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Erdoğan's Inauguration

Erdoğan's Inauguration

As the results of presidential elections were announced in Official Gazette (Official Journal of Republic of Turkey), Erdoğan took the presidential oath and in the evening he will assign to AKP (Justice and Development Party) Chairman Ahmet Davutoğlu to duty of forming the government.

Erdoğan Takes Oath As 12th President

Erdoğan Takes Oath As 12th President

Having received his official election results, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in as president this afternoon.

Erdoğan Appoints Davutoğlu as Candidate For PM, AKP Leader

Erdoğan Appoints Davutoğlu as Candidate For PM, AKP Leader

Having been elected as 12th President, Erdoğan appointed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu as the new PM and party leader candidate.

“PM-Approved Skyscrapers Damage City's Silhouette As Well"

“PM-Approved Skyscrapers Damage City's Silhouette As Well"

PM Erdoğan reacted against the decision that offers trimming of 16/9 skyscrapers. Regarding this reaction, Eyüp Muhçu, Chairman of Chambers of Architects, stated that approximately 200 skyscrapers were built with the permission of PM.

21 August 2014 Nilay Vardar

“Not Only Erdoğan’s Deputy Status, But Government is Removed”

KEREM ALTIPARMAK COMMENTED

“Not Only Erdoğan’s Deputy Status, But Government is Removed”

Kerem Altıparmak, assistant professor at Ankara University Law Faculty commented bianet on the recent discussions after Erdoğan’s presidential status, saying that “whoever is elected as president loses their deputy status according to the Constitution Article 101.”

18 August 2014 Ekin Karaca

“Erdoğan’s Parliamantarian Immunity Will End on August 15"

ERTUĞRUL YALÇINBAYIR COMMENTED

“Erdoğan’s Parliamantarian Immunity Will End on August 15"

Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır, one of AKP's Co-Founders, a lawyer, deputy and former AKP Vice Chairman, said Erdoğan’s duties as party chairman, deputy and prime minister will end officially after the ultimate announcement of his presidency on August 15.

12 August 2014 Ekin Karaca

OSCE: Erdoğan Used His Position, Media Was One-Sided

OSCE: Erdoğan Used His Position, Media Was One-Sided

OSCE officials released a statement on the presidential elections, saying that PM Erdoğan used his prime ministry resources and caused legal ambiguity and gaps. “The media did one-sided coverage,” the report also stated.

[MAP] Turkey’s Presidential Election Results

[MAP] Turkey’s Presidential Election Results

According to Anatolian News Agency (AA), 99.83 percent of ballots are open in country-wide, the counting of votes outside Turkey is complete for the 12th Presidential Elections.

Sezgin Tüzün: Erdoğan Didn’t Win, the Opposition Lost

Sezgin Tüzün: Erdoğan Didn’t Win, the Opposition Lost

Sezgin Tüzün analyzed that voter turnout would be 70% in his last article he wrote before elections and we talked to him about results of elections. “Those not having voted determined the result of elections and the opposition lost by 14% vote” he said.

11 August 2014 Haluk Kalafat

What is Awaiting Turkey With President Erdoğan?

ECONOMIST ALI BILGE COMMENTED

What is Awaiting Turkey With President Erdoğan?

Economist Ali Bilge predicted that Erdoğan’s new presidential era is pregnant to social and economic crisis - a phenomenon that will inevitably affect the ruling AKP.

11 August 2014 Elif Akgül

PM Targets Woman Columnist Again

PM Targets Woman Columnist Again

Columnist Amberin Zaman reacted PM Erdoğan calling her a "nasty woman", saying that she was targeted. "Well, if not others, have I insulted Islam?" she asked in today's article.

Erdoğan: They Called Me, Excuse Me, Armenian

Erdoğan: They Called Me, Excuse Me, Armenian

Presidential candidate Erdoğan said: “Some called me a Georgian. Others called me even, excuse me, an Armenian in a shameful way. I am a Turk!”

What Happens to İhsanoğlu’s Symbolic Donation

What Happens to İhsanoğlu’s Symbolic Donation

Presidential candidate İhsanoğlu symbolically donated 1,000 liras each to his opponents. While Demirtaş said “the other one has a lot, donate his share to me”, Erdoğan’s lawyers returned the donation.

Which President? 3 Definitions From 3 Parties

Which President? 3 Definitions From 3 Parties

Turkey’s political party leader came up with the “ideal” characteristics of the new president as follows. Erdoğan: He will also struggle with the “parallel structure”. Kılıçdaroğlu: Transparent as glass. Yüksekdağ: Peoples’ candidate.

Presidential Candidates Declare Their Assets

Presidential Candidates Declare Their Assets

Presidential candidates Selahattin Demirtaş, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared their assets to Turkey’s Higher Board of Elections.

Campaign Aims to Restart Presidential Debates on TV

Campaign Aims to Restart Presidential Debates on TV

İbrahim Betil launched a change.org campaign urging presidential candidates Demirtaş, İhsanoğlu and Erdoğan to discuss on certain issues on television at least two times before the elections.

