Archive for July, 2008
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RELIEF BUT NO VICTORY FOR AKP IN CLOSURE CASE
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsBy Gareth Jenkins Thursday, July 31, 2008 On July 30, Turkey’s Constitutional Court narrowly voted to allow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to remain open in the... -
EU hails Turkish court decision not to ban ruling party
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsELITSA VUCHEVA Today @ 09:27 CET The EU has welcomed a decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday (30 July) not to ban the country’s ruling party, the AKP, while... -
Turkey Crisis Over, For Now
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsInterviewee: Steven A. Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor July 30, 2008 On July 30, Turkey’s Constitutional Court decided not to ban the ruling... -
Krispy Kremein agreement to open franchised outlets in Turkey
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsJul 30, 2008 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc (NYSE: KKD), a speciality retailer of sweet treats, announced on Tuesday (29 July) that the company has entered into a franchise development agreement... -
Another conspiracy theory about the Discovery Institute
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsFirst there was the “wedge document” conspiracy theory and now there is a conspiracy theory that the Discovery Institute is in cahoots with radical creationist Islamofascists. Timothy Sandefur said in... -
BOMBS DETONATED IN ISTANBUL TAKEN FROM ARSENALS OF INTELLIGENCE STRUCTURES
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsSame explosives used by Ergenekon “Azg” Daily dares to express opinion that the explosions, which burst on July 26 in the Gungoren district of Istanbul, Turkey, and caused 17 people... -
BOOK REVIEW: The Image of an Ottoman City
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsBOOK REVIEW: The Image of an Ottoman City: Imperial Architecture and Urban Experience in Aleppo in the 16th and 17th Centuries H-NET BOOK REVIEW Published by H-Levant@h-net.msu.edu (July 2008) Heghnar... -
Even Armenia is Now Choosing NATO Over Russia
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsPaul Goble Vienna, July 30 – Yerevan’s announcement that it will take part in military exercises this fall under NATO’s Partnership for Peace program underscores an important and to Moscow... -
Senate Set To Confirm New U.S. Envoy To Armenia
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsBy Emil Danielyan The Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate paved the way late Tuesday for congressional approval of President George W. Bush’s nominee... -
Turkish Parliament and Khojali massacre
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No Comments[ 30 Jul 2008 18:35 ] Ankara-APA. February 26 is proposed to be marked as Commemoration Day of Khojali massacre at the meeting of Turkish Parliament on July 29,... -
British Unleash Ergenekon Network To Destroy Turkey and Its Peace Role
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsThis article appears in the August 1, 2008 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. by Dean Andromidas [PDF version of this article] The nation of Turkey has been rocked by the... -
Turkey, a phoenix rising from ideological battles past
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsBy Fadi Hakura Commentary by Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Turkey is trapped in the unending cycle of the deja vu: the perennial, passionate debate over the place of Islam in... -
Seoul to Transfer Tank Technology to Turkey
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsIn a first for the nation, Korea will transfer tank technology, including that of the homegrown next-generation XK-2 Black Panther tank, to Turkey. The technology transfer fee will be US$400... -
Cultural Influences On Caspian
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsBrenda Shaffer works to define cultural domination on states’ foreign or domestic affairs in “Is there a Muslim Foreign Policy?”article. With some examples, Shaffer is explaining this event us. Firstly,... -
Azerbaijan Hospitality – Part II
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsBy Nick Nwolisa. Original can be read here. Azerbaijan hospitality can not to be reduced to only good gestures shown to foreigners or limited to having to be entertained by... -
Istanbul bombing does little to deter British holidaymakers
Posted on July 30, 2008 | No CommentsTravel companies and tour operators report no concerns from customers following Sunday’s bomb attack in the Turkish capital. By Oliver Smith Last Updated: 5:08PM BST 29 Jul 2008 The double... -
Turkey torn between court hearing and terrorist attacks
Posted on July 29, 2008 | No CommentsMOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Maria Appakova) – This is a difficult time for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, what with the Constitutional Court considering banning his governing AK Party... -
Road to nowhere
Posted on July 29, 2008 | No CommentsAC Grayling guardian.co.uk, Tuesday July 29 2008 From Turkey to Germany to the States, religious people are intent on taking us back to the middle ages I enjoyed the subtlety... -
Kurdish Exiles in Germany Feel Pain of Protracted War at Home
Posted on July 29, 2008 | No CommentsWhen twin bombings ripped through a busy square in Istanbul Sunday, some in Turkey blamed the militant Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) for the blasts. That renewed focus on the group... -
What Would Ataturk Do?
Posted on July 29, 2008 | No CommentsBy ANDREW HIGGINS ANKARA, Turkey — The Ataturk Thought Association, zealous guardian of the secular creed that guides Turkey, never thought it would come to this. Its chairman, a retired...
