துருக்கியில் ரிச்சர்ட் டாகின்ஸின் பரிணாமவியல் இணையப்பக்கத்துக்கு தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
Turkish court bans Richard Dawkins websiteRiazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday September 18 2008 13:46 BST Article history
Dawkins (above) described the work of Muslim creationist Adnan Oktar as 'preposterous'
A Turkish court has banned internet users from viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after a Muslim creationist claimed its contents were defamatory and blasphemous.
Adnan Oktar, who writes under the pen name of Harun Yahya, complained that Dawkins, a fierce critic of creationism and intelligent design, had insulted him in comments made on forums and blogs.
According to Oktar's office, Istanbul's second criminal court of peace banned the site earlier this month on the grounds that it "violated" Oktar's personality.
His press assistant, Seda Aral, said: "We are not against freedom of speech or expression but you cannot insult people.
"We found the comments hurtful. It was not a scientific discussion. There was a line and the limit has been passed.
"We have used all the legal means to stop this site. We asked them to remove the comments but they did not."
Oktar, a household name in Turkey, has used hundreds of books, pamphlets and DVDS to contest Darwin's theory of evolution.
In 2006 his publishers sent out 10,000 copies of the Atlas of Creation, a lavish 800-page rejection of evolution.
Dawkins, one of the recipients, described the book as "preposterous". On his website the British biologist and popular science writer said he was at "a loss to reconcile the expensive and glossy production values of this book with the 'breathtaking inanity' of the content."
It is the third time Oktar and his associates have succeeded in blocking sites in Turkey.
In August 2007 Oktar persuaded a court to block access to WordPress.com. His lawyers argued that blogs on WordPress.com contained libelous material that the company was unwilling to remove.
Last April, he made a libel complaint about Google Groups, which was subsequently blocked.
He failed to ban Dawkins' book the God Delusion in Turkey after a court rejected his claims that it insulted religion.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
துருக்கியில் ஏழ்மை இருக்கிறது என்று பஸ்ஸில் அருகே இருந்தவரிடம் பேசியதற்காக துருக்கியருக்கு சிறை
பஸ்ஸில் அருகே உட்கார்ந்திருந்தவரிடம் துருக்கியில் ஏழ்மை இருக்கிறது என்று புலம்பியதற்காக ஒருவருக்கு சிறை தண்டனை வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. துருக்கி நாட்டை அவமதித்தற்காக அவர் மீது வழக்கு தொடரப்பட இருக்கிறது.
இந்த குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டால், இரண்டு வருட சிறை தண்டனை அவருக்கு கொடுக்கப்படும்
TURKEY: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, POLICE CRITICISM, DENOUNCED
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, MAY 26 - A Turkish citizen who, while being in a bus, complained to his fellow passenger about the poverty in which many of his fellow countrymen live and about the consequent fast growth of crime, was charged by a policeman for having "insulted the Turkish state". The man, if found guilty, risks up to two years of imprisonment. The story was reported today by left daily Radikal which writes on front page Silence Passenger, Yet in Buss Risks Charges Under 301, the controversial article of the Penal Code referring to the freedom of expression. Under the article, amended last May 8, a crime is offending the Turkish state and the state bodies, and not as previously offending Turkishness. The newspaper says that the passenger, a philosophy teacher, was commenting with the person sitting next to him a shantytown which has recently appeared near the city of Izmir that was held responsible for the creation of widespread growth of poverty in the country. A poverty which in turn increased the number of criminals against whom the police can do nothing, as its hands are bound by the new regulation approved in order to conform Turkey to the EU legislation. The words of the teacher however did not please the police agent who was sitting just in front of him and who after having reproached the man asked him the identity card and charged him. The first hearing of trial was fixed on July 7 in Istanbul. (ANSAmed).
2008-05-26 18:52
இந்த குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டால், இரண்டு வருட சிறை தண்டனை அவருக்கு கொடுக்கப்படும்
TURKEY: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, POLICE CRITICISM, DENOUNCED
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, MAY 26 - A Turkish citizen who, while being in a bus, complained to his fellow passenger about the poverty in which many of his fellow countrymen live and about the consequent fast growth of crime, was charged by a policeman for having "insulted the Turkish state". The man, if found guilty, risks up to two years of imprisonment. The story was reported today by left daily Radikal which writes on front page Silence Passenger, Yet in Buss Risks Charges Under 301, the controversial article of the Penal Code referring to the freedom of expression. Under the article, amended last May 8, a crime is offending the Turkish state and the state bodies, and not as previously offending Turkishness. The newspaper says that the passenger, a philosophy teacher, was commenting with the person sitting next to him a shantytown which has recently appeared near the city of Izmir that was held responsible for the creation of widespread growth of poverty in the country. A poverty which in turn increased the number of criminals against whom the police can do nothing, as its hands are bound by the new regulation approved in order to conform Turkey to the EU legislation. The words of the teacher however did not please the police agent who was sitting just in front of him and who after having reproached the man asked him the identity card and charged him. The first hearing of trial was fixed on July 7 in Istanbul. (ANSAmed).
2008-05-26 18:52
Saturday, February 23, 2008
பாவாடை அணிந்ததற்காக முஸ்லீம் பள்ளிச்சிறுமிகள் மீது ஆசிட் வீச்சு
எலிமண்டரி பள்ளியில் படிக்கும் ஒரு சிறுமியும், மேல்நிலை படிக்கும் ஒரு சிறுமியும் சென்றுகொண்டிருந்தபோது அவர்கள் பாவாடை அணிந்திருந்தார்கள் என்பதற்காக அவர்கள் மீது ஆசிட் ஊற்றியுள்ள்னர்.
