Turkey says it is ready for EU entry by 2014
Turkey says it is ready for EU entry by 2014
Turkey is taking a lot of difficult political measures to satisfy the EU's membership criteria and has the right to join the Union once it is ready, said Economy Minister Mehmet Simsek, warning about French attempts to 'dilute' the country's future membership into a 'priviledged partnership'.Guardian Repression blocking talks on EU bid, Turkey told
EU warns Ankara's talks on joining the EU are being jeopardised by the prosecution of writers and journalists.
Amanda Akçakoca Turkey is making slow progress, but so is the EU
Europe's Turkey report is balanced and constructive
Mehmet Ali BirandPM says Turkey will continue walk toward EU
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assured the European Union Thursday that Turkey will continue its democratization process despite discouraging messages from some EU countries.
Yusuf Kanli: Released soldiers: Traitors or victims?
A lynching campaign is continuing by some people in Turkey against the eight soldiers who were taken hostage by the separatist outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist group on Oct. 21 during an ambush at their post in the Dağlıca district of Hakkari, and were released 14 days later. The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and its three deputies who were involved in getting the soldiers released by the gang are under attack as well.While the DTP has been a source of disappointment as it could not decide whether it is a political party trying to contribute to resolution of the problems of the ethnic Kurdish people of this country through means of politics
If soldiers are killed they are martyrs, if they are kidnapped forget about them!
Orhan Kemal Cengiz
DTP backs its stance on soldiers
Being harshly accused of signing a document with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for the release of the eight kidnapped soldiers, the Democratic Society Party (DTP) defended the
Mother of released soldier devastated
The mother of a soldier who was kidnapped and then released last Sunday by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has slammed Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Şahin on his statement
Supreme Court honorary head: DTP should have been shut down 100 times - Hürriyet
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Turkey's Erdogan says some EU nations not doing enough to fight Kurdish rebels - International Herald Tribune
Turkey warns on 'dilution' of EU goal - Financial Times - MSNBC.com
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Kurds on Edge in Turkey
For her the war is over: the PKK fighter who wants to end killing - Times Online
Kurdish hopes in Turkish state
A majority of Turkish citizens of Kurdish origins will prefer living in Turkey even if a Kurdish stateEight released soldiers jailed after probe
Eight soldiers taken hostage by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a deadly attack on Oct. 21 and eventually released on Nov. 4, were imprisoned yesterday after the Van martialStrong position in Mideast enhances Turkey in the EU
Rehumanizing Armenians and Turks - Turkish Daily News Nov 12, 2007
Explaining the fate of the 'genocide resolution' - Turkish Daily News Nov 12, 2007
LA Daily News - Turkey's new envoy says genocide bill impedes reconciliation
An Armenian responds to Birand, others
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Turkish Newspapers Vie for Fluency in Two Societies - New York Times
MÖRFELDEN-WALLDORF, Germany — Kerem Caliskan has what sounds like an impossible job. He is working to persuade people born in Germany, educated in Germany and living in Germany — many of them German citizens — to read Turkish newspapers....
Turkish Press Scanner
Deer settled in Atatürk Forest Farm zooFive deer previously held in customs were transported to the Atatürk Forest Farm zoo (Orman Çiftliği) in Ankara Saturday, the daily Hürriyet reported yesterday. The deer were put into quarantine where they will be kept for one month until their tests and examinations are completed.The deer were brought to Turkey by a private zoo administration from the Netherlands. But due to airport regulations the animals were held in customs for nearly one month. The conditions the deer were subjected to were then reported by the mass media after Istanbul Bar Animal Rights Commission Chairman Ahme.......
Yusuf Kanli: Turkey's soft power
Earlier this summer, talking at a conference organized by the Press and Publications Department of the Prime Ministry for local media members in Adana, I had shocked the audience when I defended the role civil society organizations, or as it is more commonly referred to, nongovernmental organizations, could play in the formation of both domestic, economic, social as well as foreign policy objectives of this country by suggesting “privatization of policy making.” Naturally, what I tried to explain was not an anarchist approach to the concept of state, but rather to stress the role establishments like the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB), think tank organization Turkey
Turkey must face its past for democracy
Turkey should face the dark aspects of its history if it is to establish a better future and take steps toward democracy, participants of a panel discussion at Bilgi University said
