Turkey’s new parliament is braced for a tense opening this week after some 30 Kurdish lawmakers announced they would boycott the legislature in protest at the controversial ruling stripping Hatip Dicle of his seat. Turkish court Sunday also rejected pleas to free two Kurdish politicians facing terrorism charges from jail after they won seats in [...]
Turkey could “declare a mobilization†in the international arena for the recognition of a new Palestinian state, Turkey’s prime minister has said, voicing strong backing for Palestinian aspirations to an independent state. “Turkey is determined to support Palestine [in its bid] to become a member of the United Nations,†Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said [...]
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Friday he is negotiating a new bailout worth some 110 billion euros, as Europe enters a crucial 10 day period to ringfence the euro crisis. The Greek premier is in the eye of a storm threatening financial markets, the unity of Europe’s 17-nation currency area, and even the EU [...]
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Istanbul has finally been assured that it will not be threatened with exclusion from UNESCO’s World Heritage List, according to a decision made by the organization’s board Thursday in Paris. Last year, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee issued a statement that the city’s exclusion from the World Heritage List would be discussed at the board’s annual [...]
by Stephen Lendman In May 2010, Israel’s Gaza Freedom Flotilla Mavi Marmara mother ship attack, killing nine Turkish citizens, stoked tensions between the two countries. At the time, Turkey warned it might sever diplomatic relations unless Israel apologized, consented to an independent international investigation, and ended its Gaza siege. Israel, however, refused and stonewalled. Frayed [...]
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The regime of President Bashar Assad has acknowledged increasing attacks on its military believed aided by neighboring Turkey. Syrian officials said a rebel force of up to 500 fighters attacked a Syrian Army position on June 4 in northern Syria. They said the target, a garrison of Military Intelligence, was captured in a 36-hour assault [...]
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Israel on June 19 launched a major five-day home front defense exercise intended to prepare its population and emergency services to respond to massive missile attacks, the Israeli military said. Named “Turning Point 5,” the exercise involves testing nationwide siren systems and the cellular network, distributing emergency kits, improving coordination and practicing evacuation and shelter [...]
U.S. President Barack Obama on June 22 ordered all 33,000 U.S. so-called surge troops home from Afghanistan by next summer, declared the beginning of the end of the war and vowed to turn to “nation building” at home. In a pivotal moment for U.S. national security strategy, Obama also signaled in a 13-minute primetime speech [...]
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The U.S. Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of F-22 fighters after problems emerged with the plane’s oxygen supply, officials said June 24. The radar-evading F-22 Raptors have been barred from flying since May 3 and Air Force officials could not say when the planes would return to the air. “The safety of our [...]
Israeli officials have been in talks with Turkish representatives in a bid to restore bilateral relations, Israeli news report have said, revealing that the Israeli side has offered compensation for the families of Turks killed by Israeli commandos on an aid ship last year but still refuses to apologize to Ankara for the May 31, [...]
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