Obama backs Turkey, urges Ankara to reduce tensions with Russia U.S. President Barack Obama urged his Turkish counterpart on Dec. 1 to reduce tensions with Russia while stressing U.S. support for its NATO ally’s security Turkish exports decline more than 10 pct due to parity, geopolitical risks Turkey’s exports declined by 10.5 percent in November to $11.44 … Read more
Turkey seeks to calm Russia plane row BBC News | Europe | World Edition The Turkish prime minister vows to “work with Russia and our allies to calm tensions” after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane. Erdogan fumes at Russia’s ‘restrictive measures’ after jet downing EurActiv.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday (26 November) dismissed “emotional” and “unfitting” suggestions … Read more
Full document here European Commission – Fact Sheet Key findings of the 2015 report on Turkey Brussels, 10 November 2015 2015 enlargement package The report on Turkey is part of the 2015 enlargement package adopted today by the European Commission. The Report highlights that the EU and Turkey continued to enhance cooperation in the areas … Read more
Is Erdogan rewriting history? Rewriting history according to one’s own religious beliefs is a highly controversial and perilous enterprise. Cengiz Aktar Cengiz Aktar is Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center. As a former director at the United Nations where he spent 22 years of his professional life, Aktar is one of the leading advocates … Read more
…. in which men have the upper hand and women are relegated to motherhood… Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: ‘women not equal to men’ World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Turkish president also accused feminists of not understanding special status attributed to mothers by Islam Turkish PM targets Wikipedia amid ‘censorship’ of sexual articles Prime Minister Davutoğlu has slammed the use … Read more
You can access particular entries through https:// but not through http:// ……… The Anatomy of Vagina Censorship in Turkey Bianet :: English Wikipedia’s entry in Turkish for “vagina” has been censored. However, both service provider, telecommunication authorities and service providers union deny the situation, leaving the actor and reason of the censorship as mystery. ******************************* Columnist Acquits … Read more