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Erdogan to reinstate death penalty

At an inauguration ceremony for a new center today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he is amenable to reinstituting the death penalty.
“If the people of Turkey want and the country’s parliament decides to reinstate the death penalty, I am ready to approve this decision,” he said.

Two notable people the late comedian did not impersonate

Daily Cumhuriyet has listed the unforgettable personalities of comedy star Levent K?rca, the beloved actor we lost earlier this week. 

I looked at the list; everybody is there: There is Atatürk. There is Süleyman Demirel, Bülent Ecevit. Even Necmettin Erbakan. There is also Bill Clinton. He even impersonated a despot like Ghaddafi. 

Can Turkish social democrats do what Islamists and Kurds did?

After suffering from a fragmented political life with short-term and inept coalitions, Turkey turned into a ?dominant party? country after the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) came to power in 2002, winning consecutive elections under the leadership of Tayyip Erdo?an, who is now the president of the republic.

Book on the journey of the Islamist movement in Turkey

Have you read former Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat Ergün's new book? 

A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Ergün's book titled "Ad?m Ad?m Siyaset" (Step by Step Politics) is a very important book for understanding from where to where the Islamist movement has come and what its problems are.

Retired colonel and suspect of 'post-modern coup' found dead in Bucharest

A retired colonel, who was being sought in the trial of the military intervention of Feb. 28, 1997, often described as a ?post-modern coup,? has been found dead in Bucharest.

Retired Colonel Eser ?ahan was found dead on a bank in the Drumul Taberei neighborhood of the Romanian capital, after he was reported to have left his house for a walk.

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