இது நடந்திருப்பது துருக்கியில்
Acid Attack On Two Turkish Girls For Wearing Short Skirts
A high school senior and an elementary school student were attacked in the Mediterranean town of Mersin with strong acid spray. In two separate incidents within the same hour both girls were approached from behind by a group of young men who commented on the length of their skirts and told them it was too short. The girls were sprayed with acidic substance that burnt and melted their stockings and caused deep lacerations on the back of their legs. The girls were treated in the hospital. The police is searching for the culprits that are believed to be the same ones, in both incidents.
According to media reports, uncovered women in Mersin, who wear shorter length skirts, are in fear of similar attacks.
Source: Hurriyet, Milliyet, Vatan, Cumhuriyet, TDN, Turkey, February 14, 2008
Posted at: 2008-02-15
இது நடந்திருப்பது துருக்கியில்
Acid Attack On Two Turkish Girls For Wearing Short Skirts
A high school senior and an elementary school student were attacked in the Mediterranean town of Mersin with strong acid spray. In two separate incidents within the same hour both girls were approached from behind by a group of young men who commented on the length of their skirts and told them it was too short. The girls were sprayed with acidic substance that burnt and melted their stockings and caused deep lacerations on the back of their legs. The girls were treated in the hospital. The police is searching for the culprits that are believed to be the same ones, in both incidents.
According to media reports, uncovered women in Mersin, who wear shorter length skirts, are in fear of similar attacks.
Source: Hurriyet, Milliyet, Vatan, Cumhuriyet, TDN, Turkey, February 14, 2008
Posted at: 2008-02-15
Saturday, November 24, 2007
3 கிறிஸ்துவ மிஷனரிகளை கொன்ற துருக்கர்கள் மீது விசாரணை
துருக்கியில் கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் மீதான வன்முறை அதிகரிப்பதால், ஏராளமான துருக்கி கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் துருக்கியிலிருந்து வெளியேறிவருகிறார்கள்
Turks in Christian murder trial
Many Christians moved out of Malatya after the murders
The trial has started in eastern Turkey of five men accused of killing three Christians earlier this year.
The Christians, who included a pastor and a German missionary, were stabbed repeatedly and had their throats cut.
The suspects, aged 19 and 20, were detained at the scene of the crime, a Protestant publishing house in Malatya.
The trial was adjourned after defence lawyers argued they needed more time to prepare. The hearing is now expected to resume in mid-January.
Turkey is a candidate for EU membership. The bloc has asked Ankara to protect the human rights of the country's ethnic and religious minorities, as a precondition for membership.
Germany has accused Turkey of "unacceptable intolerance" towards non-Muslims.
The murders prompted three Christian families to leave Malatya, in eastern Turkey.
The attack came months after the killing of the ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and a year after the killing of a Catholic priest in northern Turkey.
In all cases, the alleged killers were nationalist-minded young men or even teenagers.
Turkish nationalists often view missionaries as a threat, especially in remote places like Malatya, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Istanbul.
Life sentences
In Malatya, the defendants reportedly told police they were acting to foil a plot to undermine Islam and divide Turkey.
The three victims were found bound by hand and foot
The killings were condemned by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The five suspects face three life sentences each, while two others are charged with membership of a terrorist organisation.
A lawyer acting for the victims' families earlier said he was concerned by the tone of the indictment against the accused.
More than half the 31 files in the indictment focus on the missionary work of the men murdered. They include contact details of people they approached.
The lawyer believes that will help those accused plead provocation.
The town's Protestant community now numbers only about two dozen people.
There are only around 100,000 Christians left in Turkey - less than 1% of the population.
Turks in Christian murder trial
Many Christians moved out of Malatya after the murders
The trial has started in eastern Turkey of five men accused of killing three Christians earlier this year.
The Christians, who included a pastor and a German missionary, were stabbed repeatedly and had their throats cut.
The suspects, aged 19 and 20, were detained at the scene of the crime, a Protestant publishing house in Malatya.
The trial was adjourned after defence lawyers argued they needed more time to prepare. The hearing is now expected to resume in mid-January.
Turkey is a candidate for EU membership. The bloc has asked Ankara to protect the human rights of the country's ethnic and religious minorities, as a precondition for membership.
Germany has accused Turkey of "unacceptable intolerance" towards non-Muslims.
The murders prompted three Christian families to leave Malatya, in eastern Turkey.
The attack came months after the killing of the ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and a year after the killing of a Catholic priest in northern Turkey.
In all cases, the alleged killers were nationalist-minded young men or even teenagers.
Turkish nationalists often view missionaries as a threat, especially in remote places like Malatya, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Istanbul.
Life sentences
In Malatya, the defendants reportedly told police they were acting to foil a plot to undermine Islam and divide Turkey.
The three victims were found bound by hand and foot
The killings were condemned by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The five suspects face three life sentences each, while two others are charged with membership of a terrorist organisation.
A lawyer acting for the victims' families earlier said he was concerned by the tone of the indictment against the accused.
More than half the 31 files in the indictment focus on the missionary work of the men murdered. They include contact details of people they approached.
The lawyer believes that will help those accused plead provocation.
The town's Protestant community now numbers only about two dozen people.
There are only around 100,000 Christians left in Turkey - less than 1% of the population.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
துருக்கியருக்கும் குர்துக்களுக்கும் போர் ஆரம்பித்தது!
அமெரிக்கா துருக்கியில் காலில் விழுந்து கெஞ்சியும், துருக்கியர்கள் ஈராக்கில் இருக்கும் குர்துகளை தாக்கியுள்ளனர். அதன் பதிலடியாக குர்துகள் ஏராளமான துருக்கி போர்வீரர்களை கொன்றுள்ளனர்.
12 Turkish troops killed in rebel attack By VOLKAN SARISAKAL, Associated Press Writer
58 minutes ago
SIRNAK, Turkey - Kurdish rebels ambushed a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq early Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and increasing pressure on the Turkish government to stage attacks against guerrilla camps in Iraq.
