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Istanbul-Armenian student becomes “apple of the eye” of Turkish media
Posted on May 24, 2012 | 1 CommentThe 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... -
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 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... -
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... -
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 | 2 CommentsTurkey’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... -
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... -
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...
















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