Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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Erdoğan Points another Female Journalist as a Target

Erdoğan Points another Female Journalist as a Target

The President Erdoğan pointed journalist Nevşin Mengü as a target owing to her Twitter dialogue with a follower.

Erdoğan Finds Fine Too Little in “Faggot” Case, Gets 10 Thousand Liras Extra

Erdoğan Finds Fine Too Little in “Faggot” Case, Gets 10 Thousand Liras Extra

LGBTI activist and lawyer Levent Pişkin was sentenced to 10 thousand liras more in fines because of his “fag” tweet. Lacking the means to pay the fine, Pişkin plans to start a solidarity campaign.

16 April 2015 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Erdoğan: It Will Go In One Ear and Out From the Other

Erdoğan: It Will Go In One Ear and Out From the Other

"They have Armenians living in their countries, so many of which live in Turkey. We could have deported them, but we didn’t." said President Erdoğan.

Gökçek vs Arınç Spat Causes “Unrest” Amid AKP Grassroots

Gökçek vs Arınç Spat Causes “Unrest” Amid AKP Grassroots

A full-blown spat between Vice PM Arınç and Ankara Mayor Gökçek after President Erdoğan’s comments on Turkey’s resolution process revealed a transition of power that caused unrest amid ruling party AKP grassroots.

Arınç: Our President Might Be Deformed By His Words

Arınç: Our President Might Be Deformed By His Words

“One of the steps to make concerning the resolution process is to form a monitoring committee. We have a roadmap,” Vice PM Bülent Arınç said as he spoke positively on Öcalan’s Newroz message.

Every Caricaturist in Turkey Will Face A Complaint By Erdoğan!

Every Caricaturist in Turkey Will Face A Complaint By Erdoğan!

After a “sympathizer”s complaint, Penguen magazine caricaturists Baruter and Aydoğan face trial for charges related to insulting the “prime minister. Here is the timeline…

20 March 2015 Erol Önderoğlu

Erdoğan: I Don’t Look at Monitoring Committee Positively

Erdoğan: I Don’t Look at Monitoring Committee Positively

President Erdoğan said that he didn’t look at the idea of a monitoring committee to the resolution of the Kurdish problem positively. The member names, on the other hand, are still unknown and pending clarification.

HDP Leader's One Sentence Speech Pledges “Erdoğan Won’t Be the President”

HDP Leader's One Sentence Speech Pledges “Erdoğan Won’t Be the President”

Making the shortest speech ever in a parliamentary party meeting, Peoples’ Democratic Party Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş pledged that they would not let Erdoğan “elected as the President”.

Dead Gezi Protestor’s Mother Discontinued From “Threat” Charges

Dead Gezi Protestor’s Mother Discontinued From “Threat” Charges

An investigation for charges related to “threatening Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” against Hatice Cömert, mother of dead Gezi protestor Abdullah Cömert, has been discontinued on the grounds that her words were not “a threat but malediction”.

3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner

3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner

A banner depicting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a Hitler-like mustache resulted in 3 insult cases across Turkey with different procedures.

16 March 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Ex-Chief Spy Back to Post After Withdrawing From Pre-Candidacy

Ex-Chief Spy Back to Post After Withdrawing From Pre-Candidacy

Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s ex-spy chief, has been reappointed to his post after from abandoning plans to run for parliament.

14 Columnists Appear With Same Headline to Defend Kabataş Incident

14 Columnists Appear With Same Headline to Defend Kabataş Incident

14 columnists from 5 pro-government newspapers appeared today with the same headline in solidarity against the refutation of Erdoğan’s allegations that a veiled woman was harassed by protestors during the Gezi Resistance.

Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution

Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution

Several stakeholders of Turkey’s resolution process reacted to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for a PKK congress in spring to decide on quitting arms and 10 measures. Here is a compilation by bianet English.

Onur Kılıç Freed For Insulting the President

Onur Kılıç Freed For Insulting the President

Upon a motion submitted by Progressive Lawyers Union, Onur Kılıç has been released today for charges related to insulting the president.

27 February 2015

Erdoğan Says He Will Work Towards A Faithful Youth

Erdoğan Says He Will Work Towards A Faithful Youth

“Let them outbreak for wear miniskirts in the name of décolleté, we will continue to work towards bringing up a youth who are loyal to their faith as well as thoughtful and argumentative,” President Erdoğan said.