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Iraq's president, a Kurd, ordered Kurdish guerrillas to lay down their weapons or leave, but Turkey's deputy prime minister said words were no longer enough: "We are expecting concrete steps from them."
The soldiers died when rebels blew up a bridge as a 12-vehicle military convoy was crossing it, less than three miles from the Iraq border, CNN-Turk television said. Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said the military had circled a group of rebels, killed 23 of them and were shelling their positions.
"Our anger, our hatred is great," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on national television. He said the government would take "an approach that is calm, far from agitation and based on common sense."
A Kurdish rebel group also claimed its guerillas had captured a number of Turkish soldiers hostage. Cicek declined to comment on the claim, saying "the clashes are still underway."
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani urged the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to stop their attacks amid fears an incursion would destabilize the relatively peaceful autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
"But if they insist on the continuation of fighting, they should leave Kurdistan, Iraq and not create problems here. And they should return to their countries and do there whatever they want," Talabani said at a joint news conference with Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani.
Turkey has been pressing the U.S. and the Iraqi government to crack down on rebels who have found haven in the remote, mountainous areas of northern Iraq. The United States opposes any unilateral action by Turkey, fearing it could destabilize the most stable part of Iraq.
But Cicek rebuffed Talabani's call.
"Statements do not satisfy us, there has been nothing left to say, we are expecting concrete steps from them," Cicek said.
Talabani tempered his strong words, however, acknowledging the difficulties in controlling the rebels who operate from bases in northern Iraq.
"The leaders of PKK are not within our reach. They are based in Kurdistan's rugged mountains and the Turkish army, with all its might, was unable to dislodge or capture them," Talabani said.
Separately, 17 people were injured when a bomb exploded as a minibus — part of a wedding convoy — passed near the area where the soldiers were killed, the local governor's office said.
Turkey's Parliament earlier this week overwhelmingly passed a motion authorizing its military to launch an offensive into northern Iraq against hideouts of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. Sunday's death toll raises the number of soldiers killed in PKK attacks in the past two weeks to around 30.
Turkish leaders have said that the parliament motion did not mean that Turkey would immediately order a cross-border offensive, but the latest attack was likely to increase calls by a frustrated public for the military to stage an incursion. Previous offensives by Turkey in Iraq have blunted rebel strength, but failed to eradicate the group.
"Everything will be done within the legal framework of this authorization. We have no concerns about who would say what," Erdogan said, indicating that Turkey was prepared to ignore calls of restraint from Washington and Baghdad in the face of escalating PKK attacks.
The attack occurred just after midnight, during a military offensive against rebels near the Turkish village of Daglica, in Hakkari province, where the borders of Turkey, Iraq and Iran meet. Hakkari is east of neighboring Sirnak province, another area of conflict between the PKK and the Turkish military.
"A large PKK group that infiltrated across our borders launched a three-pronged attack on an infantry company near the town of Daglica, and in the ensuing clash 12 soldiers were martyred and 16 soldiers were wounded," the military said in a statement. Clashes were under way south of the area where the soldiers were ambushed, the military said. There were no reports that troops had crossed into Iraq.
Abdul-Rahman al-Chadrchi, a PKK spokesman in northern Iraq, denied there were any rebel casualties.
Journalists heading to the area by road were turned away at a military checkpoint. Much of the rural area along the border has already been declared off-limits by the Turkish military.
Some 15 Turkish shells hit Iraqi territory starting at about 7 a.m. Sunday, said Col. Hussein Rashid of the Iraqi border guard forces. The bombardment was concentrated in the Mateen mountain range in the Amadiyah area, 20 miles from the border.
Rashid said the villages were deserted because of the border tension.
The Iraqi region of Amadiyah is roughly opposite the Turkish town of Cukurca, in Hakkari province. Rebels are active near Cukurca, about 30 miles from the location where the soldiers died Sunday.
On Saturday, Erdogan said Turkey expected the United States to take action against the PKK but would take its own measures if it saw no results in the fight.
The U.S. lists the PKK as a terrorist organization and has condemned its attacks in Turkey. However, Washington has called on the Turkish government to work with the Iraqis.
Rebels periodically cross the border to stage attacks in their war for autonomy for Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast. More than 30,000 people have died in the conflict that began in 1984.
12 Turkish troops killed in rebel attack By VOLKAN SARISAKAL, Associated Press Writer
58 minutes ago
SIRNAK, Turkey - Kurdish rebels ambushed a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq early Sunday, killing 12 soldiers and increasing pressure on the Turkish government to stage attacks against guerrilla camps in Iraq.
ADVERTISEMENT
Iraq's president, a Kurd, ordered Kurdish guerrillas to lay down their weapons or leave, but Turkey's deputy prime minister said words were no longer enough: "We are expecting concrete steps from them."
The soldiers died when rebels blew up a bridge as a 12-vehicle military convoy was crossing it, less than three miles from the Iraq border, CNN-Turk television said. Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said the military had circled a group of rebels, killed 23 of them and were shelling their positions.
"Our anger, our hatred is great," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on national television. He said the government would take "an approach that is calm, far from agitation and based on common sense."
A Kurdish rebel group also claimed its guerillas had captured a number of Turkish soldiers hostage. Cicek declined to comment on the claim, saying "the clashes are still underway."
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani urged the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to stop their attacks amid fears an incursion would destabilize the relatively peaceful autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
"But if they insist on the continuation of fighting, they should leave Kurdistan, Iraq and not create problems here. And they should return to their countries and do there whatever they want," Talabani said at a joint news conference with Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani.
Turkey has been pressing the U.S. and the Iraqi government to crack down on rebels who have found haven in the remote, mountainous areas of northern Iraq. The United States opposes any unilateral action by Turkey, fearing it could destabilize the most stable part of Iraq.
