"Speculation surrounds plan over Kurdish issue
Turkish army chief General Yasar Buyukanit and the head of US forces in Europe, General Bantz Craddock, seen here in May 2007, discussed measures against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, while Turkey's prime minister said the struggle against the separatists was at a "critical stage."(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)
EU fails to give full support to Turkey over terrorism: Yakis
Turkey - E.U. Joint Parliamentary Commission Meeting
Turkey's EU Membership Process Is Now At A Point Of No Return, Babacan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development Party in Kizilcahamam near Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007. No one should be shut out of the democratic process, Erdogan said Saturday, seeking cooperation from a pro-Kurdish party that faces a possible ban because of suspected ties to separatists.(AP Photo)
Asia Europe Affairs : 80% of Screening reports for Turkey accession already sent to Council
Turkey continues to move forward in the EU accession process. So far out of 33 chapters four have been opened and only one closed (Science and Research). The Commission states that 28 of 35 screening reports (80%) have been delivered to The Council and 6 are presently being discussed. Moreover the EU has informed Turkey of the progress required to reach a level of preparedness to start negotiations on 14 chapters."
EU's Lagendijk: 10 years ago we didn't know as much about the PKK - Hürriyet
Truthdig - Reports - The Not-So-Sick Man of Europe Does Matter
By Scott Ritter
As a teenager, I had the opportunity to spend two years (1975-1977) in Turkey, where my father, an active-duty Air Force officer, served as part of the Joint United States Military Assistance Advisory Team in the capital of Ankara. It was an exciting time for a number of reasons. First and foremost, experiencing a foreign culture firsthand (we lived among the Turks, not on a military base) was the opportunity of a lifetime."
Babacan leads Turkeys EU push - 23-11-2007
Daily Express: The World's Greatest Newspaper :: News / Showbiz :: Turkey must be in the EU says Straw
EU aide takes up German minor's case with Turkey | UK | Reuters
Sarkozy : la dette ottomane
L’Express (France), no. 2942, jeudi, 22 novembre 2007, p. 20
Ortaq Nükte V.
C’est le journal turc Taraf qui le raconte, non sans malice : Nicolas Sarkozy, que l’on sait farouchement opposé à l’entrée de la Turquie dans l’Union européenne, a eu, du côté maternel, un grand-père sujet de l’Empire ottoman.........
Turkish Weekly Opinion - Armenia and Regional Cooperation Projects
US and Turkey to form "joint information centre" - Hürriyet
Turkish PM says none should be shut out of democratic process as Kurdish party faces closure - International Herald Tribune
Interest Group Foreign Policy
"....Of course, the Armenian genocide resolution was introduced to bash Turkey, not to teach history. The Armenian lobby hoped to use the U.S. Congress as its club.
BACKGROUND: Christians are a tiny minority in Turkey : Middle East World
A sudden rush of awareness on Kurdish rights - Turquie Européenne - Thursday 22 November 2007 - Actualités de la Turquie et traductions de la presse turque
Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 406:
"Turkey's Parallel Policies – One for Peace, One Against By R. Krespin
Two conferences took place last week in Turkey. The first, a summit held November 13, 2007 in Ankara, was dedicated to advancing the peace process, with the participation of Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli President Shimon Peres."
Turkey’s Generals Speak out on Counter-Terrorism Strategies
The Kurdish question at a crossroads
A recent crisis over the Kurdish question may turn into an opportunity for a durable solution.
Different nationalisms by MÜMTAZ’ER TÜRKÖNE
Speculation surrounds plan over Kurdish issue
For the last several days there has been speculation about an extensive plan to deal with the Kurdish issue, allegedly spearheaded by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Secular Kurds and pro-secular Turks
by YUSUF KAPLAN, YENİ ŞAFAK
Those who support secularists in Turkey have laid the groundwork to divide Turkey with the faulty policies they have followed up until now.Gül’s messages
by MEHMET METİNER, BUGÜN
The messages released by President Abdullah Gül in Tbilisi prove that a new paradigm in the “resolution of the Kurdish problem” and the “fight against terrorism” has been adopted by the Turkish state.
I tip my hat to Erdoğan
by METİN MÜNİR, MİLLİYET
The fact that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan closed his ears to those who pounded the drums of war and rolled up his sleeves to resolve the problem in northern Iraq and to dismiss the threat posed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) through democratic means is indeed the smartest thing he has done as a prime minister.
Opening into N. Iraq
by ERDAL ŞAFAK, SABAH
Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish regional administration of northern Iraq, almost left no room for maneuver to the PKK in northern Iraq with the measures he took.
Press Roundup
A group of specialists from İstanbul University Veterinary Medicine Faculty has successfully produced Turkey’s first cloned animal -- the culmination of a three-year project -- when a sheep gave birth to a cloned lamb by caesarean section.
What will this summit bring with it?
by SAMİ KOHEN, MİLLİYET
To what extent will the Annapolis conference on peace in the Middle East scheduled for next Tuesday be successful? It depends on what is meant by the word “success.”
A critical threshold: The DTP case
by BİLAL ÇETİN, VATAN
The court case opened to close the Democratic Society Party (DTP) is important for Turkey for various reasons. It is both important for Turkey’s relations with the EU and for Europe’s approach to Turkey’s fight against terrorism.
To be a cowboy or live in a cowboy village
by ERGUN BABAHAN, SABAH
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan responded to calls for a cross-border operation into northern Iraq, saying, “We are not cowboys.”
Single demand, identity and representation
by ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU, YENİ ŞAFAK
“Accepting and defending the existence of the different” as long as it remains within the legal arena is a new situation in Turkey.
Press Roundup
President Abdullah Gül, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili participated in the opening ceremony of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line in Tbilisi on Wednesday. The leaders also took a short tour of the construction area.
The opposition vs. the Kurdish problem
There is an ongoing verbal tug of war among Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli about the steps that Turkey should take in the wake of stepped up outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) violence and closure of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), against which a legal case was launched due to its suspected links to the PKK.
The CHP...
by HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN, SABAH
The real problem the Republican People's Party (CHP) has recently faced is ideological blockage. This blockage stems from the difference between the acts and remarks of CHP officials.
Captive at the hands of the DTP: Democracy
by GÜLAY GÖKTÜRK, BUGÜN
We should analyze well what the DTP is trying to do. The DTP is imposing the PKK threat on Turkey!
