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19 June 2013 Wednesday
 
 
 
 
 
 
PM defends police handling of protests as dozens detained across country
NEWS NATIONAL
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday defended the way the Turkish police have dealt with the weeks-long demonstrations.
Government says planned social media law will not bring limitations
A planned law to regulate social media will not place a limit on the use of the platform, Interior Minister Muammer Güler has said.
18 June 2013/ 16:25/ ALİ ASLAN KILIÇ, ANKARA
HRW says documented ‘wave of arbitrary detentions, police attacks' in Turkey
In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that it had documented “a huge wave of arbitrary detentions and police attacks” during the Gezi Park protests in İstanbul over the weekend.
18 June 2013/ 13:58/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL
Roth calls on Erdoğan to hold rally in Germany
Claudia Roth, co-chair of the German Green Party, has stated that she is merely exercising her freedom of assembly by participating in protests in Turkey and called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to come and hold a rally in Germany.
18 June 2013/ 16:26/ SİNEM CENGİZ, ANKARA
Court fines families of Uludere victims
Family members of the 34 civilians accidentally killed last year in a Turkish military airstrike on the nation's border with Iraq have been fined TL 3,000, and the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Diyarbakır, a nearby city, has summoned the families to testify after they held a ceremony to mark the 500th day since the incident.
18 June 2013/ 16:27/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
Turkey to expand shale gas exploration
The shale gas potential of the provinces of Ankara, Konya and Nevşehir as well as the Thrace region will be explored in the near future, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has said.
18 June 2013/ 17:27/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
'Standing Man' in Taksim revives protests, sparks similar demonstrations
NEWS National
A Turkish man named Erdem Gündüz stood silently for six hours, without »»
Pregnant Muslim woman attacked in Paris loses baby
NEWS World
Despite all medical efforts, a pregnant Muslim woman who was attacked by two Islamophobic »»
President says next state project may be named after beloved Alevi figure
NEWS National
Commenting on the recent controversy over the naming of İstanbul's third bridge after »»
İstanbul Super League giants scramble to sign stars
With the summer transfer window in full force, Turkey's top football clubs are doing »»
18 June 2013/ 13:46 / RACHEL MOLLMAN, İSTANBUL
Zaz bringing new album ‘Recto Verso' to Bursa festival
İstanbul fans of French singer Zaz were disappointed when organizers of the Vodafone »»
18 June 2013/ 15:16 / CENK ERDEM, İSTANBUL
Extensive project reveals grandeur of Seljuk Empire
The Great Seljuk Empire ruled over an enormous area and created a unique civilization »»
18 June 2013/ 16:18 / TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
Demonstrators flood Brazilian streets in protest against corruption
NEWS World
As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest »»
FBI relies on secret US surveillance law, records show
NEWS World
The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance »»
Mali and Tuareg rebels sign accord
NEWS World
Mali, which lost half its territory last year to a rebel invasion, signed an accord »»
Karzai announces peace talks as Afghans take over security
NEWS World
Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President »»
Europe’s Economic Groupthink
by Hans-Helmut Kotz*
18 June 2013/ 00:40/ ,
During the recent hearing on the constitutionality of the European Central Bank’s measures to prevent the eurozone from falling apart, Andreas Vosskuhle, President of Germany’s Constitutional Court, raised an important question: Do non-German economists condemn the ECB’s outright monetary transactions (OMT) as unequivocally as all but one of the German experts testifying?
Only the Poor Die Young
by Johan P. Mackenbach*
18 June 2013/ 00:43/ ,
People who are lower on the socioeconomic ladder (indicated by their level of education, occupation, or income) have shorter and less healthy lives, on average, than those on higher rungs. Indeed, life expectancy at birth often varies by 5-10 years, depending on social and economic well-being, with poorer people spending 10-20 more years of life suffering from illness or disability than their wealthier counterparts.
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The battle between the president and judges
11 June 2013 / 12:09/ HAZEM MOHSEN SOLIMAN, STRATEGIC OUTLOOK,
I thought that it will be very essential  to start writing a series of articles shedding the light on what i believe is true or false regarding the current situation in Egypt and the middle east,  faithfully refuting all what I believe should be considered  or proved  false, artificial and  stereotype.
Could an Arab Spring Emerge From Taksim?
7 June 2013 / 12:16/ ASSOC. DR. VEYSEL AYHAN, IMPR,
The Arab Spring had emerged as an outward expression of anger against ruling powers.
Bottom-Up: Explaining the Success Story of Turkey in the 2000s
27 May 2013 / 11:32/ PROF. DR. MUSTAFA ACAR, STRATEGIC OUTLOOK,
A lot of people around the world are wondering these days how Turkey was able to jump from bottom to the top within a decade and became a shining star of the region. It seems a miracle: starting from a terrible situation it faced with the eruption of 2001 crisis, but ending with a brighter than ever outlook. When the country cleared its external debts to the IMF last week, this outlook became even brighter, urging credit rating institutions to upgrade Turkey’s rating.
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