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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Turkey Zaman

Business
A year later, still no justice for Soma victims

A year later, still no justice for Soma victims

Anger, sorrow, frustration and hope; these were some of the many feelings that dominated »» ��
World
Brotherhood leader dies in detention in Egypt, sources say

Brotherhood leader dies in detention in Egypt, sources say

An imprisoned leader of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood died on Wednesday, security »» ��
Arts & Culture
Pera Museum celebrates 10th anniversary with British artists’ work

Pera Museum celebrates 10th anniversary with British artists’ work

In order to mark the 10 year anniversary of its founding, the Pera Museum in İstanbul »» ��
Expat Zone
The Roma Pied Piper and his ice cream drones

The Roma Pied Piper and his ice cream drones

Recently I wrote an article describing the Turkish tradition of Hıdırellez, which »» ��
Sports
Eagles must beat Akhisar away as Lions pull ahead with Mersin win

Eagles must beat Akhisar away as Lions pull ahead with Mersin win

Galatasaray's narrow 1-0 away over Mersin İdman Yurdu in week 31 of the Spor Toto »» ��
todayszaman oped

Turkey’s imperiled rule of law and judicial independence 
by ROBERTO FRIFRINI* 

May 13, 2015, Wednesday/ 18:01:33 
The undermining of the rule of law in Turkey being committed by silent voices contrary to the majority represents a clear breach of fundamental freedoms. These freedoms are enshrined in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECtHR). The end of April brought new concerns on the status of human rights in Turkey. This time, t

The day after ’April 24’ 
by FARUK LOĞOĞLU* 

May 12, 2015, Tuesday/ 16:36:15 
The centennial for the Armenians of the 1915 events on April 24 came with a bang and is gone with a whimper. What did the two sides have in their rosters for the day after? What awaits them in the crumpled future? Turkey was clearly unprepared for the onslaught of parliamentary resolutions and declarations in support of the Armenian claims of genocide. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government acted as if no matter what happened, it would not matter for Tur
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