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Gen. Wesley Clark: "ISIS got started through funding from our friends and allies to destroy Hezbollah"
- 'Islamic State' mystery: The anti-history of a historic phenomenon
- How the west created the Islamic State …with a little help from our friends
- The rise of ISIS in Iraq is a neocon's dream
- Who's Funding ISIS? Wealthy Gulf 'Angel Investors,' Officials Say
- If the war on terror fuels terrorism, how does the war on terror actually end?
- The 'war on terror' – by design – can never end
- Gen. Wesley Clark talks about the post-9/11 "policy coup" at the Pentagon
- The Redirection
Grossly Hypocritical For Egypt, Turkey and Russia to Attend Charlie Hebdo March, says Reporters Without Borders
Louise Ridley reports for The Huffington Post:
'Leaders from Egypt, Turkey and Russia are grossly hypocritical for attending today's Paris march for the journalists murdered at Charlie Hebdo magazine when they continue to persecute journalists in their own countries, according to a journalists' charity.
Reporters Without Borders (RWB) says it is "appalled" that leaders of countries including United Arab Emirates were present. It accused them of trying to "improve their international image" while "spitting on the graves" of the cartoonists and journalists.
[…] RWB secretary-general Christophe Deloire said: "It would be unacceptable if representatives of countries that silence journalists were to take advantage of the current outpouring of emotion to try to improve their international image and then continue their repressive policies when they return home.
"We must not let predators of press freedom spit on the graves of Charlie Hebdo."'
The Perils of Political Cartoonery
Michael Dickinson writes for CounterPunch:
'2006, Istanbul: As I was being escorted by armed guards through the dimly lit corridors of Umraniye prison to my allocated cell, a prisoner in a queue heading in the other direction pointed me out to his mate.
"That English guy! He insulted the Prime Minister! It was on the telly tonight."
We reached an iron cell door, which was unlocked, and after my handcuffs were removed, I was ordered to enter. The door slammed behind me, and I heard the key turn in the lock.
The bunk-lined walls of the dark room were lit by a smoking oil lamp and the shadows of a group of unshaven men in undervests who crouched eating with their hands around a table in the middle of the room. They all stared at me.
"What are you in for?" asked a gruff Turkish voice.
I gulped.
"I made a picture ot the Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan with a… with a dog's body."'
Raids Stun Turkish Media
- Turkey's Erdogan says media raids a response to 'dirty' plot
- Erdogan says Turkish judiciary, other state bodies must be 'cleansed of traitors'
- Amid silent press, Turkish journalists use social media to condemn editors' arrests
- Gulen supporters remain defiant despite police raids on pro-Gulen media outlets
- Protests In Turkey Over Arrests Of Anti-Erdogan Media
- Erdogan tells EU to 'mind own business' over Turkey arrests
- Black Sunday: The day Turkey detained its prominent journalists
- Erdogan signals fresh moves against Gulen supporters, vows to pursue them "in their lairs"
- Turkish Authors Accused of Criticising Government on Behalf of West
- 400 critics of Erdogan expected to be arrested, says Twitter user
- Turkish MPs pass bill shaking up judiciary, boosting police powers
Internet Freedom: The Rest of the World Gradually Becoming More Like China
Vauhini Vara reports for The New Yorker:
'On Thursday, Freedom House published its fifth annual report on Internet freedom around the world. As in years past, China is again near the bottom of the rankings, which include sixty-five countries. Only Syria and Iran got worse scores, while Iceland and Estonia fared the best… China's place in the rankings won't come as a surprise to many people. The notable part is that the report suggests that, when it comes to Internet freedom, the rest of the world is gradually becoming more like China and less like Iceland. The researchers found that Internet freedom declined in thirty-six of the sixty-five countries they studied, continuing a trajectory they have noticed since they began publishing the reports in 2010.
Earp, who wrote the China section, said that authoritarian regimes might even be explicitly looking at China as a model in policing Internet communication. (Last year, she co-authored a report on the topic for the Committee to Protect Journalists.) China isn't alone in its influence, of course. The report's authors even said that some countries are using the U.S. National Security Agency's widespread surveillance, which came to light following disclosures by the whistle-blower Edward Snowden, "as an excuse to augment their own monitoring capabilities." Often, the surveillance comes with little or no oversight, they said, and is directed at human-rights activists and political opponents.'
