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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Turkey Zaman

Business
Firm says it has left Turkish business union targeted by gov’t

Firm says it has left Turkish business union targeted by gov’t

A Turkish holding announced that it withdrew its membership of a leading business »»
World
Ruling party concedes defeat as Suu Kyi heads for landslide

Ruling party concedes defeat as Suu Kyi heads for landslide

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party said on Monday that it was confident it »»
Arts & Culture
Artist Işıl Eğrikavuk is Festival on Wheels’ special guest

Artist Işıl Eğrikavuk is Festival on Wheels’ special guest

Contemporary artist Işıl Eğrikavuk will be the special guest of this year's Festival »»
Expat Zone
Post-season tidy up

Post-season tidy up

Oh dear! All our guests and visiting friends have now left and we have time to get »»
Sports
Lucky Eagles stumble but do not fall to Crocs, Fener wins

Lucky Eagles stumble but do not fall to Crocs, Fener wins

The Black Eagles needed a touch of good luck to preserve their position at the top »»
todayszaman oped

US and Turkey’s Nov. 1 national election 
by ROBERT OLSON* 

November 09, 2015, Monday/ 16:31:37 
The resounding victory of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Nov. 1 national election in which it won 49.37 percent of the vote was also a victory for US interests in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq. The AKP won 317 seats in Parliament out of a total of 550. It fell only 13 votes short of being able to call for a referendum (330 seats) to determine whether Turkish citizens would be able to vote for a presidential system, rather than the cu

Democracy, rule of law and freedoms postponed to unknown date in future 
by MURAT ÇAPAN* 

November 09, 2015, Monday/ 12:55:22 
Which is harder: to be here in jail or to try to work as a journalist outside of it? I am thinking about the journalists outside trying to do their jobs. What can they think or write about under duress, surrounded by oppression from all sides? It is hard to be arrested or, perhaps harder still, to start to write a news article knowing that you may be arrested for it. Prosecutor Umut Tepe listened to our defense as if the decision had already been
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