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palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

The Yazidi refugees who fled massacres at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq are now being forced to vacate their camp in Turkey — in the dead of winter, on short notice.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/turkey-refugees-trustee-comes-yazidis-leave.html

Turkish designer attacked at Istanbul airport for critical video

Mayor of Ankara Melih Gokcek said the attack on Barbaros Sansal was revenge for provoking the 'Turkish nation'
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-fashion-designer-attacked-istanbul-aiport-following-critical-video-1015234313

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Speaking to Dengê Kurdistan Radio, PKK Executive Council Member Murat Karayılan spoke about last night's attack on a popular nightclub in Istanbul, which left 39 people dead, mostly foreigners.

Karayılan underlined that no Kurdish force is involved in this attack, saying: "I am of the opinion that TAK would not carry out such an attack either. Ours is a rightful cause and all Kurdish and Kurdistani forces want to have the people of Turkey by their side. Kurdish freedom struggle is at the same time a fight for Turkey's democratization. To this end, we and no other Kurdish force would never target innocent civilians as we are fighting against Turkish colonialism."

Murat Karayılan made the following evaluations regarding the Istanbul attack:

"It seems that deep powers are involved in this attack. Why? Because Turkey is in a tough spot today, left alone and isolated from the world. Turkey has supported the ISIS and Al-Nusra in order to suppress the Kurdish freedom struggle and crush the Kurdish people. It later got engaged in the Syrian issue, developed different relations and grew away from NATO. It has now thrown itself into the arms of Russia but it knows that this will not yield any result either. Turkey resorts to such an organised incident in order to overcome this tough process and to say 'Look, ISIS is attacking us'. These people are cruel and they shed the blood of the people for the sake of their own ruling and interests.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/karayilan-no-kurdish-force-is-involved-in-the-istanbul-attack

Turkey closes coup commission as key questions linger

Did the Turkish government bargain with the putschists on the night of July 15? Who was involved in the political aspects of the coup? A parliamentary commission was supposed to answer these and other critical questions still hanging over the attempted coup, which has had dramatic consequences for the country. Earlier in December, however, the investigative commission abruptly wrapped up its work at the behest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-coup-commission-ends-work-questions-linger.html

Animosity toward Iran reaches fever pitch in Turkey after Aleppo

The “fall” of Aleppo has left the staunchly Sunni Islamist support base of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey with a deep sense of defeatism and resentment, and it has even prompted calls for revenge to be wreaked on Turkish Alevis.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-iran-animosity-reaches-fever-pitch.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Ditib-Imamen wird vorgeworfen, dass sie in ihren Moscheen Listen von angeblichen Gülen-Unterstützern angefertigt und an die Generalkonsulate weitergegeben haben
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/In-Deutschlands-Moscheen-wird-fuer-Erdogan-spioniert-3580954.html

Die Moschee nebenan

Die deutsche Verfassung schützt die Glaubens- und Religionsfreiheit. Aber gilt dieser Schutz auch dann noch, wenn das, was in den Moscheen gepredigt wird, nicht den Grundsätzen unserer Verfassung entspricht?

In einige Moscheen wurden Prediger eingeladen, die als Islamisten gelten. Junge Gläubige, vorwiegend Männer, die sich später dem Dschihad anschlossen, gingen in deutschen Moscheen ein und aus, zum Beispiel in der Al nur Moschee in Berlin.
Wie schwierig es ist, gegen extremistische Moscheen in Deutschland vorzugehen, erklärt der Präsident des Bundesverfassungsschutzes Hans-Georg Maaßen.