But Cicek rebuffed Talabani's call.
"Statements do not satisfy us, there has been nothing left to say, we are expecting concrete steps from them," Cicek said.
Talabani tempered his strong words, however, acknowledging the difficulties in controlling the rebels who operate from bases in northern Iraq.
"The leaders of PKK are not within our reach. They are based in Kurdistan's rugged mountains and the Turkish army, with all its might, was unable to dislodge or capture them," Talabani said.
Separately, 17 people were injured when a bomb exploded as a minibus — part of a wedding convoy — passed near the area where the soldiers were killed, the local governor's office said.
Turkey's Parliament earlier this week overwhelmingly passed a motion authorizing its military to launch an offensive into northern Iraq against hideouts of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. Sunday's death toll raises the number of soldiers killed in PKK attacks in the past two weeks to around 30.
Turkish leaders have said that the parliament motion did not mean that Turkey would immediately order a cross-border offensive, but the latest attack was likely to increase calls by a frustrated public for the military to stage an incursion. Previous offensives by Turkey in Iraq have blunted rebel strength, but failed to eradicate the group.
"Everything will be done within the legal framework of this authorization. We have no concerns about who would say what," Erdogan said, indicating that Turkey was prepared to ignore calls of restraint from Washington and Baghdad in the face of escalating PKK attacks.
The attack occurred just after midnight, during a military offensive against rebels near the Turkish village of Daglica, in Hakkari province, where the borders of Turkey, Iraq and Iran meet. Hakkari is east of neighboring Sirnak province, another area of conflict between the PKK and the Turkish military.
"A large PKK group that infiltrated across our borders launched a three-pronged attack on an infantry company near the town of Daglica, and in the ensuing clash 12 soldiers were martyred and 16 soldiers were wounded," the military said in a statement. Clashes were under way south of the area where the soldiers were ambushed, the military said. There were no reports that troops had crossed into Iraq.
Abdul-Rahman al-Chadrchi, a PKK spokesman in northern Iraq, denied there were any rebel casualties.
Journalists heading to the area by road were turned away at a military checkpoint. Much of the rural area along the border has already been declared off-limits by the Turkish military.
Some 15 Turkish shells hit Iraqi territory starting at about 7 a.m. Sunday, said Col. Hussein Rashid of the Iraqi border guard forces. The bombardment was concentrated in the Mateen mountain range in the Amadiyah area, 20 miles from the border.
Rashid said the villages were deserted because of the border tension.
The Iraqi region of Amadiyah is roughly opposite the Turkish town of Cukurca, in Hakkari province. Rebels are active near Cukurca, about 30 miles from the location where the soldiers died Sunday.
On Saturday, Erdogan said Turkey expected the United States to take action against the PKK but would take its own measures if it saw no results in the fight.
The U.S. lists the PKK as a terrorist organization and has condemned its attacks in Turkey. However, Washington has called on the Turkish government to work with the Iraqis.
Rebels periodically cross the border to stage attacks in their war for autonomy for Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast. More than 30,000 people have died in the conflict that began in 1984.
Monday, August 20, 2007
துருக்கி விமானம் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகளால் கடத்தப்பட்டது
அல்குவேதா இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் துருக்கி விமானத்தை கடத்தினர்.
Turkish airplane hijacked by militants
18 Aug 2007, 1233 hrs IST,AGENCIES
Hijackers claiming to have bombs and to be members of Al-Qaida hijacked a Turkish passenger plane heading from Cyprus to Istanbul
ISTANBUL: Hijackers claiming to have bombs and to be members of Al-Qaida on Saturday hijacked a Turkish passenger plane heading from northern Cyprus to Istanbul. The two hijackers are Iranians and the hijackers were protesting against the policies of the United States.
The hijackers had asked that the plane be diverted to Iran or Syria but the pilots landed the plane at Antalya airport, near the Mediterranean coast, said Tuncay Doganer, CEO of the private Atlas-Jet airline company.
Most of the passengers managed to escape from the rear exit of the plane while the hijackers were releasing the women from the front exit, one passenger told private NTV television.
Doganer said only crew and "a small number" of passengers were left on board. CNN-Turk television said two crew _ possibly the pilots _ and nine passengers were still inside.
It was not clear how many hijackers were on board. The passenger, who was not identified, said they were speaking Arabic between themselves.
Doganer said there were 136 passengers on board when the plane left Ercan airport in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus on Saturday morning.
Another passenger told NTV that anti-terror teams surrounded the plane.
Turkish airplane hijacked by militants
18 Aug 2007, 1233 hrs IST,AGENCIES
Hijackers claiming to have bombs and to be members of Al-Qaida hijacked a Turkish passenger plane heading from Cyprus to Istanbul
ISTANBUL: Hijackers claiming to have bombs and to be members of Al-Qaida on Saturday hijacked a Turkish passenger plane heading from northern Cyprus to Istanbul. The two hijackers are Iranians and the hijackers were protesting against the policies of the United States.
The hijackers had asked that the plane be diverted to Iran or Syria but the pilots landed the plane at Antalya airport, near the Mediterranean coast, said Tuncay Doganer, CEO of the private Atlas-Jet airline company.
Most of the passengers managed to escape from the rear exit of the plane while the hijackers were releasing the women from the front exit, one passenger told private NTV television.
Doganer said only crew and "a small number" of passengers were left on board. CNN-Turk television said two crew _ possibly the pilots _ and nine passengers were still inside.
It was not clear how many hijackers were on board. The passenger, who was not identified, said they were speaking Arabic between themselves.
Doganer said there were 136 passengers on board when the plane left Ercan airport in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus on Saturday morning.
