Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
When he says that the military will take seriously any attempt to undermine Turkey's secular principles and turn it into an Islamic state -- which does seem to be the ultimate goal of Prime Minister Erdogan and the ruling party...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Turkey's top commander, Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt, yesterday handed his post to his successor, Gen. İlker Başbuğ, warning against efforts to undermine secularism and distort the credibility of the
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
As Turkey readies to host the rival sides of the latest Caucasus war along with to ongoing a telephone diplomacy with world leaders, analysts yesterday considered Turkish policy toward the
Erkan's field diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Montreux And Turkey BY NASUHI GUNGOR STAR- We should be watching developments in the Caucasus more closely. Yesterday Russia officially recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, in response to requests from the two breakaway Georgian provinces, according to...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
"Big Turkish Weddings Ravaged by Runaway Inflation Erdogan Abets By Steve Bryant and Ben Holland Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- At Denizati, a bakery in Turkey's capital city of Ankara, customers can no longer afford the top-priced cream and pistachio wedding cakes because of high food and fuel prices. As the cost of flour and sugar has more than doubled since 2007, the family owned bakery has had to fire...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Turkey is trying to develop an autonomous foreign policy, including deeper energy ties with Iran, in unprecedented conditions, among them war on its doorstep. Yet its regional Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform will not solve the country's basic economic problems and the outlook cannot be optimistic amid the worldwide downturn. - Robert M Cutler
Erkan's field diary (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Ergenekon divides Kurdish politicans, too. Ergenekon Investigation: Military Unit Linked To Human and Arms Trafficking By Jenny White on Jitem Documents seized in a police raid on the house of an executive of a TV station as part of the...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
SEDAT ERGINAnd finally environmentalists in Turkey are categorized by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “a group of people who are doing this for leisure time and who have nothing better to do”. He means “they have nothing to do, what you can say!” Obviously, he disdains environmentalists, underestimates them and ignores their relevant efforts. This is a move which not only activist environmentalists...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Although there is over a month before Parliament resumes, leading figures from both opposition and government signaled yesterday an upcoming assault against the Constitutional Court's powers.
USA Partisan (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
In December 2004, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned European Union leaders that they would pay a heavy price in escalating violence from Islamic extremists if the EU rejected Turkey as a member and confirmed itself as a Christian club. Turkey is a member of a Muslim club, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), yet doesn’t face escalating violence from Christian extremists...
Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
"Environment: Turkish PM attacks 'idle' green groups * Robert Tait in Istanbul Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, known to prize his reputation for plain speaking, yesterday lambasted environmentalists as 'idle', saying they 'prance around' while doing nothing to protect nature." More: Environment: Turkish PM attacks 'idle' green groups | World news | The Guardian
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasts environmentalists saying they 'prance around' not protecting nature
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
ADIL BAGUIROV Turkey closed its border with Armenia in mid-1993 was due to Armenianaggression and occupation of Azerbaijani territories of Karabakh andseven other regions (total of about 15 percent of Azerbaijan, with over800,000 Azerbaijanis and Kurds displaced or killed). Incidentally, thesebinding demands on Armenia about withdrawing and ceasing occupationwere made not just by Turkey, but by the...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Protecting the rights of orphans in Turkey is part of politics.Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has also joined the club, the other day, when saying, “We did not abuse the rights of orphans
