Noticias

Two assailants who injured journalist Ahmet Hakan revealed as AKP members

02 Oct 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet

Two of the four suspects who were detained after a physical assault that injured prominent Turkish journalist Ahmet Hakan have been revealed as members of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Four men, arriving in a black Honda at 12:35 a.m. on Oct. 1, attacked the daily Hürriyet columnist in Istanbul’s Nişantaşı neighborhood as he was returning home after hosting his television program on CNNTürk.

Opposition leaders absent in protest as Erdoğan addresses Parliament

02 Oct 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Todays Zaman

Political tension in Turkey's domestic politics was amply reflected in the opening of the new legislative year in Parliament on Thursday, with no opposition party leader present as the president addressed Parliament.

Deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) left Parliament when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took the floor to deliver his speech on the occasion of the opening session.

A battle of words sometimes took place between some other opposition deputies and Erdoğan during his speech.

El AKP seguirá sin mayoría absoluta tras las elecciones turcas de noviembre

01 Oct 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
La Vanguardia

El AKP, el partido islamista que gobierna Turquía desde 2002, no logrará la mayoría absoluta en las elecciones anticipadas del 1 de noviembre, ya que las encuestas prevén un reparto de votos similar al de los comicios de junio, tras los que no se pudo formar Gobierno por falta de acuerdo.

El sondeo, realizado por el instituto Konda y publicado hoy por el diario "Cumhuriyet", adelanta que el AKP logrará el 41,7 por ciento de los votos, apenas un punto más que en las elecciones ordinarias de junio, cuando esta formación perdió la mayoría absoluta de que disfrutaba desde 2002.

CHP appeals to younger generations with straightforward promises

30 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet

Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) has presented a detailed framework for its program ahead of the Nov. 1 elections, listing concrete and down-to-earth promises it says will solve problems in the divisive issues of democracy and the rule of law, the economy, foreign policy, education, as well as societal peace and the Kurdish issue.

Plan to move ballot boxes for ‘security’ sets gov’t, opposition at loggerheads

30 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet

Turkey’s interim government and opposition parties are at odds on the prospect of moving polling stations in the upcoming Nov. 1 snap election, with the main opposition party leader saying such a step would make the results “shady,” raising questions over “the presence of the state” in certain places.

Election tension to loom over opening of parliament

30 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet

Nuray Babacan - ANKARA.-

Turkey’s parliament will open its putative fall session on Oct. 1, but the end to the summer recess will be overshadowed by snap elections set for Nov. 1, as well as a spiral of violence between the state and outlawed militants.

Lawmakers were elected in June 7 elections, but MPs have so far only sat for 22 hours and 23 minutes since the polls. The Oct. 1 session also marks the last time that legislators will sit this term before the Nov. 1 elections.

AK Party asked YSK to outlaw Şanlıurfa mayor’s campaign slogan in 2009

30 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Todays Zaman

Turkish media have reported that a Justice and Development Party (AK Party) official filed a complaint with the Supreme Election Board (YSK) asking it to outlaw the campaign slogan of Şanlıurfa Mayor Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba ahead of the 2009 local election, claiming that he was abusing religious symbols in the name of politics in billboard advertisements.

Gendarmerie asks for fewer, more secure polling stations in Erzincan despite no recent violence

30 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Todays Zaman

The Erzincan Provincial Gendarmerie Command has asked the provincial electoral board to reduce the number of polling stations and transfer ballot boxes to central locations in the province ahead of the Nov. 1 general election, despite the fact that no violence has occurred in the province recently.

EU progress report on Turkey to highlight problems in rule of law, press freedoms

29 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Todays Zaman

The European Union's progress report on Turkey for 2015, the final version of which will be released on Oct. 14, will express deep concern over growing violations of the rule of law and restrictions on press freedom, according to sources who spoke to Today's Zaman in Brussels.

The EU sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the report will include extensive coverage of these violations. The Kurdish question, issues in public administration, and anti-corruption measures will also be included in the report.

HDP co-chair signals coalition with CHP

28 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Doğan News Agency

Turkey’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş gave signs of a potential coalition with Republican People’s Party (CHP) at a speech during his visit to Germany.

“The CHP, HDP and forces, communities siding with peace, freedom and democracy, should be able to offer a democratic alternative power to Turkey’s society,” said Demirtaş in the Hamburg province of Germany on Sep. 27.

Turkey’s key problem now freedom of press instead of torture, judge says

28 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet

İpek Yezdani-Istanbul

Turkish judge Işıl Karakaş, who was recently elected as the new vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights, has said Turkey’s image as a country that tolerates “torture” has been replaced with the image of a country that does not protect the freedom of press.

PACE to observe upcoming snap election

28 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Todays Zaman

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will send a delegation to Turkey to observe the upcoming Nov. 1 snap election.

According to information acquired by Today's Zaman, PACE will recruit a team of observers consisting of 30 to 35 individuals to monitor the Turkish polls on Nov. 1.

In the previous general election on June 7, a 29-member PACE delegation, led by Tiny Kox from the Unified European Left Group, visited Turkey to observe the polls.

400,000 voters to be affected by transfer of ballot boxes

28 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Todays Zaman

As many as 400,000 voters are at risk of being unable to cast their ballots in the Nov. 1 general election, as many voting stations in the country's eastern and southeastern provinces may be transferred due to a lack of security, which the opposition sees as a move to increase the ruling party's chances.

 

Residents of several villages and neighborhoods in the region will be required to vote elsewhere if the country's top election authority approves decisions made by local election boards.

 

HDP files petition for electoral security as CHP rules out delay of snap polls

05 Sep 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a petition to Turkey's top election body regarding electoral security, as Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu dismissed claims of postponement of the early elections scheduled for Nov. 1.

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