"Interview: EU supports Turkey against PKK 'terrorists'
Interview: EU supports Turkey against PKK 'terrorists'
In an interview with EurActiv, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn gave his support to Turkish military operations against PKK guerrillas on the Iraqi border, saying Brussels understands the government's need to protect its citizens from "continual cross-border terrorist attacks".In
Podcast Notes: Fires, Secrets, Kittens and LOLcats
by Chris Vallance
The tensions between Turks and Kurds with Erkan Saka of Erkan's Field Diary and Ardalan Hardi of Kurdishaspect ....
Schoolchildren hold up posters of modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during a protest against the separatist Kurdish rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Amid a continuing troop build up, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan flew to Iraq Tuesday to pressure Baghdad to crackdown on the Iraq-based rebels before Turkey sends troops across the rugged frontier. Babacan said Monday that Turkey will pursue diplomacy before sending in its military. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
Turkey wins Iraq backing on PKK
Turkey and Iraq agree to work together to deal with the problem of Kurd rebels in northern Iraq.Turkish diplomatic push over PKK
Ankara's foreign minister heads to Baghdad as part of intense efforts to avert Turkish military action in Iraq.
Turkey says it will try talks before striking PKK
Leading Article: Turkey should not be left to go it alone - Independent Online Edition
EU envoys to urge DTP to distance itself from PKK
FT.com / World - Restraint urged on Turkey
Beyond Suspicion: Rethinking U.S.-Turkish Relations
by Ian LesserErdogan faces an impossible choice
Turkey has made modest but tangible progress reconciling its Kurdish minority, which will be vaporised by all-out war with the PKK
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) is greeted by the crowd at the Oxford Union in Oxford October 22, 2007. REUTERS/Eddie Gallacher
US Urges Turkey Against Iraq Invasion - washingtonpost.com
Asia Times Online :: Turkey approaches its 'finest hour'
Turkey Pushed to Brink by New Attack - The Ag - News Summary - News in Brief - TIME
PKK TRYING TO DRAW TURKISH MILITARY INTO NORTHERN IRAQ - Eurasia Daily Monitor
Mehmet Y. Yilmaz:: Why Talabani's "Che Guevera" comparison for PKK just won't work - Hürriyet
US support for PKK could damage relations with Turkey: PM - Yahoo! News
The 'Kurdish problem' is our problem - Los Angeles Times
Turkey has a legitimate complaint against the U.S. for not doing more to stop Kurdish terrorists in Iraq. October 22, 2007 The 'Kurdish problem' used to be a Turkish problem, a Syrian problem, an Iranian problem and an Iraqi problem. The U.S. invasion of Iraq has turned it into an American problem -- and lately, a very vexing one."
Salt Lake Tribune - Letter: Don't pick on Turkey
Turkey cancels Beyonce concert in respect of slain soldiers - International Herald Tribune
The Turks Are Right « Depleted Uranium
EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenian Paper Downplays Postponement Of Us Genocide Vote
OpenMarket.org » Turks on the Brink
Q&A about Turkey's conflict with Kurds
TURKEY: A KURDISH QUESTION MARK
by EUROPEUS.ORG, FIRST EUROPEAN INTERACTIVE MEDIA
For a very long time Turkey has learned to play the card of the country at the crossroads, a country between east and west, between Christians and Muslims, a country between Europe and Asia. Turkey has often been neutral but has been equally often playing the game of both sides also. They are pro-Palestinian and, at the same time, they sign military treaties with Israel. They want to be full members of the EU often using blackmails and opportunistic games…
Ertugrul Ozkok: What we need to tell Barzani
Turkey doesn't want to, PKK pushes on...
Mehmet Ali Birand
'I don't need hectares; I need neighbors'
Cengiz Aktar
What is behind the PKK?