Another passenger told NTV that anti-terror teams surrounded the plane.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
அமீரகம், கட்டார், துருக்கி, சிரியாவில் பாலுறவு அடிமைகளாக விற்கப்படும் தாஜிக் பெண்கள்
அமீரகம், கட்டார், துருக்கி, சிரியாவில் பாலுறவு அடிமைகளாக தாஜிக் பெண்கள் விற்கப்படுகிறார்கள்.
இவர்களில் 60 பெண்கள் காப்பாற்றப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்கள் என்று தாஜிக் உள்துறை அமைச்சர் ஷரீஃப் நாஜராவ் தெரிவித்தார்.
SOME 60 TAJIK WOMEN HELD IN SEXUAL SLAVERY ABROAD - POLICE OFFICIAL
7/25/07
A EurasiaNet Partner Post from BBC Monitoring
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About 60 Tajik women have been taken out of the country with the aim of sexual exploitation in foreign countries, a deputy Tajik interior minister, Sharif Nazarov, has told journalists.
According to him, 13 cases of recruiting women for sexual exploitation were logged in the first half of 2007. Work is currently under way to free the Tajik women from slavery. This is also being done in line with agreements on combating human trafficking that Tajikistan signed with the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Qatar and Syria.
Speaking about labour migration, the head of the Tajik Interior Ministry’s migration service, Ramazon Rahimov, said his agency’s specialists had now drawn up a number of documents relating to migrants’ social insurance and the recognition on Russian territory of medical documents issued by Tajik medical establishments.
Rahimov said a taxation mechanism had been worked out for guest workers to ensure that they receive pension and welfare payments in future. A mechanism for transporting the bodies of migrant workers back to their motherland has also been worked out, he said.
According to Rahimov, more than 80,000 migrant workers from Tajikistan have so far been legalized in the Russian Federation, and the same number again are awaiting a decision.
According to the migration service, more than 500,000 Tajik guest workers have left for Russia so far this year for seasonal work. Of them, 40 per cent are engaged in the sphere of construction, 34 per cent in trade and 13 per cent in agriculture.
Editor’s Note: Source: Avesta website, Dushanbe, in Russian 1238 gmt 23 Jul 07
இவர்களில் 60 பெண்கள் காப்பாற்றப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்கள் என்று தாஜிக் உள்துறை அமைச்சர் ஷரீஃப் நாஜராவ் தெரிவித்தார்.
SOME 60 TAJIK WOMEN HELD IN SEXUAL SLAVERY ABROAD - POLICE OFFICIAL
7/25/07
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About 60 Tajik women have been taken out of the country with the aim of sexual exploitation in foreign countries, a deputy Tajik interior minister, Sharif Nazarov, has told journalists.
According to him, 13 cases of recruiting women for sexual exploitation were logged in the first half of 2007. Work is currently under way to free the Tajik women from slavery. This is also being done in line with agreements on combating human trafficking that Tajikistan signed with the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Qatar and Syria.
Speaking about labour migration, the head of the Tajik Interior Ministry’s migration service, Ramazon Rahimov, said his agency’s specialists had now drawn up a number of documents relating to migrants’ social insurance and the recognition on Russian territory of medical documents issued by Tajik medical establishments.
Rahimov said a taxation mechanism had been worked out for guest workers to ensure that they receive pension and welfare payments in future. A mechanism for transporting the bodies of migrant workers back to their motherland has also been worked out, he said.
According to Rahimov, more than 80,000 migrant workers from Tajikistan have so far been legalized in the Russian Federation, and the same number again are awaiting a decision.
According to the migration service, more than 500,000 Tajik guest workers have left for Russia so far this year for seasonal work. Of them, 40 per cent are engaged in the sphere of construction, 34 per cent in trade and 13 per cent in agriculture.
Editor’s Note: Source: Avesta website, Dushanbe, in Russian 1238 gmt 23 Jul 07
Monday, July 09, 2007
துருக்கியில் ஜாதிதலைவர்கள் நிர்ணயிக்கும் தேர்தல் வெற்றிகள்
துருக்கியில் அதிக எண்ணிக்கையில் உள்ள ஜாதிகள் தேர்தலில் தங்கள் வலிமையை காட்டி தங்கள் ஜாதி ஆட்களையே தேர்ந்தெடுக்கிறார்கள்.
புரிகி, குரேசினி, ஹனி, எர்டுஸி, பேடிர்ஹான் ஆகிய ஜாதிகள் வலிமையானவை. இது தவிர 48 சிறிய ஜாதிகளும் கிழக்குபிரதேசத்தில் இருக்கின்றன. ஆகவே, சாதாரண மக்களின் வாக்குக்களை விட, ஜாதிகளின் ஒட்டுமொத்த வாக்கே தேர்தலை நிர்ணயிக்கிறது.
நன்றி துர்கிஸ் டெய்லி நியூஸ்
Shadow of clans hangs over elections in the east
Monday, July 2, 2007
GÖKSEL BOZKURT
VAN – Turkish Daily News
An elderly gentleman with snow-white beard sitting at a coffee shop next to the Lake Van grimaced when asked what would happen in the parliamentary elections to be held on July 22. “Before every elections, they come and promise us the world. Then, they forget about Van,” he said.
Considering that the elections are less than a month away one expects Van's main Cumhuriyet Street to be full of hustle and bustle. But people are quietly going about their business, with the elderly and the young spending their time at coffee shops due to the serious unemployment in the region.
Tradesmen are waiting for customers in empty shops and children are selling sesame rolls and polishing shoes to earn some pocket money over the summer months.
By observing the mood of the city no one would think that an election is just around the corner. Only the few offices election candidates have opened and the van of the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) that goes around the main street twice a day makes one remember the upcoming elections.
It seems that only the candidates are excited as they list all the things they will do once in Parliament.
