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’Change’ in Ankara
It will take some time to see the "fruits" of the 21-hour trip of U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama to Ankara but hot from the oven is the striking difference in style and emphasis compared to George W. Bush’s presidential trip to the Turkish capital that reflects that the new tenant of the White House can deliver a feeling of "change" even if not the "change" itself for now.
Trabzon’s mayor faces gov’t power
ISTANBUL - The main opposition party, the CHP’s Trabzon candidate and current mayor, Volkan Canalioğlu, or ’Volkan Abi’ to many city residents competes with the ruling AKP’s Orhan Fevzi Gümrükçüoğlu, who looks to have strong government backing that might persuade voters to support him
Social democrat vows end to ’one-way’ traffic
ANKARA - The one-way street system has overwhelmed everyone in Ankara’s Çankaya district and the Republican People’s Party’s candidate for the local elections, Bülent Tanık, says he wants it undone, adding that he will take the issue to the European Court of Human Rights if need be
Ostrich
The tall, bold, angry man was yelling Tuesday once again. He was speaking to the deputies of his Justice and Development Party, or AKP. The deputies were following him with wide-opened eyes, glaring with admiration for their leader. And, he was talking in the tone and excitement reminiscent of a shorter man with almond mustache in the Germany of the 1940s.
Law and order
Turkey has reached a point that even during the bayram prayers people are killing each other. When the murderer realizes that he is watched by the grand son of the victim he kills him as well. During the bayram holiday in Istanbul each day murders have been committed. We don’t know how many were killed. Five, 10 people? Certain killings are not even in the media. Afterward, newspapers are giving the accounts of the murders in several of their pages.
Gambling in Casablanca? We’re shocked!
We are all familiar with the means by which pedestrians of Turkish cities collectivize their will to brave traffic: a phenomenon of density and unspoken social cohesion. Going solo against aggressive motorists is daring. But if, say, four or five pedestrians step into the crosswalk at the same time, this challenge to the oncoming taxi usually works. Sadly, the media in all societies tend to work the same way. A trend, a development, a shift in political wind may be sensed by the lone newspaper or magazine. But seldom do they write until what social psychologists call "groupthink" provides confidence. Journalists tend to shuffle together, particularly when confronting the traffic of a new narrative.
Symbolic Cyprus gate signals rocky road ahead for island's reunification
The brief closing of the symbolic Ledra Street gate in Cyprus hours after it was re-opened showed the reunification process will be a hard task despite the recent optimisim. Greek Cypriot authorities blamed Turkish police for illegally patrolling a Greek part of the street, while Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias cut short his official visit to London, Turkish Cypriot leader said Thursday's events did not stem from the Turkish Cypriots, and that the Greek side reaction echoed the past. (UPDATED)