Thank you, Baykal!

by HAKAN ALBAYRAK, YENİ ŞAFAK

While the political sphere in Turkey was in the midst of death throes at the hands of a triangle of blood, hatred and revenge, it began to pull itself upright again -- thanks in part to some surprising remarks from the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) leader, Deniz Baykal.

Baykal’s surprising remarks boost hopes for Kurdish issue

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal surprised all with his recent statements about how to handle Turkey’s decades-old Kurdish problem.

Baykal, generals and the ‘Kurdish problem’

by MAHMUT ÖVÜR, SABAH

Milliyet’s columnist Fikret Bila interviewed high-ranking retired generals who have made their mark on Turkey in the last 30 years and who partially caused the Kurdish problem to reach a deadlock.

 

Baykal’s rise

by MUSTAFA ÜNAL, ZAMAN

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal’s latest remarks are as striking as the recent statements of the retired generals.

 

Baykal's proposals of cardinal importance

Cüneyt ÜLSEVER

DTP should stay in Parliament for Turkey’s good

Following the entry of 20 pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) deputies into Parliament after the July 22 elections, everybody was certain that there would be much controversy surrounding these deputies in the new legislature.

PKK, Kurdish politics and the six-article

by HASAN CEMAL, MİLLİYET

Turkey is going through a difficult period. Precision operations into northern Iraq are looming. It is understood that Turkey wants to strike a blow at the PKK before the advent of winter.

What if they had stayed in mountains?

by NUH GÖNÜLTAŞ, BUGÜN

It is a fact that if the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) politicians had not embraced the Kurdish population in the eastern and southeastern regions of Turkey with the party’s humanitarian politics, the Democratic Society Party (DTP) would be represented in Parliament with more deputies.

 

Press Roundup

Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas came together in Ankara at a meeting hosted by Turkish President Abdullah Gül and addressed the Turkish Parliament at a historic session that increased hopes for peace ahead of a US-sponsored conference on the Middle East in Annapolis, Maryland.

 

The right to determine one’s own fate

by MUSTAFA ERDOĞAN, STAR

“The right to determine one’s own fate,” which sounds charming for national liberationists and separatists, is generally a right asserted against other nations.

What is the guilt of Fethullah Gülen?

by MAHMUT ÖVÜR, SABAH

The ideas put forward by Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal to deal with the tension caused by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have topped the national agenda for the last few days.

Flower of the nation

by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE, ZAMAN

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is the flower of the Turkish nation. We cannot be left in dark in these lands.

 

Press Roundup

The municipality of Kuşadası, a popular summer resort in western Turkey, is offering Turkish and Dutch courses for the foreigners and their children living in the city.

Turkey consolidates its role in the Middle East

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres, addressing the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday, both expressed hope and determination that the upcoming peace conference to be held in Annapolis was a historic opportunity to end the decades-long conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.

Turkey in the Middle East

by TAHA AKYOL, MİLLİYET

Ankara has recently become the crossroads of political traffic between the East and the West. The most significant example of this is the meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Historic photograph

by MUSTAFA ÜNAL, ZAMAN

The Ankara Forum was the initial step of peace talks to be held at a US-sponsored conference on the Middle East in Annapolis between Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Turk role in Mideast not central

A historic rendezvous of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Ankara Tuesday set the stage for Turkey to promote itself as a facilitator of peace in the Middle East in the run-up to U.S.-sponsored

 

A sudden rush of awareness on Kurdish rights

Semih İdiz

 

 

PKK will fall in its own trap

Mehmet Ali Birand

Turks, Jews and Arabs

Mustafa Akyol

Barzani's 'Kurdistan' dream

Orhan KİLERCİOĞLU

 

 

 

 

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RADIKAL Smoking kills more in Turkey An estimated 18,479 people are diagnosed with liver cancer each year in Turkey, the daily Radikal reported yesterday. Research has indicated that the cause of 91.5 percent of those cancer cases is smoking. Another major cause of cancer is whitewash, a type of inexpensive paint made from slaked lime that contains asbestos. The regions that face the highest risk are southeastern Anatolia cities of Sivas and Diyarbakır, the daily reported. Research conducted by Türk Toraks Association Liver and Liver Cancer Working Group in nine different cities around Turkey indicates that among 7,300 liver cancer patients aged.........

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Attorneys involved in 1999 Şemdinli bombing case questionedThe 1999 bombing of a bookstore in the Şemdinli district of southeastern city Hakkari continues to cause upheaval, reported daily Radikal yesterday.On Nov. 9, 2005 a bomb exploded in a bookstore owned by a former member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who allegedly still had ties with the terrorist organization. The bombing caused severe tension in government-military relations and sparked intense controversy. It also triggered violent mass street demonstrations in the region urging the government to find the perpetrators.The court commission was removed from office......