Corruption scandal rocks Turkish government. PM fires investigators.

[Sheilbh]

Striking that dealing with the army was apparently easier for Erdogan than dealing with the Gulen movement.

I think the most hopeful end for this is that Erdogan over-reaches and gets replaced by Gul internally.

A religious movement replacing a religious-leaning political party. What could go wrong?

I meant Abdullah Gul, the President and former Foreign Minister

[Valmy]

I meant Abdullah Gul, the President and former Foreign Minister

Ah ok that is different.

[Neil]

I was hoping for Gul Dukat.

[Razgovory]

Striking that dealing with the army was apparently easier for Erdogan than dealing with the Gulen movement.

I think the most hopeful end for this is that Erdogan over-reaches and gets replaced by Gul internally.

A religious movement replacing a religious-leaning political party. What could go wrong?

What about the monstrous repression you were moaning about last year?

[celedhring]

I was hoping for Gul Dukat.

I was hoping for Ra's al Gul.

[Ed Anger]

Nerds.

[Eddie Teach]

Nerds.

[Ed Anger]

Ugh

[The Brain]

Nyfiken gul?

[Syt]

Another ca. 96 judges and prosecutors will be transferred, following a new order from the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors where Erdogan recently kicked out a lot of people and replaced them with loyalists. Parliament discusses a law to further curb the authorities of the judiciary.

In Brussels, Erdogan repeated in meetings with the EU that this whole affair is a foreign plot and the result of a justice system that has too much power and is threatening democracy in Turkey.

[Tamas]

In Brussels, Erdogan repeated in meetings with the EU that this whole affair is a foreign plot and the result of a justice system that has too much power and is threatening democracy in Turkey.

Ukraine, Turkey, Hungary switching toward autocracy one step at a time.

[Valmy]

In Brussels, Erdogan repeated in meetings with the EU that this whole affair is a foreign plot and the result of a justice system that has too much power and is threatening democracy in Turkey.

Wow how is it that all these guys all say the exact same things?  And LOL at the justice system launching their coup.  With what?  Their paramilitary paralegals?

[Admiral Yi]

In Brussels, Erdogan repeated in meetings with the EU that this whole affair is a foreign plot and the result of a justice system that has too much power and is threatening democracy in Turkey.

I bet that convinced 'em.

[Syt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26062038

Turkey passes law tightening control of internet

The Turkish parliament has approved a bill that would tighten government controls over the internet.

The new law will allow Turkey's telecommunications authority to block websites without first seeking a court ruling.

It will also force internet providers to store data on web users' activities for two years and make it available to the authorities.

Internet access in Turkey is already restricted and thousands of websites blocked.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been openly critical of the internet, calling Twitter a "scourge" and condemning social media as "the worst menace to society".

Both Twitter and Facebook were widely used by anti-government protesters to spread information during demonstrations last year.

'Implementing fascism'
The new measures were adopted after hours of debate in parliament where Mr Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) dominates with 319 of the 550 seats.

At the start of the debate, opposition MP Hasan Oren compared Mr Erdogan to Adolf Hitler.

"When you came to power you talked of enhancing democracy in Turkey - now you are trying to implement fascism," he said.

"Remember that Adolf Hitler used the same methods when he rose to power."

However, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said there was "no such thing as internet censorship" in Turkey.

"We are freer compared to many other countries and have freedom of the press," he said.

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said the new powers meant Turkey's telecommunications agency would be able to "gather communications data about all internet users without any legal limits or restrictions" and with users "never... able to know when and how this information is gathered".

[Syt]

Also, it seems that with thousands of policemen and prosecutors having been shuffled around and re-assigned that the investigations into corruption have pretty much ground to a halt for now.