EU intel bureau: Erdoğan planned Turkey’s purge before coup attempt

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) said in a recent report dated Aug. 24 that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned to purge opposition forces in the military before July’s attempted coup.

EU’s intelligence-sharing bureau said the coup attempt was a result of fear among Erdoğan’s critics in the military.
Intcen said it is likely that a group of officers comprising Gulenists, Kemalists (secularists), opponents of the AKP and opportunists was behind the coup. It is unlikely that [Fethullah] Gulen himself played a role in the attempt,” read the report.

“The coup was just a catalyst for the crackdown prepared in –advance.”
Formed in 2012, the EU INTCEN works under the authority of the EU’s High Representative for foreign affairs.

In the very aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt, Turkey announced a State of Emergency, under which basic human rights came under jeopardy. More than 123,500 people lost their jobs, over 88,000 were detained and some 42,400 arrested in post-coup government purges.
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Evolution theory removed from new school curriculum

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish government has removed a chapter on the theory of evolution from a textbook for 12th graders, according to a newly announced curriculum by the ministry.
Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz on Friday shared the details of the new curriculum with members of the press. The new curriculum, which will be finalized in February, will be put into effect during the 2017-2018 academic year.

One of the changes in the new curriculum is the removal from a textbook of a chapter titled “The beginning of life and evolution.” It has been replaced by a chapter titled “Living creatures and the environment.”
(Turkish Minute)

Concept of jihad to be included in curriculum for secondary school students

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s Education Ministry is in the process of including the concept of jihad in compulsory school curricula, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Friday.
Speaking during a press conference on Friday, Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz explained the details of the new curriculum to members of the press. The new curriculum, which will be finalized in February, will be put into effect during the 2017-2018 academic year.

According to Cumhuriyet, the concept of jihad will be compulsory in school curricula after seventh grade. Yılmaz said the ministry has removed a chapter on the theory of evolution from a textbook for 12th graders, according to a newly announced curriculum by the ministry.

One of the changes in the new curriculum is the removal from a textbook of a chapter titled “The beginning of life and evolution.” It has been replaced by a chapter titled “Living creatures and the environment.”

In a speech in 2012, then-Prime Minister and current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that his government wants to raise a “pious generation.” Since then, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has embarked on a process of opening religious imam-hatip schools across Turkey.
When the AKP took power in 2002, around 65,000 students were enrolled in imam-hatip schools, which are widely criticized for instilling a political Islamist ideology. That figure had risen to more than 1.5 million by 2016.

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Turski parlament odobrio proširenje Erdoganovih ovlasti

Parlament Turske odobrio je izmjene ustava kojim je predviđeno povećanje ovlasti predsjednika Recepa Tayyipa Erdogana, saopćeno je iz parlamenta.

Nacrt izmjena ustava koji predviđa i proširenje ovlasti usvojen je u drugom čitanju u subotu čime se otvara put održavanju referenduma koji se očekuje u proljeće, a koji bi omogućio Erdoganu da bude predsjednik do 2029. godine.

"Naša nacija reći će zadnju riječ na tu temu. Ona će donijeti konačnu odluku", izjavio je premijer Turske Binali Yildirim po završetku glasanja.

Ustavnom reformom predsjedniku se prebacuje izvršna vlast koja je dosad pripadala premijeru.

Turski parlament je odobrio izmjenu ustava sa 339 glasova, a ustavna reforma zahtijevala je najmanje 330 glasova od ukupno 550 članova.

TURKEY PURGE IN PAST 5 DAYS: 398 arrested, 445 others detained over coup charges
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 21, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova Bosne i Hercegovine (MVPBiH) upozorilo je stanovnike BiH da se suzdrže od putovanja u Tursku, Irak, Libiju, Siriju, Jemen, Ukrajinu te Francusku.

PURGE IN PAST 10 DAYS: 1,325 detained, 652 arrested in post-coup operations

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody.
At least 652 people were put in prison, while 1,325 others were detained over the past 10 days, according to Turkish news agencies.

Ajme...

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Bosna i Hercegovina je glavno uporište turskog uticaja u regionu, ocenjuje švajcarski Noje cirher cajtung.


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