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Istanbul-Armenian student becomes “apple of the eye” of Turkish media
Posted on May 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe 14-year-old Istanbul-Armenian high school student Klara Yeteroglu who, with her composition entitled “Being Armenian in Turkey,” was declared winner of a composition contest, is at the focus of Turkish... -
NY tops Brits’ holiday destination list as Istanbul surges
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsNew York is the most enquired-about holiday destination among British buyers while Istanbul continues to see a demand surgeaccording to holiday home website holidaylettings.co.uk. The Holiday Lettings Index has revealed... -
No Progress On Sale Of US Drones To Turkey
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No Comments(RTTNews) – Talks between Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Chicago failed to make any progress on the... -
Turkey to raise trade exchange with Iran to 35 dlrs billion
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsTurkey to raise trade exchange with Iran to 35 dlrs billion Ankara, May 23, IRNA – Turkish Minister of Development Cevdet Yilmaz called his visit to Tehran ‘constructive’ and urged... -
Turkey as a role model
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe visit of the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, coincided with a period wherein, the gulf between the Pakistan’s government and the opposition has dangerously widened, and is compounding... -
Turkey’s leader discusses a promise not yet fulfilled
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsTurkish President Abdullah Gul meets Monday with the Tribune’s editorial board. (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune / May 21, 2012) John Kass His largely Islamic nation, so often misunderstood, ruled by... -
A Visit with Turkey’s Controversial Religious Movement
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Piotr Zalewski / Diyarbakir It is Monday evening in Diyarbakir, a city in Turkey’s southeast, and a weekly meeting of several local members of the so-called Gulen movement has... -
Turkey opposes anti-Iran sanctions: Turkish minister
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 1 CommentTurkish Minister of Development Cevdet Yilmaz has reiterated his country’s opposition to the US-led sanctions against Tehran, saying Turkey will not comply with anti-Iran embargoes. “We voted against Iran’s sanctions... -
Somalia: The Soft Power Role of Turkey
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 1 CommentTurkey has suddenly and vigorously undertaken a series of initiatives to help Somalia out of its dire political and economic crisis. Turkey’s first visible initiative was organising a meeting of... -
Interning at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 1 CommentInterning at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey By Dean Pohlman (Ankara, Turkey ’10) Instead of staying in America for a prolonged period of time, I decided to return to... -
Turkey, Greece bridge cultural gap with romance
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsRomance and “clandestine relationships” between ordinary Greeks and Turks is again the vehicle for another big-budget Turkish romantic comedy. The theme is far from uncommon in real life. By Menekse... -
Civil-Military Relations in Turkey
Posted on May 22, 2012 | 1 CommentBy Ariana Keyman on May 21, 2012 The nature of civil-military relations throughout the history of modern Turkey has been contentious to say the least. Since the founding of the... -
Turkey’s new course in the region and the world
Posted on May 22, 2012 | 1 CommentTurkey’s new course in the region and the world By Abdullah Gül/Chicago Turkey has recently been at the forefront of international economic and political debates. On the one hand, despite... -
Iraq Warns Kurds Against Striking Oil Deal With Turkey
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsBy Palash R. Ghosh The central government of Iraq warned the Kurdish-ruled semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq that it must obtain Baghdad’s approval for any oil export deals signed with... -
Turkish reflections: What I learned at the Istanbul World Political Forum
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsPosted By Stephen M. Walt The remainder of my trip to Turkey sparked some further thoughts, including some qualifications to my last post. To wit: 1. I previously described the... -
Turkey And Israel: Now Is The Time To Reconcile
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsI strongly believe that the time is right for Turkey and Israel to mend their critically important bilateral relationship which has suffered a precipitous decline since 2010. With the Middle... -
Turkish Actors Protest State Control of Theaters
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsDorian Jones May 21, 2012 Protestors carry banner that reads “O Sultan, take your hands off theaters,” May Day rally, Ankara, Turkey, May 1, 2012. ISTANBUL – Hundreds of actors... -
![Preparing for the Worst, Turkish Navy Awards Contract for Submarine Rescue Mother Ship [VIDEO] By Rob Almeida On May 21, 2012 Rolls-Royce and Istanbul Shipyard will be working together following...](http://www.turkishnews.com/en/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/moship_05-635x328-115x115.png "Preparing for the Worst, Turkish Navy Awards Contract for Submarine Rescue Mother Ship")
Preparing for the Worst, Turkish Navy Awards Contract for Submarine Rescue Mother Ship
Posted on May 22, 2012 | 1 CommentPreparing for the Worst, Turkish Navy Awards Contract for Submarine Rescue Mother Ship [VIDEO] By Rob Almeida On May 21, 2012 Rolls-Royce and Istanbul Shipyard will be working together following... -
Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics: The Circassians Cry Genocide
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsSochi, the site for the 2014 winter Olympics, just happens to be where the russians dispossessed an entire nation exactly 150 years earlier. the survivors’ descendants say it was genocide—and... -
Plan B from Istanbul
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsAll countries have their unique qualities, and any one place might seem wonderful to some and a great deal less so to others. But it’s my guess that most people...
