Turkey
the Society of Turkey - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - was selfish !"
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- "Erdoğan - had its own - world view !"
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- "not only ignored - anything else - but also tried to work - against it !"
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- "tried constitutional changes - working "against the state" !"
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- "some people Internet posts - 4,400 public servants !"
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- "free speech - must not be - compromised !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and independent journalism - must be defended !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Turkey - is a - secular democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there must be - freedom of expression !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "editors - of national newspapers - warn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that democracy - must not be in danger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it is - about the life - of the whole society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there should be more - democracy - in Turkey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and there should be more - social justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Democracy must be defended - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN_________________________________________
- "in Turkey - there must not be - 18,000 people - arrested !"
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- "and there must not be - 2,700 judges - sacked !"
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- "the people - spill on to the streets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "are there - to defend - democracy - itself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this is a cause - bigger than Erdoğan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there have to be - the rule of the law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and respect - for human rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Turkish Vote - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN_________________________________________
- "Erdoğan - conceded no party - had mandate - after Turkish vote !"
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- "the election result - wrecked his plan - to change the constitution !"
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- "the Turkish parliamentary - elections - represent a watershed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "by shaving - nearly 10 points - from the AKP party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( Justice and Development party ! )"
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- "and put the - pro-Kurdish party - solidly in the parliament !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Selahattin Demirtas - from the HDP party - is the big winner - of the vote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the country’s large Kurdish ethnic group - is granted its biggest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "voice ever - in national politics - but the leftist HDP party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is open-minded - not only representing - the Kurds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but also encompassing - social liberals nationally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "makes coalitions - with like-minded parties - in the regional elections !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and in the towns - the HDP makes coalitions - with the CHP party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi - the social democratic party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Press Freedom - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN_________________________________________
- "Erdoğan - could not stand criticism - of him !"
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- "on Twitter - and corruption allegations - implicating !"
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- "associates - ministers - and their families !"
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- "also during the - Gezi - grassroots democratic - street protests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "30 opposition journalists - there had been raids !"
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- "Zaman newspaper - and his editor-in-chief - Ekrem Dumanli !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "crowds - supporting the Zaman journalists !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "hold banners - outside the newspaper’s offices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the free press - cannot be silenced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the columnist - Yusuf Kanli - says "it must be possible" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "to exercise - the fundamental right - to criticise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that is - oppose the government - in a manner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that democracy - is not reduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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US Security - US cable - 2002: LINK ¤ 02ANKARA9058
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- "the US embassy had lobbied - that Turkey !"
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- "should engage - in Iraq - defense secretary Wolfowitz !"
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- "and US under secretary - Grossman - lobbied Turks - on Iraq !"
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- "there could be an - assistance package - should Turkey !"
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- "decide - to become a full partner - in actions in Iraq !"
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- "a permission to conduct site surveys - site preparation !"
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- "of specified - Turkish facilities - stationing US !"
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- "and possibly British - troops in Turkey !"
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- "and the approval of - overflight rights !"
- "then the assistance package - could include - US$ 2 billion !"
- "for two years - mix of foreign financing - FMF - and economic !"
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- "support funds - ESF - US$ 1 billion - in oil - by other nations !"
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- "US$ 500 million - in local procurement - by US defense forces !"
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- "and then - there would be no independent Kurdish state - in Iraq !"
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- "the economic consequences - for Turkey - would be !"
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- "in terms of the - financing gap - US$ 47 billion !"
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- "best case - short - to US$ 58 billion - worst case - long !"
- "losses in revenues - increased expenditures - and limits of financial markets !"
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- "prime minister Gul - said "actions in Iraq - must be avoided" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Media - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08ANKARA1371
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- "the US embassy wrote - sale of - Sabah Media Group !"
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- "to Calik Holdings - AKP camp !"
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- "was this business - following the example - of their secular competitors ?!"
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- "former Turkish - conglomerates - with business interests !"
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- "media - with a goal !"
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State - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08ANKARA1167_________________________________________
- "there had been rumors - of a secret alliance - among Turkey's !"
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- "unelected persons - included - military - judiciary - and bureaucracy !"
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- "a meeting - between a constitutional court judge !"
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- "and the soon-to-be - chief of defense - had raised flags !"
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- "that a - "deep state" - in Turkey - was more than legend !"
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- "they would call it - "guardianship democracy" - what was also !"
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- "interesting - was the unnatural silence - of mainstream media !"
State - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08ISTANBUL51
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- "the Turkish - deep state - had roots - what was popularly termed !"
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- ""Operation Gladio" - a stay behind network - from 1945 - to 1989 !"
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- "had been a - vague network - of military personnel !"
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- "and government officials - "alternative" - in the background !"
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- "an extra-legal grouping - tried to influence - actions of - real state actors !"
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Wahl in der Türkei - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD_________________________________________
- "Denkzettel für Erdogan - die große Mehrheit - war gegen eine Änderung !"
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- "der Verfassung - und die Türken straften die konservative - AKP Partei - ab !"
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- "diese war gezwungen - einen Koalitionspartner - zu suchen !"
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- "dieses wurde aufgrund des vorigen Verhaltens - alles andere als einfach !"
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- "der Wahlgewinner - war die bunte - Demokratische Partei !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "der Völker - HDP - was ein großer Schritt nach vorn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "für die türkische - demokratische Vielfalt - war !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "die Hauptbotschaften der HDP - waren die Versöhnung !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "und mehr Gerechtigkeit - diese waren ausreichend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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türkische Basisdemokratie - Ilker Ataç: LINK ¤ der STANDARD_________________________________________
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"die Gründe - warum die basisdemokratischen - Ereignisse !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"im Gezi-Park - so viele Menschen mobilisieren - sind erstens !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"dass die Proteste - im Gezi-Park - sich gegen die Privatisierung !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"von öffentlichem Raum richten - darüber hinaus ist der !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"Taksim-Platz - für die Arbeiterbewegung - ein symbolischer Ort !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"drittens waren die Reaktionen - der türkischen Polizei - unverhältnismäßig !"
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"und viertens waren die Reaktionen - von den Medien - ein wichtiger Faktor !"
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"wo manche Medien nicht berichtet hatten - und es dadurch interessant wurde !"
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"was - im Gezi-Park - passiert - ist als basisdemokratisches Experiment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"zu beschreiben - das für mehr Selbstbestimmung - eintritt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
TURKEY - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ TURKEY
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Türkiye - Wikipedia TR: LINK ¤ Türkiye
Turkey - Map: LINK ¤ WIKIMEDIA