Mustafa Oguz

Articles de cet auteur (2)

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  Alevis charge AKP with double standards

  18 June 2008

  The foreign minister has complained about restrictions on freedom of belief and religion, but the attitude of the government towards Alevis suggests the government is not so alarmed when creeds other than Sunnism are concerned, claim many pro-Alevi organizations. The recent resignation of Justice and Development Party, or AKP, deputy Reha Çamuroğlu, who was the figurehead of the “Alevi initiative” kicked off with much media hype in January, from his post as a consultant to Prime Minster (...)

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  Zealous French mayor accuses Turkish consulate of provocation

  25 February 2008

  The next local elections in France slated for March 9 and 16 have had the unlikely effect of pitting a commune mayor against the Turkish consulate general in Lyon. The socialist mayor of Villeurbanne, a commune of Lyon, Jean Paul Bret accused Turkish officials in the city of pressurizing the Turkish community into endorsing an official view on Armenian claims of genocide, in comments to the Turkish Daily News over the weekend. Bret is said to have obliged French Green Party (...)