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I wasn't disagreeing with you. :noob:
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Used ballots, marked for the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have been found in the garbage of six schools used as polling stations in the southern province of Osmaniye.
City residents reported the incident to the police when they found the used ballots in the trash in Osmaniye’s Düziçi district. According to reports, the schools where the ballots were found are the Uzunbanı Elementary School, Atatürk High School, Atatürk Elementary School, Cumhuriyet High School, Cumhuriyet Elementary School and ÇEAŞ Anatolian High School.
It was claimed that the ballots were planned to be burned.
Candidates from the CHP and MHP have filed an official complaint to the Public Prosecutors’ Office and have appealed to the Supreme Election Council (YSK).
The Düziçi Police Department has launched an investigation into the incident.
The ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) candidate Ökkeş Namlı won in the Düziçi district with 10,294 votes. The CHP’s Alper Öner received 9,854 votes, while the MHP’s Muhammet Kaya received 5,179 votes.
There are a lot of reports of this kind. The way I understand it all ballots should have been shipped to Ankara after the count. People are combing through the results as reported centrally and decentral. I think the risk of this all is that Turkey will descend into a state of chaos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wraith
The government may want to try to get our of this problem by throwing the country into a war with/in Syria.
Wars are risky. Easier to clamp down on dissent.
You didn't hear about the latest leak? The minister of foreign affairs and representatives of armed forces and secret service were talking about how they could fabricate a casus belli.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Erdogan needs to read the literature on diversionary wars then. :o
Too bad relations with Israel thawed. Maybe they can send another ship?
Seems as if someone didn't like the plain truth. Granted, Gauck is no diplomat but for Erdogan to accuse Gauck of meddling with "innerpolitical topics of Turkey" reeks just a tiny bit of hipocrisy: After all, it was Erdogan himself who, on two separate visits to Germany, advised the Turkish people here to "not integrate themselves into Germany".
It is a well known truth that only the current opinion of the Padisah represents the truth. It's sad that Germany has chosen a preacher under the influence of a preachter in Pennsylvania as it's president.Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
At a lecture by the president of the Turkish Bar society at the Council of State in Ankara, the man had the audacity to be critical of the Padisah. Righteously offended the Padisah confronted the scoundrel and stormed out of the room in a regal hissy fit.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...tml?cmpid=yhoo From a "no problem with neighbors" policy to a de facto "no friends" policy. :noob:
But at least he's still the bff of the muslim brotherhood. Except the turkish branch; that's an evil tool of western interests.
I'm waiting for him to turn on his wife and family. :o
Well over 200 miners die in an accident in a mine in south-western Turkey and the best he can come up with as an excuse is that in the 19th century miners died in huge castastrophes in Britain. Guess dying is just part of the job when you're a miner in Turkey.
Interestingly enough that's coming from the same man who nixed an inquiry into the safety standards at exactly the same mine that cost so many men their lives today.
The statistics also proclaim that every Turkish miner should search for another job, stat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hazir
For every million ton of coal you dig up, some people will die. Mining is a dangerous job and accidents do indeed happen. But there are accidents and accidents. Which results in:
0.02 deaths per Mton in the US,
2.27 deaths per Mton in China,
7.22 deaths per Mton in Turkey.
Which means effectively that a fatal incident is quite a bit more likely in Turkey than even in China. Ain't that great?
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tur...ays-2010-07-05
So much for "small government", huh. :rolleyes:
Like in China? :noob:
No, more like Nigeria, or Uganda.
You can't make this stuff up.Quote:
Then video taken on the same day in Soma showed Erdogan telling a man "don't be nasty," according to the footage aired Friday by DHA. The remarks initially reported and translated by DHA were confirmed by a CNN native Turkish speaker.
"What happened, happened. It is from God... If you boo the country's prime minister, you get slapped," Erdogan is heard saying.
That was after another video clip emerged showing a crowd outside a grocery store angrily booing Erdogan. As the Prime Minister entered the crowded store, he appeared to put his arm around the neck of a man who was later identified as a miner.
After the confrontation, the video captured what appeared to be Erdogan's security guards beating the same man to the floor. The miner said later that Erdogan slapped him, possibly by mistake. He wants an apology for the way he was treated by the Prime Minister's staff.
In addition, a photograph surfaced Wednesday of an aide to Erdogan kicking a protester, an image that quickly became a symbol of the anger felt by many against the government, and amid mounting questions over safety practices at the mine.
Linky? I'd like to see this weird-sounding photo sequence.
Weird is the new normal in Turkey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreadnaught
The Supreme Court ruled that the YouTube ban is unconstitutional.
Is there a bigger troll on this planet?Quote:
Erdogan has ratcheted up his rhetoric against Israel and its allies in recent days, accusing the Jewish State of "surpassing Hitler in barbarism," and criticising the U.S. and the rest of the Muslim world for failing to intervene.
He's up there with the worst if anything. The only explanation I have for it is that it taps into the delusions of greatness Turks are brought up with. By grossly overshouting he gives them the idea the rest of the world is listening to him rather than shrugging him off. I seriously fear the man will be elected president next month.
Once again, Erdogan has its panties in a knot. Why? Because of this caricature:
http://media0.faz.net/ppmedia/aktuel...eutschland.jpg
The text is probably a bit on the impossible side to translate but the culprit is the watchdog*) on a chain anyway...
... this is part of a school textbook about immigration, by the way. I distinctly remember having caricatures about Jews in our history books dealing with the 3rd Reich.
*) The fun part is that we even have a saying in Germany: "Getroffene Hunde bellen!", literally translated: "The struck dog barks.", the direct translation being: "Methinks thou dost protest too much."
I honestly like the official German answer on the issue. :up:
Erdogan is going to have to get in line:
Is he becoming Turkmenbashi?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
May I point out that it's a lot more comfortable for the Padisah if we talk about his outrageous claims than about his Middle East policies.
That's quoting Shakespeare. :bored:Quote:
Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro
And? It's still a fitting translation.
What dost thou have against The Bard?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30183711 And it continues.
I'm fairly sure that with the possible exception of you, what we talk about makes absolutely no difference whatsoever to Erdogan's comfort.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hazir
You should read 'we' as society in general. Every crazy talking point he provides does eat into the time that should be attributed to dealing with the real issues.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30484729 Amusing hearing him telling others to keep their opinions to themselves.
Is this true? If so, that's one mark in the column of "French Jews should pack their bags".Quote:
Israeli media reported earlier that France had asked Netanyahu to stay away from the march but he ignored the request and attended anyway.