town of Manisa on Sunday, describing Gulen as the leader of “neo-Ergenekon.” Ergenekon was the name of an organization with links to Turkey’s military which Erdogan accused of attempting to topple his government.

Sources of wiretapping leaks identified: Turkish Deputy PM

16 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

Those who leaked the alleged wiretapped phone calls of government, business and media figures have been identified, Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay said on March 15.

Scores of wiretaps have been leaked online since the start of the Dec. 17 graft investigation and listened to by millions of people. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had confirmed the authenticity of some of the recordings, while rejecting the others as “montages.”

Is Turkey heading toward Alevi-Sunni clashes?

16 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Al-Monitor

The last week has been very bitter for Turkey. First, Alevi youth Berkin Elvan, who was injured during last year's Gezi Park protests, died in the hospital. Then, Sunni youth Burakcan Karamanoglu was killed in an incident during the funeral ceremony for Berkin Elvan, and the extreme leftist terror organization Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) claimed responsibility. Following these deaths, the Turkish media started to deliberate a potential Alevi-Sunni confrontation.

Turkish Parliament to convene March 19 over corruption claims

14 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

Parliament will meet in an extraordinary session to discuss summaries of proceedings regarding four former ministers. The confirmation of the session represents a landmark development since Dec. 17, 2013, when a massive corruption and graft probe engulfing the prime minister and some of his Cabinet members first went public. 

Turkey’s main opposition leader: I fear provocations by government during funeral march

12 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey’s main opposition leader has issued a warning about possible “dangerous provocations” by government actors during and in the wake of today's funeral for Berkin Elvan, who died on March 11 after lying in a coma for 269 days as a result of being hit by a tear gas canister by police during the Gezi Park protests.

Turkish opposition unites for graft notices session at Parliament

11 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

Three opposition parties have agreed to appeal to the office of the Parliament Speaker for an extraordinary session in order to read out a summary of proceedings regarding four former members of the Cabinet over a massive corruption and graft probe. 

The Republican People’s Party (CHP), which has 134 seats at Parliament called on the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) with their 52 and 26 seats respectively, to support its move to convene Parliament in an extraordinary session before the local elections. 

Turkish President Gül urges measures to accelerate trials

11 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

The president has complained about the lengthy process of trials, which led to the release of some defendants, citing the Hezbollah case.

“Lengthy detentions turned into punishments. It’s not acceptable to not make a decision over such a long amount of time,” President Abdullah Gül said on March 11, speaking at a joint press conference with Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou.

Islamic scholar Gülen says Turkish PM Erdoğan risking decade of reforms: Report

11 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hürriyet Daily News

U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen locked in a feud with the Turkish government has likened Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan's grip on power to that of the once-dominant military, and warned that political and economic reforms of the past decade are under threat. 

In a rare written political commentary, Pennsylvania-based preacher Gülen said Erdoğan had lost trust at home and abroad because of measures such as curbs on Internet freedom, greater government control of the courts and stronger powers for the intelligence agency. 

Opposition MHP leader accuses PM Erdoğan of establishing own media

11 Mar 2014
Turquía
Fuente: 
Today's Zaman
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of shaping media groups to serve his political interests after doing away with the democratic principle of separation of powers.
“After subordinating the legislative, the executive and the judiciary to himself, the prime minister is forming, by the exertion of pressure on the media, media groups that will serve his purposes,” Bahçeli said at his party's local election rally in Tokat on Tuesday.  

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