March 19, 2015

Is everyone else wrong except Erdoğan’s dictatorship?

Bülent Keneş

Here is a famous anecdote. You must have heard it.

YGS results announced, top scorers from Gülen-affiliated schools

Turkey's Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) on Thursday announced the results of the Transition to Higher Education Examination (YGS), revealing that students from Gülen-affiliated schools, which have been the target of a government-sponsored defamation campaign, are among the top scorers of the exam.

Compensation case filed against Erdoğan for targeting Gülen-affiliated schools

Fetih Educational Operations (Fetih Eğitim İşletmeleri), which run schools affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement, has filed a compensation case against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for targeting these schools since the eruption of a major corruption scandal in December 2013.

Parallel Council of Europe

Günal Kurşun

“Nils Muiznieks concerned about arrest of journalists in Turkey,” “Nils Muiznieks concerned with Turkey's ‘chilling message' to journalists and dissenting voices,” “Muiznieks declares: Arrest of journalists and media workers [Dec. 14] serious setback for media freedom in country',” “Muiznieks warns security package may increase human rights violations in Turkey,” “Muiznieks urges Turkey to reconsider security bill” and so on. These are some of the headlines that I've collected from the press during the last two months in Turkey about Nils Muiznieks.

Confidence lost

İbrahim Türkmen

It was first claimed by famous whistleblower fuatavni on his Twitter account, and then the rumor spread.