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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

A demonstration was held in Mersin yesterday on the occasion of Nov. 20 Universal Children’s Day. Youngsters carried banners that read “Don’t buy things from children working on the streets.”

This does not suit us

ZAMAN BEJAN MATUR — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

My column that began with the sentence “My father read the Cumhuriyet newspaper for 40 years and voted for the Republican People’s Party [CHP] his whole life” had the headline “This does not suit us.”

Don’t be a soldier, be a lawyer!

STAR AHMET KEKEÇ — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

I can’t lie: I really liked the sign reading “Coup-loving lawyers, welcome to Taksim” that was hung from a hotel window during the “cübbeli” (a reference to the robes worn by lawyers and judges) protest that took place there the other day.

What has changed in our foreign policy?

RADİKAL ORAL ÇALIŞLAR — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Let us simply accept that there has rarely been a society which has been taught its own history so incorrectly. Just think for a moment: Even the children and grandchildren of the families who were the victims of the massacre in Dersim are just starting to learn their own history.

The miserable state of the CHP…

YENİ ŞAFAK ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The CHP keeps losing because it no longer represents the society or the spirit of the era in which we live. And it becomes a more and more wretched party because it shoulders the role of being flag bearer for a political model which is completely bankrupt. How has it done this?

Press Roundup

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Members of the local Human Rights Council in Silifke, Mersin, yesterday listened to Yörüks (Turkish nomads) who sought their help because they want to leave the mountains before the onset of winter.

Democratic initiative changing everyone

SABAH MAHMUT ÖVÜR — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

The “democratic initiative,” much criticized by opposition forces as being “empty on the inside,” has, since it spilled over into Parliament, begun to shake and change many things in Turkey.

The regime had Atatürk lived…

BUGÜN NUH GÖNÜLTAŞ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

In the days that ultimately led Turkey to the Feb. 28 [1997] process, Hasan Mezarcı once said, “Turkey is being directed from the grave.” Following this statement, Mezarcı was lynched by the whole Feb. 28 media.

Turkish-Armenian normalization: Borders, hearts need to open up!

MİLLİYET HASAN CEMAL — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Of course the creation of new diplomatic relations and the opening of borders between Turkey and Armenia are very important. And we need to recognize and commend the “political determination” on this front displayed by both Ankara and Yerevan. But still, this is not enough.

Press Roundup

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Republican People’s Party members intervened on Tuesday when a man asked CHP leader Deniz Baykal about CHP
Deputy Chairman Onur Öymen’s statements regarding the suppression of the Dersim Rebellion in 1937.