content tagged with Prime Minister Erdoğan

The Syrian Conflict Could Spread, U.S. Defense Secretary Warns

TENSIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA

The Syrian Conflict Could Spread, U.S. Defense Secretary Warns

With more cross-border shellings taking place between Turkey and Syria over the weekend, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta voiced concern about a possible broadening of the conflict. Prime Minister Erdoğan, on the other hand, Friday struck a more worrying note and said they were “neither warmongers nor too far removed from war.”

“PM Erdoğan Believes Religious Education Will Breed Obedience”

ASSIST. PROF. KİRAZOĞLU ON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS

“PM Erdoğan Believes Religious Education Will Breed Obedience”

Education specialist Assist. Prof. Cem Kirazoğlu said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent comments on the status of theological Imam Hatip schools reflect his underlying belief that religious education will breed obedient generations.

18 September 2012 Ekin Karaca

“The State is Responsible for Unlicensed Alevi Houses of Worship”

ALEVİS RESPOND TO PM ERDOĞAN

“The State is Responsible for Unlicensed Alevi Houses of Worship”

Alevi Elder Muharrem Ercan questioned how their community would be able to construct licensed Alevi cem houses while the Turkish state still refuses to grant them recognition as official houses of worship, in response to a recent statement by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who called the Karacaahmet Cem House a “freak.”

6 August 2012 Samet Akten

“Everyone Should Partake in the Peace Process”

LEYLA ZANA ON TALKS WITH PM

“Everyone Should Partake in the Peace Process”

Independent Diyarbakır Deputy Leyla Zana held a press meeting in Parliament on Sunday following her talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the Kurdish issue. The veteran Kurdish politician’s earlier statement that PM Erdoğan could resolve the Kurdish issue had drawn sharp cricitism from various quarters within the Kurdish movement.

Why Do We Need Caesarean Section and Abortion?

DOCTORS EXPLAIN

Why Do We Need Caesarean Section and Abortion?

Reacting to the Prime Minister's remarks about abortion and caesarean section, doctors drew attention to the need for decreasing the rise in caesarean section and recalled that abortion is a legal right that reduce the maternal mortality.

28 May 2012 Nilay Vardar

“Our Womb, Our Life, Our Decision”

RIGHT TO ABORTION

“Our Womb, Our Life, Our Decision”

‘Male violence is murder, abortion is the choice of women’ told women protesting the recent statement of Prime Minister Erdoğan on abortion.

"We are not After Compensation”

ROBOSKI MASSACRE

"We are not After Compensation”

“We declared the fault and the compensation” told Prime Minister Erdoğan. The answer came from Roboski: “We do not demand compensation; we want the government to detect whoever is responsible.

22 May 2012 Ayça Söylemez

PM Erdoğan: Israeli Attack is State Terrorism

PM Erdoğan: Israeli Attack is State Terrorism

In a press conference after the Israeli storm on aid ships for Gaza, Prime Minister Erdoğan stated that the claim that the vessels carried weapons was a "lie". He demanded the immediate release of the activists on board and said that the Jewish community in Turkey was protected.

Freedom of Thought Vanquished Charges of Insult

Freedom of Thought Vanquished Charges of Insult

Alper Ateş was acquitted in the first hearing related to addressing the Prime Minister with the curse "God damn you". Ateş claimed he had "only told the truth about his living conditions". M.B.G., who stands accused of similar allegations, will have to appear before the court on 5 April.

15 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

PM Announces Cabinet Reshuffle

PM Announces Cabinet Reshuffle

In a press briefing yesterday evening (1 May), Erdoğan told the media about changes in the cabinet.

Kurdish Politician Faces Prison for “Insult”

Previously sentenced to tree-planting for insulting the PM, politician Alınak now faces a new trial.

9 April 2009 Erol Önderoğlu