Auch die Moscheen des türkischen DITIB-Verbundes, die lange Zeit als Bollwerk gegen den Islamismus und als gemäßigt galten, sind in jüngster Zeit in die Kritik geraten. Man wirft ihnen vor, der lange Arm des türkischen Präsidenten Erdogan zu sein. Schon seit Jahrzehnten werden die Imame des türkisch-muslimischen Dachverbandes DITIB von der türkischen Religionsbehörde Diyanet nach Deutschland entsandt. Doch erst seit kurzem wird diese Praxis von der Politik in Frage gestellt.
https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfzoom/zdfzoom-die-moschee-nebenan-100.html

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Türkischer Geheimdienst - Paris: Ein Agent stirbt im Gefängnis

Der mutmaßliche Mörder der kurdis

chen Aktivistinnen Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan und Leyla Şaylemez und Agent des türkischen Geheimdienstes (MIT), Ömer Güney, wurde am 16.12.2016 tot in seiner Zelle aufgefunden. Sein plötzlicher Tod wirft Fragen auf. In Hamburg wird zeitgleich ein MIT-Agent verhaftet, der angeblich im Auftrag des türkischen Geheimdienstes zwei führende kurdische Politiker ermorden sollte.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkischer-Geheimdienst-Paris-Ein-Agent-stirbt-im-Gefaengnis-3581637.html

Culprit of the murder in Paris of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla dies
http://anfenglish.com/news/culprit-of-the-murder-in-paris-of-sakine-fidan-and-leyla-dies-update

How Turkey's journalists are preserving critical reporting

On the evening of Dec. 6, journalist Nergis Demirkaya sat in the Ankara office of the Human Rights Association (IHD) with a microphone in her hand, asking questions to her guests in a discussion on the latest developments in Turkey. It was a rendition of the program Demirkaya used to host on IMC TV, one of the many channels forcibly shut down since the July 15 coup attempt. This time, however, she had to do without a production-control room and there were no cameras shooting the program. Still, thousands of people watched the discussion, broadcast live on social media by no one else but the 15-strong audience in the hall, whose only equipment was their mobile phone.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-journalists-strive-sustain-critical-reporting.html

433 filmmakers investigated for demanding peace

An investigation has been launched against 433 filmmakers that supported the "We Won’t Be a Party To This Crime" declaration of academics.

The following statement was made in the document signed by İstanbul Provincial Police Chief Haydar Özdemir and sent to the Union of Artists: “During the ‘terrorist propaganda’ investigation numbered 2016/5734 regarding the 11328 suspects that made statements supposedly supporting the peace negotiations, an investigation on ‘praising crime and criminals’ has been launched against 433 artists that made a statement in order to support the aforementioned criminal statement.”
http://anfenglish.com/news/433-filmmakers-investigated-for-demanding-peace

A group of women affiliated to the Halkevleri (People's Houses) wanted to protest the ISIS burning two Turkish soldiers to death at Galatasaray Square in Istanbul province Saturday afternoon.

“Life against death, peace against war” read the banner of the women whose demonstration was obstructed by police by use of force.

All the 8 women were all detained and to Taksim Police Center.
http://anfenglish.com/news/police-detain-the-women-protesting-isis-execution-of-turkish-soldiers

How does Erdogan win with a losing hand?

On Dec. 2, the Mavi Marmara case brought against Israel for its assault on a Turkish ferryboat carrying humanitarian relief to the Gaza Strip met in court for the 21st time. The prosecutor asked for the dismissal of the case based on the agreement signed between Israel and Turkey in June. The victims’ families and activists at the court were furious, so the judge adjourned the session until Dec. 9.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-how-erdogan-wins-with-losing-hand.html

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Right after the shooting, Altintas had the stage all to himself and started his rant with a line from a well-known al-Qaeda nasheed, or poem. It can be translated as, "We are the ones who obey the call of jihad."
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-russia-who-behind-assasination-of-russian-ambassador.html

The young Turkish policeman who killed Russia's ambassador to Ankara this week had provided security for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan eight times since the 15 July failed coup bid, a report said on Wednesday.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/russian-envoys-killer-had-protected-erdogan-says-report-1273757114

