IVOS 2: ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ,ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ

Να θεωρείτε τον εαυτό σας τυχερό που είστε Κύπριοι και όχι Τούρκοι…    ¨ΤΙ ΔΥΣΤΥΧΙΑ ΣΕ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΠΟΥ ΛΕΕΙ ΟΤΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟΥΡΚΟΣ¨ Τουρκοκυπριακή εφημερίδα ''Αφρίκα'' 20-4-2011 Εσείς είστε Τουρκοκύπριοι… Στην μια σας τσέπη έχετε ταυτότητα της KKTC… Στην άλλη τσέπη ταυτότητα της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας… Ποια είναι η υπηκοότητα σας ; Στο εσωτερικό πολίτες της KKTC… Ενώ στο εξωτερικό πολίτες της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας… Έτσι δεν είναι ; Επιπλέον είστε και πολίτες της Ε.Ε…. Και αν σας έλεγαν να σκίσετε και να πετάξετε την μία ταυτότητα προφανώς δεν θα σκίζατε την ταυτότητα της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας… Θα σκίζατε την ταυτότητα της KKTC… Μεταξύ μας υπάρχουν και καταγόμενοι από την Τουρκία (έποικοι) που έχουν δύο ταυτότητες στην τσέπη τους… Μια ταυτότητα της TC… Και μια της KKTC…. Σε εκείνους αν τους έλεγαν ¨ σκίσε και πέταξε ¨ την μία από τις δύο, άραγε ποιαν θα έσκιζαν ; Ούτε είναι πολίτες της Ε.Ε…. Όλοι όμως ελπίζουν πως μετά από μια κάπο

(1) Murder a fact of life for women in Turkey Sunday, February 20, 2011 ISTANBUL - Daily News with Radikal With nearly a thousand women murdered in Turkey in 2009 according to new data from the Justice Ministry, the country has witnessed a drastic increase since 66 women were murdered in 2002. ‘The reason behind violence against women is the imbalance of power in society ,’ an activist says Ayşe Paşalı (R), who was allegedly shot to death by her ex-husband, unsuccessfully sought official protection due to her husband's alleged physical abuse and threats to kill her.  The number of women murdered in a year in Turkey shot up 1,400 percent between 2002 and 2009, according to data recently revealed by the country’s justice minister. Some 66 women were murdered in Turkey in 2002, but the numbers have been steadily increasing since then, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said in response to a parliamentary question from Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, Van Depu

Hypocrisy and double standards  in the neighborhood  through its force or money ... Supporting Egypt’s opposition, but Iran’s government  Turkish President Abdullah Gül recently paid a state visit to Iran after years. On the first day of the visit, Iranian opposition tried to hold a protest in the streets of Tehran, a protestor was killed. On Tuesday, 200 deputies in support of the regime called for the death of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. During a press briefing and at his meeting with the religious leader, Ali Khamanei, Gül underlined the importance of popular legitimacy of governments. This is the whole support Turkey could give to Iranian dissidents! In the meantime, news was that Gül wanted to meet with the Iranian opposition, but his Iranian counterpart Ahmadinejad prevented the meeting. The news was denied later on. I wish it hadn’t been. But when Egypt was the case, the government provided support – though late – to Egyptian protesters

Dogan Akhanli Thin Evidence Trial of German-Turkish Author Slammed as 'Revenge' After living in exile in Germany for 19 years, German-Turkish writer Dogan Akhanli flew to Istanbul to visit his dying father, but was arrested at the airport. The Turkish state has a score to settle with the author, who is accused of involvement in a robbery and a murder. Akhanli's supporters claim the trial, which begins Wednesday, is politically motivated and a judicial disgrace. The Tekirdag prison stands like a fortress in the barren, empty hills of Thrace, the European part of Turkey. The facility, a two-hour drive west of Istanbul, is one of the most modern and well-guarded prisons in the country. The prisoners incarcerated there are usually members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or were involved in organized crime. Tekirdag is a place where enemies of the state are locked up. Turkish prosecutors consider the man currently occupying cell AIT 77 in the pr

  -Our teachers taught us Turkish. We speak Kurdish  and don’t know Turkish...   A day in the life of six teachers, 265 students in  Turkey   The classrooms at the elementary school in the small, poor village of Böğürtlen are filled to the brim, with just six teachers for 265 students. Complicating their task is the fact that the majority of the pupils, even the smartest ones, start school not understanding a word their teachers say. The combination of Turkish-speaking teachers and Kurdish-speaking students is not uncommon in Southeast Turkey, which, along with the rest of the country, is celebrating Teacher’s Day on Wednesday. Both languages echo through the Böğürtlen Village Elementary School, a small building amid flat-roofed, gray stone houses in a village of 2,000 people set among brown and yellow fields 125 kilometers outside of Şanlıurfa. The 265 Kurdish children being educated in combined classes are learning reading and writing in Turkish. Only 100 of the students

l'incroyable cynisme du pouvoir turc ...     Աղթամար -The Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross(Akdamar Island ) (...) Il y aura toujours, en toute circonstance, un parlement, un homme politique, un journaliste, un descendant des rescapés pour rappeler à leur bon souvenir ce crime fondateur, "ce génocide exemplaire et presque séminal " pour reprendre l'expression de Bernard-Henri Lévy (...) (Πάντοτε θα υπάρχει-σε κάθε περίσταση-ένα Κοινοβούλιο, ένας πολιτικός άνδρας, ένας δημοσιογράφος, ένας απόγονος των επιζώντων, για να θυμίζει στην κακή τους μνήμη  αυτό το θεμελιώδες έγκλημα, « αυτή την υποδειγματική γενοκτονία, σχεδόν αρχετυπική» , σύμφωνα με τον Bernard-Henri Lévy)     ''L'office" du tourisme turc ''LEMONDE.FR '' 07.10.10  Pour une fois, il n'y a pas eu débat, ni même l'ombre d'une polémique. A quelques exceptions individuelles près, l'ensemble des Arméniens a choisi de boycotter la messe autorisée par l