"Turkey sentences academic
Turkey sentences academic
Turkey should evolve into being a country where people are not punished because of their thoughts
Prof Atilla Yayla
Professor convicted of insulting Ataturk
Given its uncertain status, I often have trouble deciding whether to categorize stories about Turkey as "Middle East" or "Europe." This news, however, places Turkey firmly within the Middle Eastern political tradition:
Insulting Ataturk
Still a problem in Turkey. A professor has been found guilty after offering some mild criticism, and was given a suspended sentence.
Will keep an eye on the appeal....
And more on Karamanlis' visit and even more...
Still losing momentum: Turkey and the EU
Sinan ÜLGENLa Turquie dans l’UE ? C’est toujours non !
Le Monde (France), 29 janvier 2008, p. 21Un groupe de parlementaires de la majorité (*) réaffirme son refus d’intégrer Ankara à l’Europe...Dix parlementaires UMP réaffirment leur opposition à la Turquie dans l’UE
Agence France Presse
28 janvier 2008, Paris
Dix parlementaires UMP réaffirment leur opposition à une entrée de la Turquie dans l’Union européenne et défendent l’option du “partenariat privilégié”, dans une tribune publiée par le journal Le Monde daté de mardi.Rifat Hisarciklioglu / EUROCHAMBRES
Europolitique28 janvier 2008
Rifat Hisarciklioglu, président de l’Union des chambres et des échanges de produits de Turquie (TOBB), a été nommé à l’unanimité représentant des membres affiliés d’EUROCHAMBRES, le groupe des chambres non européennes au sein du réseau EUROCHAMBRES.Entretiens sur la flotte de la mer Noire
Itar-Tass (Russie)26 janvier 2008, Moscou
Moscou et Kiev ont concerté le calendrier d’inventaire des biens immeubles utilisés par la flotte russe de la mer Noire sur le territoire ukrainien, a annoncé samedi le ministère russe des Affaires étrangères en rapport avec la réunion de cette semaine de la sous-commission du fonctionnement de la flotte de la mer Noire et de son stationnement en Ukraine, qui fait partie de la commission interétatique russo-ukrainienne.Turkey warns against EU 'club of Christians' — EUbusiness.com
Turkey, Russia worst human rights offenders: Euro court table
Turkey and Russia were easily the worst offenders in a league table of the European Court of Human Rights judgments for 2007, released Wednesday by the European court's president. Some'Turkish women start life lagging behind men' - Turkish Daily News Jan 25, 2008
Key visit inspires hope but far from concrete outcome
Turkey and Greece not only vowed to build bridges that will overcome once strained relations but they also admitted their differences over aBabacan signals new policy over ‘ecumenical' row
Erdoğan’s new approah on ecumenical patriarchate
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' historic visit has, as expected, once again brought the seminary school issue and the controversy over the disputed "ecumenical" title of the Patriarchate back to the foreground.Is foreign policy off-route?
Cengiz ÇANDARCafebabel Grows Up in Turkey
Turkish voice of Cafebabel.com and European Perspective of Turkish Youth; Cafebabel Istanbul Blog launched last year in October. Cafebabel mainly goal is to bring together Turkish and European youth backing Europe Union membership of Turkey. Unique European network of Cafebabel.com is an inevitable opportunity to create this aroma where people can Exchange ideas..
Karamanlis' visit: let's not be pessimist
BARÇIN YİNANÇVisite historique grecque à Ankara
Libération (France), 24 janvier 2008, p. 10
Marc Semo
C’est une bien étrange visite que celle commencée hier à Ankara par le Premier ministre conservateur grec, Costas Caramanlis. Il y a le symbole : même si les rencontres et les visites de travail ont été nombreuses, depuis quarante-neuf ans aucun chef de gouvernement grec n’avait effectué de voyage officiel en Turquie, pays longtemps considéré comme le principal ennemi.The attitudes are same, environment is different
It was known well in advance of Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis’ visit to Ankara that no real concrete solutions would emerge from his meetings in the Turkish capital in the arena of relations between Turkey and Greece.Reconciliation via trade
Business seen helping two countries overcome longstanding differencesKERIM OKTEN/EPA
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis greets students of a local Greek school during his visit to Istanbul yesterday. After meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish officials indicated Ankara may be ready to change its position regarding its refusal to recognize the patriarch as having ecumenical or universal status. ‘We will need to see the issue differently and rethink it,’ said Foreign Minister Ali Babacan. Many Turks fear a Christian church with universal status could carve out a Vatican-like state in Istanbul."
Quiet bridge-building Washington Times - By Soner Cagaptay A Greek-Turkish partnership could build linkages between Europe and the Middle East.
Istanbul's new Greek faces - Turkish Daily News Jan 25, 2008
Cyprus’ history from 1960 to 2008 (11)
The influence of Archbishop Makarios on the Greek government started deteriorating after the 1967 incident, which immediately resulted in a crisis between Greece and Turkey.Greek-Turkish Relations: A New Era?
By Dimitris Tsarouhas
Whatever happens in his remaining term in office, Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis has secured a place in history. The first PM to pay an official state visit to Turkey in 49 years, Karamanlis's trip confirmed that the old archrivals have moved a long way from the bitter animosity of the recent past.
