June 27, 2014

AK Party government dragging Turkish military into politics

A number of news reports that have recently made their way into the pro-government media suggest that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government may be working to drag the Turkish military into politics to ensure its support for the government's fight against its imaginary enemies.

Court issues fine for usage of ‘hashashin' against Hizmet

The Ankara 18th Criminal Court has convicted head of the Turkish Aviation Board (THK) Ünsal İnaltekin of employing hate speech against the Hizmet movement of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen for suggesting that the followers of the movement are “hashashin” via Twitter.

Chief prosecutor admits manipulation in massive wiretapping claims

İstanbul Chief Prosecutor Hadi Salihoğlu told reporters on Friday that the number of people who were wiretapped in an investigation into the Selam terrorist organization had been exaggerated and was much smaller than the high numbers that government media and his office initially claimed.

Homo Imam Hatipus or Homo Dindar Nesilus of Kemalo-Islamists

İhsan Yılmaz

Regular readers of this column will know that I have repeatedly written about how the Kemalist power elite has been trying to consolidate their nationalist and secularist status quo by employing a sort of Gramscian consent fabrication.

Prime minister's son-in-law entering prep school business

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak has founded a new company which states in its foundation charter that its purpose is to "open exam prep schools and additional educational institutions and schools" and to "perform any kind of educational activities,” the Taraf daily reported on Friday.