2 July 2014 Ekin Karaca

Commemoration for Berkin Elvan in Okmeydanı

Commemoration for Berkin Elvan in Okmeydanı

A commemoration was held in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı neighborhood for the first injury anniversary of Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old boy who was died after a comatose of 269 days due to a police gas bomb canister.

First Statements After Taking Down of Turkey’s Flag

First Statements After Taking Down of Turkey’s Flag

Following the taking down of Turkey’s flag by a child protestor in the southeastern and predominantly Kurdish populated district of Lice, President Abdullah Gül, PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan released statements.

243 Women’s Organizations Object to Sexual Crimes Bill

243 Women’s Organizations Object to Sexual Crimes Bill

243 women’s organizations demanded the sexual crimes penal bill be revoked, remarking, “This bill presented as allegedly increasing penalties is essentially impunity.”

5 June 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

“What Would Differ If A Gay was Slapped There?”

“What Would Differ If A Gay was Slapped There?”

The mashup photo of Taner Kurucan, a Soma resident who was allegedly slapped by PM Erdoğan during his visit, and Yasin Keskin, an LGBTI activist, went viral online. bianet interviewed Yasin Keskin.

27 May 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

“Fag” Tweet Fined

“Fag” Tweet Fined

Levent Pişkin, an LGBTI activist, has been fined due to his tweet “‘I’m a perfect fag and we are not going to learn being fag-ess from you’. Kisses.”

23 May 2014 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

PM's Aide Kicks Senior Miner, Journalist Reveals

PM's Aide Kicks Senior Miner, Journalist Reveals

New information revealed that the police raided the apartment of Erdal Kocabıyık, a senior minor who was kicked by PM Erdogan’s Aide Yusuf Yerkel in Soma district on May 14.

The Soma Massacre, the Spine Tower, and the Corporate-State’s Fitrat in Turkey

ON ERDOGAN'S ORDINARY THINGS:

The Soma Massacre, the Spine Tower, and the Corporate-State’s Fitrat in Turkey

The Soma Massacre reveals the mutually constitutive link between the urban transformation of Istanbul under AKP municipal and national governance and the privatized coal mining industries in Western Anatolia.

21 May 2014 Emrah Yıldız

Consultant Defends Aide’s Kick

Consultant Defends Aide’s Kick

After kicking a citizen in Soma disttict, Prime Minister's Aide Yusuf Yerkel said he “could not keep his calm due to provocation.” the Prime Minister’s consultant Yalçın Akdoğan remarked that Yerkel had protected himself and accused the media with recklessness.

Did PM Assault Soma Residents After Refuging to A Market?

Did PM Assault Soma Residents After Refuging to A Market?

A footage allegedly showed PM assaulting a mine worker and a young woman after entering a local supermarket to escape protest in disaster-stricken Soma district.

Balance of 3 Months: “How Many Interventions to the Media With Recordings?”

BIA JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH 2014 MEDIA MONITORING

Balance of 3 Months: “How Many Interventions to the Media With Recordings?”

In the period of January-February-March 2014, Turkey’s agenda was mainly set to the leaked voice recordings of PM Erdoğan and his contacts as well as the alleged interventions on Channel 24, Habertürk, NTV, Milliyet and TRT.

6 May 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

PM Erdoğan Starring in FoE Violations!

BIA MEDIA MONITORING JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH 2014

PM Erdoğan Starring in FoE Violations!

17 people were convicted to a total of 31 years of prison in the first three months of 2014 for insulting Prime Minister Erdoğan. 35 journalists ve 15 publishers are behind bars. YouTube is banned, Twitter is banned and then reopened. At least 40 assaults were made towards mediaworkers and journalists.

2 May 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Taksim and Kadıköy are Forbidden For Demonstrations, PM Says

Taksim and Kadıköy are Forbidden For Demonstrations, PM Says

“No to Taksim Sqaure, no to downtown Kadıköy district. Demonstrations are forbidden there from now on,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said.

Intellectuals Around the World Urge the Release of Ill-Inmates

Intellectuals Around the World Urge the Release of Ill-Inmates

Hundreds of people, intellectuals, politicians, artists across the world has signed a letter to Prime Minister R.T. Erdoğan and Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ to underline the plight of 544 ill prisoners in Turkish jails with 163 in critical condition.

#TwitterisbannedinTurkey

#TwitterisbannedinTurkey

Various artists protested the twitter ban in Turkey with their drawings.

Twitter is Blocked in Turkey

Twitter is Blocked in Turkey

Only few hours after PM Erdoğan’s words “We will root out twitter in Turkey” in an election rally in Bursa province, authorities shut down the access to twitter via default DNS in Turkey.

PM Pledges to Root Out “Mwitter”

PM Pledges to Root Out “Mwitter”

“The court issued a ruling. We will root out whatever that is twitter or mwitter. Some might say ‘What would the international community say?’ I don’t care,” PM Erdoğan said during an election rally in Bursa province.

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