Après l’#évolutionnisme, c’est le tour des #mathématiques...
Turkish parliament’s education commission member says ‘no use in teaching math to students who don’t know jihad’
A member of the Turkish parliament’s national education commission has said there is no use in teaching mathematics to students who don’t know jihad.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-parliaments-education-commission-member-says-no-use-in-te
#djihad #Turquie #éducation #it_has_begun #régression
N’est-ce pas, @fil?
Turks Click Away, but #Wikipedia Is Gone
But these Turks were not able to quickly find out what they wanted. Since late April the Turkish government has blocked one of the world’s go-to sources of online information, Wikipedia.
After Wikipedia refused to remove unflattering references to Turkey’s relationship with Syrian militants and state-sponsored terrorists, officials simply banned the whole site.
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/10/world/europe/turkey-wikipedia-ban-recep-tayyip-erdogan.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homep
#turquie #censure
cc @isskein
Turkey bans access to critical #Ahval news website
The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) on Wednesday imposed an access ban on the critical news website ahvalnews.com as the Turkish government’s crackdown on the press organizations continues at full speed.
The BTK barred access to Ahval citing Law No. 5651, approved by the Turkish Parliament in February 2014 to regulate Internet broadcasting. Ahval, which was established by veteran Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar in November 2017, is known for its critical coverage of ongoing developments in Turkey, which has been under a state of emergency since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Turkey bans broadcasting of 208 songs due to ‘objectionable lyrics’
The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has banned the broadcasting of a total of 208 songs, 142 Turkish and 66 Kurdish, on its 14 TV stations for reasons that were not made clear to the public.
According to the Hürriyet daily, Some of these songs are performed by famous Turkish singers such as Koray Avcı, Onur Akın, Sıla, Nüket Duru, Berkay, Demet Akalın, Bengü and Nazan Öncel and are listened to by millions of people on the Internet. Some of these singers are also known to be critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government.
Article 75; the Knell for the Environment
▻https://tr.boell.org/de/2016/08/23/article-75-knell-environment
While the state of emergency declared after the coup attempt on July 15 continues, the Turkish Parliament on August 20th adopted a bill consisting of 75 articles, whereby the last one, Article 75, is among other things about the establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund. This article will give the Cabinet an above-the-rule-of-law right to offer financial and administrational incentives to controversial infrastructure projects. 218 AKP Parliamentarians voted in favor of the bill, whereas only 4 parliamentarians from the opposition parties HDP and CHP who were present at the discussions at around 04.45 am in the morning, voted against it. Civil society organizations and local ecological resistance movements ran a campaign for the cancellation of the article, which they perceive as a serious risk for the environment. The groups claim that the article will stop the currently existing oversight mechanism for these projects called EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment). With the lifting of the right to public oversight, the article actually becomes an unconstitutional statute, because it violates the article of the constitution which defines sovereignty as belonging to the people. It gives the cabinet a position above the public and the rule of law by making the decision without any public participation. Despite massive public opposition, the article passed
As fighting spreads, Turkey moves to crush pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/18/kurd-j18.html
By Halil Celik
18 January 2016
Amid escalating military operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Turkish government is moving to crush the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which has 11 percent of the vote and 59 deputies in the Turkish parliament.
Some New Revelations About The Capture of Turkish Diplomats in Mosul
▻http://www.abbaskadhim.com/?p=316
A recording was recently released shows parts of a hearing conducted by an Iraqi parliamentary committee, chaired by Iraqi MP Hakim Al-Zamily, to investigate the fall of Mosul. The witness is the director of Iraqi Intelligence Office in Mosul, who served for four years in the city until June 10, 2014, when the Mosul was taken by ISIL. His testimony, which is based on his personal observations and the gathered intelligence by his office, may shed some light on the circumstances of this unusual case of diplomatic security failure.
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“In the last five years, setting aside the [Iraqi] state, Turkey invited all Sunni tribes in Mosul to Turkey. Turkey hosted them. They came in, stayed, ate, and made plans. On 11 June 2014, then all gave allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.”
Indeed, we do not need to speculate about the negative Turkish role in Iraq when we can take it clearly articulated from the horse’s mouth. In the same statement to the Turkish Parliament Mr. Öztürk Yılmaz said the following:
“On the one hand we say about our relations with Baghdad: ‘We support the territorial integrity of [Iraq], we support its independence.’ But we are doing all kinds of things that would violate the independence and territorial integrity. Is this something that defines our neighborhood policy?”
NATO slouches toward Syria, Iran draws red line - Indian Punchline
By M K Bhadrakumar – October 9, 2014
▻http://blogs.rediff.com/mkbhadrakumar/2014/10/09/nato-slouches-toward-syria-iran-draws-red-line
ehran has come out openly today warning Turkey against making “any move which will further exacerbate and complicate the conditions in the region and have irreparable consequences.” The foreign ministry spokesperson disclosed that Tehran has made a demarche with Ankara to act with great circumspection. This is the first Iranian reaction to the resolution passed by the Turkish parliament last Thursday authorising the government to despatch troops to Syria.
The Iranian reaction is sharp and amounts to a warning that if Turkish troops cross the border into Turkey, there will be “irreparable consequences.” Hmm. Things are getting to be rather explosive. Why such a sharp Iranian reaction?
Evidently, Tehran has seen through Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan’s game plan, which is playing out on three templates. Erdogan visualizes that the US-led air campaign against the Islamic State won’t suffice to curb the extremist challenge and there is going to be need for “boots on the ground”. He knows Turkey is the only country which is in a position to deploy ground troops to strengthen the US’ strategy against IS.
