MEDIA-TURKEY: Analysis by Hilmi Toros ISTANBUL, Oct 7 (IPS) - Many sections of Turkish media critical of the government say Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is bent on silencing them through intimidation -- or controlling them through ...
TURKEY: Analysis by Hilmi Toros ISTANBUL, Aug 6 (IPS) - Turkey has barely managed to avoid a 'judicial coup' to overthrow its elected government, but others may be in the offing. In a 10-1 decision, the Constitutional Court found the ...
TURKEY: Analysis by Hilmi Toros ISTANBUL, Jun 11 (IPS) - In Phase One of what has been called a "judicial coup", Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled against amendments spearheaded by the Islamic-rooted ruling party to allow headscarves ...
TURKEY: ISTANBUL, May 9 (IPS) - Facing closure by the Constitutional Court, Turkey's Islamic-rooted governing party has launched its formal defence, claiming that the case against the highly popular party and its leaders has no legal basis, ...
TURKEY: ISTANBUL, Apr 16 (IPS) - Turkey is locked in a do-or-die duel between its secular "fundamentalism" and "moderate" Islam. The outcome is likely to bring profound changes at home, and may affect its controversial bid for European ...
TURKEY: Analysis by Hilmi Toros ISTANBUL, Mar 20 (IPS) - After four military interventions since 1960, another elected Turkish government risks being overthrown -- this time by the judiciary. The Chief Prosecutor has asked the ...
TURKEY: ISTANBUL, Mar 14 (IPS) - Female students wearing headscarves are now admitted to the campus of Turkey's Sakarya University, some 200 km from the main metropolis Istanbul. They have benefited from recent constitutional amendments ...
TURKEY: Analysis by Hilmi Toros ISTANBUL, Feb 4 (IPS) - Turkey's Islamic-rooted governing party is moving ahead with hotly contested constitutional amendments that would lift the ban on headscarves at universities. Opponents see it as a ...
TURKEY: Analysis by Hilmi Toros ISTANBUL, Jan 29 (IPS) - For the first time in half a century, a Greek head of government has paid an official visit to Turkey. The two Mediterranean neighbours, often described as the worst of friends or ...
TURKEY: Analysis by Hilmi Toros ISTANBUL, Dec 7 (IPS) - Turkey seems to have a far bigger 'cemetery' for political parties than many other democratic nations. Its next occupant could be a controversial pro-Kurdish party. If shut down, the ...
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