Posts Tagged ‘Democratic initiative’
the police mind: citizenship vs. nationality
January 5th, 2010 by lifeproof
Turkey is going through hard days. The economic crisis is on the one hand and on the other many other things: the democratic initiative, Kurdish riots, nationalist tensions, the workers’ strike, unemployment as well as the process to establish good relations with as many countries as possible in foreign relations–and the football league is midyear recess. [...]
Tags: Democratic initiative, ethnic tensions, identity check, identity control, Istanbul, Kurdish, Kurdish initiative, Kurdish solution, police, police control, the Kurdish initiative, the Kurdish solution, Turkey
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles
apolitical + depoliticized
December 12th, 2009 by lifeproof
Yesterday, another Kurdish centered political party, Democratic Society Party, has been closed down in Turkey by the Constitutional Court. This is the fourth party among eight parties that is banned in a row of 20 years from the south eastern region of Turkey. There is a lot to talk about this issue since it has [...]
Tags: Democratic initiative, Democratic Society Party, Demokratik Toplum Partisi, ethnic tensions, ICY, Iran, Kurdish, SOT, Tabriz, the Kurdish initiative, Turkey, vimeo, Williamsburg
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Tayyip ♥ Mahmoud
October 28th, 2009 by lifeproof
The Guardian was very surprised to hear from Turkish PM, Tayyip Erdogan to say that Iran (Mahmoud Ahmedinejad) is a friend of Turkey. It is quite surprising for me to see that they are surprised at this statement. This friendship was obvious, inevitable–and to be fair: quite logical. I have been saying continuously, even before [...]
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Democratic initiative, Iran, Israel, Kurdish, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Mesopotamia, Russia, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, Tehran, the East, the EU, The Guardian, the West, Turkey
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Burying the Dead in the Past
September 23rd, 2009 by lifeproof
I have written about the century long debate not only between Turkey and Armenia but also the Armenian diaspora all around the world, European countries, the USA and many other parties, who are either directly or emotionally related to the topic. Nowadays, almost all countries and people within Eurasia region are constantly extending peaceful hands [...]
Tags: Armenia, Armenian diaspora, Armenian Genocide, Azerbaijan, Barack Obama, Democratic initiative, energy resources, Iran, iraq, Kurdistan, Nabucco, Nabucco pipeline, Nagarno-Karabakh, natural gas, oil, Russia, Syria, the Greater Middle East Project, the Kurdish solution, the USA, Turkey, Vladimir Putin
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