Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: Scunner on August 13, 2016, 09:50:36 AM
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National heroes not exempt in the mass arrests
"Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for the former footballer Hakan Şükür over last month’s failed coup, and said it had detected progress in persuading the US to extradite its alleged mastermind.
Prosecutors in Sakarya province, east of Istanbul, have charged Şükür with membership of an armed terror group, the state-run Anadolu agency said, referring to what Ankara calls the Fethullah Terror Organisation.
Anadolu said a warrant on identical charges has also been issued for Şükür’s father, Selmet, and an order had been issued to seize their assets in Turkey."
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/12/hakan-sukur-turkey-arrest-warrant-president-erdogan-coup
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Worrying indeed. Your man could do us all a favour by having a shufti at our national squad. ;D
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Not at all funny in my opinion :(
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According to the Turkish Daily News, they are holing 2million Turkish Lira in property belonging to them.
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Oh dear Highlander -such an old woman sometimes.
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Oh I forgot to include humbly and respect....
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According to the Turkish Daily News
I wonder how much longer TDN is going to be permitted to circulate its "anti-Turkish propaganda"?
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they are holing 2million Turkish Lira in property belonging to them.
It is reported to be 2 hundred million TL.
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According to the Turkish Daily News, they are holing 2million Turkish Lira in property belonging to them.
Sorry missed the 00 out. should be 200 million.
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According to the Turkish Daily News
I wonder how much longer TDN is going to be permitted to circulate its "anti-Turkish propaganda"?
What anti Turkish propaganda that Colwyn?
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Well if I look at today's news and the list of most popular recent articles I find detailed reporting of senior AKP leaders criticizing RTE's plan for retrospective death sentence law, a review saying Turkish courts are not independent and impartial, an article on constitutional discussions saying the HDP should not have been excluded, and reports of "outrage" at the court decision to overturn the law against child sexual abuse (since 12 to 15 year-olds are capable of giving their consent to sex. I haven't read through all the other stories but this sort of thing has been enough to raise Erdogan's wrath in the past. Perhaps this the new post-coup consiliatory President?
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When the wee man gets rid of his backlog of dissenters the HDN will be on the next list.State run TV & Newspapers will be the order of the day.
His intention to explore the purchase of a new Missile Defence System from his new buddy Putin will please Nato and the West.
It also looks as though he is getting rid of HDP's Demirtas.
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According to the Turkish Daily News
I wonder how much longer TDN is going to be permitted to circulate its "anti-Turkish propaganda"?
For quite some time I hope.
The HDN has a big "feck off " factor - it's owned by Doğan Holdings, who are one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Turkey, and the named publisher of HDN (and other group publications) is Vuslat Doğan Sabancı.
She is a Doğan, who married into the Sabancı family - and Sabancı family's little business, Sabancı Holdings turns over somewhere in the region of 5,000 billion lira a year.
Both are still family owned businesses and have been on the go for many years and seen governments come and go, coups, 1,000% inflation etc, etc.
The wee fella would need far bigger balls than he may think he has to go after those two families. He tried it with Koç Holdings after Gezi (protesters treated in the Koç owned Pera Hotel) and ultimately that didn't end well for him.
But hey, its Turkey under a state of emergency so who knows whats round the corner.
JF
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...and round the corner is now an attack on Doğan Holdings.
As I said before, I don't think the government has the balls to go after DH themselves - too much to lose given the shaky state of the economy. Instead, we have the editor of the pro government Daily Akşam, Murat Kelkitlioğlu making allegations against DH's top guy in Ankara, Barbaros Muratoğlu. Needless to say, Mr Muratoğlu is now enjoying bed and breakfast within an Ankara jail while the allegations of being involved in a "terror organisation" are investigated.
On the basis that another 191 judges and prosecutors were suspended yesterday, he may end up in front of a couple of janitors and a loyal simit seller.
Links: HDN (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/dogan-group-rejects-false-reports-slander-campaign.aspx?pageID=238&nID=106769&NewsCatID=341) Sabah (http://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2016/12/02/dogan-holding-executive-detained-for-links-to-feto)
JF