Archives for May, 2013

A man smokes a cigarette as he sits at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, March 29, 2013. Car bombs hit four Shi'ite mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and another in Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, tearing into crowds of worshippers and killing 17, police and witnesses said. Sunni Islamists linked to al Qaeda's Iraqi wing have stepped up attacks this year and often target Shi'ite sites in a growing sectarian confrontation a decade after the U.S.-led invasion. R

Al-Qaeda is Seeking to Implicate the Sunnis in Iraq

Örneği olmayan bir basın açıklaması yapan Irak El Kaidesi, “Safevi Gestaposuna” karşı birlikte savaşmak için ülkenin batısındaki Sünni liderlerle görüştüğünü duyurdu.

Forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are seen in Arjoun village near Qusair town May 30, 2013. Syrian rebels under siege near the Lebanese border pleaded for help on Thursday against government troops and their Hezbollah allies as a confident Assad spoke of having new Russian missiles. REUTERS/ Rami Bleible (SYRIA - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTX106EZ

Battle of Al-Qusayr

Hâlâ şüphe duyanlar kaldıysa Suriye içindeki savaş, aynı zamanda Suriye’ye karşı bir savaşa dönüşmüş durumda.

Riot police use tear gas to disperse the crowd during an anti-government protests at Taksim Square in central Istanbul May 31, 2013. Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at demonstrators in central Istanbul, wounding scores of people and prompting rallies in other cities in the fiercest anti-government protests for years. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX107K8

Ne muhafazakâr, ne demokrat

İstanbul’un merkezi gaz bulutu altında, şiddet sarmalında. Kürtler sivil siyasetin “bekleme odası”nda. Aleviler, ılımlı laikler ve şehirli gençler kızgın. Bu gidişle AKP’nin “Muhafazakâr Demokrat” kimliği tamamen buharlaşabilir.

Bartender Samet Kardas smokes as he serves beer at a bar in Istanbul July 14, 2009. Smokers in Turkey tempted to flout an imminent ban in cafes, restaurants and bars will be spared execution as allegedly meted out in 17th-Century Istanbul -- but their Prime Minister has likened cigarettes to terrorism. That's a measure of how strongly Tayyip Erdogan feels about tobacco. Sultan Murad IV is said to have roamed the streets ordering the execution of those who defied a smoking ban aimed at curbing coffee house s

‘Ilımlı siyasal İslam’ Türkiye’yi ‘ılımlı Şeriat’a götürüyor

Başbakan Erdoğan’ın dini nedenli olduğunu itiraf ettiği alkol yasağı, “Ilımlı siyasal İslam demokrasiyle uyumlu mudur?” sorusuna net bir “hayır” cevabı oluşturmaktadır

Mayor of Tehran, Iranian Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf attends a press conference after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013. Iran will close the five-day registration period for candidates in Iran's June 14 presidential election, with a string of conservative hopefuls in the running but with key reformists yet to come forward, media reports said. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Qalibaf: An Increasingly Powerful Contender for Iran’s Elections

Tahran Belediye Başkanı Muhammed Kalibaf, İran cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerinde Mahmud Ahmedinejad’ın koltuğunu devralmaya güçlü bir aday.

JABALIYA, GAZA - MARCH 29: A Palestinian shop-owner reads a newspaper outside his store on March 29, 2010, Jabaliya, Gaza Strip. Gaza's economy and employment levels have plummeted since the Israelis imposed a blockade after Hamas seized control in 2007. (Photo by Warrick Page/Getty Images)

Gazze'de Basın Özgürlüğü Mercek Altında

Ünlü gazeteci İbrahim Abraş'ın kısa süreli tutuklaması ve Hamas'ın ifade özgürlüğünü hedef alan uygulamaları Gazze’de artan tepkilere yol açıyor.

Workers hang portraits of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (L), President Abdullah Gul (2nd L) and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan before a groundbreaking ceremony for the third Bosphorus bridge linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION POLITICS) - RTX1051J

Kürt ruletinden Kürt fırsatına

Ortadoğu alabora olurken Türkiye yükselen Kürt kartıyla bölgede yeni bir denklem kurmaya çalışıyor. PKK, Suriye ve enerji hatları nedeniyle Erbil’le ilişkiler derinleşirken bunun bedeli Tahran ve Bağdat’ya yüksek gerilim olarak karşımıza çıkıyor.

An Alevi woman prays in the women's part of the mosque in Hacibektash, 15 August 2005. The hamlet was named after Haci Bektas Veli, who lived between 1248 and 1337, founder of the Bektashi sect and of the Alevis -- an offshoot of Shiite Islam. He is revered as a manifestation of Ali, the last of the first four Caliphs and the son-in-law of the prophet Mohammed. Haci Bektas Veli, a humanist philospher, fled religious conflict in his native Central Asia, settled and lived and is buried here. The town of 8,000

Türkiye’nin Alevi sorunu neden derinleşiyor?

