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Gay pleas for help fall on deaf ears
ANKARA - A recent trend of breaking taboos in Turkey, including a top government official’s reported use of the word ’Kurdistan,’ has Turkey’s LGBT community calling for stronger political commitments to fight discrimination against homosexuals. This is about rights and any tolerant society can benefit from its own diversity, the Danish ambassador says.
The battle for Turkey’s soul: Elites vs. the West
Turkey is an elite project; historically, large elite groups, i.e., mega elites constituting sizeable portions of the society, have led Turkey toward their own societal values and foreign policy choices. This was the case during the Ottoman Empire, the Republican era, and, today, with the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP.
Carnage in Mardin
It was sad to follow TV reports from the southeastern Mardin province about carnage at a wedding ceremony in a small village in that region. Reports said 44 people, including the bride and the bridegroom, were killed in an attack by some masked gunmen, while most of the men of the village were village guards and were out in the fields to guard the village against a possible attack by the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, terrorist gang.
S. African Ambassador- Interaction will enhance ties
ISTANBUL - The relationship between South Africa and Turkey is "sound," but could be enhanced, said South African Ambassador to Turkey Tebogo Seokolo, who urged the continuation of efforts to encourage business and tourism between the two countries.
Time to focus on homework for EU
ISTANBUL -’The best investment Turkey can make is to do its homework well. There are, of course, many opinions on Turkey’s European Union membership in the union of 27 states,’ Finnish President Tarja Halonen tells the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review in Istanbul last week.
Alliance of Civilizations: A misplaced union
At first glance, the Alliance of Civilizations, or AoC, founded by Turkey and Spain in 2005, seems like a sensible and strategic undertaking. In the post-Sept. 11 world, it boldly promises to bring two clashing civilizations peacefully together. But this is a fundamentally incorrect assumption.
’Woman’s touch needed in politics’
AYDIN - As one of two female mayors elected in city centers all around the country Özlem Çerçioğlu says if there had been more female mayors, the cities would be much tidier, cleaner, planned and harmonic under their hands. Former deputy, current mayor of Aydın, Çerçioğlu is elected from CHP
Expatriate’s guide to local elections in Turkey
FETHİYE - For foreigners living in Turkey election time can be confusing, but it is possible to gather information on the parties dreaming of victory on March 29. Despite their differences, all parties are the same when it comes to their future projections:Fethiye will be an utopia, whoever wins!
Bursa women aspire to run the province
ISTANBUL - Once the Ottoman capital, today’s green city of textiles is the essence of a common Turkish paradox: Bursa has long been a conservative city but many women there are making their way in male-dominated businesses Ğ including the run for the city’s top job
Monogamy and gender equality
Recently, at one of Ankara’s splendid five-star hotels there was a rather rare pluralist workshop on participation of women and the "less advantageous members of the society" in politics. It was a rare pluralist event because, for a change, people from different views and political tendencies were invited. The event was hosted by the Turkish Democracy Foundation, or TDV, under the patronage of Nimet Çubukçu, the state minister in charge of women affairs.
Name change riles rights campaigners
ISTANBUL - A draft bill passes through the Constitutional Committee, but based on a proposal by female deputies of the AKP, the name of the commission is changed. Advocates of women’s rights are left furious at the name change as they believe it doesn’t promote equality
PM wants ’1,000 women’ picks
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was planning to increase the number of female candidates in local polls. After mayoral candidates of the governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, were revealed, it seemed that the target may not be accomplished. The AKP did not nominate any females in 16 municipalities.
Historical step on path to progress
After 12 years of struggling for a parliamentary commission on gender equality, on Thursday women in Turkey finally gained a commission mandated to represent them at the highest levels of government. This representation also comes with unprecedented power to serve the interests of women: a substantial budget, the authority to bring about real change and the ears of Parliament and the Prime Ministry.
Tayyip Erdoğan’s Ottoman military band
The mullahs in Tehran have nominated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the Nobel Peace Prize. One Lebanese newspaper has nominated the prime minister for the caliph. With a little bit more effort Ğsuppose Mr Erdoğan next time slapped an Israeli bigwig in faceÑsomeone would nominate him for the Twelfth Imam since our religion rules out the possibility of Prophet Mohammed’s reincarnation. Ah, that, too, would have been none other than Mr Erdoğan! Ironically, all that is happening during a time of increasing talk of ’neo-Ottomanism.’