OdaTV trial – more delays; talks start on forming a coalition government
I was unable to go to Turkey last week for yet another round in the OdaTV trial, held on 12 June (see previous blog ‘OdaTV trials – more of the same’ dated 1 February 2015) but the European Federation of Journalists was represented by Patrick Kamenka from France. Last...
Turkish elections – despite winning Erdogan suffers humiliating defeat
Just two weeks before the general election in Turkey on 7 June the New York Times ran an editorial 'Dark clouds over Turkey'. It reported rising tensions in the country and that opposition supporters were fearful of a new crackdown to ensure that the ruling Justice...
Vanunu – fine is paid and a wedding celebrated
An update on my blog of 5 April ‘Help Mordechai pay this outrageous fine’ from Vanunu supporters in the UK in a recent circular reads as follows: ‘Following the appeal we sent out in March we can report the very good news that Mordechai has now been able to pay the...