So, Erdogan has put forward a pre-condition — he will play ball provided the US reworks its anti-IS strategy in Syria to include ‘regime change’. But Washington prevaricated. Thereupon, Erdogan played his second card — reviving the ancient Turkish proposal to create a “buffer zone” inside Syria. And, then, he made the buffer zone a precondition for Ankara’s intervention to defend the northern Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border which had come under IS attack.
Again, Washington dithered. Kobane has now fallen to the IS. Meanwhile, Erdogan has anyway scored a goal — Kobane is a Kurdish town and its capture by the IS weakens the effectiveness of the Kurdish separatist organization PKK fighting the Turkish army.
Simply put, Erdogan is allowing the IS (which Turkey supports secretly) to crush the Kurds in northern Syria, while at the same time offering help to President Barack Obama to fight the IS — provided, of course, the US went along with the Turkish territorial ambitions (under the garb of buffer and ‘no-fly-zone’) in Syria, which will be the first shot in a ‘Balkanization’ of that Country.
Clearly, Erdogan’s agenda focuses on the “regime change” in Syria and, secondly, on the weakening and eventual decimation of the Kurdish separatist groups, while his attitude to the IS as such has always remained ambivalent.
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But Tehran seems to have understood what is afoot. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced today that Iran is willing to (militarily) intervene to liberate Kobane from the IS, if the Syrian government of President Bashar Al-Assad makes such a request to Tehran. In real terms, Tehran has pre-empted the pretext for a NATO intervention in Syria.
Erdogan may have overreached. Within Turkey, too, opposition is building up against the despatch of Turkish troops to Syria, including even within the Islamist camp.
Indeed, if the Kurds get Kobane liberated with Iranian help, that will expose Erdogan completely. The repercussions can be very serious for Turkey, because Kurds won’t accept Erdogan’s perceived betrayal. Anti-government violence has erupted on a big scale in the Kurdish regions in eastern Turkey.
#erdogan: CNN’s “lackeys” stirring chaos in #turkey, #Spying
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/erdogan-cnns-lackeys-stirring-chaos-turkey-spying
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on June 3, 2014. (Photo: AFP)
Turkey’s embattled prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, lashed out at international media on Tuesday, accusing news outlets of stirring unrest during the one-year anniversary of mass anti-government protests. The prime minister singled out CNN International, whose reporter was arrested live on air last Saturday while covering street clashes, accusing the network of spying.
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#turkey confirms #Youtube ban despite court ruling
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/19367
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to members of parliament from his ruling Justice and Development (AKP) Party during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on April 8, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkish authorities defied court orders and reaffirmed a ban on YouTube imposed after the posting of illicit recordings of top secret security talks that was cited by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as part of a “dirty campaign” to topple him. Authorities imposed the ban on Google’s video-sharing site on March 27 in the build-up to local elections, after weeks of leaked wiretaps which had emerged online, allegedly uncovering corruption in Erdogan’s inner circle. Erdogan emerged from the polls with his popularity largely intact. read (...)
Turkish government seeks broader power for its spy agency
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/turkish-government-seeks-broader-power-its-spy-agency
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on February 18, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
#turkey's government has submitted a bill to parliament to give the country’s spy agency more sweeping powers, a parliamentary source said Thursday. The bill aims to give the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) the authority to carry out missions and surveillance both in Turkey and abroad without the need for a court order. The MIT, which reports to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will also have unlimited access to all documents - from personal information to data on public or banking sector - pertaining to national security. read (...)
Turkish parliament to debate « Orwellian » Internet regulation
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/turkish-parliament-debate-orwellian-internet-regulation
Turkish MPs will debate Wednesday new Internet legislation portrayed by the government as shielding the young from dangerous material but which critics say is a further erosion of personal freedom in the aspiring EU member. The proposals follow reforms that detractors say hurt the independence of the judiciary and come as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tries to contain a deeply damaging corruption probe implicating his inner circle. read more
#erdogan calls on Turkish ambassadors to tell the “truth” on corruption case
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/erdogan-calls-turkish-ambassadors-tell-truth-corruption-case
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to the members of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on January 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ordered his ambassadors on Wednesday to confront allies with the “truth” that a corruption investigation shaking Ankara was the result of a foreign-backed plot to sabotage #turkey's international standing. Erdogan, visiting Brussels next week, also mockingly rejected European Union expressions of concern about his moves to tighten control over a judiciary he sees as central to the conspiracy. read (...)
Turkish parliament faces stalemate in efforts to draft new constitution
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/turkish-parliament-faces-stalemate-efforts-draft-new-constitution
Members of the leftist Workers’ Party, with flags bearing the effigy of the nation’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, rally outside Turkish Parliament in Ankara on November 19, 2013 to protest against the possibility Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government, Kurdish rebel group of PKK and and northern Iraqi Kurd leader Masoud Barzani divide #turkey. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)
Turkey’s parliament is deadlocked over efforts to draw up a new constitution aimed (...)
POLITICS - Turkey’s stance on Egypt coup ‘shows its democratic maturity’
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-stance-on-egypt-coup-shows-its-democratic-maturity.aspx?p
All political parties in the Turkish Parliament have issued a joint statement condemning the military coup in Egypt, which demonstrates the country’s democratic maturity, according to an expert on the Middle East. The debate as to whether what happened was really a coup or not stemmed from the existence of some in Turkey who have expectations for a similar event, but they are only a minority, says Professor Mensur Akgün from Istanbul’s Kültür University.