MESOP NEWS : PKK/YPG/PYD FIGHTER WELLKNOWN IN NORWAY AS A KILLER
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Kyle OrtonVerified account @KyleWOrton 28m28 minutes ago — 7 Nov 2017 – Replying to @KyleWOrton
Seems like a nice man – Kyle Orton added, (Jamestown Foundation)
Cemal @Acemal71 – Replying to @Acemal71
The #Pkk terrorist Karl Håkon Guldbransen was a hunter and killed a wolf illegally.He wrote “The real men hunt wolf” to his car in 2015.
Cemal @Acemal71 1 hour ago – 7 Nov 2017
Former #Ypg and #Peshmerga member #Norwegian Karl Håkon Guldbransen joined to #Pkk ranks and sent a propaganda message to Norwegian website.
MESOP NEWS FOCUS : PKK’S “LONG-DISTANCE-NATIONALISM”! !
Alexander Clarkson @APHClarkson 6 Nov 2017
From 1998. The PKK has been running a well-organised online mobilisation strategy for 20 years http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13602009808716392 …
MESOP NEWS ADVICE : Hitting Erdoğan Where It Hurts, Not Where It Helps
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
Lisel Hintz and Blaise Misztal – 5 Nov 2017 – WAR ON THE ROCKS – Once a close strategic ally, over the last four years or so Turkey has not only been pulling away from the United States in terms of policy coordination, but also increasingly infusing relations with antagonism. Washington modulated its diplomacy accordingly, but made few substantive efforts to reverse Ankara’s course. Until now. On Oct. 9, as Turkey added to the list of U.S. citizens and diplomatic employees in its jails, the United States finally stood up to Turkish truculence. The manner in which it did so, however, is counterproductive, and reflects a misreading of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s motivations. By suspending nonimmigrant visa services for ordinary citizens in Turkey, Washington plays into Erdoğan’s hands rather than punishes him.
MESOP NEWS HINTERGRUND : Peter Steudtner – Kanzleramtschef Altmaier erwirkte Freilassung
Altkanzler Schröder nur Türöffner„Hohen Preis gezahlt“: Kanzleramtschef Altmaier erwirkte Freilassung Steudtners – FOCUS-Reporter Josef Hufelschulte (Berlin) – Freitag, 03.11.2017, 06:29
Peter Altmaier, 59, Chef des Berliner Kanzleramts und Bundesminister für besondere Aufgaben, reiste in geheimer Mission. Mit Erfolg: Der engste Vertraute von Angela Merkel hat nach FOCUS-Informationen aus Berliner Regierungskreisen kürzlich die Freilassung des deutschen Menschenrechtlers Peter Steudtner, 45, aus türkischer Haft erreicht. Nach einer ersten Kontaktaufnahme durch Altkanzler Gerhard Schröder (SPD) Ende September gelang es Altmaier nur wenige Tage später bei einem Treffen mit dem türkischen Staatschef Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dass am 25. Oktober die Untersuchungshaft gegen Steudtner aufgehoben wurde.
MESOP NEWS : KREDITBOOM TÜRKEI á la DRAGHI WIE IN DER EU
Türkischer Wirtschaftsboom auf Kredit
Handelsblatt – 3 Nov 2017 – Die türkische Wirtschaft wird in diesem Jahr die Wachstumsprognosen um das zwei- bis dreifache übertreffen. Es fließt wieder Risikokapital und die … Volltext lesen : http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/tuerkei-tuerkischer-wirtschaftsboom-auf-kredit/20521982.html
MESOP NEWS DISCOVERY : Turkey’s Silent Al Qaeda Partner in Syria – By Elizabeth Teoman (INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR)
Key Takeaway: Turkey is cooperating with al Qaeda to threaten the Syrian Kurdish YPG in northern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s intervention in Idlib Province is setting conditions for a de facto safe haven for jihadists in Syria that will jeopardize the U.S. campaign against al Qaeda.
MESOP NEWS : BYE BYE MARMARA ! – TOURISM PATTERNS SHOW TURKEY SHIFTING FROM EUROPE TO THE MIDDLE EAST
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) – THE RUSSIAN VACANCY RESORT
by Soner Cagaptay with Oya Aktas and Akin Yucel – PolicyWatch 2882 – October 30, 2017
Many Turks traditionally got their only firsthand exposure to European values by interacting with European tourists, but lately this trend seems to be weakening even as visitors from Muslim-majority or former Soviet countries are on the rise.
MESOP NEWS : THE INITIATIVE “SAVE HASANKEYF” – NEWEST / KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
Destruction Accelerates in Hasankeyf and the Tigris Basin – 30 Oct 201 – Announcement
Environmental and heritage destruction have accelerated in Turkey’s historic city of Hasankeyf as crews work day and night, seven days a week to collapse vulnerable portions of the cliffs ringing the town and fill in some 200 caves. The work’s stated aim is to reinforce Hasankeyf’s ancient citadel ahead of completion of the Ilısu Dam, which would flood most of the town beneath approximately 60 meters of water. Preparations are also being made to construct a wall to cover the cliff face of the citadel mount. And a new road is being built across the Tigris River to haul equipment and rubble to and from the work site, significantly altering the course of the river and severely reducing its water quality.
