A funeral service in Turkey for five Free Syrian Army Soldiers who were killed in Syria’s Idlib province. Refugees and relatives gather to pray and weep for them. A young girl tries to come to terms with her father’s death. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DAUGHTER OF A REBEL GAZI HACI YOUSEF KILLED IN IDLIB, ELISAN HAJUN, SAYING: … Read more
This file photo shows members of Syrian opposition living in Turkey waving their national and Turkish flags as they stage a protest against the Syrian regime in Ankara. AFP photos. Israel and Turkey showing moderate signs of renewed ties by Acturca Haaretz (Israel) 09.11.11 By Zvi Bar?el Revival of relationship happens as Turkey regains its … Read more
‘Broken’ ties with Israel may become norm for Turkey: PM Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Sunday that his country’s “broken” relations with Israel can only be mended if the Jewish state stops blocking aid flotillas and ends the embargo of Gaza. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 66th United Nations General … Read more
Dünyadaki sanat üretiminin önemli vitrinlerinden Venedik Bienali bu yıl top, tüfek dolu. Çevremizdeki barut kokusu doğal olarak sanatçıları duyarsız bırakmamış. Kore Pavyonu’nda Koreli sanatçı Lee Yongbaek’in eski bir tema olan ‘savaşa karşı çiçek çocukları’nı işleyen baştan aşağı çiçek desenli asker kıyafetleri ve çiçekler içinde hareket eden asker videoları Avrupa’da ilk kez gösteriliyor (www.korean-pavilion.or.kr ). Bienaldeki … Read more
Levantine Basin Drilling by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk | The Tamar natural gas discovery will supply the Israeli domestic market for decades. Currently appraised at 8.4 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) Tamar is expected to deliver its first sales in 2013.Lying to the north-west of Tamar, Leviathan holds around a further 16 Tcf, almost all of which … Read more
Offshore drilling spat sours EU-Turkey relations from EurActiv.com Ankara threatened to send its navy yesterday (15 September) to intervene in a dispute involving oil and gas exploration around Cyprus, an EU member state whose northern territory is occupied by the Turkish military. EurActiv Turkey reports. Turkey to freeze EU ties if Cyprus gets presidency … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the opening session of Arab League’s foreign ministers meeting at the League headquarters in Cairo September 13, 2011. Erdogan told a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on Tuesday that the recognition of a Palestinian state was “not an option but an obligation”. Arab states … Read more
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
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’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
Doğu Akdeniz?in gazı ve petrolü Yaz yavaşça sona eriyor. Akdeniz?in suyu, kumu, güneşinden sonra sonbaharda petrolü, gazı gündeme gelecek gibi. Doğu Akdeniz?de petrol ve gaz arama konusu yeni değil. Ama Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Sekreteri tarafından Mavi Marmara katliamının sorumlularını belirlemek üzere kurulan Palmer heyetinin raporunun hükümette yarattığı öfkeyle yeniden gündemin tepesine tırmandı. Konuya Türkiye?nin penceresinden … Read more
I guess there will be quite a scene in Beşiktaş vs. Maccabi tel-Aviv game… Israel’s misinterpretation of changing global economic map by İBRAHİM ÖZTÜRK Theoretically speaking, the cold war era ended in the early 1990s when the central planning regimes collapsed as an alternative to the mechanism of market economies. Turkey-Israel: toward a decoupling of … Read more
never forgotten images: Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, left, meets with Turkish ambassador to Israel Ahmet Oguz Celikkol, right, in Jerusalem on Monday. Gil Yohanan/AP Turkey suspends military ties with Israel from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Harriet Sherwood Turkish prime minister warns further sanctions likely after Israel refuses to apologise for … Read more
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
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