September 9, 2014

Arınç calls Gülen's extradition request a ‘political move'

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has described the Turkish government's request to the US for the extradition of Pennsylvania-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen as a “political move.”

Economy being sabotaged to sink Bank Asya, says Avni

Twitter user @FuatAvni claimed in a series of tweets sent on Tuesday that Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) are sabotaging the Turkish economy in order to sink Bank Asya.

'Black men's credit cards are not accepted here'

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

All the infringements of freedom of the press, all the journalists who have been sacked just because they made governmental circles angry, all the prosecutors and police officers who were dispersed all over the country just because they dared to launch an investigation into the alleged corruption and bribery of ministers and their children and all sorts of other things; I put them aside.

Kimse Yok Mu refutes pro-gov't dailies' allegations

Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There?) issued a written statement on Monday refuting allegations raised by pro-government dailies Sabah and Takvim on the same day.

The conscience of the government

Nedim Hazar

Deputy prime minister and government spokesman Bülent Arınç's recent statement was an example of how politicians can twist the facts to suit their interests.