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Paying money to prevent retaliation
ISTANBUL - Blood money is compensation murderers or their families pay to their victims’ families in order to prevent blood feuds between them. Although this tradition prevents many vendettas, it does not offer an escape from law suits in Turkey. On the Arabian Peninsula, it differs
Remembering an Ottoman grand vizier who was far ahead of his times
ISTANBUL - Grand Vizier Ali Paşa is known to have called Ahmet Vefik Paşa a 'living library' and someone who would have made a good grand vizier under Sultan Süleyman. Ahmet Vefik Paşa is remembered more for his interest and contribution to the arts than his work as a politician and sultan’s grand vizier
Court orders the arrest of colonel, tensions up
ISTANBUL - The arrest of the navy colonel for membership in an illegal organization days after military prosecutors decided there was no evidence to prove the same officer was guilty of any crime. The arrest came as top military officers were meeting with senior government ministers to discuss recent developments over army-government relations
All eyes on Gül in political standoff
ANKARA - The arrest early Wednesday of a Navy colonel is the most recent incident among many that have divided Turkey’s governing bodies and renewed tension between the AKP and the military. In the middle of it all is President Gül, whose next step might very well determine the future balance between the military and the civilian authorities
Extraordinary meetings
Turkey’s top general met yesterday morning with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan. It was the second "extraordinary" meeting in two weeks between Erdoğan and Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ. According to a "tradition" established in the last months in office of former Chief of Staff Yaşar Büyükanıt, the prime minister and the top general of the country meet "regularly" on Thursdays before or after, depending on the president’s schedule, a weekly routine presidential reception of the prime minister.
Obstinate governance
While it appears Turkey will not anytime soon have a transparent governance conforming with the notion of supremacy of law, it sure has acquired a perfect example of obstinate governance thanks to the "high leadership qualifications" of Prime Minister Erdoğan and the "democracy devotion" of his AKP.
’Keep your hands off the military’
ANKARA - The political skirmish continues as Chief of General Staff Gen. Başbuğ returns fire for previous combative comments by Prime Minister Erdoğan that supposedly second-guessed the sincerity of the military’s internal investigation into the source of alleged plans to dismantle the ruling party. Başbuğ says anti-AKP plan is just ’a piece of paper’
