Turkey Police Fire Water Cannon on Election Protesters
Turkish riot police used water cannon on Tuesday to disperse a crowd of people who had gathered in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Election Board in Ankara The protesters, according to...
View ArticleTurkish Official Blames Election Night Power Outages On A Cat
ISTANBUL -- After Turks went to the polls in a round of contentious local elections on Sunday, power outages forced some voting centers to count votes by candlelight. Accusations of election fraud ran...
View ArticleTurkish Bank CEO Busted With "Shoeboxes Of Cash" As Gold 'Exports' Soar
*Suleyman Aslan is the CEO of Turkey's second largest bank*; so imagine how shocked police were when, as Bloomberg reports, they raided his home and *found $4.5 million cash stashed in shoeboxes and...
View ArticleThe Turkish Tweet: Can It Really Be Stopped?
Thanks to Miley Cyrus, we all know about twerking, but do you know the definition of 'twurking?' It's a new word I just created about 2 minutes before sitting down to write today's blog post......
View ArticleLittle time for Erdogan to savour election victory
April 02, 2014 1:14 AM LONDON - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK party may have passed with flying colours its test at local elections, but more challenges await Mr Erdogan as he sets...
View ArticleTurkish riot police break up post-election protest in Ankara
Turkish riot police have fired water cannon at opposition protesters demonstrating against local election results. The weekend vote was dominated by the ruling AKP party of Premier Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleTurkish police use water cannnon in Ankara as voters demand recount
Thousands protest over results of local elections in which Recep Tayyip Erdoan's AK party kept control of capital and Istanbul Riot police fired water cannon in Ankara on Tuesday to disperse thousands...
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Is The Twitter Revolution Dead?
More than two weeks ago, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan banned Twitter. Within minutes of the event, #TurkeyblockedTwitter began on the service. Journalists and citizens alike mocked the......
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New Cold War with Russia Heating Up in Syria
As President Obama was reading his teleprompter on March 20th to announce sanctions against Russia, Syrian rebel forces, led by al Qaeda-linked Islamic Front and Jabhat al-Nusra, launched a surprise...
View ArticleTurkish Opposition Claims Vote-Rigging
Turkey's opposition formally charged that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party rigged weekend elections in some cities, as the premier's promise of a crackdown to eliminate his enemies appeared...
View ArticleTurkish Lira and Stocks Pushing Higher After Elections
Turkish stocks traded as much as 2 percent higher and the lira hit a two-month high Monday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's party claimed victory in local elections. Turkey's BIST 100 opened 1.95...
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No April Fool joke Turkish minister blames cat for power outage
The Turkish energy minister blamed a power outage in the capital Ankara during elections Sunday on a cat that entered a power distribution unit and claims it had absolutely nothing to do with the...
View ArticleRiot Police Fire Water Cannons at Protesters in Turkey
Riot police fired water cannons in the Turkish capital on Tuesday to disperse thousands of people protesting outside the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) against local election results which saw the...
View ArticleUnsung food suburbs: Dandenong, Victoria
Dandenong is treasure trove of ethnic food, with its own Little India and Afghan Bazaar precincts plus cafes and restaurants offering cuisines ranging from Balkan to Mauritian Thirty kilometres...
View ArticleStop Turkey's EU accession, say German parties
Twitter banned, the opposition threatened - at least one of Germany's ruling parties has had enough of the Turkish government, and wants to prevent the country joining the EU. But Berlin and Brussels...
View ArticleGreenpeace Features Apple as 'Green Energy Innovator' in New Report
Environmental activist group Greenpeace, which has in the past taken Apple to task over environmental issues, has released a new report entitled "Clicking Clean: How Companies are Building the Green...
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Turkish court in Twitter ruling
Turkey's highest court has ruled that the country's Twitter ban violates the right to free expression and has demanded that access be restored. Reported by Belfast Telegraph 14 hours ago.
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Blocking Twitter violates free speech, says Turkish constitutional court
Turkey's highest court ruled today that the recent nationwide Twitter block is a violation of the free-speech protections written into the country's constitution. The ruling comes just a week after a...
View ArticleTurkish high court rules for end of Twitter ban
Turkey suspended access to Twitter last month after the website became a conduit for links to recordings suggesting government corruption. The government then blocked access to YouTube following the...
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New Fawkon Walk business Maxim Barbers in Hoddesdon hoping to be cut above rest
Broxbourne Borough Council has let one of its Fawkon Walk units in Hoddesdon town centre to a Turkish Barber. Reported by Hertfordshire Mercury 13 hours ago.
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