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“If the Balkans find that too many obstacles are strewn about the road to Brussels, they may well be tempted to set out on the shorter road to Istanbul”
(Misha Glenny, Balkan political analyst)
Practically the Eastern EU enlargement for the moment...
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Germany’s newly appointed Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich was quick to enter the political fray after making comments which has caused political...
made popular Mar 7 2011
The United States has an obnoxious habit of dictating to people what their concerns should be. As if the entire world should look through Washington’s lens.
Of...
made popular Jan 6 2011
The Kamelist and secularist in Turkey are once again up-in-arms warning about the constantly impeding but never fulfilled Islamist threat to the secularist, not to say...
made popular Dec 31 2010
It is a feat for Turkey which would have been unimaginable even a decade ago. The nation has traditional been seen as a basket case economy - the original “sick...
made popular Dec 28 2010
Defense minister responds to Lieberman’s comments saying Turkey is important state; Lieberman defends remarks, says “I am not a PM spokesman, I’m...
made popular Dec 27 2010
ISTANBUL — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joined regional leaders Thursday for a summit on economic cooperation in Istanbul, just a month ahead of nuclear...
made popular Dec 23 2010
The nadir of Turkish-Israeli relations thus far is when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Turkish humanitarians seeking to deliver food and medical supplies to...
made popular Dec 9 2010
Turkey is scouring diplomatic cables from the U.S. Embassy in Ankara published by WikiLeaks.org, and will be comparing them with its diplomats’ own versions of events...
made popular Nov 30 2010
ANKARA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — Muslims in Turkey thronged into mosques and joined the practice of sacrificing animals on Tuesday to celebrate the annual Muslim Eid...
made popular Nov 17 2010
Turkey begins its celebration of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on Tuesday. The festival of sacrifice is traditionally marked by families killing sheep or cattle. ...
made popular Nov 16 2010
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the Islamic Republic and Turkey have potentials to be forerunners of international nuclear disarmament, the local...
made popular Nov 11 2010
In 2006, the world of science was stunned by the discovery of a Turkish physiologist Dr. Uner Tan who found that a few families in
Turkey consisted of members who could...
made popular Nov 10 2010
Investigative newspaper reporter Ismail Saymaz thought he faced 10 criminal cases against him for articles he had written.
But when he logged on to a Turkish...
made popular Nov 10 2010
The central Turkish region of Cappadocia is a geological wonderland; the village of Tuzkoy is a landscape of fantastically-eroded rocks and rich, historic remains...
made popular Nov 9 2010
Thanksgiving hasn’t truly arrived until your favorite TV shows produce episodes revolving around giving thanks, togetherness, loneliness, burnt turkey and food...
made popular Nov 3 2010
I believe that we all saw and were shocked by the video posted on youtube a while back of a toddler crawling into a busy highway.
“A toddler in Turkey is lucky to be...
made popular Oct 23 2010
The Israel lobby’s opportunism.
For decades the Israel lobby was unabashed in its opposition to the recognition of an Armenian genocide. It has been a cruel...
made popular Oct 15 2010
I’m not sure what planet Turkey’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Nihat Ergun, is living on when he claimed that Muslim nations would never be so inclined...
made popular Oct 7 2010
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A relieved mother is counting her lucky stars today, after her young son had an amazing escape.
The curious toddler crawled out onto a busy highway in Turkey after...
made popular Sep 18 2010
A roadside bomb attack killed nine people traveling aboard a minibus Thursday in the latest violence to shake Turkey’s turbulent southeast, where Kurdish...
made popular Sep 16 2010
The lies of Zionism.
The ability for Zionists to spew casual lies never fails to shock. Call it a conspiracy: The Zionist movement has always had to rely on lies to...
made popular Sep 16 2010
A referendum on constitutional reform in Turkey handed a clear victory to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan — but has underscored the deep ideological and...
made popular Sep 15 2010
Turkish voters gave overwhelming backing to a package of constitutional changes that bolster the country’s claims on EU membership, but heighten fears that its...
made popular Sep 13 2010
Turkey votes for democracy.
The Turkish republic was founded by a general - Mustafa Kamel or “Ataturk” (Father of the Turks) - who believed in the extreme...
made popular Sep 13 2010
I like this story. It brings a hope:
“Kurds in northern Iraq are reaching out to a group of people with whom they believe share a historic ethnic connection, and...
made popular Sep 8 2010
Shortly before sweeping to power, Tayyip Erdogan pledged at the tomb of state founder Ataturk to revive a secular democracy he said was losing the nation’s trust....
made popular Sep 6 2010
Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rains swept through a town in northern Turkey, killing at least 12 people, officials said Friday.
The landslide hit...
made popular Aug 28 2010
A Palestinian man wielding a knife, a can of gasoline and a toy gun broke into the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, attempted to take hostages and demanded...
made popular Aug 19 2010
Turkey’s government has appointed generals to two top posts, ending a stand-off with the military.
General Isik Kosaner will be the new overall head of the...
made popular Aug 10 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday told an inquiry into the Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla that Turkey had ignored warnings and appeals...
made popular Aug 9 2010
Although I consider myself a moderate conservative, and I certainly understand the reasoning behind those who promote the 2nd Amendment (the right to bear arms)but I am...
made popular Aug 9 2010
Iran continues to rise, in my estimation, to the top of the list of worst countries to live in. Of course, nothing compares to Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia, in terms of...
made popular Aug 6 2010
Turkey’s parliament has passed an amendment to soften an anti-terrorism law used to jail Kurdish minors involved in violent protests in support of Kurdish rebels....
made popular Jul 22 2010
In solidarity with the Palestinians and in response to an Israeli attack in international waters on a Gaza-bound flotilla (to break the Israeli inhumane blockade) that...
made popular Jul 7 2010
Turkey’s foreign minister has threatened to cut ties with Israel unless it apologizes for its interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla. Is demanding a compensation...
made popular Jul 7 2010
Turkey and Israel used to share a strategic relationship that was written down in a 1996 military cooperation agreement whereby the Turkish military would award Israeli...
made popular Jul 7 2010
After the Gaza flotilla massacre - where Israeli occupation troops killed nine Turks - the previously strategic ties between Turkey and Israel appeared set to meet...
made popular Jul 6 2010
All but two of the nine Turks killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship were shot more than once, and five died from bullet wounds to the head, according to...
made popular Jun 30 2010
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Toronto that his country has made the decision to close its airspace to Israeli aircraft, a move compelled...
made popular Jun 29 2010
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An unidentified U.S. Navy sailor seen between flags of the United States and Turkey during a ceremony, Sunday May 3, 2009, at the U.S. Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, putting Turkey in command of an international naval task force fighting piracy.
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