Venezuela Gets Security Council Seat; Turkey Fails NYT > Turkey by By SOMINI SENGUPTA After two rounds of voting at the General Assembly, the five new rotating members will be Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela. Ankara strikes upbeat note despite failure in UN Security Council bid New Zealand and Spain win the seats in the … Read more
Nejat Ağırnaslı, Sociologist, Dies in Kobane bianet – Suphi Nejat Ağırnaslı, a sociology graduate from Turkey’s prestigious Bosporus University, has lost life in Kobane while fighting against ISIS. He was 30 years old. According to his friends, Ağırnaslı left for Turkish fighter jets bomb PKK positions for first time since start of peace bid Turkish fighter … Read more
The emerging Middle East order: who can shape it and how? open Democracy News Analysis – by Dlawer Ala’Aldeen For the first time for decades, all sides to the conflict agree that terrorism has grown out of all proportions and poses a major threat to all. The current aerial bombardment by the US and its … Read more
Turkey launches its own brand, logo ‘Turkey, Discover the Potential’ brand is aimed to become a joint identity mark for Turkish goods In other news: US-led raids hit jihadist oil as al-Nusra threatens reprisals US-led warplanes kept up strikes on oil sites funding ISIL, as al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate threatened reprisals after a key operative was reported killed … Read more
2 June 2013- 14:40 The PM Erdoğan continues to threaten citizens right now on TV. More police and pro-government militia violence may come after this… 13:30 After PM Erdoğan‘s threating message, counter-Occupy circles began disinformation campaigns: Now a Twitter TT claims that Kurds are leaving the movement because Turkish nationalists are also there. a BDP … Read more