MESOPOTAMIA NEWS THE KURDISH CLUE
Kurdish alliance emerges as key actor in Turkey’s upcoming elections
READ IN: Türkçe – Sibel Hurtas May 14, 2018 – AL MONITOR – Article Summary – Rejected by two major electoral alliances, the Kurds have set up their own alliance with an eye on prizes much further away than Turkey’s snap polls.
Now, unexpectedly, a third alliance of Kurdish parties has appeared. The political parties making up the Kurdistan Election Alliance announced they will not only compete in Turkey’s snap elections but hope to take the first step toward national unity among the Kurds of Syria, Iran, Iraq and Turkey. So far, the Kurdistan Freedom Party, Kurdistan Socialist Party, Kurdistan Democratic Party of Turkey and Azadi Movement have announced their membership in the new alliance. With support offered by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which has a legislative presence and nationwide structure, the new alliance could become a major actor on Turkey’s political scene.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : SELAHATIN’S MANIFESTO (BACKED BY PKK LEADERSHIP )
Demirtaş’s election manifesto vows to end the one-man rule
The election manifesto of HDP presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has been announced. Demirtaş vows to end the one-man rule in Turkey.
ANKARA Monday, 14 May 2018, – The election manifesto of Selahattin Demirtaş, presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) for June 24 elections, has been released at a meeting in Ankara.
MESOP NEWS : DIE FUSSBALLER DES SULTANS ! Wahlkampf: Nationalspieler Özil und Gündogan posieren mit Erdogan
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Beide haben türkische Wurzeln. Nun haben sie in London den türkischen Präsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan getroffen – nur gut einen Monat vor den …
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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : TÜRKEI WAHLEN / DIE PKK LÄSST AUFKLÄREN !
Über die Bedeutung der Wahlbündnisse – Selahattin Erdem über die Wahlen in der Türkei, 10.05.2018
Das Zentralkomitee der Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans (PKK) hat in einer Stellungnahme erklärt, dass sie vom 21. bis zum 24. April ihre ordentliche Sitzung abgehalten und Planungen für die Sommerphase des Freiheitskampfes in Kurdistan vorgenommen hat. (…) Aus der Erklärung der PKK wird auch ersichtlich, dass auf dieser Sitzung die vorgezogenen Wahlen in der Türkei am 24. Juni bewertet wurden. In diesem Rahmen wurden alle antifaschistischen, demokratischen Kräfte dazu aufgerufen, sich gegen die faschistoide Diktatur der AKP und MHP zu stellen und die Bedeutung von Bündnissen wurde deutlich betont.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : LIMITS & BORDERS & BOUNDAGES – How Far Will Turkey’s Anti-PKK Operation in Northern Iraq Go?
By Paul Iddon – middleeasteye.net – 2018-05-09 17:28 GMT
Turkey is almost two months into its ground incursion against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq’s Kurdish region, aiming to displace Kurdish fighters from strategic positions near its border.
The operation, which began on 10 March and which Turkish media has dubbed “Tigris Shield”, is the most significant launched by Turkey into the region for more than a decade.But it remains unclear how far Turkish forces, which have already penetrated 20km into territory controlled by the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), will ultimately go.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : INTERVIEW WITH PKK’S COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN EUROPE (BRUSSELS) ZUBEYIR AYDAR
Campaigns woo Kurdish voters as Turkish election nears By Amberin Zaman – Al Monitor
9 May 2018 – Article Summary – In an interview with Al-Monitor, veteran Kurdish politician Zubeyir Aydar spoke about the fight for the Kurdish vote ahead of Turkey’s snap elections.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : OLD ISLAMISTS CONTRA RECEP TAYYIP – Turkey’s Islamist ‘old guard’ joins Erdogan opponents
North kurdistan 8turkey9 – READ IN: Türkçe – AL MONITOR – Sibel Hurtas May 7, 2018
Article Summary – The National View, the pioneer movement of political Islam in Turkey, has joined the opposition in its efforts to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in next month’s elections. In Turkey’s snap presidential elections next month, the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, faces a challenge, among several, from the very quarters that propelled him to political stardom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The National View, the movement that pioneered political Islam in Turkey, has fielded a presidential candidate, Temel Karamollaoglu, to oppose Erdogan, and the Felicity Party that Karamollaoglu leads has allied with major opposition forces for the parliamentary elections taking place the same day, June 24.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS TODAYS ANALYSIS : BY BEE HIVE MAGAZINE – ISRAEL
Turkey’s Ambivalent View of Syria
By 8 May 2018 – Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak reviews the responses on Turkish social media to the West’s military attack on the Assad regime, following the chemical attack on Duma.
The chemical attack carried out by the Assad regime in Duma and the military counter-attack by Western forces under the leadership of the United States made their mark on the public discourse within Turkish social media. Turkey shares 911 kilometers of border with Syria and currently houses more than 3 million Syrian refugees, so it is deeply affected by events within its neighbor’s territory. Furthermore, Turkey’s foreign policy, led by President Erdoğan, is acting to position Turkey as a leading, active player in the Middle East politically and militarily, in contrast to the country’s traditional policy of regional non-interference. The discourse on social media reveals the underlying issues in the dispute between the different camps in Turkey regarding the Syrian issue.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS LATEST TODAY – 7. May 2018
More: Syria: Erdogan warns of Turkey military operation on Efrin and Manbij ‘in about a week’ – www.mesop.de
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : NEW TOURISM BOOM IN ERDOGAN LAND
Cruise ships return to Turkish ports after tough years
Burak Coşan – ISTANBUL – 7 May 2018 – Most of the leading cruise operators have announced they are returning to Turkey’s ports, with tourism representatives expecting a complete rebound in 2019 and 2020. More via www.mesop.de
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