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2011 Elections Archive
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AS HE LAY DYING by Cem Ryan
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsAs he lay dying in those autumn afternoons of 1938, Atatürk had one abiding desire. He longed for those distant days on horseback, just one more afternoon riding in the hills above the Bosphorus. He would go again with his military academy classmate, Ali Fuat, to the sultan’s hunting lodge in Alemdağ. They would once more picnic in that nearby meadow. Oh those cadet days, those days of youth. To be twenty-one again, rejuvenated. But by then the lodge was in ruins and Ataturk could barely walk. -
Erdogan intensifies Turkish effort to join EU
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reshuffled his cabinet yesterday, retaining Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek to manage the overheating economy and creating a new ministry to press Turkey’s campaign to join... -
Turkey’s parliament elects new speaker
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey’s parliament elects new speaker Turkey’s parliament has elected the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmaker Cemil Cicek as its new speaker following three rounds of voting against other... -
Letters: Kurdish success in Turkey’s elections
Posted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsKurdish success in Turkey’s elections * guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 July 2011 21.00 BST In all reports of the recent Turkish elections (Report, 13 June), why has there been so little... -
Difficulties of regime change in Turkey
Posted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsI was in Berlin last week to attend a panel discussion on “Turkey after the June 12 elections” organized jointly by the German Orient Institute and the Intercultural Dialogue Forum... -
Amid parliament boycott, Turkey enters uncertain period
Posted on July 1, 2011 | No CommentsJust weeks after Turkey’s election, the refusal of two opposition parties to swear into parliament sparks a political crisis. By Alakbar Raufoglu for Southeast European Times — 30/06/11 President Abdullah... -
Turkish Parliament’s Opening Marred by Dispute Over Jailed Deputies
Posted on June 30, 2011 | No CommentsBy SEBNEM ARSU ISTANBUL — Turkey’s newly elected Parliament convened on Tuesday, but 169 deputies refused to take their oaths of office in response to court rulings that barred 8... -
Opposition lawmakers in Turkey boycott swearing-in ceremony
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsBy Ivan Watson and Gul Tuysuz, CNN June 29, 2011 — Updated 1019 GMT (1819 HKT) Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) chats with Bulent Arinc during the swearing-in... -
Turkey: time for reassessment
Posted on June 27, 2011 | No CommentsAuthor: Morten Messerschmidt and Robert Ellis The remarkable thing about the Turkish election result is not that Prime Minister Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) won but the unanimity in... -
Lessons from Turkey’s elections: The AKP is dominant, but the Kurdish question is central
Posted on June 24, 2011 | No CommentsBy Ali Ezzatyar The Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the recent elections, as expected. But that’s not the most important election news coming out of Turkey. With a record... -
Turkey, the Region, and the West after the Elections
Posted on June 24, 2011 | No CommentsCo-authored with Hilal Elver There has been a dramatic shift in critical international responses to the current Turkish political leadership that has been recently highlighted by reactions to the resounding... -
The Sound of Turkey Clapping
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsClaire Berlinski The Sound of Turkey Clapping Thoughts on the recent elections, mostly ignored around the world 22 June 2011 Having long before accepted a lecturing assignment on Hillsdale College’s... -
Ban on Kurdish Lawmaker Sparks Protests
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsBy MARC CHAMPION ISTANBUL—A decision to bar an elected Kurdish candidate from Turkey’s Parliament triggered protests and warnings of “chaos” from a top Kurdish politician on Wednesday. Turkey’s High Election... -
Turkey’s Kurds furious over lost parliament seat
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsAFP/Diyarbakir, Turkey Newly-elected Kurdish lawmakers came under pressure yesterday to boycott Turkey’s parliament after one of them lost his seat, as Ankara faced warnings of renewed bloodshed. Some 2,000 Kurds... -
Turkish Singer Resurfaces After Violent Brush With Death
Posted on June 23, 2011 | No CommentsBy SUSANNE GÜSTEN ISTANBUL — Drums were beaten, pipes played, and people danced in the streets of Istanbul on Sunday, as the singer Ibrahim Tatlises, a megastar in Turkey and... -
Factors behind the AKP’s victory
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsBy Assadollah Athari The Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a decisive victory in the recent parliamentary election in Turkey. Many people believe that the main factors behind the AKP’s... -
Arabs should follow Turkish model
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsRamzy Baroud writes: Success of its democracy is clearly institutionalised, not merely inspired by one charismatic individual By Ramzy Baroud, Special to Gulf News functioning and growing economy, a vigorous... -
Turkey on the path of democracy
Posted on June 21, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey on the path of democracy By Gholam Ali Latifi Turkey’s ruling party, led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, won 326 seats in the recent parliamentary election. This victory... -
Turkey: The First Mideast Revolution
Posted on June 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe revolutions and uprising that have been sweeping across the Mideast are widely believed to have begun in Tunisia. In fact, the first seeds of revolution were planted in 2002... -
U.S. Consul General Underlines Importance of General Elections in Turkey
Posted on June 19, 2011 | No CommentsThe U.S. consul general in Istanbul said on Friday that June 12 parliamentary elections was an important step for stability and economic progress of Turkey. U.S. Consul General Scott Frederic...