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The President Who Ate Turkey
Steve A. Cook writes for Politico:
'Without fail every year, starting around November 10, my #Turkey Twitter feed is jammed with not just the latest news from Ankara and Istanbul, but also Auntie Jean's turkey recipe and suggestions about how to deep fry the bird without blowing up your house. And every year, on behalf of Turks and Turkey scholars the world over, I plaintively ask the tweeting masses to change #Turkey to #Turkiye, the actual Turkish name for the country that borders Greece, Bulgaria, Iran, Iraq and Syria—alas, with no success.
This year, however, basting and brining be damned, I am not going to make my annual plea. In an odd sort of way, #Turkey and #Turkiye have come together for me. That's because after a mere 90 days as president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the man who has eaten Turkey—the country. He is president and de facto prime minister, making him Turkey's first "Primesident"—sort of like the political version of Turducken. Yet Erdogan's powers run even further and deeper. He is also, effectively, the country's foreign minister and chief judge, a prosecutor and big city mayor, university rector and father figure. There is nothing that better represents how Erdogan has gorged on Turkey than the president's own newly unveiled Ak Saray, or White Palace, with its $350-$650 million price tag, 1,000 rooms and more than 2 million square feet.'
- Erdogan intimidating his people, especially women, with 'moral values'
- Turkey's Erdogan: Women Not Equal to Men
- Turkey seeks more police authority
- Turkey bans reporting on parliamentary graft body
- Turkish media linked to exiled cleric say they shut out by government
- Erdogan says Muslims discovered Americas
- Erdogan's palace costs to soar
- Turkey's New Presidential Palace Is Absurd
- U.S. Sailors Attacked On The Street In Turkey
- Report: Turkish army bans Game of Thrones, requires officers take course on Islam
- Turkey openly threatens Greece to stay away from Cyprus waters
- Cyprus accuses Turkey of 'provocative actions'
- Pew poll: Israel most hated country in Turkey
- Turkish Leader, Using Conflicts, Cements Power
- Cyprus to block Turkey's EU bid over gas dispute
- After Gezi: Erdoğan and political struggle in Turkey (Documentary)
- Turkey's Erdogan comes closer to Russia
- Loyal depositors shoulder Turkey's Bank Asya while political war rages
Hawks Triumph in Senate; Will Push More Aggressive US Policy
Jason Ditz writes for Antiwar:
'The Republicans took control of the Senate in Tuesday's elections, but much more important than which party took control is the nature of the incoming Senators from the new ruling party.
It's not an influx of Tea Party members, reluctant to waste US funds on overseas adventures and suspicious of federal power, but rather a series of hawks in the model of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R – SC) that seized the reins of power last night.
The new senators are typified by Jodi Ernst (R – IA) and Tom Cotton (R – AR), who campaigned heavy on escalating the ISIS war in Iraq and Syria, as well as being more hawkish at essentially every opportunity."
- Obama foreign policy faces new challenge
- Obama faces new Congress critical of his foreign policy
- The rise of Joni Ernst — and the return of the Bush-era GOP
- The GOP sweep is no victory for Netanyahu
- Obama Seeks War Authorization for ISIS Conflict Before New Congress Takes Over
- Turkish Media: Democrat losses in Senate might be good news for coping with crisis in Syria
Noam Chomsky: "US created the conditions from which ISIS arose"
Adam Curtis: HAPPIDROME (Part One)
Adam Curtis writes on his BBC blog:
'[…] The accepted version is that the neo-liberal right and the free market triumphed. But maybe the truth is that what we have today is far closer to a system managed by a technocratic elite who have no real interest in politics – but rather in creating a system of rewards that both keeps us passive and happy – and also makes that elite a lot of money.
That in the mid 1980s the new networks of computers which allowed everyone to borrow money came together with lifestyle consumerism to create a system of social management very close to Skinner's vision.
Just like in the mental hospital we are all given fake money in the form of credit – that we can then use to get rewards, which keep us happy and passive. Those same technologies that feed us the fake money can also be used to monitor us in extraordinary detail. And that information is then used used to nudge us gently towards the right rewards and the right behaviours – and in extremis we can be cut off from the rewards.
The only problem with that system is that the pigeons may be getting restless. That not only has the system not worked properly since the financial crash of 2008, but that the growing inequalities it creates are also becoming a bit too obvious. The elite is overdoing it and – passive or not – the masses are starting to notice.'
Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, New Zealand and Spain win U.N. Security Council seats, Turkey bid fails
Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau report for Reuters:
'Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, New Zealand and Spain won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Thursday for two years from Jan. 1, 2015. The 193-member U.N. General Assembly elected Venezuela with 181 votes, Malaysia with 187 votes, Angola with 190 votes.
