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Turkish performance artist starts a new quieter form of protest
ISTANBUL -- After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: standing still. The trend was launched by performance artist Erdem Gunduz, who stood silently for hours in Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Monday night, in passive defiance of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's violent crackdown ...
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Social Media And Istanbuls Protests Four Things You Need To Know
With still Gezi empty, social media, used extensively in the demonstrations' early days, now plays an even more important role. With no central location to coordinate action and spread information, the protesters are using it to fill the void left behind. Here are four things you should know about that ...
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Turkey is safe despite protests says envoy
(MENAFN - Arab News) A Turkish official has reassured Saudis that it is safe to spend their holidays in Turkey despite the protests taking place in Istanbul and elsewhere.hmad Gun, Turkish ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said the situation was stable. "These protests are limited to a very narrow area and don't affect tourists and visitors," he said.Abdullah Al-Ajhar, vice director for ...
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Italy ratifies Istanbul Convention on violence against women
Italy became the fifth country Wednesday to ratify the Istanbul Convention, which aims to curb violence against women. The Senate held a moment of silence in memory of victims of violence before the vote, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The treaty must be ratified by at least 10 countries including eight members of the European Council before it takes effect. So far, it has been ...
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Arab Spring Islamist leaders support Turkeys Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan , flew to the Maghreb for meetings and trade agreements in Morocco, Algeria and Tunis. Through letters published on activist websites, Turkish protesters urged Tunisians, who overthrew the autocratic Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in an uprising more than two years ago, to demonstrate against the Turkish prime minister. As Mr Erdogan assured leaders in Morocco that everything was ...
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Turkish official OKs standing man rallies
Although police dispersed pockets of protesters who set up barricades in two Turkish cities overnight, sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations have largely given way to a passive form of resistance, with people standing motionless. Hundreds of protesters stood still for hours on squares on main streets in several cities, mimicking a lone protester who started the trend on ...
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Turkish pm Does a dictator make a plebiscite
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said that illegal groups resorted to violence in the background ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said, "Gezi Park was a theatre, where the intimate youth were in the foreground; however, illegal groups resorted to violence in the background."Erdogan who spoke at a meeting of his Justice and Development (AK) Party's ...
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At a 4 hour meeting that began midnight Erdogan promised artists and NGOs a plebiscite for project and investi…
At a 4 hour meeting that began midnight Erdogan promised artists and NGOs a plebiscite for project and investigations on police actions ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met eight artists and representatives of Taksim Solidarity late Thursday for about four hours at the Official Residence in capital Ankara as part of his talks related to the Gezi Park protests.Erdogan received ...
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Turkish President Gul said EP should take Turkey`s EU accession negotiations int…
Turkish President Gul said EP should take Turkey`s EU accession negotiations into consideration ARDAHAN - Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday that Taksim Gezi Park protests held across Turkey were similar to the ones in Madrid, Athens, New York and London, criticizing the European Parliament`s resolution on Turkey without having accurate and healthy information on Gezi Park ...
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Alleged mastermind of the Reyhanli twin car bombings is among those sent to jail…
Alleged mastermind of the Reyhanli twin car bombings is among those sent to jail ADANA - A court in Turkey on Friday arrested four suspects in May`s deadly twin bombings in a southern town near the Syrian border. Those arrested included the prime suspect and the mastermind of double bomb attacks that killed 52 in Turkey`s southern town of Reyhanli. He was caught while trying to cross the border ...
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British PM We admire political and economic freedom progress in Turkey
Cameron said, Turkey's journey over last few decades in terms of political freedom and economic freedom has been remarkable LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Turkey's journey over the last few decades in terms of political freedom and economic freedom had been remarkable.Cameron replied the questions about Gezi Park protests at a press meeting in regards to G8 ...
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A criminal court ordered release of 37 in Feb 28 military coup case including r…
A criminal court ordered release of 37 in Feb 28 military coup case, including right-wing MP Alan, who is still under detention for Ergenekon trial ANKARA - Ankara 13th High Criminal Court ordered Friday the release of 37 out of 75 detained suspects in case over what is labeled as "the February 28 process", a military campaign that eventually forced an elected government in the country ...
