"Turkey's tension is between extreme secularists and Muslim democrats
The Kemalist crusade against 'imperialism' (aka the EU)
Mustafa AKYOLBenefit of the closure case
Statements made by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn to the Milliyet daily and recent remarks of EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso have made it necessary to recall discussions between the two EU diplomats and journalists during their recent visit to Turkey.Scenes from the Turkish restoration
Cengiz AKTARTurkish judge: new laws should not hurt secularism
EU support for AKP: An overdose might kill
Murat YETKİNErtugrul Ozkok: EU monopoly must be taken from the AKP
I received an interesting telephone call the day after the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee released its communique.The person who called me was a European based prominent Turkish politician. We have not spoken for about four years.
Europe’s “Islamic Dilema”
by Emy MatesanTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first visit to Germany in the beginning of February illustrates the “Islamic dilemma” Western European countries currently face. In front of a predominantly German audience, Erdogan had emphasized the need to better integrate the Turkish minority. He stunned Chancellor Angela Merkel when he suggested that Germany build Turkish high schools and universities in order to help the integration process."
JURIST - Paper Chase: EU parliament head slams possible court ban of Turkish ruling party
French PM says Paris is against Turkey's full EU membership - International Herald Tribune
CCWA Discussion Board - Turkey and the European Union
POSSIBLE RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY - Eurasia Daily Monitor
'Secularism cannot be imposed,' warns EU commission head
Top European officials Friday backed the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by emphasizing the need for decoupling secularization from undemocratic rule. European UnionCypriot leaders to meet
The leaders of Cyprus' Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities will meet in two weeks to gauge progress inTurkey Bans YouTube. Again and Again.
I just tried to access a charming safari video on YouTube that was mentioned in The New York Times (”Battle at Kruger“), but discovered that instead of YouTube, the site brought up the by now familiar red sign announcing that the site has been banned by a Turkish court order. Not a particular video, but the entire site. Checking around the (rest of) the web, I learned that the ban, like previous bans, was in response to a video that the court believed insulted Turkishness, specifically Ataturk.
