Turkey redefines armed forces’ duties ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey’s parliament has amended an internal armed forces’ regulation long relied on by the country’s once-powerful generals as grounds for intervening in politics, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported Saturday, in a move that further strips the military of its political influence. Yet another instance of Police … Read more
Egyptian Foreign Ministry asks Turkey ‘not to take sides’: Ambassador Egyptian officials have asked Ankara ‘not to take sides,’ the Turkish ambassador to Cairo has said after being summoned to the Foreign Ministry Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu resumes hectic phone diplomacy on Egypt Egypt?s foreign minister called his Turkish counterpart, informing him about a mass … Read more
This is Turkey’s public news agency, AA’s Twitter account. In one hour, it sent 5 Tweets about the anti-CNN protest in New York. In Turkish version, it said masses attended the protest…. via @GurbetName Here is the actual photo of the protest. 5 of the same family seem to have attended the event: via @GurbetName … Read more
EU envoys react to Bağış?s comparison of Turkish and EU police European Union ambassadors asked for transparency and accountability in investigating the Turkish police?s unlawful moves against civilians during the Gezi Park protests Turkish minister says Twitter turned down cooperation offer over Turkey protests Turkey?s offer to cooperate with social media micro-blogging website Twitter over the Gezi … Read more