Cüneyt ÜLSEVER
Yusuf Kanlı: Assessments
Emotions are high. The nation is in deep pain, mourning for the fallen sons. People have taken to the streets, demonstrating their anger all around the country with the separatist terrorists as well as those who have been sheltering, aiding and abetting the gang... Anguish is great and so is the anger, frustration and the demand from the Turkish state to take a firm punitive action “at any cost” against the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists, as well as northern Iraqi local leader Massoud Barzani, who is considered an accomplice of the PKK atrocities inside Turkey. Neither Turkey, nor the people demonstrating in the streets of the country believe that the PKK
PKK's game is the government's urgency
Cengiz ÇANDAR
La Turquie sur le pied de guerre
Le Figaro (France), Lundi, 22 octobre 2007, p. 1
« Oui » au suffrage universel
Le Figaro (France)
Séparatisme : La Turquie prête à traquer les rebelles kurdes dans le nord de l’Irak
Libération (France), mercredi, 17 octobre 2007, p. 12
Le PKK est pour la guerre
by acturca
Courrier international (France), no. 885, jeudi
Is Graham Fuller really out of his mind?
It doesn’t take much brainpower to understand that US-Turkey relations are not “perfectly well.” The two countries, which have been sharing the same “camp” as friends and allies for a little over 50 years, have almost fallen out with each other.
Stability in the Middle East: American hypocrisy, Turkish patience by CHRISTOPHER VASILLOPULOS, PH.D.
Displaying a breathtaking combination of arrogance and ignorance, the US has warned Turkey not to take unilateral action against Kurdish terrorists in northern Iraq.
Will cross-border operation end terrorism? (1) by DR. DAVUT ŞAHİNER
Recently opinions have been voiced referring to the cross-border operation as a means to end terrorism.
PKK wants to play by its own rules
The massacre of 12 Turkish soldiers by the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the eastern city of Hakkari on Sunday has traumatized the entire Turkish nation, which was still in shock after losing 13 sons the previous week.
Is it a ‘Kurdish’ or a ‘terrorism’ problem?
by MEHMET METİNER, BUGÜN
It is a widely known fact that the PKK feeds on the “Kurdish problem.”
Cross-border operation
by HAKAN ALBAYRAK, YENİ ŞAFAK
The results of the July 22 elections and the positive atmosphere created by President Abdullah Gül’s visit to the Southeast have given the PKK a scare because it cannot find a place for itself in this peaceful atmosphere.
PKK cannot be fought with arms alone
by SEMİH İDİZ, MİLLİYET
We often hear from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) that it is not possible to resolve PKK terrorism through military means alone.
Need for a professional army
by MEHMET ALTAN, STAR
A bloodthirsty will, wanting Turkey to resort to butchery, has been utilizing all types of psychological warfare. It threw a “fireball” at everyone’s homes on Sunday morning through TV.
Sunday’s attacks in the headlines
Citizens took to the streets in İstanbul following the massacre of 12 Turkish soldiers by the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants in the eastern city of Hakkari on Sunday. Carrying Turkish flags and chanting anti-PKK slogans, an angry group of people held a march in İstanbul’s Taksim Square to condemn the terrorist group.
A Personal Reflection on the Armenian Genocide
by Celal Birader
Is the murder of 6 million Jews 60 years ago worse than the murder of 1.5 million Armenians 92 years ago ?
What about the murder of the unique Son of God 2,000 years ago ?....
The Armenian Genocide and the ripples of guilt that engulf us all.
by Mick Hall
The arguments that have fluttered of late out of the worlds media outlets, as to whether or not the Turk's committed Genocide in 1915 against the Armenian communities who lived within the borders of the Ottoman Empire, brought Stalin's callous words to mind, "One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic." Sadly this statement by the grave digger of the Russian revolution is as true today as when he first uttered these words. The Armenian émigré community in the USA, have long been active lobbying members of the United States Congress and Senate on this issue. At every opportunity they have attempted to brand into the consciousness of the American people that the suffering of the Armenian people in 1915 was a conscious act of Genocide, that today's Republic of Turkey must accept responsibility for....
