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Diyanet, Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, claimed gathering intelligence on suspected Gülenists via imams in 38 countries…

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  One-year halt in Turkey, Russia ties ‘over’: Turkish PM A year-long hiatus in relations between Russia and Turkey is over, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said Dec. 6 in his first visit to Moscow as prime minister Diyanet gathers intelligence on suspected Gülenists via imams in 38 countries Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has gathered … Read more

Well, not much surprisingly Turkey, US agree al-Assad should go… while Turkey’s main opposition in a strage row with EU socialists…

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Turkey, US agree ?al-Assad should go for a free Syria? Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and US President Obama say the boths sides have agreed Bashar al-Assad should leave his post for a transition in Syria. Obama and Turkish PM Erdogan give joint news conference ? live blog President expected to discuss IRS scandal and seizure … Read more

Turkish EU minister slams again, President Gül in Portugal, Turkey and Israel officials meet again… A FP roundup…

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Peace process will help Turkey?s accession process to the EU from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s bid to join the EU might have stalled, but the peace process and a new charter could help accession. Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (L) and his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva listen to the national anthems during the welcome ceremony … Read more

FP roundup: Turkey and Israel agree but relatives of flotilla raid victims not- yet…

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Relatives of Flotilla Raid Victims Reject Israeli Compensation from NYT > Turkey by By SEBNEM ARSU and JODI RUDOREN; Sebnem Arsu reported from Istanbul, and Jodi Rudoren from Jerusalem The relatives of the nine people killed in Israel?s raid on a Turkish-led flotilla to Gaza in 2010 also said that they would not drop their … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: İsrail?in özrü

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 İsrail?in özrü       Nevruz?un ardından gelince saadet katmerlendi. Özgüveni yeni doruklara taşıdı.   Mavi Marmara hadisesinden bu yana süren ilkeli duruşun dilenen özürde aslan payı olduğunda tereddüt yok. Ancak diğer faktörleri gözden kaçırmak saflık olur.       Birincisi ABD?nin çıkar ve çabaları. Obama yönetimi Haziran 2010?dan bu yana iki ülkeyi barıştırmak için çalışıyor. Birkaç kez … Read more

Prof. Shamir wrote for EFD: “The Thief, the Cook, his Wife and her Lover: the Turkish-Israeli Coproduction

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The Thief, the Cook, his Wife and her Lover: the Turkish-Israeli Coproduction   An unusual commercial was aired on Israeli TV a few days ago.  The Turkish construction firm Yilmazlar ? involved with infrastructure projects in Israel ? ran ads that represented it as “building bridges between the two peoples”.  Its timing could not have … Read more

Interesting: Israel PM apologised to Turkey PM over flotilla deaths…. A FP roundup…

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Israel PM apologised to Turkey PM over flotilla deaths from Hurriyet Daily News Official sources from the Turkish Prime Ministry has confirmed that Israel has apologized..   Israel PM apologised to Turkey PM over flotilla deaths: US official from Hurriyet Daily News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by … Read more

In the mean time, Turkey is into a “show trial” on the Mavi Marmara case… a FP roundup…

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  The Mavi Marmara was headed towards the Gaza coast when Israeli commandos boarded it Turkey seeks 18,000-year jail terms for flotilla raid from Yahoo news Turkey put four former Israeli military commanders, including the head of the army, on trial in absentia on Tuesday for the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound … Read more

Turkey vs. Israel today: “Turkey says flotilla raid was ’cause for war’ -but they intend to start a war…

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  Turkish frigate TCG Giresun is seen near Turkey’s Aksaz naval base in this June 2009 file photo. (Photo: AA) Turkey says flotilla raid was ’cause for war’ by ANKARA – The Associated Press Turkey’s prime minister has said Israel’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year was ’cause for war.’ Israel is paying … Read more

Turkey vs. Israel today: Erdoğan to go Egypt. Lieberman to make things worse for Israel…

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Lieberman May Become the New Qaddafi of the Middle East from The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya If the Turkish government is acting irrationally nowadays, then the Israeli government -or at least a key part of it- is sheer crazy. Israel to ?punish? Turkey by Turkish Digest Israel to ?punish? Turkey Jerusalem fights back: Foreign Minister … Read more

Turkey vs. Israel today. Naval diplomacy. Another roundup

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  Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Umit Bektas.. Turkey, Israel should keep diplomatic channels open: US envoy from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency US Ambassador in Ankara Francis Ricciardone … Read more

airport politics. New moves btw Israel and Turkey

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Ynetnews claimed that Israelis detained in Istanbul but vice governor of Istanbul stated that that was nothing more than principle of mutuality. Turks in Israeli airport had the same treatment, he said. *********** Turkey to challenge Gaza blockade at International Court of Justice from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by David Batty Turkey is to … Read more

the Palmer Report on the spot…

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photo via Turkey declared the UN report on a Gaza-bound flotilla as “null and void” from Yahoo News Photos Traffic outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv, after Ankara rejected a United Nation’s report on a 2010 deadly Israeli commando raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla as “null and void”. Turkey also expelled the Israeli ambassador … Read more

Hellraiser! Turkey expels Israeli ambassador…

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    I had felt this time Israel would actually pay for what she did when the Mavi Marmara incident happened. Maybe AKP leadership wants to cut the ties all anyway,  but Israel had given them the best possible excuse… the process continues… Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara … Read more

Apology politics. Turkey and Israel gets closer if only “apology” not mentioned…

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  Turkey set on fully mending ties with Israel, says Prime Minister Erdogan?s adviser – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News Worldview: Can once-friendly Israel and Turkey mend frayed ties? from Yahoo news As blood flows in Libya, Yemen, and Syria, and the region continues its meltdown, the only two Mideast democracies out there are … Read more