25 February 2015

Activist “Proportionally” Arrested For Insulting the President

Activist “Proportionally” Arrested For Insulting the President

Freedom and Solidarity Party’s (ÖDP) Izmir Provincial board member and United June Movement Izmir coordination member Onur Kılıç has been arrested for insulting the president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

13 February 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Activist Detained With Raid For Insulting the President

Activist Detained With Raid For Insulting the President

Freedom and Solidarity Party’s (ÖDP) Izmir Provincial board member and United June Movement Izmir coordination member Onur Kılıç have been detained by anti-terror teams for charges related to “insulting the president”.

12 February 2015 Ayça Söylemez

Abortion in Turkey: Legal But Banned in Public Hospitals

Abortion in Turkey: Legal But Banned in Public Hospitals

A telephone inquiry research on 37 public hospitals realized by a woman organization revealed that only 3 public hospitals in Istanbul perform abortions by request.

5 February 2015

“Masquerade” Resumes at the Palace Yard

“Masquerade” Resumes at the Palace Yard

President Erdoğan greeted the leader of Azerbaijan with 16 staff that dressed in the military uniforms of historical Turkish states.

15 January 2015

Social Media Reactions to “Masquerade”

Social Media Reactions to “Masquerade”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas yesterday with 16 staff that dressed in the military uniforms of historical Turkish states. Here are some of the mock reaction from the social media.

13 January 2015

“Masquerade” in the Palace

“Masquerade” in the Palace

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas with 16 staff that dressed in the military uniforms of historical Turkish states.

12 January 2015

“Will Universities Turn into Mosque-Centered Institutions?”

“Will Universities Turn into Mosque-Centered Institutions?”

Republican People’s Party deputy Engin Özkoç submitted a parliamentarian inquiry on the relation between mosques and universities in Turkey after statements released by President Erdoğan and Director of Religious Affairs.

Detained For Insulting Erdoğan, Jailed For Insulting Police

Detained For Insulting Erdoğan, Jailed For Insulting Police

A 24 year old university student detained for charges related to insulting “the president of the country” has been sent to jail for insulting an on-duty police officer.

Gynecologists Explain Erdoğan What Birth Control Means

Gynecologists Explain Erdoğan What Birth Control Means

“The president regards abortion as murder. In order not to practice abortion, birth control methods must be used,” Turkish Gynecology and Obstetric Association said in statement.

26 December 2014

Erdoğan Heard, Read and Watched 2.5M Times in 2014

Erdoğan Heard, Read and Watched 2.5M Times in 2014

In 2014, the television, press and online media coverage of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan turned out in 2,052,748 different media pieces. Whereas opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu remained at 482,669 and PM Davutoğlu at 268,604.

26 December 2014

16 y.o. Released After Arrested For “Insulting the President”

16 y.o. Released After Arrested For “Insulting the President”

M.E.A., a 16 y.o. who was arrested on Wednesday for charges related to insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been released this morning.

26 December 2014

16 y.o. Arrested For “Insulting the President”

16 y.o. Arrested For “Insulting the President”

A 16 year old child has been arrested for charges related to “insulting the president” in the central province of Konya. The arrest was made under the claim that there is a “strong suspicion of crime”.

25 December 2014 Ayça Söylemez

Erdoğan Criticizes Birth Control

Erdoğan Criticizes Birth Control

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a wedding ceremony in Istanbul, reiterating his call for families to have at least three children and claimed that birth control was a treason to wipe out the Turkish kin.

22 December 2014

“Those who Sit on the Fence Are Sure to Fall”

“Those who Sit on the Fence Are Sure to Fall”

President Erdoğan: “Operation of December 14 is the process of normalization. Those who sit on the fence are sure to fall. With all my heart, I believe that people of the economy, politics and press will take sides without hesitation.”

16 December 2014

Erdoğan to Lead the Cabinet From 2015

Erdoğan to Lead the Cabinet From 2015

President's advisor Binali Yıldırım announced that President Erdoğan will lead Turkey’s cabinet starting from 2015.

11 December 2014

Opinions Diverge Over Ottoman Language Classes

Opinions Diverge Over Ottoman Language Classes

A recommendatory decision to bring compulsory Ottoman language classes in high schools stirred discussion in Turkey, President Erdoğan also stepped in to the debate, saying that “people will learn Ottoman in this land no matter what some would want”.

9 December 2014

Threats to Amberin Zaman Continue After Erdoğan

Threats to Amberin Zaman Continue After Erdoğan

Taraf newspaper columnist Amberin Zaman received a death threat over Twitter. While Twitter closed the account, latest bianet media monitoring report shows that threats continue with other columnists.

1 December 2014