This will definitely fix the issues and fasten the project (!) Egemen Bağış — Turkey’s first ever minister of EU affairs by KLAUS JURGENS This week Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his Cabinet for the 2011-2015 term. For the first time ever the country has a full-fledged Ministry of European Affairs. At the helm: … Read more
As I had previously written, the second Gaza Flotilla would be a political stunt. As AKP won the elections, it seems there is no need for a stunt. And Turkish boat dropping out of Gaza flotilla today proves the point… Gov’t pressure on İHH divides group before flotilla decision Hürriyet Daily News Under indirect pressure … Read more
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, seen here in 2011, has warned Israel against another act of bloodshed in international waters after activists announced plans to send a new aid flotilla to the blockaded Gaza Strip.(AFP/File/Ferenc Isza) Turk is favourite to take over at IMF by Graeme Wearden Kemal Derviş heads the list at … Read more
Internet Giants Take France to Court Over Personal Data Policy by Stan Schroeder Moderate secularism: a European conception, Tariq Modood from open Democracy News Analysis – by Tariq Modood The question of religion?s place in modern secular societies is intellectually contested and politically divisive. Here, the scholar Tariq Modood argues that European experience and institutional … Read more
Release Date Problems for The Valley of Wolves: Palestine from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M A Turkish action movie with alleged anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli overtones will be released Jan. 27 in Germany, causing an uproar because the date coincides with a day to commemorate Holocaust victims, daily Milliyet reported Sunday. Mavi Boncuk | Adding Injury to … 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
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
More photos here. People wave Turkish and Palestinian flags next to the Mavi Marmara ship as it arrives at the Sarayburnu port. The Israeli navy raided the Mavi Marmara, which was part of a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza, in May, killing several passengers and sparking international outrage.? Read more »(AFP/Mustafa Ozer) Gaza … Read more
WikiLeaks cables: Pope wanted Muslim Turkey kept out of EU from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Andrew Brown, Heather Brooke Vatican diplomats also lobbied against Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and wanted ‘Christian roots’ enshrined in EU constitution The pope is responsible for the Vatican’s growing hostility towards Turkey joining the EU, previously secret cables sent … Read more
Turkish Box Office Leaders 2005-20010 from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Turkish Box office Leaders 2005-20010 Mavi Boncuk 2010 Recep İvedik 3 2009 Recep İvedik 2 2008 Recep İvedik 2007 Beyaz Melek 2006 Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak 2005 Hababam Sınıfı Askerde Çoğunluk (The Majority) : l?itinéraire d?un sale gosse des nouvelles classes moyennes turques from YOL (routes … Read more
Turkish protesters marching in Istanbul against Israel?s takeover of the Gaza flotilla in May. Photo by: AP Israel should compensate Gaza flotilla victims – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News Israel can take several steps to defuse tensions between itself and Turkey. By Shlomo Avineri The waves caused by the raid on the Gaza-bound Turkish … Read more
JOOST LAGENDIJK – Cypriot shrewdness and European shortsightedness They again managed to manipulate European decision making. As on many previous occasions, Greek Cypriot representatives were able to decisively influence the opinion of a European Union institution on a Cyprus-related issue. Last week the European Parliament (EP) was scene to yet another successful attempt to hijack … Read more
Turkey wants Israeli apology for fatal raid from Yahoo news TURKEY’S prime minister has again accused Israel of “state terrorism” and called on the Jewish state to apologise and compensate victims of a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. The Canadian Press: Turkish PM describes Israel flotilla raid “state terrorism,” demands apology ABDULLAH BOZKURT – … Read more
The Mavi Marmara UN Report from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Hugh Pope writes about the UN report on the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident, and links directly to the report. Click here for Pope?s full essay. An excerpt: UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis ?Executed? US Citizen Furkan Dogan from tabsir.net by tabsir Furkan Dogan, a … Read more
Henry Jenkins: Avatar activism Pop culture has now become the basis for a participatory approach to world activism ? Harry Potter fans for gay rights in the US, defiant Palestinians protesting about Israeli occupation with their traditional keffiyahs over skins painted blue after Avatar?s Na?vi people Fractured justice: the UN Secretary-General’s Gaza flotilla enquiry, Bob … Read more