Freies Politikforum für Demokraten und Anarchisten - Außenpolitik

‘New Turkey’: Toward an Authoritarian and Sectarian Police State

Turkish court upholds free speech …

The botched coup attempt that rattled Turkey on July 15, 2016, marked a double setback for the country’s democracy. As the academic Vahap Coskun succinctly described it, the failed putsch “was an insurrection against the democratic order by a group that had infiltrated the state. Those in the seat of power realized that the most critical organs of the state had been functioning outside their control and that their hold of power had been to a large extent only an appearance.” Turkish democracy thus braced for a second “coup” on July 16 as the government embarked on a ferocious crackdown with the stated aim of dismantling the putschist network and in the process pushing the limits of the law with authoritarian and arbitrary measures.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-judiciary-sets-example-of-subservience.html


Showdown Erdogan gegen Merkel nützt beiden Regierungen
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Showdown-Erdogan-gegen-Merkel-nuetzt-beiden-Regierungen-3644447.html


Erdogan droht Deutschland mit Aufstand

.....Er drohte der deutschen Regierung damit, letztlich auch gewaltsam oder unter Missachtung der Souveränität ins Land einzudringen, wenn ihm der Sinn danach steht, und sogar noch schlimmer, er drohte damit, einen Aufstand zu inszenieren: "Wenn ich will, komme ich morgen. Ich komme und wenn ihr mich nicht hereinlasst oder mich nicht sprechen lasst, dann werde ich einen Aufstand machen."
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Erdogan-droht-Deutschland-mit-Aufstand-3644548.html

Germany slams Turkey over 'absurb' Nazi jibe and urges calm
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-slams-erdogan-over-unacceptable-nazi-jibe-1690241226


Erdogans Deutschland-Wahlkampf abgesagt?

Es ist Wahlkampf. Türkischer Wahlkampf - in Deutschland. Fast eineinhalb Millionen Türken hierzulande sind beim Verfassungsreferendum im April stimmberechtigt. Da die Umfragen innerhalb der Türkei kein gutes Ergebnis für die Regierungspartei AKP und Staatschef Recep Tayyip Erdogan erwarten lassen, tobt nun der Kampf um Stimmen aus dem Ausland.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Erdogans-Deutschland-Wahlkampf-abgesagt-3644262.html


In run-up to referendum, Turks can say anything but 'no'

Saying no can have a high price tag for ordinary Turks as pressure builds in the days leading up to an April 16 referendum on constitutional amendments designed to widely expand the president's powers.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-referendum-erdogan-tone-policing-backfires.html


MMC Spokesperson: We will protect our people and land against attacks

Derwish pointed out that with its attacks on Manbij, the Turkish state aimed to expand its invasion in Northern Syria and to increase the rate of nationalist votes it expects to receive in the referendum to be held in April.
http://anfenglish.com/features/mmc-spokesperson-we-will-protect-our-people-and-land-against-attacks

Why the battle for Manbij will make or break Trump's relations with Turkey

"After Al-Bab is over, our next target will be Manbij and Raqqa," he said. Recently, Turkish armed forces and its allied Free Syrian Army have almost seized full control of the strategic town of Al-Bab in northern Syria.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/battle-manbij-will-decide-trump-s-syria-policy-and-relations-turkey-1244202159



Turkey walks fine line in dealing with 'frenemy' jihadis

Turkish police detained four terrorist suspects linked to the Islamic State (IS), as well as a cache of explosives and suicide belts, as CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrived in Turkey for official talks Feb. 9.

The arrests are in line with a massive crackdown on Salafi and terrorist networks in Turkey this year. On Feb. 5-6, 820 alleged IS sympathizers and operatives were arrested in 29 cities across Turkey. In all of 2016, Turkish police detained and charged 2,936 people on charges of being Salafi or jihadi terrorists.