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Contest of Masks Can the path of protest lead Turkey anywhere
Violence On Monday, public workers of three major Turkish trade unions tried and failed to stage a mass protest. After being barred from Taksim Square, they picked another street, but the turnout was so low that the protest had little visual impact. The media and the young demonstrators - dubbed "looters" ('capulcular' in Turkish) by PM Erdogan - became bored very ...
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Turkey unrest Police investigated over demonstrators death
Ethem Sarisuluk was declared brain dead in hospital after being shot in the head during a violent police crackdown on protesters in the Turkish capital, Ankara, two weeks ago.There has been international condemnation of the brutal police tactics against the protesters. At least four people have died so far. But unlike others who died of injuries related to tear gas and a traffic accident, Mr ...
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Leadership Lessons From Turkeys Unrest The Rise Of Moral Authority
In the 21st century, being in power doesn't mean having power. Dov Seidman, author and CEO of the corporate good governance company LRN, expands on ideas he discusses in today's Thomas Friedman column about the critical mistakes of Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip ...
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Turkish president receives acting premier
Turkish Acting Prime Minister Arinc said he would hold press conference at noon to evaluate latest developments, especially Taksim Gezi Park protests ANKARA - Turkish Acting Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said Tuesday he would hold a press meeting at noon on the latest developments in Turkey about the ongoing Taksim Gezi Park protests.Turkish President Abdullah Gul received Arinc at the Cankaya ...
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Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre…
Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre although many Syrian people had died WASHINGTON - Turkish Ambassador to United States Namik Tan stated Tuesday that the world continued to watch the massacre although many Syrian people had died, calling on the United Nations Security Council to help put an halt to it.Speaking at the "32nd annual ...
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Istanbul 2020 hoping Mediterranean Games and FIFA Under-20 World Cup will help get bid back on track
June 19 - Turkish officials behind Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will be hoping for the chance to get their campaign back on track when the Mediterranean Games opens tomorrow in Mersin. After more than two weeks of rioting the situation has remained relatively calm since the weekened when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cleared the protestors who had ...
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Turkey unrest Investigation launched into death of protester shot dead by police officer
Turkish authorities are investigating a police officer accused of shooting a demonstrator dead during anti-government protests, according to local ...
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Turkeys Standing Man Can a lone protester change history
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , founder of modern Turkey's secular democracy. "I'm nothingThe idea is important: Why people resist the government," ...
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Turkey A Long and Eventful Week in Istanbul
It has been a long and eventful week in Istanbul. It will be hard for many who were there to forget the scenes reminiscent of war on the streets around Taksim Square and Gezi Park, the site of the protests, on Tuesday evening and into the night. After apparently conciliatory tweets from Istanbul governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu to the young protesters occupying Gezi Park just a day earlier, and ...
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FIFA More security for U20 WCup in Turkey
A young woman stands in a silent protest at Taksim Square in, Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. (AP Photo/Petr David ...
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Transportation Minister Meets Turkish Deputy Defence Minister
Paris, June 19 (BNA)-- Transportation Minister Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed met here today Turkish Deputy Defence Minister Hasan Kemal Yard?mc? and Deputy Undersecretary at Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries Serdar Demirel during a visit they paid to Bahrain's pavilion at the 50th International Paris Air Show -Le Bourget 2013. The meeting was held on the sidelines of a ...
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Turkish demonstrators plan next moves
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the deputies of his ruling Justice and Development Party during a meeting with Turkish parliament on Tuesday, June 18. Erdogan said he had no intention of restricting anyone's democratic rights. "If you want to make a protest do it, do it, but do it within the framework of law," he ...
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Comparison of mass protests in Brazil and Turkey
Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democracies with a growing middle class. Here's a look at the protests in both countries, highlighting the similarities and differences in how they started and ...
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Turkey remains bridge between civilisations in railway plans
Turkey is often described as the gateway between two great civilisations, this is a theme employed commonly in our promotional material to encourage tourism and it has been invoked as part of the rhetoric used in ongoing efforts to join the EU, but the fact remains that Turkey is a key player in the world of geopolitics and this is seen most clearly in two major railway projects currently being planned between three regions of the world.
Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, is famous for being the only metropolitan region in the world that spans two continents, sitting as it does in both between Asia and Europe. This idiosyncrasy of the city has made it a popular tourist destination due to the diversity of culture and architecture, but on a wider scale, the geopolitical significance of Turkey is growing and will indeed grow further if two major infrastructure plans in the Middle East and Asia take shape in the next few decades. Read more
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