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From Istanbul with love: exploring Bond’s favourite film set
From Istanbul with love: exploring Bond’s favourite film set 15 MAY 2013 The opening scene of Skyfall, Daniel Craig‘s latest Bond film, was a riot of colour, noise and energy. Bond played…
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PKK Kurdish deal with Turkey may worry Iran and Syria
Posted on May 11, 2013 | No CommentsBy Guney YildizBBC Turkish This image shows a PKK fighter in the Turkish mountains Rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have begun leaving south-eastern Turkey for their main bases... -
Turkey Sits Proud at EBRD Meeting
Posted on May 11, 2013 | No CommentsTurkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Friday with a simple yet familiar message for states of emerging... -
Is Turkey Becoming a “Constructocracy”?
Posted on May 10, 2013 | No CommentsLike in previous years, Turkish police and protesters this year again clashed in the heart of Istanbul after authorities blocked unions and other labor organizations from holding an event celebrating... -
With its Syria plan in tatters, Turkey needs a strategy reboot
Posted on May 10, 2013 | No CommentsFor much of the late 2000s, Turkey hoped that a booming economy, the prestige of combative Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a burst of regional admiration for its successful... -
Is Turkey Headed for Shariah Rule?
Posted on May 10, 2013 | No CommentsSeagulls fly over Golden Horn as the sun sets over the Ottoman-era Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Nov. 26, 2012. (photo by REUTERS/Murad Sezer) By: Mustafa Akyol for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse... -
Iraq Rejects Refuge for Turkey’s Kurdish Fighters
Posted on May 10, 2013 | No CommentsBy SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press BAGHDAD May 9, 2013 (AP) Iraq on Thursday rejected a key element of an accord to bring an end to a long Kurdish uprising in... -
M of A – Syria: Al-Nusra With “Chemical Weapons” Sourced From Turkey
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsSyria: Al-Nusra With “Chemical Weapons” Sourced From Turkey One of the three alleged “chemical weapon” attacks in Syria was done by chlorine on a checkpoint of the Syrian army. Fifteen... -
Turkey aims to build home-grown nuclear industry, expertise
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No Comments* Nuclear key to Turkey reducing energy import dependence * Rosatom to bring Turkey’s 1st reactor on line in 2019 * Japanese-French consortium building 2nd facility * Turkey wants new... -
Islamists in Egypt and Turkey: a comparison
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsThe Al Arabiya Institute for Studies compared Islamists in Egypt and Turkey. (File) Al Arabiya Institute for Studies – Hoshnek Oussi The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies examined 15 points... -
Turkey Sanctions Boeing for Delays
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsANKARA — Turkey has imposed sanctions on Boeing for major delays in the US company’s spy plane program, a top Turkish official said. But Turkish leaders are not disclosing the... -
New Armenian newspaper to be launched in Istanbul
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsNew Armenian biweekly, Luys, will be launched in Istanbul, Turkish newspaper Taraf reports. Newspaper’s editor-in-chief Sahnur Kazanci told Taraf’s correspondent that the newspaper will cover the events that occur in... -
Turkey Launches Military Drills Along Syria Border
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsSuriye sınırında yapılan NATO tatbikatı soru işaretleri doğurdu Exercise at NATO Base to Test ‘Readiness for Battle’ by Jason Ditz With tensions soaring in the wake of the weekend Israeli... -
Turkey’s Aselsan secures Sikorsky helicopter subcontract
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsMay 7 (Reuters) – Turkish defence and electronics company Aselsan will supply parts and software for Sikorsky BlackHawk military helicopters in a deal that will guarantee the company around $100... -
Cyprus town remains hostage to inertia of Greece-Turkey reunification talks
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsCyprus town remains hostage to inertia of Greece-Turkey reunification talks Once popular with tourists, Famagusta is stuck in limbo within UN’s ‘green line’ buffer zone set up after 1974 Turkish... -
Kurdish rebels to start retreating from Turkey
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish rebels reaffirmed on Tuesday that they will start withdrawing guerrilla fighters from Turkey to bases in northern Iraq this week. The Kurdistan Workers Party, or... -
Turkey’s media has a watchful eye on NSU trial
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsTurkey’s media has a watchful eye on NSU trial Turkish media closely watched the opening of the NSU trial in Munich on Monday. Newspapers describe the feelings of the victims’... -
Turkey Fears Russia Too Much to Intervene in Syria
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsTurkey Fears Russia Too Much to Intervene in Syria Ankara won’t step into the conflict because it’s terrified Moscow will retaliate — again. SONER CAGAPTAYMAY 6 2013, 10:16 AM ET... -
Turkey Sees Future in Asia With Joining SOC
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsISTANBUL — Frustrated in its attempt to join the European Union, NATO-member Turkey last week signed up as a partner with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the security bloc dominated... -
Armless artist Karipbek Kuyukov ‘denied entry’ to UK
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No Commentsİstanbul’daki İngiliz Konsolosluğu kolları olmayan Kazak sanatçı’ya parmak izi bırakmadığı için vize vermedi! Karipbek Kuyukov says he is disappointed he could not enter the UK A Kazakh artist... -
W. Chuchill And Dardanelles-4
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsWİNSTON CHURCHİLL AND GALLİPOLİ COMPAİN ( PART–4 ) THE İDEA OF THE NAVAL ATTACK TO DARDANELLE: It was the common view that, it was Churchill who had brought about the...
