"Five scenarios over the AKP's closure case
Five scenarios over the AKP's closure case
Ruşen ÇAKIR
Turkish businessmen urge gov't to focus on economy
Mehmet Yilmaz: Research on the "Average Turk"
I received the results of research conducted by Associate Professor Dr Hakan Yilmaz from Bosporus University from the editor-in-chief of Capital magazine, Sedef Seckin Buyuk."
Britain's Queen Elizabeth (front 2nd L) and Turkey's First Lady Hayrunnisa Gul (front L) listen to a verse of the Koran at the Green Mosque in Bursa May 14, 2008.
REUTERS/Riza Ozel/Pool (TURKEY)
Turkey says its mediation could result in direct talks between Syria and Israel - International Herald Tribune
The Trouble With Turkey - EURSOC - News and comment from Europe
Liberal newspapers are very keen to convince Europeans that the AK Party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is only "mildly Islamist" and thus nothing for either us, or secular Turks to worry our little heads about."Turkish Islamic preacher - threat or benefactor? - International Herald Tribune
The Republican People’s Party and the problem of opposition
The Republican People's Party (CHP) is the main opposition party in the Turkish Parliament. It recently held its 41st congress.The future of the PKK: Can it target US interests? by EMRE USLU & ÖNDER AYTAÇ
Turkey's decades-old terror problem caused by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) entered a new phase when US President George W. Bush openly declared the PKK an enemy of the United States after meeting with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Nov. 5, 2007. Police says judge not followed
The police department refuted claims that the Constitutional Court's number two person was stalked by police officers, in a written statement yesterday. “The police vehicle in questionBrown’s political life is under threat, Baykal’s is not by BEKİR ÇINAR
Gordon Brown was elected Labour Party leader by the party's members on June 22, 2007. Three days later he became the prime minister of the UK, which has a central government and local governments.If the AK Party is closed down…
Various scenarios are circulating about what could happen if the Constitutional Court decides to close down the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and bar some senior AK Party officials, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, from party politics.Maintaining the positive process in N. Iraq
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is no longer just a Kurdish problem. There is another point to think about here: The ball is in the courts of both the AK Party and the Democratic Society Party (DTP).Turkish and Iraqi Kurdish Rapprochement Ominous for PKK
Turkey’s smart power (II)
To continue our discussion from last week, Turkey's smart power is a strategic combination of soft and hard power, but the result is more than a plate of carrots and sticks.Parallel histories
The head table at the banquet at Çankaya Palace was in the middle of the large hall, for everyone to see. When I looked at Abdullah Gül, the president of the republic, before he stood to deliver his speech, I saw in his eyes a glimmer of light, as if he was traveling back in time in his mind.Erdoğan wants to bury the past via closure case, says Bahçeli
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to be shut down as a way to bury the party's past, said the leader of the country's ultra-right partyHow would you like your 'Islamist?'
Burak BEKDİLThe AK Party: Perfect intermediary between Israel and Arabs?
Damla ARASErdoğan will be making historical decisions
Mehmet Ali BirandLe leader d’un mouvement créationniste turc condamné à trois ans de prison ferme
Le Monde (France), 14 mai 2008, p. 8Guillaume Perrier
Après plus de sept années de procédure, une cour d’Istanbul a condamné Adnan Oktar à trois ans de prison ferme, vendredi 9 mai, pour ” création d’une organisation illégale ” et ” enrichissement personnel “. Soupçonné d’être à la tête d’une secte créationniste, ce Turc de 52 ans, qui se présente comme ” scientifique et écrivain “, doit faire appel, selon ses proches, pour tenter d’éviter une incarcération.