.......Baysal also referenced a tweet by a Turkish citizen pointing out how Altintas was merely eight years old when Erdogan and the AKP had come into office in 2002. The man's point, that the ruling party and its leader are responsible for creating such religious extremists through their project of raising “devout and revengeful youth,” is a common view. As Al-Monitor writer Zulfikar Dogan pointed out a while ago, the term “devout and revengeful youth” comes from Erdogan’s past statements calling for the creation of a religious generation in Turkey and specifically advising his young supporters “not to lose their anger” in the face of injustices that they suffered at the hands of Turkey’s past secular regimes.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/eurasia-tunnel-overshadows-karlov-murder.html

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Erdogan mobilisiert das ganze Volk gegen den Terrorismus: "Gemäß Artikel 104 unserer Verfassung verkünde ich als Chef des Staates der Republik Türkei eine nationale Mobilmachung gegen alle Terrororganisationen." Dies sagte er vor einer Versammlung von Ortsvorstehern in Ankara. In seiner Rede forderte er die Bevölkerung dazu auf, alle Terrorverdächtigen und deren Unterstützer den Behörden zu melden.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Erdogan-ruft-zur-Mobilmachung-auf-3573387.html

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Im Jahr 2004 hatte die Türkei unter dem Druck der EU nicht nur die Todesstrafe abgeschafft, sondern auch versprochen, die bis dahin gängige Praxis der Folter zu beenden. Mehr als zehn Jahre lang scheint man sich daran weitestgehend gehalten zu haben. Im Zuge der Verhaftungen zehntausender Menschen nach dem gescheiterten Putschversuch vom 15. Juli mehrten sich allerdings die Gerüchte wieder.

Nur wenige Tage nach der Putschnacht tauchten Bilder von Militärs in Polizeigewahrsam auf, die offensichtlich geschlagen worden waren. Der türkische Justizminister Bekir Bozdag hatte die Anschuldigungen mehrfach zurückgewiesen und gesagt, es handele sich dabei um eine Schmutzkampagne gegen die Türkei.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-UN-untersucht-Foltervorwuerfe-3507064.html

Turkey moves full throttle toward one-party state

The political mercury in Turkey is expected to hit record highs in April, when the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) plans to put a crucial constitutional amendment on a referendum. Given the current political and social trends, the electorate is highly likely to approve the amendment and mark Turkey’s transition to an executive presidency regime — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest dream.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-moves-full-throttle-toward-party-state.html

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Thomas Seibert, Menschenrechtsreferent bei der Frankfurter Hilfs- und Menschenrechtsorganisation medico international über die Verbote ihrer Partnerorganisationen

Das deutsche Aktionsprogramm für verfolgte Journalisten, Wissenschaftler und Kulturschaffende sollte nun auch auf die zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen ausgeweitet werden. Hunderte von Vereinen und NGOs wurden letzte Woche in der Türkei verboten. Darunter auch zwei Partnerorganisationen von medico international.

Mit diesen Verboten wird der letzte Rest von demokratischen Strukturen in der Türkei ausgelöscht. Die Leidtragenden sind Frauen, Kinder, religiöse Minderheiten, sowie tausende kurdische Familien, die durch die Zerstörung ihrer Städte ihr Hab und Gut verloren haben.
http://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Die-Zerschlagung-der-demokratischen-Zivilgesellschaft-3486315.html

How Turkey is strangling the internet - and hurting media freedom

Ankara's clampdown on internet access after major incidents is expanding more and more, report finds
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-turkey-strangling-internet-and-hurting-media-freedom-1570612700

Türkei: Erdogan stellt Strafanzeige gegen alle CHP-Abgeordneten

Die Eliminierung der Opposition in der Türkei geht weiter. Dass nun nach der Verhaftung der HDP/DBP-Abgeordneten die kemalistische CHP an der Reihe ist, war absehbar
http://www.heise.de/tp/news/Tuerkei-Erdogan-stellt-Strafanzeige-gegen-alle-CHP-Abgeordneten-3462134.html

Israel's new man in Ankara could be in for bumpy ride

Israel’s newly named ambassador to Ankara likely heaved a sigh of relief as he perused the headlines in Turkey on Nov. 16. The virulently anti-Semitic Yeni Safak recorded Eitan Naeh’s appointment on its front page in determinedly neutral prose.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-israel-ambassador-restore-relations-erdogan.html