All three countries campaigned unopposed for their seats after being chosen as the candidates for their respective regional groups, but still needed to win the votes of two-thirds of the General Assembly to secure their spots.
The only contest was between New Zealand, Spain and Turkey for two seats given to the Western European and others group. New Zealand won a seat during the first round of voting with 145 votes. Spain beat Turkey in a third round of run-off voting.'
- Turkey fails in bid to join UN Security Council
- Venezuela elected to UN security council
- Spain wins seat on UN Security Council
- New Zealand wins seat on UN Security Council
- Angola Goes Big On UN Security Council
- Malaysia: How Will It Perform on the UN Security Council?
- Has America Stopped Even Pretending to Care About the U.N. Security Council?
ISIS fighter in Kobanê: "Erdoğan has helped us a lot"
Iskender Doğu writes for Roar Mag:
'[…] The general opinion of the Kurds and their supporters here at the border is that the Turkish government has had a hand in ISIS' assault on Kobanê. This rumor was confirmed by a member of ISIS with whom we spoke on the phone, a mere two hundred meters from the border with Syria.
My friend Murat and I were walking through the fields when we met a man who explained to us that he had just escaped from Kobanê. He told us how, two days before, he had tried to call a friend who was fighting with the Women's Defense Forces. But instead of his friend answering, an unknown man picked up the phone and told him that his friend was dead — killed by ISIS — and that this phone now belonged to him.
Murat encouraged the man to try and call the number again, and after it rang a number of times, the same man picked up. Our friend spoke to the ISIS fighter for a while, in Arabic, and then asked him: "how is your friend Erdoğan doing?" The reply confirmed what many here have been suspecting all along: "Erdoğan has helped us a lot in the past. He has given us Kobanê. But now we don't need him anymore. After Kobanê, Turkey is next!"'
War against ISIS: US air strategy in tatters as militants march on
Patrick Cockburn writes for The Independent:
- Battle rages for control of Syria's Kobane
- Will the West take 'last-minute' action to save Kobane?
- ISIS Adds Reinforcements as Kobani Offensive Continues
- Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat
- Kurds Still Hold Kobani's Central Square, But Defeat Looms
- Kurds mourn in Turkey for Kobane battle 'martyrs'
- U.N. says thousands likely to be massacred if jihadists take Kobani
- Up to 700 trapped in Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, UN says
- ISIS Seizes Large Parts of Kobani as US Increases Strikes
- Kurds bury Kobani dead in makeshift graves over border
- Kurdish Ammo Runs Low in Kobani as Turkey Controls Exit
- Kerry: IS advance on Kobani will not deter coalition
- Kerry: Stopping Kobani Takeover 'Not a Priority'
EU chastises Turkey over interference in courts, freedom of speech
Robin Emmott reports for Reuters:
'The European Union reprimanded EU candidate Turkey on Wednesday for political meddling in the judiciary, saying a response to a government corruption scandal has harmed the independence of the judiciary and weakened civil rights.
The unusually harsh language by the European Commission, the European Union's executive, raises questions about Turkey's chances of EU membership almost a decade after negotiations were launched.
But in its annual report on countries seeking to join the bloc, Brussels said it still believes more talks are possible, recommending opening discussions on the judiciary and fundamental rights as a way to force Turkey to confront the issue.'
The Impending Fall of Kobani Reveals Failure of U.S. Bombing Campaign: Interview with Patrick Cockburn
Editor's Note: Patrick Cockburn writes a regular column for the The Independent and CounterPunch. His new book 'The Jihadis Return' is available from OR Books. You can read his article related to the below interview here.
- US Air Strikes Can't Stop ISIS in the Fight for Kobani
- U.S. and Turkey at Odds as Islamic State Advances on Kobani
- ISIS Dares Turkey to Save Kobani
- Patrick Cockburn: The Siege of Kobani
- Battle for Kobani between Isis and Syrian Kurds sparks unrest in Turkey
- US calls for 'strategic patience' after strikes near Kobani
- Pentagon: US Won't Shift ISIS Campaign Over Kurdish Town
- Turkey: Syrian Border Town Kobani Is 'About to Fall' to ISIS
- US Airstrikes on ISIS Not Slowing Advance on Kurdish Town
- Syrian Kurds say air strikes against Isis are not working
- French reportedly discussing Kobani action with Turks
- UN's Syria envoy calls for international action to defend Kobane
- Kurdish female suicide bomber attacks Isis in fight for Kobani
- Isis raises the black flag: Islamists hail victory over Kurds as battle rages on Europe's doorstep
Turkish President Erdogan: 'I am increasingly against the internet every day'
Heather Saul reports for The Independent:
'The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended his government's efforts to control online speech, telling a press freedom conference: "I am increasingly against the Internet every day." Mr Erdoğan's comments came during an "unprecedented" meeting with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Press Institute (IPI).