Retired teacher Fevzi Leventoğlu says: “I have been through so many elections, but this one is different than the others. There is no excitement whatsoever. It seems like there will be no elections.”
Population one million:
With migration from Hakkari, the population of Van province has reached the one million mark. Due to migration election profile of the province has changed significantly.
Unemployment is the people's biggest problem and the full coffee shops are a testimony to that. Agriculture and tourism are the main sources of income but they are hardly enough to sustain the economy of the growing city, especially as the recent escalation of terrorism has hurt both sectors.
Trade with Iran is very important for the region too, but it has become such a one-way traffic that the fruit and the vegetables of the region come from there. The people of Van also complain about the import quotas imposed.
The opening of the historical church of Akdamar on an island in Lake Van, and the historical wealth of the region make the province a potential center of tourism. But past and current terrorist activity has resulted in the region failing to achieve its full tourism potential.
In late 1980s, around 200,000 tourists visited the region annually, while the figure is now around 3,000.
The only thing the ordinary people want from the elections is an end to the unemployment problem and serious incentives.
When asked, Van Chamber of Trade President Feridun Irak said he didn't believe anything would change after the elections no matter who won, adding, “The candidates here are appointed from Ankara. The locals have no say in who they vote for. As long as there is no democracy, nothing will change.”
Transformation:
The province in the past was known as a center-right stronghold, with their votes mainly going to the True Path Party (DYP), which has become the Democrat Party (DP).
With the increase in the Kurdish population in the region, there has been a huge shift towards the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP).
Van elects seven deputies to Parliament. In the November 2002 elections, the DTP's precursor Democratic people's Party (DEHAP) was the leading party with 105,000 votes, but failing to pass the ten percent election threshold nationally, none of its candidates made it to Parliament.
The party that came in second, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), received 66,000 and got six of the seats.
The other party that cleared the threshold, the Republican People's Party (CHP), received 16,000 votes and won one seat.
The election spirit has yet to come to the province. The people are disillusioned with the fact that their votes did not reflect in who made it to Parliament.
Despite the fact that the DTP received a notable number of votes in the east and the southeast of the country, none of its candidates won a parliamentary seat. This time around, the DTP has decided to not to enter the elections, instead allowing its candidates to run as independents to by-pass the election threshold barrier.
The clans:
Almost no party leader has come to the province yet. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited a month ago. The quasi-feudal structure dominating the region, known as “aşiret” in Turkish, has made it certain that the candidates do not need too much support from national party leaders. Backing from one of the local clans seems enough. The strongest clans in the region are Buriki, Küresini, Hani, Ertuşi and Bedirhan. There are 48 clans of various sizes in the region. Businessman Mehmet Ali Müküs said that clans are more influential in the elections than the ordinary people on the streets. “They will vote for whomever the clans point to.” This may be the reason why one cannot feel an election mood in the city. Clans will dominate the elections, as the clan members in all parties reveal. The Buriki clan has 110 villages, with, according to some, a vote potential of 50,000.
Every clan has picked it's own party. Among the candidates are clan leaders and representatives of clan leaders. Some clans have even divided their loyalties among more than one party. Saim Kartal from the Buriki clan is an independent candidate from the DTP. Nadir Kartal from the same clan is a candidate from the right-wing Young Party (GP). Halil Kartal is the provincial leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), while the number one candidate from the CHP is Şerif Bedirhanoğlu, a former Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) deputy and the leader of the Bedirhanoğlu clan. Bedirhanoğlu is telling the electorate these days that he is a social democrat. Murat Koç from the Küresini clan is the top candidate from the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Halil Kaya from the same clan is at the bottom of AKP's candidate list in the region. The AKP has tried to distance itself from the clans. The top candidate of the party is Education Minister Hüseyin Çelik, who has led the efforts to end the clan domination in the region. Retired Colonel Aziz Aykaç said: “The minister told us that he would demolish the clan structure. That is why the clan members did not make it to the top of the lists. The clans are now upset with the AKP.” İskender Ertuş from the Ertuşi clan is the top candidate of the DP. The number two candidate of the DP is Abdulkerim Kuvaz, from the Hani clan. He told the TDN, “Clans are a fact of life in Van. The AKP is saying that they will demolish the clan structure. What keeps one together are the clans. It is the clan members who fight against terrorism as village guards. No one knows this.”
Women in elections:
The clan structure in the region is the main force that is keeping gender-equality from making its mark on the family life. ‘Honor killings' are the killing of women by their closest relatives for supposedly staining the family honor, which could mean a 13-year-old girl speaking to a man on the street. Many men also fall victim to this crime and efforts to eradicate it has been forced back in the region because ‘honor killings' are an integral part of the clan structure. Women are always on the background and are treated as second-class citizens in clans. They have almost no say.
The AKP efforts in the region seems to have struck a cord with the women and if the AKP candidates are to make it to Parliament, it will be mostly due to votes from women. While women in Van did not really want to talk to journalists, a few who did silently said they would be voting for the AKP.
Election projections:
The current projections show that the AKP is expected to win the elections in Van, with a few other parties sharing the spoils. The AKP is expected to win three or four seats from Van, while the independent DTP candidates winning two. The CHP and the MHP may be able to secure one seat each, with the GP having almost no chance of winning a seat despite putting a clan leader as their top candidate. The AKP former provincial leader, Mustafa Bilici, failed to make it on his party's candidate list and is now a little pessimistic about his party's chances. He says the AKP headquarters in Ankara ignored the local concerns while drafting its candidates' lists, arguing that it may be able to win around three of the seven seats as a result.
The current AKP Van leader Besim Yaviç is more optimistic and believes the public is united behind his party. He believes the AKP will win at least five of the seats.
