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HDP Group Deputy Chair Ahmet Yıldırım stated that 9000 HDP members have been detained in the past one and a half years, and that attacks on the party have intensified during the referendum process on the basis of the AKP/MHP alliance.
http://anfenglish.com/news/9000-hdp-members-detained-2500-jailed-in-one-and-a-half-years

'Environmental massacre': Turkey accused of using coup powers to crush mine protest

The Cerattepe hill overlooking the city of Artvin in Turkey's northeast is one of the country's most idyllic areas of natural beauty. The area is one of the most biodiverse in Turkey, home to more than 600 plant species, 26 of which are distinct to the area, and hundreds of animal types including roe deer, wild boar and grey wolves.

Mining companies have long coveted Cerattepe, which is home to huge reserves of copper, gold, silver and mercury. For more than two decades, locals in Artvin have campaigned to prevent the destruction of Cerattepe and Artvin's ecosystem - often with great success - against a number of Turkish administrations.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mining-dispute-turkeys-artvin-province-exposes-rifts-1337225532

Turkish police arrest 12 in protests over purge of professors

Turkish police detained at least 12 people and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds more protesting outside Ankara University against the dismissal of dozens of professors, police sources and Reuters witnesses said.

Up to 1,000 people including academics had tried to gather at the campus on Friday, some inside and others on surrounding streets, but police blocked the entrance, firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-police-arrest-12-protests-over-purge-professors-1768137357

Türkei: Mit Gewalt gegen die Nein-Sager

Der Wahlkampf um das Verfassungsreferendum in der Türkei hat begonnen. Die AKP und die ihr nahestehenden Medien trommeln kräftig für ein "Ja", während aktuelle Umfragen weiter darauf hindeuten, dass eine deutliche Mehrheit der türkischen Bevölkerung gegen die Einführung des Präsidialsystems ist.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Mit-Gewalt-gegen-die-Nein-Sager-3617925.html

Turkey steps up action against Salafi networks

Turkish security forces in 2016 detained 2,936 people on charges of being violent Salafi jihadis. So far this year, the pace of security operations against Salafi networks is much faster.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-steps-up-action-against-salafist-networks.html

Türkische "alternative Fakten"

Der Bürgermeister von Ankara wittert eine Verschwörung finsterer Mächte, die Erdbeben in der Türkei verursachen
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkische-alternative-Fakten-3621569.html

Is Erdogan’s Syria policy slipping through his fingers?

Mustafa Akyol writes that despite protests throughout the United States and worldwide over the Trump administration’s executive order restricting access to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries, “the same solidarity did not come from some of the Middle Eastern governments that often claim to be the defenders of the faith,” including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, which, Akyol added, “not only has political expectations from Trump but also has a political elite that has a curious adoration for the new American president.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/erdogan-syria-policy-turkey-kurds-trump.html

Turkey moves billions in state assets to wealth fund for megaprojects

One expert said he estimated the value of the transferred assets to be $33 billion
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-moves-assets-wealth-fund-funding-megaprojects-2015330453

How political risks wreck Turkey’s economic prospects

Invest in Turkey — a promotional website by the Turkish government — lists 10 main reasons why foreign investors should put their money in the country. Highlighting geopolitical advantages, the site describes Turkey as “a natural bridge between both East-West and North-South axes, thus creating an efficient and cost-effective outlet to major markets.” The country, it says, has an “easy access to 1.6 billion customers in Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa” and “multiple markets worth $24 trillion” in gross domestic product.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-how-country-squanders-its-geopolitical-edge.html