Metin Gurcan explains that the “main reason” for the crackdown “is the political climate in Turkey, which is preparing for a constitutional amendment referendum in April that would greatly expand the president's power. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is very much aware of the shock effect of the Istanbul nightclub attack in the first hours of the new year. That attack heightened Turkish people's fear of IS and what it can do. The government was harshly criticized for the country’s intelligence and security flaws. IS-initiated, extreme Salafi violence on the eve of the referendum would further frighten the public and expose the government's weaknesses, probably boosting the 'no' votes.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/02/turkey-crackdown-terror-groups-syria-kurds-federalism-al-bab.html



so , ich bin die Meinung das Erdogan Macht hat ihrer Zeit gezählt.... Rusland and der USA finden sich Erdogan unvertraulich , deutschland nachdenke ihren Schriten wegen die fragen worüber türkischen inmigranten und deutschen-türken angehörige werden getan und die die deutsche Investitionen in der Türkei (sind mehr als 2500 deutschen die in der türkei invertitionen haben) . geld ist geld.... wenn sich eine lösung auf diesen fragen finde ..... wie Erdogan gestürtz wird , ist für die mächtiger keine probleme sei , sie haben Oft das gemacht.... sie brauchen nur ein vertreter , wenn sie eine finden......

Erdogan’s domestic agenda leaves Turkey facing new foreign crises

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s antipathy for the West has boiled over again. He is back to hurling furious insults at various European countries — mainly Germany, the principal target of his current fury.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-europe-rally-ban-sparks-new-crisis.html



Flynn lobbied for Turkish government, documents reveal

Former US national security adviser was paid $530,000 for work that 'benefited the Republic of Turkey'
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/michael-flynn-lobbied-turkish-government-2021030388

Questions surround Turkish businessman at center of Flynn controversy

Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s short-lived former national security adviser whose contacts with Russia cost him his job, is embroiled in a fresh controversy after telling the Justice Department that his consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group, was hired by a Turkish businessman to do work that “could be construed to have principally benefitted the Republic of Turkey.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/flynn-trump-scandal-lobbying-turkey-alptekin.html


Turkey shuts down Mercy Corps' Syria aid program

Turkey continues to maintain its official silence over the decision made public March 7 to order Oregon-based Mercy Corps, one of the biggest humanitarian relief organizations delivering aid to Syria, to shutter its Turkish operations.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-syria-mercy-corps-ngo-humanitarian-ypg-kurds.html


What is happening in the Turkish military?

No one can question the centrality of civilian-military relations in Turkey’s political life. Early in the last century, a military republic assumed the legacy of a military empire. In the 93 years since, Turkey has experienced four military coups and three abortive attempts. For a third of that time, Turkey was under martial law, and until 2000, practically lived under military tutelage
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-is-military-high-command-really-disturbed.html

Über die "Streit" zwischen Türkei und Niederlande....

Turkey reassures investors, says Dutch business not at risk

Dutch direct investment in Turkey amounts to $22 billion, making the Netherlands the biggest source of foreign investment

Dutch investment in Turkey is not at risk from the diplomatic row between the two countries, as Ankara's ire is focused on the Dutch government, not its people or businesses, Turkey's minister for EU affairs told Reuters.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-reassures-investors-says-dutch-business-not-risk-269904642


Die Realität ist anders als die Liberalen https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Showdown-der-Rechtspopulisten-aus-der-Tuerkei-und-Holland-3651394.html deken....


Der Betrug von den Referendum hat in Kurdistan schon angefangen .....

Possible election fraud: Ballot boxes in Kurdish towns relocated

Practices casting doubts on election security have began with less than 40 days left before the upcoming referendum. Many ballot boxes in Kurdish towns have been moved to 'more central' locations before the April 16 referendum, just like they had been relocated in the last 2 elections. The decisions are seen as an important obstacle for the voters, and were taken after the request of gendarme commands and police headquarters in the Kurdish region.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/possible-election-fraud-ballot-boxes-in-kurdish-towns-relocated


The limits to Ankara’s reliance on Moscow

Turkey’s deepening crisis with Europe has re-energized its desire to expand ties with Russia. Ankara clearly wants to show that it has powerful friends that can reduce its dependence on the United States and Europe. This also works to Moscow’s advantage, given its problems with the West and barely concealed desire to undermine NATO.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/03/turkey-russia-europe-rally-ban-kremlin-disappointed-ankara.html