The meeting, which also included Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ, took place as the Turkish parliament voted on military action in Syria. Turkey's leaders "aggressively" defended its record on press freedom during the 90-minute conference, and criticised various media outlets for "polarising and distorting coverage of recent events" such as the Gezi Park anti-government rallies.'
- Turkey: Authoritarian Drift Threatens Rights
- Turkey to give telecoms body more powers over Internet
- Turkish PM promises peace with Kurds, active diplomacy
- Dozens of Turkish police detained over 'anti-government plot'
- New Cabinet in Turkey Mirrors That of Last Premier
- Erdogan sworn in as Turkey president, opposition walk out
- Turkey's incoming prime minister says country needs new constitution
- Davutoglu: controversial architect of Turkey's foreign policy
- Turkey's Erdogan signals no let-up in push for stronger presidency
- Turkey's Erdogan seeks strong, but pliant successor as PM
Does NATO's Outgoing Head Have Kurdish Skeletons in His Closet?
'The secret story of how the outgoing head of the most powerful military alliance landed his job "has everything," according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
"It has the Kurds. It has the destruction of an entire TV station. Corrupt deals between intelligence agencies and the judiciary. The corruption of a Scandinavian country, Denmark. And the head of that country, the prime minister, doing a corrupt deal to get his job," Assange told teleSUR English in an exclusive interview.
Continuing, Assange lamented the "whole thing, signed off, explicitly by Barack Obama."
The story with "everything" is now a pending case before the European Court of Human Rights, but it begins two years ago, with the prosecution of a Kurdish language television station in Denmark.'
The new 'Blair rich project': Pushing the Trans-Adriatic pipeline against Italians' objections
'[…] Yo, Blair – what are you doing this time? He is pushing a huge global project in the name of some big guys who care less than nothing that the local people don't want it.
The scheme is, as always, a case of powerful elites against ordinary people, and guess which side he is for? He is gazing now at Puglia's southern coasts in his capacity of facilitator of Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan's president, nominated in 2012 for Person of the Year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the TAP consortium of energy, Trans Adriatic Pipeline, formed by British oil giant BP (20 percent), Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR (20 percent), Norway's Statoil (20 percent), Belgium's Fluxys (16 percent), France's Total (10 percent), Germany's E.ON" (9 percent) and Switzerland's di Axpo (5 percent). It's a 2,000-mile pipeline transporting gas from Shah Deniz-2, the biggest Azeri gas field in the Caspian Sea, across Turkey, Greece and Albania to Italy.'
World Bank urges Turkey, EU to integrate further
'World Bank Turkey Director Martin Raiser on Tuesday addressed design flaws in the EU-Turkey Customs Union agreement that is seen as the biggest obstacle for Turkey in EU economic integration.
Raiser said that although Turkey is a candidate for EU membership, its inability to participate in the decision-making process on the EU's Customs Union policies increases the risk of Turkish non-compliance with EU legislation.
[…] Raiser was speaking at the "Turkey-EU Custom Union" panel held by the European Union and the Ankara-based think tank Global Research Association, which conducts research into Turkey's harmonization with EU principles and policies.'
Rise of Islamic education system unnerves secular Turks
Dilay Gundogan and Emmanuelle Baillon report for AFP:
'When Turkish pupils received their school entry exam results after the end of last term, textile worker and father Halil Ibrahim Beyhan received an unpleasant surprise His daughter had been assigned to a religious high school, like thousands of other students under a new system that caught many parents off guard.
Parents, educators and civil society groups have decried the move as another attack on Turkey's secular principles by the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) co-founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing the government of imposing religion on students.'
A Two-Faced Friendship: Turkey Is 'Partner and Target' for the NSA
Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach, Michael Sontheimer and Holger Stark report for SPEIGEL and The Intercept:
'[…] Documents from the archive of US whistleblower Edward Snowden that SPIEGEL and The Intercept have seen show just how deeply involved America has become in Turkey's fight against the Kurds. For a time, the NSA even delivered its Turkish partners with the mobile phone location data of PKK leaders on an hourly basis. The US government also provided the Turks with information about PKK money flows and the whereabouts of some of its leaders living in exile abroad.
