cartoon by Muharrem Aktan. source here. Obama ‘recess appoints’ Ricciardone as envoy to Ankara Turkey pleased with Obama’s step to appoint ambassador from Hurriyet Dailynews Ankara considers the Obama administration?s rare step to appoint an ambassador to Turkey a positive move. US-Turkey Relations: A Real Cliffhanger Huffington Post (blog) As soon as more WikiLeaks documents … Read more
Netanyahu rules out apology to Turks over flotilla from Hurriyet Dailynews Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ruled out making an apology to Turkey over an Israeli military raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed eight Turks and one American of Turkish descent. Israeli FM vows no apology to Turkey on raid from Yahoo … Read more
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (R) shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before their meeting in Istanbul December 23, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Osman Orsal The souring of Turkey’s European dream | Orhan Pamuk from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Orhan Pamuk In the first of My Europe, a series in which writers … Read more
Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Gaby Levy (C), pictured in June 2010. Turkey summoned the Israeli envoy to convey its unease over a deal between the Jewish state and Cyprus over economic rights in the Mediterranean, officials and media reports said on Sunday.? Read more »(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic) Obama says US-Turkish ties ‘more important than ever’ – … Read more
Everybody Loves Wikileaks! Now it is our time to leak into the night life of Taksim on saturday, 4th of December 19.30 @ Ekvator Cafe! Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses a global security summit seminar on regional security cooperation Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, in Manama, Bahrain. Senior political and military officials from Arab states, … Read more
not much but a good sign for the moment… Israel Fire Leads to Calls for Help From Abroad from NYT > Turkey by By ETHAN BRONNER Israel is in the uncomfortable position of having to ask for foreign assistance to put out a forest fire that has already left 41 dead. Above the Fray: Why … Read more
WikiLeaks ilk kurbanını aldı: Belge sızdıran bürokrat görevden alındı from Devrimci Halkın Birliği | Haber Portalı WikiLeaks internet sitesinin ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı’nın gizli belgelerini açıklaması Almanya’da da yankı yarattı. Almanya’da koalisyon hükümetinin kuruluş aşamasındaki yazışmaları ABD’li bürokratlara sızdıran Hür Demokrat Partili Helmut Metzner görevden alındı. Wikileaks?i En Çok Hangi Ülkeler Ziyaret Ediyor from Webrazzi by … Read more
WikiLeaks?ten geriye ne kaldı? from Devrimci Halkın Birliği | Haber Portalı WikiLeaks belgeleri açıklandı ve bir bilgi bombardımanı yaşandı. İşte ilk üç günün sonunda ciro: WikiLeaks?ten geriye hangi somut bilgiler ve hangi iddialar kaldı? ‘TARAF GAZETESİ ÇOK AYIP EDİYOR’ from Medyatava.com Wikileaks belgelerini dayanak göstererek eski gazeteci Sadık Albayrak hakkında “suiistimal” iddiasıyla haber yapan Taraf … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the opening of a new security office in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Erdogan reacted furiously to claims in a leaked U.S. State Department memo that he has money in Swiss bank accounts and said U.S. diplomats should be punished for allegations he branded as lies … Read more
Turkish PM threatens to sue US diplomats over leaked claims Hurriyet Daily News Ergenekon is the name of an alleged gang accused of plotting to overthrow the government in 2003 and 2004. ?One billion dollars Turkey PM slams US diplomacy over WikiLeaks from Yahoo news Turkey’s prime minister accused US envoys today of slander after … Read more
The long twilight of the U.S.-Turkey alliance – By David Kenner from FP Passport by David Kenner When Barack Obama took the podium before Turkey’s parliament in April 2009, in his first overseas trip as president, he delivered a speech that echoed much of the happy talk that has characterized U.S. rhetoric toward Turkey over … Read more
….but decision itself may not be effective at all… just another neocon fantasy, the missile shield… Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul arrives with his wife his wife Hayrunnisa to attend the NATO Summit in Lisbon November 19, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Nuno Andre Ferreira History proves US influence on European Union from Hurriyet Dailynews by HDN … Read more
EU progress report criticizes pressure on Turkish press from Hurriyet Dailynews Even though there is increasing open and free debate over sensitive issues such as minority rights, press freedom is still a problem in Turkey, according to an advance copy of the European Commission?s annual report about the country. Other areas of concern in the … Read more
US Election 2010: Obama lost the terms of debate and a large segment of white women, Ruth Rosen from open Democracy News Analysis – by Ruth Rosen In the wake of the election, progressive movements and their members are debating what went wrong. Some say the media amplified the bizarre statements of the Tea Party. … Read more
Kölner Express Headline “We are all little bit from Turkey” from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M “The appearance and dispersion of the first farmers in Europe has been the subject of heated debate among anthropologists, archaeologists, and linguists for over a century. While each discipline focused on different aspects of this grand topic, the central point … Read more