EU 2012 PROGRESS REPORT from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk | Brussels, 10.10.2012 SWD(2012) 336 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT TURKEY 2012 PROGRESS REPORT accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2012-2013 Download PDF Following the conclusions of the Luxembourg European … Read more
Cuma notları Dar-ül harb Bütün veriler Suriye?de yeni bir cephenin açılmayacağına işaret ediyor. Kasım?daki başkanlık seçimi, Rusya ile Çin?in durdukları yer ve Bingazi saldırısı Obama yönetiminin Suriye konusunda son derece temkinli olmasının bellibaşlı nedenleri. Nitekim Rusya Akçakale haberi gelir gelmez hem Türkiye hem NATO?ya itidal telkininde bulundu. Bu çerçevede NATO?nun, Daimî Temsilciler düzeyindeki toplantısından … Read more
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Akcakale has been fired on several times over the past few weeks Turkey hits targets in Syria: PM from Hurriyet Daily News Targets in Syria has been bombed in return to a deadly attack which killed 5 people in southeeastern Turkey, Prime Minister has said. Turkey strikes Syrian targets after cross-border mortar bomb kills … Read more
Turkish pilots killed by Syrian intelligence, Al Arabiya claims from Hurriyet Daily News ?Two Turkish pilots were captured by the Syrian Air Force Intelligence after their jet was shot down in coordination with the Russian naval base in [the Syrian city of] Tartus,? according to a document… The stalemate in Turkish-Israeli relations Jerusalem Post … Read more
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Turkey?s economy runs out of steam from FT.com – World, Europe Growth of just 2.9% in the second quarter is a marked contrast with rates of more than 8% in both 2010 and 2011, and its effects are being felt by Turks Paradoxes of Turkish Pride Foreign Policy Journal Such a law has been used … Read more
Turkey Warns Syria Is ‘A Terrorist State’ from Yahoo news Turkey’s prime minister has said neighbouring Syria is a “terrorist state” that is massacring its own people, just hours after the new UN-Arab League envoy to the country called the death toll in the uprising “staggering”. A roundup: Turkey protests ?genocide? move in France, … Read more
CIA chief Petraeus pays surprise visit to Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News Petraeus arrived in Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport with his private plane, according to an exclusive report by Turkish daily newspaper Akşam. CIA chief in Istanbul for talks on Syria and terrorism from Hurriyet Daily News Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus have arrived … Read more
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
FM Davutoğlu Defends Prohibition of Entry into Syrian Rebel Camp from Bianet :: English After security forces denied opposition deputies access into the Apaydın Camp that hosts fighters of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern border province of Hatay, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu issued a statement defending the status of the camp … Read more
Çevrimiçi ifade özgürlüğü İç meselelerle dış meseleler arasındaki kalın çizgilerin çoktandır silikleştiği bir dünyadayız artık. İletişim olanakları, kapalı kapılar ve demir perdeler ardında kotarılan karanlık işleri bundan böyle anında dünya âleme faş ediyor. Güncel örnek: Suriye. 1982?de baba Esad kimsenin ruhu duymadan 20.000 vatandaşını Hama?da katlederken otuz yıl sonra oğul Esad?ın zulmü canlı yayında. Temmuz … Read more
Reconsidering Turkish foreign policy in the AKP years – Opinion – Al Jazeera English Turkey?s Rising Global Influence Turkey?s Rising Global Influence by Turkish Digest Turkey?s Rising Global Influence Written by Dana McKelvey, DC Correspondent | 23 August 2012 5148375002 3dedb4a14dIn the midst of an uncertain Middle East, Turkey plays an increasingly powerful role. Given … Read more
Yes, dear friends, for some idiosyncratic reasons Turkish State cannot provide new passports on time for ordinary citizens. I have made my application last week but no date is given. We are at the mercy of our officials. And without shame, the PM asks why Muslims countries cannot host Olympic Games… A foreign policy round … Read more
Syrians revolt, fly own flag at refugee camp in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News Syrian refugees started a riot in a Gaziantep refugee camp today, taking down the Turkish flag and replacing it with their own. Eight injured in riots at Syrian refugee camp in Turkey from Yahoo news KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) – Four Syrian … Read more