Atif Unaldi

Turkish Press Review

• Press Roundup July 14, 2009
  Greenpeace protestors protested yesterday against an oil tanker traveling through El Estrecho Natural Park. They held a banner reading “España cómplice de la contaminación” (Spain, an accomplice in pollution) after painting a similar message on the ship's hull.
• Grab your wine and come join in the protest July 14, 2009
  There are some moments when you almost feel the need for a conspiracy theory to explain certain events. One such event is a recent protest that took place over a “wine-laden concert at Topkapı Palace.”
• There is no military tutelage in Turkey July 14, 2009
  As the signing ceremony for the Nabucco project took place yesterday in Ankara, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal was busy saying Turkey's real problem is not its “military tutelage,” but instead its “[Prime Minister Recep] Tayyip Erdoğan tutelage.”
• Nabucco and politics July 14, 2009
  How is it that Turkey can agree to nations that oppose its entrance into the European Union having a word when it comes to Turkish energy policies?
• Let's not get too excited July 14, 2009
  Let's not get too excited. Turkey is strengthening its role as a bridge between the East and the West in the arena of energy. Now, in the wake of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan and Baku-Ceyhan pipelines, it has signed off on the Nabucco gas pipeline.
• Press Roundup July 13, 2009
  Around 10,000 people gathered in İstanbul's Cağlayan Square on Sunday to denounce the Chinese mistreatment of the Muslim Uighur minority in the Xinjiang region, following deadly violence in the region's capital, Urumqi.
• Barbie doll secularism July 13, 2009
  A religious leader who banned Barbie dolls has made me rethink the whole question of secularism.
• The center of political clashes July 13, 2009
  Rather than being a center of political compromise, Parliament has become a center of political clashes. Since 2007, this has been a particularly palpable reality.
• YÖK, ÖSS and the choice system July 13, 2009
  The results of the Student Selection Exam (ÖSS) were announced yesterday. The ÖSS choice system is based on the idea that by narrowing the field through an exam placed in front of a student, you will have the student decide which field he or she will go into.
• A new sort of plan by that ineffectual crowd? July 13, 2009
  I wonder if the ineffectual leaders of the Feb. 28, 1997 process are now returning to us dressed in costumes that make them look like some sort of religious fighters.