Political Parties of Turkey

ANKARA: If Dersim was a massacre, what was the other thing?

Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey Nov 20 2009 If Dersim was a massacre, what was the other thing? Friday, November 20, 2009 ERTUÄ?RUL Ã-ZKÃ-K One of the things we have been talking over is this: Will the Republican People's Party, or...

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ANKARA: Peace processes

Because, this is the first time that Turkey is genuinely trying to pronounce the word `peace.' That, languages of the Republican People's Party, or CHP, and the Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, in a way to show which is...

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Turkey starts to question early period of republic

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Öymen’s comments on the Dersim Rebellion have led Turkey to examine the rebellions that were sparked during the early years of the republic from a different perspective.

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AKP Holds Marginal Advantage in Turkey

Turkey’s governing party is barely holding on to first place, according to a poll by Sonar Arastirma. 31.7 per cent of respondents would vote for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the next legislative election.

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Georgia: Russian Border Opening Plan Under Scrutiny

Mixed motives seen in proposed move to end three-year frontier closure. By Dimitri Avaliani in Tbilisi and Samvel Avagian in Yerevan (CRS No. 520, 20-Nov-09) There are fears in Georgia that the government’s readiness to re-open...

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How Turkey Massacred the Kurds of Dersim

Originally published in Hurriyet Daily News] After five months on book leave, it is nice to be back in the Daily News. I hope all has been well for everybody since June. As for Turkey, many new events and debates...

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[Silent Turkey-4] Conservatives

There is one truth we need to underline even though it may come as strange to some: The most suppressed group in Turkey is the conservatives, even though they are the biggest group of people. Suppression did not happen as a...

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Prime Minister Erdoğan slams CHP's Öymen over anti-Alevi remarks

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday lashed out at Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Öymen over his remarks two weeks ago that equated a past Alevi revolt with a terrorist campaign.

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BAKU: We Will Continue To Oppose Ratification Of Turkey-Armenia Protocols: Turkish MP

WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE RATIFICATION OF TURKEY-ARMENIA PROTOCOLS: TURKISH MP Today Nov 19 2009 Azerbaijan Day.Az interview with member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Deputy Chairman of the Republican People's Party...

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Who is Van Rompuy?: New EU President's Life Motto Is 'Quiet Determination'

New EU President's Life Motto Is 'Quiet Determination' By Jeroen van der Kris in Brussels Herman Van Rompuy is a practicing Catholic who belongs to the conservative wing of the Flemish Christian Democrat party. Not long after...

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