05 - Articles de mai 2008

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  The ’Ankara-ization’ of the Islamo-liberal AKP ?

  7 May 2008, by Mustafa Akyol

  As often said, nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come. The AKP just needs to make sure that it sticks to the right idea.
  On May 1, Istanbul was like a city ruled by marshal law. Drones of policemen tried to “protect” Taksim Square from workers and left-wing groups who had been craving to “celebrate” Workers’ Day in this crucial spot, which had become the area of tragic deaths in 1977, in those heydays of Turkish communism and anti-communism. The tensions between the police and (...)

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  Turkish Journalists do not Believe In The Freedom Of The Press

  6 May 2008, by Emine Özcan

  Journalists do not draw a picture of a “contemporary” country, when it comes to the freedom of the press and the way the journalists are treated in Turkey.
  Today is the World Press Freedom Day…Bianet interviewed journalists from local and national media. While Mete Çubukçu from NTV points out that “This year May Day spoke for May 3 World Press Freedom Day in Turkey by the way the journalists were treated”, Erkan Çapraz of Yüksekovahabercom, who is under investigation for Article 301, says that (...)

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  Petit geste turc sur la liberté d’expression

  5 mai 2008, par Marc Semo

  Dénoncé de longue date comme « liberticide » par les organisations de défense des droits de l’homme, l’article 301 du code pénal turc sanctionnant les atteintes à la « turcité » (identité turque) a été amendé, le 30 avril, par le Parlement dominé par l’AKP (Parti de la justice et du développement, issu du mouvement islamiste) du Premier ministre, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  Sourde oreille. Un nouveau code pénal, censé être plus libéral, avait été instauré en 2005, quelques mois avant l’ouverture des négociations (...)

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  How the AKP’s ’protestant capitalism’ chastises workers

  5 May 2008, by Cengiz Aktar

  The mess regarding the forbidden Labor Day rally in Taksim Square in Istanbul was appalling.
  Overt threats from the authorities of “no rallies will be allowed in Taksim and no one will take responsibility if something bad happens” were preparing the public opinion for days. Threats were mimicking the most primitive approach in the world that caused the May 1 celebrations to be banned in the past century and tried to tame workers by beating them up. This was so obvious, especially when (...)

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  Can Turkish-Armenian relations normalize?

  2 May 2008, by Sahin Alpay

  Armenia’s new president, Serzh Sarkisian, on the occasion of the “Genocide Day” commemorated on April 24, said: “International recognition and condemnation of the Armenian genocide is an appropriate and inevitable part of Armenia’s foreign policy agenda. The motherland of all Armenians, the Republic of Armenia, should redouble its efforts for the restoration of historic justice.”
  The statement appeared to be a negative response to a recent letter sent by Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan to (...)

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