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Erdo?an sets mission impossible for Davuto?lu
During a public rally in the northwestern city of Bursa on Feb. 6, President Tayyip Erdo?an demanded 400 seats in the 550-seat Turkish Parliament in the June 7 elections, saying this target was necessary in order to secure a strong presidential system, a solution to the Kurdish problem, a new constitution, and a ?New Turkey.?
Princely doodling in the 15th century
In a book recently published, through sketches and drawings, one catches a glimpse into the mind of a young Fatih Sultan Mehmed as a schoolboy with big dreams Doodling has been around for centuries, maybe millennia; at its simplest, it is defined as sketching aimlessly or mindlessly. In spite of this "art" form, there does not seem to be an equivalent word in Turkish, just a definition.
Why does Erdo?an want a 'presidential system?'
These days, one of the hottest topics in Turkey is the campaign to shift to the ?presidential system? with a new constitution after the upcoming elections on June 6. If this really happens, it will amount to the greatest systemic transformation Turkey has had since the beginning of the republic in 1923.
Self-esteem of imams comes before scientists
In the PISA test, which is research on education conducted in 65 countries comparing their achievements, Turkey was at the 44th place recently on secondary education quality.
Hard to find such unproductive justice
I wrote earlier in the week: ?Our prosecutors completed each of the investigations they launched in 2013 in an average of 90 days. Out of every 100 investigation, they opened 49 civil law suits. Our criminal courts, after trying these 49 people for 210 to 260 days, convicted 20 of them. These 20 convictions were taken to the Supreme Court of Appeals.