MESOP NEWS WATCH : WATCH: Russia asks Kurds to hand Afrin to Syrian regime to stop Turkish attacks
13 July/Kurdistan 24 – A top Syrian Kurdish official in the country’s north-west district of Afrin said on Thursday that Russian forces asked them to allow the Syrian army enter Afrin in order to stop the Turkish attacks on the region.
http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/b6158a99-dce6-493e-9a54-bf6dda696fac
PKK/PYD-SDF to attend the meeting of anti-ISIS Coalition in Washington
10 July/ANF News
According to information ANF obtained from SDF sources, a representative of the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces will attend the anti-ISIS Coalition meeting to be held in Washington on 11-13 July with the participation of representatives from 70 countries.
https://anfenglish.com/news/sdf-to-attend-the-meeting-of-anti-isis-coalition-in-washington-20908
MESOP NEWS REFLECTION : Ankara may be counting on US-Russian rivalry in Syria
By Semih Idiz – Al Monitor – 12 July 2017 – The Syrian crisis has taken many unexpected turns since 2011. The involvement of local and global powers has not only complicated matters but also produced unwanted results for neighboring countries such as Turkey and Iraq.Unable to make its own mark, Ankara continues to vacillate between Moscow and Washington in an apparent effort to secure support to roll back gains by Syrian Kurds it considers terrorists.
Ankara, whose own involvement in the crisis is marked mostly by failures due to a series of miscalculations, has found itself forced to engage in delicate balancing acts with the principal players in the crisis.Turkey has vacillated between the United States and Russia in an attempt to bolster its weak position in Syria. This approach has also been predicated on US-Russian ties being strained — as they were recently after the United States downed a Syrian fighter jet.
MESOP NEWS „NO ILLUSIONS“ : THE TÜRKISCHE CHP IST NICHT DIE RETTUNG VOR ERDOGAN
Republikanische Volkspartei“ Wiederbelebung der türkischen Opposition?
Für den „Gerechtigkeitsmarsch“ konnte der türkische Oppositionsführer Kilicdaroglu Tausende Menschen gegen Erdogan mobilisieren. Doch reicht das aus, um vor allem die junge Generation aus der politischen Apathie zu reißen?
10.07.2017, von Michael Martens, Athen- FAZ –
MESOP NEWS COMMENTARIES BY THE GUARDIAN UK FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUP IN TURKEY
ONE YEAR ON FROM THE FAILED COUP, RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN IS MORE AUTOCRATIC THAN EVER
by Soner Cagaptay – Guardian – July 8, 2017
The Turkish president is taking steps to end democracy itself in Turkey, further polarizing an already sharply divided country.
This week is the first anniversary of the failed coup against Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a coup he has used since to further alienate his opponents. Most recently, on 16 April, he won a referendum to become head of state and head of government simultaneously, emerging as the most unassailable Turkish politician since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk established the secular republic in 1923.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Ataturk shaped Turkey in his own image as a western society. In his Turkey, the state banished religion to the private sphere and discriminated against pious citizens. But since 2003, Erdogan has dismantled Ataturk’s societal model, flooding political and education systems with rigidly conservative Islam, as well as pivoting Turkey away from Europe and the west.
MESOP DOCUMENTS FROM BRUSSELS EU : European Parliament 2014-2019 TEXTS ADOPTED Provisional edition P8_TA-PROV(2017)0306 2016 Report on Turkey European Parliament resolution of 6 July 2017 on the 2016 Commission Report on Turkey (2016/2308(INI)) The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions, in particular those of 24 November 2016 on EU-Turkey relations1, and 27 October 2016 on the situation of journalists in Turkey2,
– having regard to its resolution of 13 November 2014 on Turkish actions creating tensions in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus3 and its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the centenary of the Armenian genocide4,
– having regard to the Commission communication of 9 November 2016 to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on EU Enlargement Policy (COM(2016)0715), and to the Turkey 2016 Report (SWD(2016)0366),
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) – MESOP NEWS DOCUMENTS FROM BRUSSEL (6 July 2017)
Dear all MESOP Readers,
The European Parliament in Strasbourg has adopted few moments ago its resolution on EU-TURKEY “2016 Commission Report”, with 477 votes in favour and 64 against.Please find attached the INFORMAL version of the resolution AS ADOPTED (the official version and its translations in all EU languages will be available only tomorrow morning, at least you can have right now an idea on the final vote).
