Back to the old Cold War game With the upcoming lifting of the arms embargo for Assad regime opponents in Syria we are back to the old game: Cold War – the USA and the former Soviet Union both offering advanced weapon systems to the belligerent parties (visual montage) . MAIN FOCUS: Fears that the … Read more
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is pictured with U.S. troops at a Patriot missile site in southern Turkey on May 27, 2013 in this picture released via McCain’s Twitter account. McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate and one of the loudest voices calling for military aid to the Syrian opposition, met with some of the … Read more
Tomorrow’s engineers will learn architecture, anthropology, sociology as well Economic Times Sitting in his office in the German university town of Chemnitz, ArvedHuebler often thinks of the poor in rural India. Huebler is a physicist, a professor at the Chemnitz University of Technology and director of the Institute for Print and Media . Bureaucracies … Read more
Obama’s counterterrorism policy, by the numbers According to the New York Times, President Barack Obama will use his big counterterrorism speech on Thursday to sharply curtail the administration’s targeted killings. Going forward, the strict criteria used for approving strikes on American citizens abroad will govern drone strikes on all suspected militants. ***************** Republicans to make … Read more
Turkey builds wall at Syrian border after deadly bombings ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is constructing 1.5-mile twin walls at a border crossing with Syria to increase security at the frontier following three deadly bombings this year.The concrete walls will be built on either side of the road leading from the Turkish side of the crossing … Read more
Three University Projects Use Twitter to Understand Happiness, Hate and Other Emotions in America It turns out that the fleeting pronouncements we post on Twitter are catnip for academics and others eager to find the allusive pulse of American society. Since Twitter launched in 2006, researchers have been hard at work figuring out how to … Read more
Controversial ?alcohol ban? bill passes commission A draft bill restricting the sale and consumption of alcohol is set to pass. **************** Military rejects claims of Alevi discrimination The claim of a main opposition party figure that Alevi military personnel. Cameras were off during attack on US embassy The city camera system (MOBESE) was not working … Read more
Teachers Carrying Elementary Students out of School Leveled by Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma My brother’s friend after the tornado standing in front of his former house. A teacher finds one of his students among the rubble caused by the tornado in Moore, OK. (i.imgur.com) Massive tornado strikes Oklahoma City A powerful tornado struck a suburb … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan: We may have 3 polls in 2014 Turkish prime ministers vows to put ?Plan C, introduce our own draft? in action if Parliament?s Constitution-making process yields no result. 2014 may see charter referendum: Turkish PM Erdoğan Turkish prime ministers vows to put ?Plan C, introduce our own draft? in action if … Read more
Turkish media has not stood up enough against Bashar al-Assad: PM Erdoğan The Turkish print and visual media haven?t stood against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Turkish PM visits Silicon Valley Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Silicon Valley in San Francisco.. Turkey?s Economy Minister on a Decade of … Read more
Turkey, the US and the Syrian crisis The United States? take on the Syrian crisis is not that different than its take on the Arab uprisings. Obama-Erdoğan meet U.S. President Barack Obama hosted Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for official talks Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the U.S.: Four Long-Standing Problems Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the U.S.: … Read more
Turkey, US agree ?al-Assad should go for a free Syria? Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and US President Obama say the boths sides have agreed Bashar al-Assad should leave his post for a transition in Syria. Obama and Turkish PM Erdogan give joint news conference ? live blog President expected to discuss IRS scandal and seizure … Read more
The issues of press freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey have for several years attracted a great deal of attention and provoked extensive debate both in Turkey and in other Western countries. Dozens of journalists critical of the government have been jailed, and hefty fines have been levied against media outlets seen as opposing … Read more
The complete file here Executive Summary A new Pew Research Center survey of Muslims around the globe finds that most adherents of the world?s second-largest religion are deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal lives but also their societies and politics. In all but a handful of … Read more
Students protest Turkish Foreign Ministry A group of university students attempting to march on the Turkish Foreign Ministry… Economy to make mark in PM Erdoğan?s US visit Despite the heavy political agenda, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan?s visit will also be an opportunity to catch up on economic issues like Turkey?s call for free trade talks … Read more