Turkey's domestic policy losing its foreign friends

Upon assuming office in May, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim promised that he would “increase the number of Turkey’s friends and reduce the number of its enemies.” Today, however, Ankara is losing friends rapidly, especially in Europe where there are calls for sanctions against Turkey. The situation is no better in the Middle East where Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is talking about going to war with Turkey. The main deterioration in ties is nevertheless with Europe. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian manner, with his apparent desire to become the iron-fisted ruler of Turkey, is driving this downward spiral.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-with-fewer-friends-than-ever.html

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Auf die Festnahmen der beiden Vorsitzenden der HDP sowie weiterer Mitglieder der pro-kurdischen Partei folgte die Nachricht von einem Anschlag in Diyarbakrir mit mindestens acht Toten. Nach Angaben des türkischen Ministerpräsidenten Binali Yildirim sollen bei dem Autobombenanschlag in der Nähe des Polizei-Hauptquartiers der Provinz mehr als 100 verletzt worden sein. Die türkischen Behörden machen die PKK dafür verantwortlich.

Zu den inneren Turbulenzen kommen außenpolitische Verstimmungen und Kritik an der Regierungspolitik. Der deutsche Außenminister Steinmeier bestellte den türkischen Gesandten ins Auswärtige Amt. Die nächtlichen Festnahmen von Politikern und Abgeordneten der kurdischen Partei HDP seien aus Sicht des Außenministers "eine weitere drastische Verschärfung der Lage", heißt es in der Meldung des Amtes.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Bereitet-Erdogan-den-Showdown-zum-Buergerkrieg-vor-3456700.html

Turkey's post-coup crackdown reaches media giants

Mounting terror threats, massive purges, shrinking press freedom and government pressure on the business world are beginning to take their toll on Turkey, including its media bosses.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-crackdown-media-bosses-cumhuriyet-investments.html

Is new imam answered prayer or impending doom for Hagia Sophia?

Onder Soy, the new imam of the Hunkar Kasri, part of the Hagia Sophia complex, recently led the first Friday prayers there in 80 years, sparking enormous joy and excitement among many Muslims. It also spawned concern among people who worry about potential loss of tourism revenue and frustration among those who fear this could be the first step toward completely converting the site into a mosque.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/turkey-greece-hagia-sophia-gets-its-own-imam.html

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Wenn der CDU/CSU-Fraktionschef Volker Kauder sich vor die Bundeskanzlerin stellt, um das Abwiegeln und Wegducken zu rechtfertigen, spielen sowohl der Flüchtlingsdeal, gekoppelt an die sechs versprochenen EU Milliarden für Erdogan und die verheißene Visafreiheit, als auch das geopolitische Interesse an der Türkei innerhalb der NATO-Partnerschaft eine entscheidende Rolle. Doch auch die engen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen beider Länder sowie die Bedeutung der Türkei als Markt und für den Kapitalexport deutscher Unternehmen sind ein nicht zu unterschätzender Grund für die devote Haltung der Bundesregierung.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/49/49736/1.html

Der Artikel ich finde Gut , aber ich denke der Author hat vergisst dass die Deutsch-türkische Beziehungen lange sind https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch-t%C3%BCrkische_Beziehungen und sind immer weiter gegangen egal welche regierende, deshalb ich denke dass die Deutsch-türkische Beziehungen sind für deutschland Reason of State ...

‘International forces are responsible for the Turkish state’s attacks’

The Revolutionary Forces, consisting of Jaysh Al Thuwar, Bab Military Council, Shehba Women’s Defense Front Forces General Command, Rural Aleppo Ashiret Forces General Command, Democratic Northern Brigade Command and Jabhat Akrad Command, have issued a written statement on the invading Turkish state’s jet fighter, mortar and Howitzer attacks on the Shehba region and Efrîn.

