IVOS 2: ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ,ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ

(...) But at the same time in Turkey the “Monument of Humanity” that symbolized the thawing of relationships with Armenia was being knocked down as a clear sign of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s intolerance (...) How do I explain Turkey to foreigners?  Monday, October 24, 2011 ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ   (*) I am writing this on the way to France. The meetings I will attend in France demonstrate that Europe’s interest in Turkey has increased unusually. I have been invited to three meetings on Turkey in Strasbourg this week. The first meeting at Strasbourg University is on the minority situation in Turkey. The other two are a little thought-provoking: Two separate departments at the Council of Europe are discussing Turkey in detail on two separate topics in closed sessions; one of the round-table meetings is “Recent developments in Turkey” and the other “The situation of human rights activists in Turkey.” Only two countries are being discussed in “the situatio

(...) Turkey takes the lead with 12,089 convicts for terror offences which make up more than a third of all terror convictions around the world (...)   Mass Graves of Thousands of Kurds - by Turkish State - Continue to Be Uncovered in Eastern Turkey   2010- Burned  Kurdish Villages ... Hundreds of Kurdish politicians including mayors of major cities and towns who were elected by majority vote were arrested and handcuffed ... Zere Guler Armenian-Turkish journalist, martyr Hrant Dink ... Number of terror convictions in Turkey rocketed, said Associated Press research   Turkey world leader for terror crimes cinvictions The American news agency Associated Press (AP) addressed the governments of 66 countries to obtain information for their study on terror crimes. AP now announced that terror laws have become stricter worldwide and that the number of arrests in this context has incr

(...)  δεν πρόκειται για μία, από την αρχή έως το τέλος, «γενναία» πρωτοβουλία του Τούρκου πρωθυπουργού. Τα τρία χρόνια που μεσολάβησαν, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση πίεσε πολύ σε αυτόν τον τομέα με τις ετήσιες εκθέσεις προόδου Ε.Ε. - Τουρκίας. Το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο των Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου δημοσίευσε και αυτό με τη σειρά του σχετικές καταδικαστικές αποφάσεις. Επίσης, ο ίδιος ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης, ο φυσικός ηγέτης της μειονότητας, μίλησε επανειλημμένως στην τουρκική κοινή γνώμη για τις «αδικίες» των περασμένων δεκαετιών. Ηδη, άλλωστε, εκκρεμούν δεκάδες αγωγές των ελληνορθοδόξων βακουφίων για τα ίδια ακίνητα ενώπιον των τουρκικών δικαστηρίων (...)   Τα ελληνορθόδοξα βακούφια στην Τουρκία Του Γιάννη Κτιστάκι* Βακούφια είναι τα ευαγή ιδρύματα (συνήθως χώρος λατρείας, σχολείο ή νοσοκομείο), τα οποία συστάθηκαν πριν από το 1923, σύμφωνα με το οθωμανικό δίκαιο, από Μουσουλμάνους ή Ελληνορθόδοξους ή Εβραίους ή Αρμένιους υπηκόους της Οθωμανικής Αυτ

Turkish bombing: Seven deserted villages At least seven villages in Iraqi Kurdistan have been deserted by the bombing of the Turkish Air Force which begun on Aug. 17, according to a Kurdish official. The government of Iraqi Kurdistan has condemned the "violation" of its territory and called on Turkey to stop the aggression. After the threats by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the Kurdish politicians and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the army launched a series of air strikes against the PKK-controlled areas in the north of Iraq, where hundreds of villages are located, away from the guerrillas. 457 TARGETS BOMBED The army said 457 targets were bombed in three days, between 17 and 19 August, by aviation and artillery. The bombing resumed on the morning of August 20 on the Kandil and Zap areas. Last night, warplanes have been bombing villages and Pishteshan Girnek in the region of Kandil, causing a f

'Εκαναν την ανάγκη ... φιλοτιμία!   (Συνεχείς  οι κ αταδίκες-με υποχρέωση σε αποζημιώσεις-  της Τουρκίας από το ΕΔΑΔ για την  αρπαγή των   ελληνικών περιουσιών.)    Τ ο ΕΔΑΔ καταδίκασε την Τουρκία για την καταπάτηση από το τουρκικό Δημόσιο του ελληνικού Ορφανοτροφείο της Πριγκήπου, που ανήκε από το 1902 στο Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο . Η Τουρκία επιστρέφει τις περιουσίες των ελληνικών κοινοτικών ιδρυμάτων Σημαντικές αλλαγές υπέρ των μειονοτικών ευαγών ιδρυμάτων (βακούφια) προβλέπει η τροποποίηση τουρκικού νόμου περί βακουφίων. Σημαντικές αλλαγές υπέρ των μειονοτικών ευαγών ιδρυμάτων (βακούφια) προβλέπει η τροποποίηση του τουρκικού νόμου περί βακουφίων, που πραγματοποιήθηκε μέσω κυβερνητικού διατάγματος στις 22 Αυγούστου και δημοσιεύτηκε στην εφημερίδα της τουρκικής κυβέρνησης. Όλα αυτά ενώ οι μη μουσουλμανικές μειονότητες παραθέτουν απόψε δείπνο στον πρωθυπουργό της Τουρκίας Ρετζέπ Ταγίπ Ερντογάν στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, όπου

People of Diyarbakır said yes to Democratic Autonomy Hundred thousand "yes" to Democratic Autonomy 05 June 2011 Hundred thousands people joined Saturday election rally by Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block in Diyarbakır. The crowd enthusiastically said “ Yes ” to Amed Democratic City Council’s decision to implement the Democratic Autonomy. Gathering at Station Square in Diyarbakır for the rally of Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block, over 100 thousand people expressed their reactions to the ruling AKP with banners, slogans and placards. The rally, joined by BDP Co-Chairs Filiz Koçali and Hamit Geylani and Diyarbakır Candidates of the Block, began with one minute’s silence in memory of all those who lost their lives within the struggle for democracy. DEMOCRATIC AUTONOMY ENTHUSIASM While Medeni Alpkaya, on behalf of Amed Democratic City Council, read the council’s decision for " the realization of democratic autonomy ", the decision was put to vote o

One man died as police attacked crowd protesting against PM, scores arrested while protesting against police violence    (1) Sixty people detained in Ankara, tension sky high It is difficult to write with pictures of people beaten, attacked with incredible violence, dead bodies, young, women, old, men running to escape police fury in front of your eyes. It is even harder because this violence just seems to get worse by the minute. There seems to be no end to this violence. The state violence, the government violence. Prime Minister Erdoğan seemed determined to prevent anyone protesting against him and his government by ordering the police to literally quash them. The chronicle of today is a chronicle of escalating violence. People with blood on their faces, people baton charged by police, tear gas thrown with the precise aim to hit. More violence, more detentions. On Erdoğan's side, one of his bodyguard is said to be in critical conditions after falling from the ro

Big jump in human rights violations in Turkey, activist says Friday, May 27, 2011 ΠΗΓΗ: ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Human rights violations in Turkey’s east and southeast have risen dramatically, an activist said Friday, comparing the number of incidents in the first four months of this year to the figures from five years ago. Some 11,340 human rights violations allegedly occurred in the region in the first four months of 2011, compared to 4,507 in the same period of 2006, the Diyarbakır branch secretary of the Human Rights Association told a group of journalists at a press conference in Istanbul’s Taksim Hill hotel . “ These figures include unsolved murders, torture [incidents], people who lost their lives in prison due to not receiving medical treatment and those who died in conflicts with the police in protests,” Raci Bilici said. He also claimed that about 800 people had been tortured in the region over the past four months. “