“People are full of praise towards the government's initiatives on education, health, irrigation projects and mass housing. We are confident of winning at least five seats,” he said. Yaviç gave the impression that the headscarf ban and the problems linked to the presidential elections had strengthened the party, arguing that on terrorism, the problem was mainly economic. Everyone in the local AKP bureau is excited. Yaviç, as he addresses around 300 members, tells them: “What we have done until now is just the proof of what we will do in the future.”
The local MHP leader, Adnan Meltem, said their election campaign gives a message of brotherhood and peace. What he says may be true because not even a single incident was recorded between parties. “We will definitely send a deputy from here,” he said. In the MHP bureau, a dozen young members are rushing around.
The DTP is entering the elections with three candidates in Van. DTP Van chief Abdurrahman Doğar told the TDN that they believed their candidates would significantly contribute to the solving of the Kurdish problem in Turkey. “We are going to Parliament to develop projects aiming to end the violence between the state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). We need to bring peace to the region. This is why it is important for us to have a presence in Parliament,” he said.
Doğar is certain that all three of their candidates will make it to Parliament. The DTP only female candidate in Van, Fatma Kurtalan, also has alternative projects to tackle. She says, “If I am elected, I will for to introduce a quota for women in elections.”
CHP leader Halil Kartal says they are waging an unequal struggle against the AKP. “We don't even have a fax machine while the AKP utilizes all the resources of being the government and has 15 computers.
Local CHP executive Mürsel Alkan says there has been a conservative wave sweeping the region as of late and adds, “There are serious education, health, security, employment and investment problems here. The AKP has failed to provide any answers.”
The CHP bureau is quiet, with a few people talking amongst themselves. They say they are working in the field.
Apart from the party bureaus, there seems to be a total lack of excitement and energy.
Voters:Taxi driver Ramazan does not know when the elections are but knows who he is going to vote for. “My vote will go to the AKP. They gave us coal last winter.”
Waiter Mahmut said: “I will vote for the CHP. They have Şerif Bedirhanoğlu there.”
Elderly gentleman, Mehmet, asks me: “Is there an election?”
People in Van seem a little guarded when asked about the elections. Some don't give their names, others their surnames.
It is just another election in Van under the shadow of the clans.
புரிகி, குரேசினி, ஹனி, எர்டுஸி, பேடிர்ஹான் ஆகிய ஜாதிகள் வலிமையானவை. இது தவிர 48 சிறிய ஜாதிகளும் கிழக்குபிரதேசத்தில் இருக்கின்றன. ஆகவே, சாதாரண மக்களின் வாக்குக்களை விட, ஜாதிகளின் ஒட்டுமொத்த வாக்கே தேர்தலை நிர்ணயிக்கிறது.
நன்றி துர்கிஸ் டெய்லி நியூஸ்
Shadow of clans hangs over elections in the east
Monday, July 2, 2007
GÖKSEL BOZKURT
VAN – Turkish Daily News
An elderly gentleman with snow-white beard sitting at a coffee shop next to the Lake Van grimaced when asked what would happen in the parliamentary elections to be held on July 22. “Before every elections, they come and promise us the world. Then, they forget about Van,” he said.
Considering that the elections are less than a month away one expects Van's main Cumhuriyet Street to be full of hustle and bustle. But people are quietly going about their business, with the elderly and the young spending their time at coffee shops due to the serious unemployment in the region.
Tradesmen are waiting for customers in empty shops and children are selling sesame rolls and polishing shoes to earn some pocket money over the summer months.
By observing the mood of the city no one would think that an election is just around the corner. Only the few offices election candidates have opened and the van of the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) that goes around the main street twice a day makes one remember the upcoming elections.
It seems that only the candidates are excited as they list all the things they will do once in Parliament.
Retired teacher Fevzi Leventoğlu says: “I have been through so many elections, but this one is different than the others. There is no excitement whatsoever. It seems like there will be no elections.”
Population one million:
With migration from Hakkari, the population of Van province has reached the one million mark. Due to migration election profile of the province has changed significantly.
Unemployment is the people's biggest problem and the full coffee shops are a testimony to that. Agriculture and tourism are the main sources of income but they are hardly enough to sustain the economy of the growing city, especially as the recent escalation of terrorism has hurt both sectors.
Trade with Iran is very important for the region too, but it has become such a one-way traffic that the fruit and the vegetables of the region come from there. The people of Van also complain about the import quotas imposed.
The opening of the historical church of Akdamar on an island in Lake Van, and the historical wealth of the region make the province a potential center of tourism. But past and current terrorist activity has resulted in the region failing to achieve its full tourism potential.
In late 1980s, around 200,000 tourists visited the region annually, while the figure is now around 3,000.
The only thing the ordinary people want from the elections is an end to the unemployment problem and serious incentives.
When asked, Van Chamber of Trade President Feridun Irak said he didn't believe anything would change after the elections no matter who won, adding, “The candidates here are appointed from Ankara. The locals have no say in who they vote for. As long as there is no democracy, nothing will change.”
Transformation:
The province in the past was known as a center-right stronghold, with their votes mainly going to the True Path Party (DYP), which has become the Democrat Party (DP).
With the increase in the Kurdish population in the region, there has been a huge shift towards the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP).
Van elects seven deputies to Parliament. In the November 2002 elections, the DTP's precursor Democratic people's Party (DEHAP) was the leading party with 105,000 votes, but failing to pass the ten percent election threshold nationally, none of its candidates made it to Parliament.
The party that came in second, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), received 66,000 and got six of the seats.
The other party that cleared the threshold, the Republican People's Party (CHP), received 16,000 votes and won one seat.
The election spirit has yet to come to the province. The people are disillusioned with the fact that their votes did not reflect in who made it to Parliament.
Despite the fact that the DTP received a notable number of votes in the east and the southeast of the country, none of its candidates won a parliamentary seat. This time around, the DTP has decided to not to enter the elections, instead allowing its candidates to run as independents to by-pass the election threshold barrier.
