Turkey Moves Away From Democracy
I put this here since Turkey is linked to the EU.
Turkey Moves Away From Democracy http://www.poligazette.com/2009/09/1...rom-democracy/ ".....Part of the AKP’s EU-oriented reform programme has resulted in a reduction of the military’s influence, and in a late night sitting at the end of June the government passed an amendment to the Penal Code, which makes it possible for civilian courts to prosecute military personnel. However, as the law is a violation of the Turkish constitution, which gives military courts sole jurisdiction, the opposition party CHP has petitioned the Constitutional Court to annul the amendment. This is the same Constitutional Court which last year found the AKP guilty of being “a focus for anti-secular activities” and halved the party’s state funding. Erdogan has threatened to shut down the Court, but it is likely it will be included in the AKP’s coming judicial reform, which will change the composition and jurisdiction of the Court and place it under government control........" Interesting read. |
8 years
Took him 8 years buy Erdogan has just about sewn things up
"Turkish referendum polls show 'Yes' vote above 51 percent" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tu...-idUSKBN17F0V3 "A narrow majority of Turks will vote "Yes" in Sunday's referendum on changing the constitution to grant President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, two opinion polls showed on Thursday. The April 16 vote will decide on the biggest change in Turkey's system of governance since the modern republic's foundation almost a century ago, potentially replacing its parliamentary system with an executive presidency........" |
Ataturk is up to 800 rpm.:mad:
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I suspected all that mess last year was some sort of coup (probably not the correct word). Looks like Edrogans plan has worked. I wonder how the average Turkey citizen would describe the state of things now versus before the cleansing last year.
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Return of the Ottoman Caliphate?
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I have been out of the loop for a while... when was turkey ever a champion of this thing called democracy?
...sorry to ask such a stupid question but I have been playing a lot of on-line poker and haven't been paying attention to Turkish politics |
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