MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : STATEMENT OF PKK UMBRELLA “KCK” –  TO OUR PEOPLES AND THE

 NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) –   Turkey’s AKP-MHP fascist coalition was aiming at winning the

March 31 local elections in an unprecedented unequal situation by applying maximum pressure on the opposition parties and turning the elections into a matter of Turkey’s survival and struggle against domestic and foreign operations against Turkey. The goal was give legitimacy to their rule, already undermined and weakened, socially and ideologically. They came to believe that they can uphold their power by embarking on a policy of war, both within Turkey and abroad.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEW TODAYS SHORT CUTS TURKEY : RUSSIAN TRAINING WITH PATRIOTS?

 

Jack Detsch‏ @JackDetsch_ALM 3 hours ago

NEW: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says purchase of S-400 system is “a done deal,” blaming Obama and Trump administrations for withholding Patriot sales for a decade. Pentagon fears the Russian air defense could train its radar on the F-35. #NATOEngages

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : TODAYS RELEVANT COMMENTRY BY GALLIA LINDENSTRAUSS & ELDAD SHAVIT

At a Boiling Point? Growing Tensions over Ankara’s Determination to Acquire the S-400

עבריתEldad Shavit, Gallia Lindenstrauss – INSS Insight No. 1157, April 2, 2019

Turkey’s insistence to move ahead with the S-400 deal with Russia, in spite of the American threat that this move would be met with sanctions, is expected to create a rift in relations between Turkey and the United States and the other allies in NATO. Reactions to this move by the administration and Congress are likely to be strong. Apart from the significance for the relations between the two countries, the Turkish step will have geopolitical implications, both in the context of the balance of power between the United States and Russia, and for Washington’s ability to coordinate and cooperate with Turkey on the situation in Syria and Iraq, and on policy regarding Iran.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS: WAHLERGEBNISSE IN SÜDOST-ANATOLIEN = KURDISTAN ! STALINISTISCHE SEKTIERER UNTERSTÜTZT VON HDP/PKK !

 Moritz Wichmann @Moritz_Wichmann

Sensation in #Dersim/Tunceli und Zitterpartie in #Istanbul: Stalinistische Linkspartei TKP gewinnt in der einen, die CHP in der anderen Stadt – mit kräftiger Hilfe der #HDP. Browst hier in die @ndaktuell Karte zu den Kommunalwahlen…

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : NO JETS FOR ERDOGAN ! TRUMP!  / U.S. suspends delivery of F-35 fighter jet equipment to Turkey

WASHINGTON,— The United States has halted delivery of equipment related to the stealthy F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey, marking the first concrete U.S. step to block delivery of the jet to the NATO ally in light of Ankara’s planned purchase of a Russian missile defense system.U.S. officials told their Turkish counterparts they will not receive further shipments of F-35 related equipment needed to prepare for the arrival of the stealthy jet, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Monday.

The Pentagon confirmed the Reuters report that the equipment delivery had been stopped.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : KNOCKIN ON ERDOGAN’S DOOR –  Turkey’s ruling AKP loses Ankara, Istanbul as opposition springs to life

Amberin Zaman April 1, 2019  – Article Summary – AL MONITOR  1 April 2019 – Turkey’s ruling party lost big in the municipal elections and the main opposition party took Ankara and Istanbul, which the Justice and Development Party and its Islamist forerunners had controlled for the past 25 years. After decades in the doldrums, Turkey’s main opposition scored several major victories against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in nationwide municipal elections Sunday, snatching the political capital, Ankara, and the commercial capital, Istanbul, from its jaws and injecting renewed faith in what has long seemed a broken political system.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : DENKZETTEL FÜR ERDOGAN & ERFOLGE FÜR CHP = KEIN SIEG DER DEMOKRATIE !  / CHP Nationalistisch – Kemalistisch – Kurdenkritisch – EU feindlich & Putin-freundlich

Kommunalwahl in der Türkei Denkzettel für Erdogans AKP

Stand: 01.04.2019 09:57 Uhr –  ARD  ZDF  – Die Kommunalwahl in der Türkei galt als Stimmungstest für Präsident Erdogan. Und diese Stimmung scheint sich in den wichtigen Großstädten gegen ihn zu richten: In Istanbul und Ankara sieht es nach einem Sieg der Opposition aus.

Bei den Kommunalwahlen in der Türkei liegt in Istanbul der Oppositionskandidat in Führung. Der CHP-Kandidat Ekrem Imamoglu habe einen Vorsprung von fast 28.000 Stimmen, erklärte der Chef der Hohen Wahlkommission, Sadi Güven. Imamoglu kommt den vorläufigen Ergebnissen zufolge auf 4.159.650 Stimmen und der Kandidat der AKP von Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ex-Ministerpräsident Binali Yildirim, auf 4.131.761 Stimmen.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : LATEST RESULTS ELECTIONS TURKEY

OVERALL TURKEY  – OPENED BALLOT BOXES

(74.56%) 145.152 / 194.678

PARTY / MP – VOTE RATE

AK PARTİ

15.654.409

45,82%

 

CHP

10.266.844

30,05%

 

İYİ PARTİ

2.435.372

7,13%

 

MHP

2.185.930

6,4%

 

HDP

1.323.210

3,87%

 

SAADET PARTİSİ

807.799

2,36%

 

DİĞER

449.032

1,31%

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Turkey will solve Syria issue ‘on the field’ after elections, Erdogan says

30 March 2019 – MESOP NEWS – ANKARA,— Turkey will solve the Syria issue “on the field” after Sunday’s local elections, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, as he sought to drum up support for his AK Party in the vote.

Turkey has carried out two cross-border operations against Kurdish militants in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) in northern Syria and has warned that it will launch further incursions if the threats along its borders are not eliminated.

“First thing after the elections, we will solve the Syria issue on the field if possible, not at the table,” Erdogan told supporters in the first of his six rallies in Istanbul.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ALLGEMEINER MENSCHENRECHTS REPORT TÜRKEI

Meldungen des DTF im Februar 2019 – Demokratisches Türkeiforum

Die folgenden Nachrichten wurden im Februar 2019 vom DTF erfasst und teilweise gekürzt oder zusammenfassend übersetzt.

 

EGMR verurteilt Türkei wegen erschwerter lebenslanger Haft – BIA News Desk, 12.02.2019

Im Fall von Civan Boltan, einem Verurteilten mit Behinderungen, der geklagt hatte, dass zu erschwerter lebenslanger Haft Verurteilte lebenslang im Gefängnis bleiben sollen ohne der Möglichkeit auf Entlassung, hat der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR) die Türkei erneut verurteilt.

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