Turkey Archive
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General Asymmetrica Rhymes With America
Posted on March 13, 2012 | 1 Comment“Probes are ‘asymmetric, psychological,’ says ex-army chief” shouted the headline in the Hurriyet Daily News, another media mouthpiece of the Turkish government, this one for consumption by English speakers. It... -
Turkey will ignore Cyprus as EU president
Posted on March 2, 2012 | No CommentsTURKEY’S EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis has again said that Turkey would ignore the Republic of Cyprus, as EU president, adding “We will not take it as interlocutor... -
Socar to Build Turkey’s Largest Container Port, ANS Reports
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 1 CommentState Oil Co. of Azerbaijan, known as Socar, and Petkim Petrokimya Holdings AS plan to build Turkey’s largest container port at a cost of $400 million, Socar President Rovnaq Abdullayev told the... -
Egemen Bagis: ‘Europe needs Turkey’
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsTurkey’s chief EU negotiator explains why his country wants to join an EU in the midst of a deepening economic crisis. There is a change going on in the... -
Turkey Doesn’t Want Greek Cyprus Taking EU Council Presidency
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe Turkish government declared that it will suspend its relations with the European Union if the Greek half of Cyprus takes the rotating presidency of the Council of the European... -
Iran Khodro to design D8 joint car
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsIran Khodro Co. (IKCO) has announced that the Group of Eight Developing Countries (D8) has chosen the company to design the platform for their joint car. The D8 industry ministers... -
10 Things to Do in Istanbul
Posted on October 12, 2011 | No CommentsPosted by jbogdaneris on October 11, 2011 – 8:21 am Overwhelming is the operative word for the old capital of the Ottoman Empire. On the cobble-stoned streets masses of tourists... -
Turkey Condemns Terrorist Organization’s Acts İn European Countries
Posted on October 1, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey condemned on Friday terrorist organization PKK’s acts in European countries. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Selcuk Unal said that Turkey strongly condemned acts of terrorist organization in several European countries... -
Turkish P.M. Erdogan: We Cannot Deny Our Ottoman Past
Posted on September 30, 2011 | No CommentsPosted by Ishaan Tharoor Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 2:24 pm Our interview with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, published earlier this week on Global Spin, dwelled mostly on... -
Israel and Turkey: How a Close Relationship Disintegrated
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 1 CommentIsrael and Turkey: How a Close Relationship Disintegrated Posted by Karl Vick Monday, September 12, 2011 at 1:08 pm 37 Comments • Related Topics: arab uprisings, Egypt, israel, Palestinian, Turkey... -
Turkey did not sponsor Gaza flotilla
Posted on August 21, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe aid convoy for Gaza organized in May 2010 was a humanitarian initiative with people from more than 30 countries (including the United States and Israel) in ships sailing under the... -
Norwegian hitman was obsessed with Turkey
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsA fundamentalist Christian who massacred 76 people in Norway had strong feelings against Turkey and Turks. A book believed to have been written by Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted to...
























