September 18, 2014

Code ‘111' profiling on Parliament's agenda

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Sezgin Tanrıkulu has brought to Parliament's agenda a code allegedly used by the Ministry of Family and Social Policy to classify individuals believed to be affiliated with a social movement.

Caesar not above economy

İbrahim Türkmen

"Caesar non supra grammaticos" is a well-known Latin phrase that asserts that even unquestionable and mighty rulers have limits, not only against the timeless and indiscriminate rules of nature, but also with regard to fields that require special expertise. In this particular example, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund had been disputed by a courageous grammarian over his insistence that a misused word should be accepted as is if it is uttered by a ruler.

Erdoğan steps up attacks on Bank Asya, raising risks of banking crisis

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has led a relentless defamation campaign against Bank Asya, Turkey's largest Islamic lender and one of the strongest in terms of capital adequacy, ratcheted up his attacks on Thursday by falsely claiming the bank has already failed.