At the same time, the Snowden documents also show that Turkey is one of the United States' leading targets for spying. Documents show that the political leadership in Washington, DC, has tasked the NSA with divining Turkey's "leadership intention," as well as monitoring its operations in 18 other key areas. This means that Germany's foreign intelligence service, which drew criticism in recent weeks after it was revealed it had been spying on Turkey, isn't the only secret service interested in keeping tabs on the government in Ankara.'
FBI informant led cyberattacks on Turkey's government
Dell Cameron reports for The Kernal:
'After Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided Hector Xavier Monsegur's Manhattan apartment in June 2011, the FBI gave him a choice: Help take down the international hacktivist collective Anonymous, or go to prison for the rest of your life. He promptly flipped. What followed was a high-profile hacking spree that included attacks on Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Stratfor), the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the FBI's own Virtual Academy, among others. Monsegur, better known by his alias Sabu, helped ensnare eight of the world's top hackers in the process.
Monsegur's exact role, however, and the FBI's implicit involvement in the attacks have come under serious scrutiny in recent months. The Daily Dot previously revealed that, contrary to official reports, Monsegur, 30, orchestrated the devastating attack on Stratfor in December 2011. The breach caused an estimated $3.78 million in damages and left thousands of customers vulnerable to fraud. For the first time, The Kernel can now confirm Monsegur also led cyberattacks on Turkey's government. The revelation further calls into question the role of federal investigators and their apparent willingness to exploit both hackers and major security flaws.'
Focus magazine: Germany has spied on Turkey since 1976
'Germany's foreign intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey for nearly four decades, Focus magazine said on Saturday in a report which could raise tensions further between the NATO allies. The details about the duration of possible surveillance and on the decision-making surrounding it go further than first reports earlier this week. Turkey summoned Germany's ambassador in Ankara on Monday after media reports that Berlin had identified Ankara as a top target of surveillance in a government document from 2009 and had been spying on Turkey for years.
Focus magazine said the BND intelligence agency had been spying on Turkey since 1976 and that German government under the then Social Democrat chancellor Helmut Schmidt had expressly approved the step. The magazine also cited government sources as saying the BND's current mandate to monitor Turkish political and state institutions had been agreed by a government working group. That included representatives of the chancellor's office, the defense, foreign and economy ministries. A spokesman for the German government declined to comment on the report.'
NATO says would help defend Turkey if threatened by Islamic State
'NATO would take all steps necessary to defend alliance member Turkey if it were threatened by Islamic State fighters who have made gains in neighbouring Iraq and Syria, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday.
"We are very much concerned about the activities of the so-called Islamic State, which is a bunch of terrorists, and it is of utmost importance to stop their advance," Rasmussen told Reuters in an interview.
"If any of our allies, and in this case of course particularly Turkey, were to be threatened from any source of threat, we won't hesitate to take all steps necessary to ensure effective defence of Turkey or any other ally," he said.'
The New Gezi Park Protesters: Istanbul's Gentrification Wars
'This weekend's presidential election in Turkey is as good as decided. The mass protests surrounding Gezi Park, the corruption scandals, the Soma mining accident — none of these incidents will stop the majority of Turks from electing Recep Tayyip Erdogan as president. Among other things, this means that ambitious development projects will likely multiply — and with them, the controversies Erdogan's AKP party aggressive policies routinely provoke. The Gezi uprising that rocked Turkey in June 2013 was sparked by a government project to transform the park in central Istanbul into a gigantic mall. And while a relentless police crackdown has led many of last year's protesters to abandon hope, the problems at the heart of Erdogan's vision for Turkey's urban development have not gone away. Those directly affected by the aggressive development of their neighborhoods are often left with only one of two options: to despair, or to fight.
One group that has decided to take the fight to the government is the Revolutionary People's Liberation Front, or DKHP/C. This extreme-left party, labeled a terrorist organization by the EU, is entrenched in many of the disenfranchised neighborhoods that have become targets for ruthless urban development. To stave off the forced relocation of inhabitants, the DKHP/C militants are prepared to combat not only the police, but also violent drug gangs that terrorize their neighborhoods, which they believe are collaborating with the state. VICE News travelled to Istanbul to meet the DKHP/C on its home turf, document its fierce clashes with the police on May Day, and understand what motivates these violent, self-proclaimed champions of the poor.' (Vice News)
Erdogan poised to extend power as new Turkish President
Daren Butler reports for The Independent:
'The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was declared the winner in his country's first presidential election on Sunday, as voters backed his dream of a "new Turkey" that his opponents say will result in an increasingly authoritarian nation.