AK Parti’nin, çözümü için hiç bir adım atmadığı Alevi sorununun, Suriye’deki krize paralel olarak derinleşmesi ve buradan hareketle yeni toplumsal çatışma alanlarının ortaya çıkması muhtemel görünmektedir.

Members of Lebanon's of Hezbollah Shiite movement salute during the funeral of their comrade Saleh Ahmad Sabbagh in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on May 22, 2013. Local media said Sabbagh, the son of a Sunni father and a Shiite mother, who converted to Shiite Islam and joined Hezbollah years ago, was killed in the ongoing battle of Qusayr in the Syrian province of Homs. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

Ankara Şii Hizbullah’ı şeytanileştiriyor

Ankara Şii Hizbullah’ı şeytanileştiriyor

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris, May 27, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX103D0

Geçtiğimiz Haftaya Bakış: Suriye’nin Gelmeyen Barışı

ABD Dışişleri Bakanı John Kerry ve Rus mevkidaşı Sergey Lavrov, Genevre-2 konferansına davet edilecek katılımcıların listesi üzerinde çalışmaya devam ediyor.

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad carry their weapons as they move during what they said was an operation to push rebels from the road between Dahra Abd Rabbo village and Castello in Aleppo May 27, 2013. REUTERS/George Ourfalian (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTX102VH

How We Lost the Syrian Revolution

Halep’ten yazan Suriyeli bir aktivist, silahlı isyancıların şehri yağmalayıp harap etmesiyle yaşadıkları aldatılmışlık duygusunu ve devrimi kaybetmenin verdiği derin hüznü anlatıyor.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu wipes his eye as he addresses a news conference during an European Union-Turkey association council in Brussels May 27, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX102QD

Davutoğlu’nun savunması neyi anlatıyor?

Türk Dışişleri Bakanı Davutoğlu’nun ilk kez Suriye politikasında bazı hatalar yaptıklarını kabul etmesi, zorunlu değişimin teyit ederken, zihin dünyası hakkında da önemli ipuçları veriyor.

People shop in a shopping district in Hatay May 17, 2013. Turkey hailed its second investment grade rating on Friday, seeing it as a seal of approval from international markets for a decade of economic reform. Investors joined in, driving sovereign bond yields to record lows. Government enthusiasm was tempered, however, by some concern that the move, coinciding with a visit by Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to Washington, might trigger over-large capital inflows into the lira currency. REUTERS/Umit

Türkiye’nin muhafazakâr ahlakçıları gücünü test ederken öfkeyi çağırıyor

Türkiye'de hayat tarzlarına vesayetçi müdahale yayıldıkça, uzlaşma kültürü darbe alacak. İki konuda nihai güvence şart: Bireysel özgürlükler ve kolektif haklar.

Veiled women carry vegetables as they walk along a street at the neighbourhood of Shmeisy in Riyadh April 22, 2013. A royal decree in Saudi Arabia has shaken up the way in which the government allocates vast tracts of land, removing an obstacle to a $67 billion programme to ease the country's housing shortage. Picture taken April 22, 2013. To match Story SAUDI-HOUSING/ REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: BUSINESS REAL ESTATE POLITICS CONSTRUCTION) - RTXYY39

Social Divisions Hinder Saudi Rights Movement

Suudi Arabistan'daki ideolojik ve sosyal kutuplaşma güçlü bir insan hakları hareketinin ortaya çıkmasını engelliyor.

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Jordan's King Abdullah await questions from the press prior to a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House to discuss issues like the Syrian crisis and regional security, in Washington, April 26, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXZ1AA

Jordan Deals with Backlash from Iraq, Syria

Ürdün Krallığı, Suriye ve Irak kaynaklı sorunlarla boğuşurken, Ürdünlüler arasında yabancı düşmanlığı giderek büyüme eğilimi gösteriyor.

Palestinian Fatah members carry their weapons as they take part in a parade to mark the 65th anniversary of Nakba, at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon May 15, 2013. Palestinians marked "Nakba" (Catastrophe) to commemorate the expulsion or fleeing of hundreds of thousands of their brethren from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTXZN6R

Suriye Savaşı Lübnan’a Ulaşıyor

Lübnan’daki Filistin mülteci kampı Ayn El Hilve’de baş gösteren çekişme, Nusra Cephesi ve Hizbullah arasında Suriye’de süren çatışmanın Lübnan’a ulaştığına işaret ediyor.