The statement condemns the invading Turkish state forces’ attacks on the locations of their forces and points at the anti-ISIS international coalition forces for the responsibility.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/international-forces-are-responsible-for-the-turkish-state-s-attacks

'Attacks of the Turkish state and affiliate gang groups repelled'

Jabhat al-Akrad issued a statement on the attacks of the Turkish army and affiliate gang groups, and said “Our forces repelled the attacks of ISIS and Euphrates Shield gangs that operate under the protection of Turkish warplanes and artillery. After their defeat, the Turkish army deployed tanks to northern Aleppo to protect groups such as Feyleq al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Shamiye.”

In its statement, Jabhat al-Akrad reiterated its promise to protect Syrian peoples and resist occupation.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/attacks-of-the-turkish-state-and-affiliate-gang-groups-repelled

US, Turkey to work closely to deal IS 'lasting defeat': US defence secretary
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-turkey-work-closely-deal-lasting-defeat-us-defense-secretary-1650370030

How Ankara plans to repeat Syria success in Iraq

What is Ankara’s strategic thinking about the battle for Mosul in Iraq, even as Turkey unleashes airstrikes on US-backed Kurds in Syria? One undeniable fact: Ankara feverishly wants to be in Mosul when the cards in Iraq are reshuffled.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/turkey-mosul-iraq-plans-replicate-euphrates-shield.html

Türkei greift in Syrien massiv Kurden an

Im irakischen Tikrit führt der "Islamische Staat" einen Entlastungsangriff, türkische Erdogan-Unterstützer rufen dazu auf, Milizen zu gründen und nach Mosul zu ziehen
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/49/49764/1.html

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Bab Council member Mihemed Abdulrezak spoke to Ronahi TV about the Turkish army's most recent aggression on Rojava land.

Abdulrezak stated that Turkish fighter jets conducted airstrikes on Um Hosh, Um Qura and Al-Hassia villages that had been liberated by revolutionary forces from ISIS as a result of an operation yesterday.

Abdulrezak said the airstrikes aimed to stop the revolutionary forces' advance against ISIS gangs.

The aggression targeting civilian settlements in villages lasted hours, leaving 4 civilians dead and dozens of others wounded.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/bab-council-member-turkish-jets-killed-4-civilians-and-10-combatants

What Turkish raid on Syrian Kurds means for Ankara-Washington ties

Turkish jets pounded US-backed Syrian Kurds during the early hours of Oct. 20 in an apparent attempt to prevent them from establishing a long-coveted corridor to link up territories under their control in northern Syria. The Turkish attacks follow sustained threats from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take further action against the People’s Protection Units (YPG), which are closely linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/turkey-syria-kurds-raid-ypg-russia-isis-mosul-nusra.html

Turkish ultranationalists issue call to arms to fight in Mosul

Supporters of Turkey's ruling party have issued calls to create and arm special "militias" to prepare for battle in Mosul and against Turkey's enemies within.

The call to arms first came from Emin Canpolat, who leads the Ottoman Hearths group - ardent supporters of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its founder, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The group, which was established in 2009, is now believed to have almost two million members nationwide who are committed to the promotion of an Ottoman system of government and way of life. In the past, Ottoman Hearth members have attended AKP rallies wrapped in white burial shrouds, to symbolise their willingness to die for the party.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-militias-issue-call-fight-mosul-and-against-nation-s-enemies-799086953

The death of critical journalism in Turkey

A prominent Turkish journalist who migrated to Europe a few months ago and is convinced she can no longer practice her profession in Turkey has noticed something intriguing in her son, a primary schooler. “He keeps drawing prisons,” the journalist told Al-Monitor. “I was worried about his future in Turkey, but it turns out he, too, was secretly worried about me.” The journalist, who requested anonymity, shared the drawings with Al-Monitor on condition they not be published. In all of them, big prisons reminiscent of a panopticon are depicted in striking detail, including tiny cells with bars, “control points” and other compounds marked as armories, offices and visitor’s rooms.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/turkey-death-of-critical-journalism.html