The serious risks to both the historic heritage of Hasankeyf and the natural ecosystem of the Upper Tigris Basin posed by this work, which is being carried out without proper transparency or public involvement, are being documented by the Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive (Hasankeyf’i Yaşatma Girişimi) and Hasankeyf Matters. The work to reinforce the cliffs is causing irreparable damage to the historical and cultural fabric of Hasankeyf, significantly reducing the value of the citadel and the surrounding natural rock formations as cultural heritage.
Similarly, the use of heavy equipment to collapse the cliffs beginning in August, together with the on-going construction of the new bridge one kilometre to the east of Hasankeyf, has polluted the Tigris River and is destroying extensive areas of habitat for numerous species of fish, plants and wildlife. In the course of this work, trees on the banks of the river are being cut unnecessarily and piles of debris are rising. Due to the change in the course of the Tigris, the fish habitat in the riverbed has been severely damaged for at least one and a half kilometres. Local observers report that thousands of fish have been killed.
This destruction is being done in violation of legal requirements for transparency, which require that the names of contractors and sub-contractors carrying out this work be disclosed. However, on the sign describing the work in progress, the space designated for the names of contractors and sub-contractors for the project has been left blank. Our research reveals that the contractor is the ICC Group (ICC Grup), while the sub-contractor collapsing the cliffs is Rüzgar Industrial Mountaineering (Rüzgar Endüstriyel Dağcılık). Both firms are based in Ankara.
News articles and press releases on the website of the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ), which is responsible for the Ilısu Dam Project, state that following the collapsing of cliffs around the citadel – an area that includes the hills of Ra’s Tibbah and Darphane – portions of the cliffs and surrounding valleys would be filled in with 4.75 cubic meters of debris/rubble and concrete. However, no plan for this has been shared with the public.
The failure to inform and consult the public regularly on substantive details of the citadel reinforcement project contravenes the laws of the Republic of Turkey, specifically Law Number 3534, which brought the country into legal compliance with the Council of Europe’s Convention for the Preservation of the Architectural Heritage of Europe (CETS 121). Article 14, Paragraph 1 of that law states that each party to the Convention will undertake “to establish in the various stages of the decision-making process, appropriate machinery for the supply of information, consultation and co-operation between the State, the regional and local authorities, cultural institutions and associations, and the public”.
International law mandates that intangible cultural heritage must be protected and that the public must be substantively and systematically consulted regarding projects for the conservation of immovable cultural heritage. Contrary to these legal requirements, the on-going work in and around Hasankeyf – its goals, technical plans, detailed methods and time schedule – is shrouded in extreme secrecy.
Meanwhile residents of Hasankeyf and neighbouring villages and towns are witnessing each day the dismemberment of the landscape where they and their ancestors have lived for centuries. Experiencing the dust and sounds of explosions created by this project, and seeing the destruction of historic landmarks and touchstones for collective memory, is intensifying the trauma and uncertainty they have lived with for 50 years, since the first proposal for the Ilısu Dam Project that would mean the death of their community and way of life.As the filling and covering of cliffs is causing significant damage to the immovable historical structure of Hasankeyf and to the fabric of the town’s intangible cultural heritage, the project also violates the human right to culture upheld by the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 33/20.
We thus call again on the companies destroying the historical fabric of Hasankeyf and the Tigris Basin ecosystem to withdraw immediately from these damaging projects.
Initiative Save Hasankeyf Alive – Hasankeyf Matters
MESOP NEWS FOCUS : US SENATORS CONTRA ERDOGAN !
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
Last week, a bipartisan group of 14 U.S. Senators sent a letter to President Donald Trump concerning the human rights situation in Turkey. While recognizing Turkey’s importance as a NATO ally and tradition of stability, the Senators noted a concerted effort by the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan to “corrode Turkey’s democracy.” In addition to the arrests of U.S. consulate employees, the letter laments the arrest of members of Amnesty International and journalists. The lawmakers expressed support for the suspension of non-immigrant visas at U.S. facilities throughout Turkey, but urge the President to mitigate possible impacts on people in need of these services. In addition, the Senators encourage President Trump to “send a clear message” to Erdogan that future cooperation with the United States must be based on a “shared commitment to human rights and rule of law.” Signatories of the letter include Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Bernie Sanders (D-VT). www.mesop.de
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MESOP NEWS THE CENGIZ CANDAR ANALYSIS – Turkey’s paradox in Iraq: Weaker because of a weakened Kurdistan
Cengiz Çandar October 29, 2017 – AL MONITOR – Turkey enjoyed the influence it wielded in Iraq because of its ties with the Kurdistan Regional Government, but it would rather see the KRG fall than risk an independent Iraqi Kurdistan inspiring Turkey’s Kurds to seek the same. The sight was vivid proof of how quickly and dramatically the sands of Middle East politics can shift: the smiling faces of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in front of the cameras Oct. 25, seated under the flags of their respective countries in Erdogan’s pompous palace in Ankara.
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