An unofficial vote count indicated that Mr Erdogan would claim victory in the first round, avoiding the need for a run-off ballot. He received about 52 per cent of the votes cast while his main rival, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, got about 38 per cent and the third candidate, Selahattin Demirtas, won just under 10 per cent.'
- Elected president, Erdogan to rule Turkey as 21st century sultan
- Presidential vote reveals Erdogan's political balancing act
- Turkish Journalist Critical of Government Arrested
- Turkey's exports decrease amid regional tension
- Erdogan's intensifies battle against Islamic critic ahead of vote
- New brawl erupts in Turkey's parliament
- 'Women should not laugh in public,' says Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister
- 20 Turkish police charged in wiretapping probe
- 103 police officers detained in Turkey's 'wiretapping' sweep
- Turkish PM says he, Obama no longer talk directly
- Turkish president approves Kurdish peace process law
#direnkahkaha: Turkish women defy deputy PM with laughter
Constanze Letsch reports for The Guardian:
'Twitter in Turkey broke into a collective grin on Wednesday as hundreds of women posted pictures of themselves laughing. They weren't just happy. They were smiling in defiance of the deputy prime minister, Bülent Arinç, who in a speech to mark Eid al-Fitr on Monday said women should not laugh in public.
…On Wednesday thousands of women posted pictures of themselves laughing out loud, with the hashtags #direnkahkaha (resist laughter) and #direnkadin (resist woman) trending on Twitter. Turkish men also took to social media to express their solidarity. "The men of a country in which women are not allowed to laugh are cowards", tweeted one user.'
Cypriots File War Crimes Complaint Against Turkey
'A group of Cypriots on Monday filed a war crimes complaint against Turkey at the International Criminal Court over what they say is its policy of settling Cyprus' breakaway north with mainland Turks.
Cyprus split into a Turkish-speaking north and an internationally recognized Greek-speaking south in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup that aimed to unite the island with Greece. A Turkish Cypriot declaration of independence is recognized only by Turkey, which maintains 35,000 troops there.'
Turkey Mine Explosion: Disaster deals another blow to Erdogan's authoritarian rule
Patrick Cockburn writes for The Independent:
'Every development in Turkey over the last year has added to the country's polarisation. The latest event to do so is the disaster at the coalmine at Soma, where 282 miners are known to have died and another 142 are still unaccounted for. When the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Soma on Wednesday he was forced to take a refuge in a supermarket as crowds shouted that he was a thief and liar. One of his aides was photographed kicking a protester who was on the ground. There have been demonstrations in Istanbul and Ankara blaming the government for failing to do enough to prevent the accident. One banner carried by demonstrators read: "It's not an accident, it's murder."
All this happened just as Mr Erdogan was expected to announce his candidacy for the presidential election in August. The opposition points to his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) opposition to tougher safety regulations in mines. As recently as two weeks ago it voted down a proposal in parliament for an investigation into accidents in mines at Soma. Mr Erdogan was always going to carry some of the blame for the disaster because his party has been in power since 2002 and because it is notorious for its cosy relations with construction and mining companies. But he added to the odium by making a speech on a visit to Soma last week when he mixed his regrets for the disaster with remarks about the inevitability of heavy loss of life in coal mining round the world. "These are normal things," he said.'
- Turkey coalmine disaster: accident or murder?
- The Turkish Catastrophe and the Global Mining Slaughterhouse
- Erdogan jeered, heckled, his car attacked as he visits scene of mine collapse (Video)
- Turkish police clash with mine disaster protesters in Istanbul
- New Mayor's Arrest in Turkey Underscores Continuing Persecution of Kurds
- Turkey expands secret service powers
- German president warns Turkey not to stray from democratic path
- Twitter blocks two accounts exposing Turkish corruption
- Trial of writers in Turkey drags on amid charges of politics
- Erdogan challenges social media in top Turkish court
- Turks to Seek Extradition of Preacher Living in U.S.
- Fethullah Gulen Attempts an Islamic Reformation
Armenian president accuses Turkey of genocide denial
Armenia's president has accused Turkey of an "utter denial" in failing to recognise the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman empire during the first world war as genocide. On Wednesday the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,offered condolences over the massacres, calling them "our shared pain". The US hailed the move as historic.