I’ve highlighted in bold and red the changes introduced by the Plenary, the most significant adopted amendment is about the situation on Incirlik military base (check new par.27).
MESOP NEWS BRUSSEL DOCUMENTS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION on the 2016 Commission Report on Turkey as adopted in Strasbourg on 6th July 2017
(2016/2308(INI))
The European Parliament,
– having regard to its previous resolutions, in particular those of 24 November 2016 on EU-Turkey relations[1], and 27 October 2016 on the situation of journalists in Turkey[2],
MESOP NEWS REPORT : DER TÜRKISCHE GEHEIMDIENST MIT & DIE KURDISCHE GEMEINDE IN DER BRD
Kurdische Gemeinde fordert Schutz vor MIT-Repression
München (ots) – In der „Heilbronner Stimme“ von heute fordert der stellvertretende Bundesvorsitzende der Kurdischen Gemeinde Deutschland, Mehmet Tanriverdi, eine Schutzgewährung vor Repressionen des türkischen Geheimdienstes MIT ein.Dieser bemängelt insoweit, dass eben dies bisher durch die Bundesregierung pflichtwidrig unterlassen wurde. Hierzu zwei Verlinkungen zur einschlägigen Quellen:
Die Mitglieder der kurdischen Community in Deutschland sind hiernach den Repressionen durch 6000 operativ gegen sie tätige türkische MIT-Agenten schutzlos ausgeliefert. Obschon diese nachrichtendienstlichen Repressionen vielfach nachgewiesen wurden, ist die deutsche Strafjustiz bisher untätig geblieben. So etwa im Fall der Hamburger Linken-Politikerin Canso Özdemir; verlinkt wie folgt:
MESOP NEWS “PROPHECY” : THE GRAND CHEERLEADER LADY OF PKK PROMISES ERDOGAN’S FINAL DAYS
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
KCK’s Avesta: The attacks on Efrîn will be the end of Erdoğan
KCK’s Sozdar Avesta stated that YJŞ participating in the Raqqa operation is a historic step in itself. Avesta said, “If the Turkish state enters Efrîn, they won’t be able to leave” and added that the invasion attacks will bring about the end of Erdoğan.
ANF Newsdresk 5 July 2017 – KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) General Presidential Council Member Sozdar Avesta spoke to Çıra TV about the situation in Efrîn, Shengal Women’s Units (YJŞ) decision to join in the Great Battle operation and the national congress efforts by the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK).
MESOP NEWS CULTURE : Erdogan’s “Language Revolution” Epitomizes His Anti-Western & Cultural Islamism
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In deeply polarized Turkey, words are not just words. It has been part of Erdoğan’s campaign to make Turkey more Islamic and more Turkish. In his view, this entails ridding the Turkish language of “foreign” words – but foreign, to Erdoğan, does not include Arabic.
What’s in a name? A good deal. You would risk offending a Turk if you called his country’s biggest city “Constantinople” instead of “Istanbul.” Your Turkish friend would probably not know that the word “Istanbul” morphed from “Eis tin Polin,” which means “to the city” – in Greek.
MESOP GEZI PARK CULTURE : “EINE BESSERE KUNST IST MÖGLICH!” -Politische Kunst Gezi-Park / Die Funktions-Linke ist keine Schönheit !
Die Künstlergruppe Zentrum für politische Schönheit braucht die mediale Aufmerksamkeit. – 03.07.2017, von Kolja Reichert
Was genau hat die Schüler-Flugblatt-Aktion in München mit Gezi-Park in Istanbul zu tun?
Beschreibt man die Aktionen des Zentrums für Politische Schönheit nach den Spielregeln jener Institutionen, die für sie bezahlen, nämlich öffentlich geförderter Kultureinrichtungen wie der Berlin Biennale oder jetzt der Münchner Kammerspiele, welche zum 75. Jahrestag der Briefaktion der Geschwister Scholl einen Schülerwettbewerb zum Verfassen von Flugblättern gegen Diktaturen ausriefen, dann ließe sich mit der Nüchternheit der Kunst- oder Theaterkritik notieren, das Material dieser Künstler bestehe in erster Linie in medialer Aufmerksamkeit. Und in zweiter im Gewissen der staatsbürgerlichen Öffentlichkeit, verkörpert in staatlichen Hoheitszeichen und den Gesichtern real existierender Politiker.
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