Turkish dailies display this photo of meeting with the Turkish ambassador and Israeli vice FM minister and are angry with Ayalon (L)’s arrogant attitude. Ambassador was hosted like this…
Foreign Ministry: Israel did not mean to humiliate Turkey envoy (Ha’aretz):
During the meeting, Turkey’s ambassador was seated in a low sofa, and facing him, in higher chairs, were Ayalon and two other officials – an arrangement carried out at Lieberman’s orders.
A photo-op was held at the start of the meeting, during which Ayalon told the photographers in Hebrew: “Pay attention that he is sitting in a
lower chair and we are in the higher ones, that there is only an Israeli flag on the table and that we are not smiling.”…
Israeli officials: Liberman wants to keep tense ties with Turkey
Meanwhile, ministry sources said Monday that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was trying to stop Defense Minister Ehud Barak from visiting to Turkey next week, in order to keep up the recent tensions between the two allied countries.
Erdoğan slams Israel for ‘disproportionate power’ – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
Deputy FM meets with Turkish envoy over anti-Semitic series – Israel News, Ynetnews
Turkey Lashes Out at Israel – NYTimes.com
AFP: Israel-Turkey ties strain again over TV show
Israel says Turkish PM’s criticisms endanger ties
The Decline of Turkish-Israeli Relations: As Seen on TV
Like the arrival of the full moon or utility bills, we can now come to safely expect a monthly flare-up in the relations between Turkey and Israel.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (left) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan give a press conference in Ankara. Both men lashed out at Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace and air strikes in Gaza, warning they were undermining prospects for peace in the region.
(AFP/Adem Altan)
A Clean Bill for the New Leadership of DHKP/C
Musa Asoglu and Ferhiye Erdal (left). Asoglu is considered the new DHKP-C leader after the death of Dursun Karatas [1] in prison
On February 7, 2008, Antwerp?s Court of Appeal acquitted seven members of the DHKP/C, accused of directing terrorist operations from their headquarters in Knokke-Heist, a quiet town on the Belgian coast. In other words, the judge envisioned the Knokke cell as a mere propaganda arm of the DHKP/C in Belgium, and not as a terrorist cell.
Ankara shakes up foreign policy – UPI.com
Public diplomacy takes stage in Mardin
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu toured the southeastern city of Mardin as part of a brand-new strategy to explain Turkey?s foreign policy throughout the country, especially in long-neglected Anatolia.”
Turkey?s EU bid causes friction in Germany – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review
Spanish EU presidency to push for Turkey’s membership (1st Lead) – Monsters and Critics
Could the EU of the future become a global alliance? | World | Deutsche Welle | 08.01.2010
Let?s throw Turkey off the EU path!
France opposed to new Renault Clio production in Turkey (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
The Quote of the Week: ?Turkey and the enlargement of the European mind?
Excerpt from Andrew Mango (1998) ?Turkey and the enlargement of the European mind?, Middle Eastern Studies, 34: 2, 171-192.
Turkish-Armenian stalemate
It has been more than three months since the Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers signed the two protocols that were supposed to launch a historic reconciliation and rapprochement process between Yerevan and Ankara.
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