But in a statement on Thursday marking the 99th anniversary of the start of the killings and mass deportations, President Serzh Sarkisian made no acknowledgement of Erdogan's statement and instead accused Turkey of continuing to ignore the facts.
"The Armenian genocide … is alive as far as the successor of the Ottoman Turkey continues its policy of utter denial," he said. "The denial of a crime constitutes the direct continuation of that very crime. Only recognition and condemnation can prevent the repetition of such crimes in the future."
- Armenia rejects Erdogan's 'condolences' over genocide
- Until Erdogan calls it 'genocide,' Armenian reconciliation won't happen
- Erdogan inches forward on Armenia killings
- Armenian genocide during WWI commemorated in Yerevan
- Richard Falk: The US Senate and the Armenian genocide
- Cyprus adds its voice to the condemnation of the Armenian Genocide
- Social Media Marks the 99th Anniversary of Massacres of 1.5 Million Armenians With Bold Messages
Erdogan paves way for Turkish surveillance state
After Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan managed to secure a clear victory in local elections at the end of March, his government has taken on the next controversial task that's bound to spell trouble: Erdogan pushes for a stronger intelligence service within the state apparatus. If Erdogan has his way, Turkey's intelligence service MIT would become much more powerful and much more detached from the country's judiciary, critics have said. They fear this would circumvent separation of powers.
Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) submitted a first draft law in mid-February. According to Turkish newspaper "Hurriyet", Turkish President Abdullah Gul had already called on the government to rework the draft. Erdogan's AKP plans to have the law passed by parliament by the end of June. The Turkish government has been dealing with severe corruption charges since mid-December. In the past weeks, Erdogan has also increasingly come under pressure for his own role in the scandals.
- Turkey seeks wider spy agency powers amid Erdogan power struggle
- Turkey's Erdogan sees more powerful presidency after August vote
- Turkey keeps YouTube block despite court rulings
- YouTube ban violates human rights, says Turkish court
- Erdogan slams top court for lifting Twitter ban
- Main Turk opposition loses bid for election recount in Ankara
- Divided Turkey faces uncertainty
- Turkey's Kurdish peace process key to Erdogan's presidential hopes
- Erdogan takes battle with enemies beyond Turkish frontiers
- Stop Turkey's EU accession, say German parties
- Erdogan victory puts icy Turkey-EU relations in deep freeze
- US Remains Critical Of Turkish Government A Day After Elections
- Election protests in Turkey as opposition cries foul
- Cat Blamed for Ankara Election Night Power Blackouts
- Opposition ballots found in trash bags in southern Turkey
- Election Day in Turkey: Ballots, Watchdogs, and Fraud
- Turkish PM Erdogan tells enemies they will pay price after poll
- Turkey begins espionage investigation after Syria leak
- Loyalty to embattled Erdogan lies deep in Turkey's pious heartlands
- Turkish watchdog suspends national broadcast licence of critical TV station


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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
String parts
*#193277 - 1.55MB, 20 pp. - (0) - V/V/22 - 374x⇩
PDF scanned by Internet Archive
Ys (2012/3/26)
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, n.d.(1920). Plate A. L. 20,080.
