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07 December 2013 Saturday
 
 
Today's Zaman
 
 
 
 
COLUMNISTS 06 December 2013, Friday
ABDULLAH BOZKURT
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Attacks on free press in Turkey
It appears that Turkey's powerful prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has adopted a two-pronged assault on the right to freedom of expression and free press in Turkey against the background of increased criticism of his government amid outrageous revelations that the government has been running a massive profiling program on unsuspecting innocent citizens with no reasonable cause whatsoever.
ABDÜLHAMİT BİLİCİ
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The AK Party's missed opportunity?
Fred Halliday is a Marxist academic from the West who possesses quite a unique perspective --compared to some other intellectuals -- on our country and on the Islamic world. His general stance is described by a phrase taken from Farsi: “Ne garbzadegi, ne şarkzadegi,” meaning neither Western poisoning, nor Eastern poisoning. As he sees it, figures like Mao and Khomeini were subject to Eastern poisoning, while people like Buchanan and Hungtington were subject to Western poisoning.
İHSAN YILMAZ
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GYV Declaration: The AKP and Hizmet on democracy
The Hizmet movement's Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) released a statement on its website on Thursday in which it said it is worried about the profiling of citizens, civic groups and public employees. It demanded that all the legislation that is reminiscent of the old, anti-democratic Turkey must be revised to ensure their full compliance with fundamental rights and freedoms.
HÜSEYİN GÜLERCE
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Response to aspersion
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) made an important statement on Thursday. Its press release, issued in connection with the recent tension that threatens to disrupt social consensus, seeks to defuse tension with regards to the rift between the government and the Hizmet movement.
MARKAR ESAYAN
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The PKK issue and coming elections
The settlement process that started on Jan. 3, 2012 to resolve the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) issue and address the demands of the Kurdish people in Turkey has entered a new era. In recent weeks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government leader Massoud Barzani in Diyarbakır.
BEKİR BERAT ÖZİPEK
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Can the CHP be democratized?
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's recent visit to the US, as well as some positive messages the party has made lately, appear to have renewed the hopes of some democrats.
BERİL DEDEOĞLU
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A restart with the EU?
For some time, no one in Turkey or in Europe has been very curious about relations between the EU and Turkey.
SEYFETTİN GÜRSEL
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The exchange rate debate
Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan on Thursday, answering a question from a journalist about the actual level of the exchange rate, criticized Turkish Central Bank Governor Erdem Başçı for his announcement of the real exchange rate level.
EMRE USLU
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Silencing Taraf
The liberal Taraf daily, where I write a column, is one of the few independent newspapers in this country.
CHARLOTTE MCPHERSON
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Informality can be perceived as impolite
Turkish culture places great emphasis on respect, honor and pride. Honor is important and Turkish culture is strongly hierarchical and patriarchal.
KLAUS JURGENS
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Labor market participation rate not yet satisfactory
If politicians in industrialized countries worry about one thing, it is the state of the economy in general and the number of unemployed people in particular. Both issues are election makers or breakers.
TUĞBA AYDIN
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Supremacy of law
President Abdullah Gül commented on a recent Constitutional Court decision, saying that the right to a fair trial of Ergenekon convicts Mustafa Balbay and Mehmet Haberal had been violated during the judicial process and that the court's ruling shows there is supremacy of law in the country.
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