Turkey calls for Syria safe zones, U.N. Security Council remains unmoved from Yahoo news Turkey tells Security Council members they will “become accomplices to the crime” if they don’t act against Assad, but Council not “there yet” Turkish politics: Erdogan?s counterproductive ambition | The Economist by Turkish Digest Erdogan?s counterproductive ambition Recep Tayyip Erdogan is … Read more
Hollande pushes new law to criminalise denial of Armenian genocide – FRANCE – FRANCE 24 Technical Iran nuke talks start in Istanbul from Hurriyet Daily News The negotiations between Iran and the world powers are to continue today in Istanbul at the level of technical experts. Iran reserved on technical talks’ results in Istanbul Iran … Read more
French Bill on Armenian Genocide Is Struck Down by By SCOTT SAYARE Turkey applauded the move, but the president of France vowed to try again. The “Obstinacy” of Sarkozy from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Armenian Genocide: François Bayrou denounced the “obstinacy” of Sarkozy. “The revival of this procedure by Nicolas Sarkozy today reflects an obstinacy … Read more
The conditionality of EU accession has collapsed: Kemal Derviş from Hurriyet Daily News The terms of the European Union?s discussions with Turkey need to be reformed, according to Turkey?s former Economy Minister Kemal Derviş, who said the ‘conditionality of accession has collapsed.’ France-Turkey: The Night Will End – OpEd By Maxime Gauin The Armenian claims … Read more
Members of a pro-government workers union protest outside the French Embassy in Ankara (AFP, Adem Altan) France and Turkey set for diplomatic crisis – FRANCE 24 In today’s French papers, there are exclusive reports from inside Syria. We look at why French MPs have decided to really upset Ankara. There is a scandal over poisonous … 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
Excerpt from Rabia Karakaya Polat (2010) ?How Far away from the Politics of Fear: Turkey in the EU Accession Process? in Tunkrova, L. and Saradin P. (eds.) The Politics of EU Accession: Turkish Challenges and Central European Experiences, London: Routledge, pp. 58-71.
While I was going through some personal stuff, I missed to watch (or attend) an historical event: A commemoration of the 1915 massacres. The event page is here. This was the first in Turkey’s recent history. It was a small scale event but a giant symbolic step:
Human rights activists hold pictures of Armenian victims during a protest outside the Haydarpasa railway station in Istanbul. Thousands of Armenians have marked the 95th anniversary of mass killings under the Ottoman Empire amid fresh tensions with Turkey over the collapse of reconciliation efforts.? Read more » (AFP/Bulentkilic)
Open Society Foundation, May 2009, Istanbul Türkçe
Hakan Altınay, Michael Lake, Carl Bildt, Paulina Lampsa, Hakan Yılmaz
We as the Open Society Foundation care deeply about EU-Turkey relations, because we strongly believe that Turkey becomes a more open society as it gets closer to the EU. We also believe that the open society values in the EU grow stronger, as the Union gets ready to admit Turkey. When Turkey is admitted as a member of the EU, the new Union will be in a much better position to project open society values in the world, which we consider equally important.
I was expecting a clash btw Sarkozy and Erdoğan but that did not happen so far… Well we still have some to observe a scene:)
Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey, has been voted the winner of the Chatham House Prize 2010. This annual award is presented to the statesperson deemed by members of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations in the previous year.