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
General Information
|Work Title
|Prélude et danse
|Alternative Title
|Tournier, Marcel
|First Publication
|A mon maître Alphonse Hasselmans
|Piece Style
|Early 20th century
- WorkNonPD-EU
- Recordings
- Pages with scores
- Scores from the Internet Archive
- Scores
- Tournier, Marcel
- Early 20th century
- Preludes
- Dances
- For harp
- Scores featuring the harp
- For 1 player
- For harp, strings (arr)
- Scores featuring string ensemble
- For strings with soloists
- Pages with arrangements
- Pages with parts for purchase

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March 31, 2015
Classics Film Series--Cleopatra part 2
April 1, 2015
2015 CLAS Sabbatical Showcase and Spring Celebration
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Assessing the Spatial Variations & Temporal Trends of Contaminant Loadings
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April 16, 2015
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Out of the Box events are hosted by CLAS Faculty Council and sponsored by the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This is a great way to have your voice heard by faculty governance and to meet colleagues from across the college. CLAS Faculty are invited to participate in one of three workshops exploring the following issues:
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(6-5, 4-3 away)
(23) New Mexico 72
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10:00 PM ET, December 9, 2006
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10:00 PM ET, December 9, 2006
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico guard Julie Briody's confidence and clutch scoring are solid these days.Briody scored seven straight points in just over a minute Saturday night to lead the No. 23 ranked Lobos to a 72-63 win over UCLA in the championship game of the Southwest Airlines Shootout.Briody, the Lobos' leading scorer as New Mexico (8-2) has run off seven straight wins, finished with 17 points. Dionne Marsh scored 21.The loss snapped a three-game winning streak by the Bruins (6-5).Briody, who missed her first five 3-point shots, hit just 5 of 18 shots, but she scored when New Mexico needed it most. She hit a baseline jumper, an 18-footer from the wing and a 3-pointer from the top of the key to put the Lobos up 61-53 with 5:03 remaining. The Bruins got no closer than six points the rest of the way."That girl is good," UCLA coach Kathy Olivier said of Briody. "She hit some big shots, but we had to play a little more passive because we got hit boom, boom, boom on fouls."New Mexico, which trailed 22-12 with 8:48 left in the first half, ended the half on an 11-4 scoring run to lead 36-35.Lindsey Plummer led the Bruins with 22 points. Noelle Quinn added 15.New Mexico coach Don Flanagan said he was puzzled by Briody's lack of scoring early in the game since she has been a solid first half scorer in recent games."I thought, `What's up with Julie?' All of a sudden she couldn't hit her shots," Flanagan said.Flanagan attributed Briody's misses to being "too pumped up" and too anxious to beat the Bruins."Then she got on that roll when Dionne was out," Flanagan said.The Lobos were solid at the free throw line, hitting 19 of 23 shots, including 15 of 18 in the second half.Olivier said The Pit crowd also was a factor in the outcome."I was impressed with how we played under these type of conditions. Their fan support is worth a good 10 to 15 points," Olivier said. "It was nice to see us do some things and execute well under these conditions. We just got taken out of the game with our fouls."
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Most places you drive around the Dingle peninsula, it is just there, in all its awesome beauty, Big and green, rocky on top, love it, tried to climb it a few years back but only...
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Most places you drive around the Dingle peninsula, it is just there, in all its awesome beauty, Big and green, rocky on top, love it, tried to climb it a few years back but only made it about half way up! Still enjoy, and be ready for the weather!
Lovely walk, was easy enough ascent. The views of the area were fabulous.There are 14 crosses on the way up.Clouds descended when we are at the top but was still lovely. It took about 2.5 hours and 1.5 hours to get up and then down.
If travellling around Dingle Peninsula, don't miss the mountain! Walking with sheeps all around is great and views are breathtaking. And don't forget to buy some delicious bakery in the store across the church in Cloghane :)
Mount Brandon has to be one of the nicest climbs that we have done to date, it is a steady climb with breathtaking views, on a good day which we got, it takes approximately five hours to climb up and back again. We started out from Cloghan where there is a small car park. The weather can be quite changeable...
This has to be one of the nicest walk that one could undertake on a mountain. (Warning: weather changes quickly and can go from hot to cold to wet and back again very quickly. Therefore go prepared). It will take you up to 5 hours and is not for the unfit or unprepared. However carefully managed it can be done...
A last minute decision to walk Mount Brandon while the weather was sunny and clear and what a beautiful walk with amazing views of the coast the whole way. Had we known how long it would take or how steep it was we might have stopped at the shrine to have our first rest! It took 2 hours to get...
We learnt about Brandon in "Munster's Mountains: 30 Walkings, Scrambling and Climbing Routes" by Denis Lynch. However, we did not use the route provided in the book but took the Pilgrim's path which starts at the car park under the Faha Grotto (see map at http://mountainviews.ie/summit/9/?PHPSESSID=2hjqvlnaqn2m3a7uca8k6kueh0).
It was my first time hiking and I got absolutely excited by a panoramic...
This was an experience of a life time!! We parked the car near the sign Lends End,and started walking up along the cliff edge. To be honest, my husband continued going up
but I decided to sit on a rock and take in the beauty of the view, and I was rewarded !!! Cause I saw a whale jumping out...
Last year a I completed the British 3 peaks. This year I fancied something different therefore we headed for the Kerry Mountains for a couple of mountain climbs on our first day before moving on to Mount Brandon.
We took the Pilgrims Path up from the village below having camped outside the Mount Brandon Hostel which was also excellent.
There are enough reviews of paths to take but if you do go then consider..... First have a look at the weather forecast. If it is cloudy in the south west part then consider not going on the trip because when you get to the top all there is is cloud and no view, cold and wet cloud and poss....
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