Turkey calls on EU to issue visa-free Turkey officially called on the European Union to issue visa-free travel rights to Turkish citizens. Turkey’s new digital diplomacy by Emrah Usta from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Interviews The simplest explanation of digital diplomacy is to say that international ties are no … Read more
Turkey?s Vision for 2012 and Beyond: Davutoglu?s Washington Visit by Acturca Huffington Post (USA) February 17, 2012 Joshua W. Walker, Co-authored with Ece Ozcelik * Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu?s visit to Washington this week came at a pivotal juncture of bilateral and international affairs. Dr. Davutoğlu was enthusiastically welcomed by an audience in Washington … Read more
Washington gözlemlerim ? Şubat 2012 12 Şubat Pazar akşamı THY?nin TK007 uçağı ile Washington DC?ye indik. Trafiğin yok denecek kadar az olduğu şehir oldukça sessiz ve sakindi. Ama aynı sakinliği Türkiye ? ABD ilişkileri için söylemek pek mümkün değil. Medya Derneği Başkanı Salih Memecan ve Gazeteci Ergun Babahan?la birlikte, Washington DC?de yaptığımız 4 günlük gezi … Read more
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (C) meets Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (R) in Ankara December 16, 2011. Panetta is flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone. REUTERS/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Turkish government, opposition join in Sarkozy slamming from Hurriyet Daily News The prime minister says French leader Sarkozy?s threat to criminalize ?genocide? denial is … Read more
Hillary Rodham Clinton winks during the fourth Libya Contact Group Meeting in Istanbul, Friday, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool) Hillary Does istanbul by M.A.M More than 30 nations that have recognized Libya's main opposition group as the country's government declared on Friday that Muammar Gaddafi's regime had lost its legitimacy. The Libya Contact … Read more
Wall Street Journal likens Turkish PM Erdoğan to Malaysia’s Mahathir by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires An editorial published by the The Wall Street Journal on Thursday has likened PM Erdoğan to former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, who is known for his anti-Semitic rhetoric. Turkey’s EU minister rejects accusations of ‘autocratic tendency’ Today’s Zaman … Read more
From the Bosphorus: Straight – Renewed death penalty no answer by HDN Turkey formally abolished the death penalty in 2002. It was the right decision then. It is the right decision today. The return of the death penalty by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The brutal killings of three children in Kayseri as well as one in … Read more
TÜSİAD formulates draft constitution by YAVUZ BAYDAR Will the people of Turkey manage to mobilize for preparing and adopting a democratic constitution? The question is vital in what Ümit Boyner, chairwoman of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen?s Association (TÜSİAD), calls ?the watershed elections? approach. I vote for TÜSİAD?s constitution by KERİM BALCI We … Read more
more photos here The Hasdal prison visit by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Chief of General Staff Gen. Işık Koşaner and four force commanders of the Turkish military visited the Hasdal Military Prison on Friday to see military officers and generals who were recently arrested as part of a probe into the Sledgehammer coup plan, which includes … Read more
Turkish version of Mavi Marmara report is released and tension likely to continue. U.S. ambassador to Turkey Francis Riccardione’s statements on Oda.Tv arrests were not welcome by the ruling government. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and his counterpart Irsen Kucuk of Northern Cyprus shake hands prior to a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, … Read more
Israeli soldiers stand guard on a missile ship as the Israeli navy intercepts a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea on May 31, 2010. An Israeli probe ruled on Sunday that a May 2010 raid on Gaza-bound aid ships that killed nine Turks was in keeping with international law, a finding which “stunned and … Read more
Iran nuclear talks start in Turkey Six world powers open negotiations with Tehran with little hope of breakthrough Six world powers began two days of talks with Iran today aimed at curbing its nuclear programme, but there is little hope of a breakthrough at the Istanbul meeting. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili (L) shakes … Read more
photo source here. WikiLeaks cables: Turkey let US use airbase for rendition flights from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Mark Tran Turkey allowed use of Incirlik airbase as refuelling stop, US embassy cable reveals, after Turkish denials of involvement Turkey allowed the US to use its airbase at Incirlik in southern Turkey as part … Read more
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) shakes hands with European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton before their meeting in Istanbul January 13, 2011. Ashton is in Istanbul to meet with Turkish officials ahead of next week’s talks between Iran and major powers on the former’s nuclear programme.? Read more »REUTERS/Murad Sezer Real actors take … Read more
WikiLeaks details US-Turkey arms negotiating from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA-Hürriyet Daily News WikiLeaks has disclosed new cables on how US Secretary of State Robert Gates promoted Sikorsky helicopters and Raytheon Patriot PAC-3 systems during an Ankara visit. Cables also show how Turkey pressured the US for an urgent sale of Cobra helicopters due to a … Read more