Secularism Archive
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‘Israel uses wiretapping equipment it sold to Turkey on Turkish citizens’
Posted on September 3, 2010 | No CommentsTurkish newspaper: IDF using eq uipment sold to Turkey in 2007 to listen in on Turkish citizens, including political activists, members of opposition parties and academics. By Zvi Bar’el http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-uses-wiretapping-equipment-it-sold-to-turkey-on-turkish-citizens-1.311626 A... -
Kyrgyz politician sees Turkey as democracy model in Turkic world
Posted on August 22, 2010 | No CommentsKyrgyzstan’s ex-deputy PM said that Turkey proved that a modern democracy could be established both in the Turkic and the Islamic world. Kyrgyzstan’s former parliament speaker and deputy prime minister... -
MONKEYS IN WONDERLAND
Posted on August 22, 2010 | No CommentsSilivri is sunflower country, vast undulating sun-filled land that rolls down to the Marmara Sea about 72 kilometers west of Istanbul. Silivri Prison squats therein on spoiled high ground 72... -
The great mediator
Posted on August 22, 2010 | 1 CommentSometimes Turkey really is a bridge between west and east Turkish foreign policy IN JUNE 2006, days after a young Israeli private was captured by Hamas, Israel’s ambassador to Turkey... -
A Heart of Darkness Envelopes Turkey: A Letter to President Obama (20 July 2010) English/Turkish
Posted on August 9, 2010 | 5 CommentsJAMES C. RYAN, Ph.D. [Letterhead Redacted] 20 July 2010 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 USA... -
Review of Stephen Kinzer’s “Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America’s Future”
Posted on July 11, 2010 | No CommentsBy John Lancaster By Stephen Kinzer Times. 274 pp. $26 For the title of his new book, Stephen Kinzer borrows the latest diplomatic fad word — “reset” — in calling... -
Turkey will make Europe a better model and actor (Video)
Posted on April 12, 2010 | No Commentshttp://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2005/lets-keep-turkey-out-of-europe?SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=chapter&start=739&end=1286&sgmt=37548 Turkey will make Europe a better model and actor (Video). Speaker: Dominique Moisi Arguing against the motion ‘Let’s keep Turkey out of Europe’, Dominique Moisi says he regards the debate... -
Turkey’s presence in EU as an armed invader in Christian lands
Posted on April 11, 2010 | No Commentshttp://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-for-250-years-turkeys-presence-in-europe-was-invariably-as-an-armed-invader-in-christian-lands-2118175.html Unless we admit Turkey, says Mr Erdogan, the EU will “end up a Christian club”. Well, is that so very bad? Didn’t Christians invent just about everything for the... -
The Gulen Movement: Paradigms,Projects, and Aspirations
Posted on March 23, 2010 | No CommentsFrom: <alerts@conferencealerts.com> The Gulen Movement: Paradigms,Projects, and Aspirations 11 to 13 November 2010 Chicago, United States The Divinity School at the University of Chicago, in conjunction with Niagara Foundation, as... -
A Nation of Conspiracies
Posted on March 14, 2010 | No Commentsthe article which states “ In the first, the AKP is a party of religious deception that seeks to bring all elements of the government under its control. Its hidden goal... -
Turkey needs more from Ataturk’s heirs
Posted on March 12, 2010 | No CommentsBy David Gardner Published: March 11 2010 22:44 Turkey’s ruling party has once again entered into conflict with the Turkish army. This is more than the latest episode in a... -
What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? | Foreign Policy
Posted on February 28, 2010 | No CommentsWhat’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? | Foreign Policy BY SONER CAGAPTAY | FEBRUARY 25, 2010 FEBRUARY 27, 2010 What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests? All signs point to Fethullah... -
ENEMY WITHIN
Posted on February 13, 2010 | 2 CommentsDIYARBAKIR MAYOR ASKS FOR ARMENIANS’ PARDON news.am Feb 8 2010 Armenia Religious organization established in Turkish city of Mardin under the auspices of Democratic Society Party initiated “Mesopotamia: First religious... -
The Turkish Myth..
Posted on February 9, 2010 | No CommentsAn Important Article For your Files and to send your Armenian and Greek friends and Their discussion groups to show them that they are victim of lies by their diaspora:... -
Turkey’s Response to Swiss Minaret Ban
Posted on December 3, 2009 | 22 CommentsThe result of the referendum held in Switzerland on 29 November 2009 as regards the initiative to ban the construction of minarets has created disappointment. This decision is an unfortunate... -
Dutch MPs cancel trip to Turkey
Posted on December 3, 2009 | No CommentsThe planned visit of a parliamentary delegation to Turkey has been cancelled. The MPs have unanimously decided to cancel the visit after the Turkish government said it would not meet... -
Slipping in Turkey
Posted on November 24, 2009 | 1 CommentAn Islamist government’s commitment to democratic principles is looking shaky. Monday, November 23, 2009 WallStreet Journal RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN has been the protagonist of an epic liberalization of politics in... -
LIVE TALK WITH MR. OKTAR AND RABBI FROMAN
Posted on November 11, 2009 | No CommentsLIVE TALK WITH MR. ADNAN OKTAR AND RABBI MENACHEM FROMAN (from the TV program on Kanal Urfa TV, Adıyaman TV and Kral Karadeniz TV, November 10th, 2009) PRESENTER: Today we...















