May 13, 2014

Deputy: Prime minister accuses others of the things he does

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is accusing other segments of society of undermining the state, but in fact he is the one who is distorting the state system, according to Burdur independent deputy Hasan Hami Yıldırım.

Erdoğan officially declares his despotism

Bülent Keneş

In a democracy, an administration owes its legitimacy not only to popular will, but also to the laws by which it is bound. In this way, it is the law that distinguishes a state from a gang, mafia, tribal administration or crime syndicate and makes it a legitimate administrative organization.

Turkish opposition leader: No witch hunt in democracies

Leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his threatening remarks against the Hizmet movement, which the prime minister claims, without providing any evidence, is involved in a plot against the government.

MHP leader calls PM Erdoğan's witch hunt remark ‘unpleasant'

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has criticized Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for saying the government would not hesitate to conduct a witch hunt against the Hizmet movement, describing the prime minister's remark as “ very unpleasant.”

Extraditing Gulen and other dark conspiracies

İhsan Yılmaz*

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's actions for the last two years suggest that he is taking a "Hobbesian-Machiavellian" approach to achieve his desired aims. He routinely comes up with baseless accusations against other people, groups and countries - for instance, his ceaseless demonising of both the West and Fethullah Gulen, a political rival whom he portrays as a puppet of the West.

Reaction mounts against PM's witch-hunt remarks

Politicians, members of the judiciary and journalists have spoken out against threatening remarks by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who stated that the government will carry out a witch hunt against followers of a faith-based group.

Witch hunt spreads to courthouse

The government's systematic purge of members of the police force after the corruption scandal that became public on Dec. 17, 2013 has now spread to other state institutions, as 200 administrative personnel at the Ankara Courthouse have been reassigned on the grounds that they are members of the "parallel structure."

'Humiliating people not allowed in Islam'

While responding to a question on hate speech, the Religious Affairs Directorate said on Monday that Islam does not allow its followers to use such discourse.