The clans:
Almost no party leader has come to the province yet. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited a month ago. The quasi-feudal structure dominating the region, known as “aşiret” in Turkish, has made it certain that the candidates do not need too much support from national party leaders. Backing from one of the local clans seems enough. The strongest clans in the region are Buriki, Küresini, Hani, Ertuşi and Bedirhan. There are 48 clans of various sizes in the region. Businessman Mehmet Ali Müküs said that clans are more influential in the elections than the ordinary people on the streets. “They will vote for whomever the clans point to.” This may be the reason why one cannot feel an election mood in the city. Clans will dominate the elections, as the clan members in all parties reveal. The Buriki clan has 110 villages, with, according to some, a vote potential of 50,000.
Every clan has picked it's own party. Among the candidates are clan leaders and representatives of clan leaders. Some clans have even divided their loyalties among more than one party. Saim Kartal from the Buriki clan is an independent candidate from the DTP. Nadir Kartal from the same clan is a candidate from the right-wing Young Party (GP). Halil Kartal is the provincial leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), while the number one candidate from the CHP is Şerif Bedirhanoğlu, a former Motherland Party (ANAVATAN) deputy and the leader of the Bedirhanoğlu clan. Bedirhanoğlu is telling the electorate these days that he is a social democrat. Murat Koç from the Küresini clan is the top candidate from the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Halil Kaya from the same clan is at the bottom of AKP's candidate list in the region. The AKP has tried to distance itself from the clans. The top candidate of the party is Education Minister Hüseyin Çelik, who has led the efforts to end the clan domination in the region. Retired Colonel Aziz Aykaç said: “The minister told us that he would demolish the clan structure. That is why the clan members did not make it to the top of the lists. The clans are now upset with the AKP.” İskender Ertuş from the Ertuşi clan is the top candidate of the DP. The number two candidate of the DP is Abdulkerim Kuvaz, from the Hani clan. He told the TDN, “Clans are a fact of life in Van. The AKP is saying that they will demolish the clan structure. What keeps one together are the clans. It is the clan members who fight against terrorism as village guards. No one knows this.”
Women in elections:
The clan structure in the region is the main force that is keeping gender-equality from making its mark on the family life. ‘Honor killings' are the killing of women by their closest relatives for supposedly staining the family honor, which could mean a 13-year-old girl speaking to a man on the street. Many men also fall victim to this crime and efforts to eradicate it has been forced back in the region because ‘honor killings' are an integral part of the clan structure. Women are always on the background and are treated as second-class citizens in clans. They have almost no say.
The AKP efforts in the region seems to have struck a cord with the women and if the AKP candidates are to make it to Parliament, it will be mostly due to votes from women. While women in Van did not really want to talk to journalists, a few who did silently said they would be voting for the AKP.
Election projections:
The current projections show that the AKP is expected to win the elections in Van, with a few other parties sharing the spoils. The AKP is expected to win three or four seats from Van, while the independent DTP candidates winning two. The CHP and the MHP may be able to secure one seat each, with the GP having almost no chance of winning a seat despite putting a clan leader as their top candidate. The AKP former provincial leader, Mustafa Bilici, failed to make it on his party's candidate list and is now a little pessimistic about his party's chances. He says the AKP headquarters in Ankara ignored the local concerns while drafting its candidates' lists, arguing that it may be able to win around three of the seven seats as a result.
The current AKP Van leader Besim Yaviç is more optimistic and believes the public is united behind his party. He believes the AKP will win at least five of the seats.
“People are full of praise towards the government's initiatives on education, health, irrigation projects and mass housing. We are confident of winning at least five seats,” he said. Yaviç gave the impression that the headscarf ban and the problems linked to the presidential elections had strengthened the party, arguing that on terrorism, the problem was mainly economic. Everyone in the local AKP bureau is excited. Yaviç, as he addresses around 300 members, tells them: “What we have done until now is just the proof of what we will do in the future.”
The local MHP leader, Adnan Meltem, said their election campaign gives a message of brotherhood and peace. What he says may be true because not even a single incident was recorded between parties. “We will definitely send a deputy from here,” he said. In the MHP bureau, a dozen young members are rushing around.
The DTP is entering the elections with three candidates in Van. DTP Van chief Abdurrahman Doğar told the TDN that they believed their candidates would significantly contribute to the solving of the Kurdish problem in Turkey. “We are going to Parliament to develop projects aiming to end the violence between the state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). We need to bring peace to the region. This is why it is important for us to have a presence in Parliament,” he said.
Doğar is certain that all three of their candidates will make it to Parliament. The DTP only female candidate in Van, Fatma Kurtalan, also has alternative projects to tackle. She says, “If I am elected, I will for to introduce a quota for women in elections.”
CHP leader Halil Kartal says they are waging an unequal struggle against the AKP. “We don't even have a fax machine while the AKP utilizes all the resources of being the government and has 15 computers.
Local CHP executive Mürsel Alkan says there has been a conservative wave sweeping the region as of late and adds, “There are serious education, health, security, employment and investment problems here. The AKP has failed to provide any answers.”
The CHP bureau is quiet, with a few people talking amongst themselves. They say they are working in the field.
Apart from the party bureaus, there seems to be a total lack of excitement and energy.
Voters:Taxi driver Ramazan does not know when the elections are but knows who he is going to vote for. “My vote will go to the AKP. They gave us coal last winter.”
Waiter Mahmut said: “I will vote for the CHP. They have Şerif Bedirhanoğlu there.”
Elderly gentleman, Mehmet, asks me: “Is there an election?”
People in Van seem a little guarded when asked about the elections. Some don't give their names, others their surnames.
It is just another election in Van under the shadow of the clans.
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