Archive for October, 2009

  • Date: 29.10.09 Time: 14:00 Location: Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way Speakers: Prof. Noam Chomsky – Professor Emeritus in Linguistics at MIT; world renowned author and leading intellectual Tariq...

    Chomsky: Palestine and the region in the Obama era: the emerging framework.

    Date: 29.10.09 Time: 14:00 Location: Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way Speakers: Prof. Noam Chomsky – Professor Emeritus in Linguistics at MIT; world renowned author and leading intellectual Tariq...

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  • By: Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett October 29, 2009 05:25 AM EST Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was expected to come to the White House on Thursday for...

    Serious Turkish diplomacy

    By: Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett October 29, 2009 05:25 AM EST Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was expected to come to the White House on Thursday for...

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  • Hundreds of anti-fascism protesters have gathered in a city centre to demonstrate against a planned protest by a far right-wing group. Minor scuffles broke out between police and protesters as...

    Fights at anti-fascist protest at Leeds

    Hundreds of anti-fascism protesters have gathered in a city centre to demonstrate against a planned protest by a far right-wing group. Minor scuffles broke out between police and protesters as...

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  • Ankara has healed relations with and between its neighbours. But it cannot bring itself to be diplomatic with Israel Stephen Kinzer guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 October 2009 17.00 GMT Article history...

    Turkey leads the Muslim world

    Ankara has healed relations with and between its neighbours. But it cannot bring itself to be diplomatic with Israel Stephen Kinzer guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 October 2009 17.00 GMT Article history...

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  • Istanbul has hosted a massive fireworks display to mark the 86th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.   Click on the link to watch: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8333035.stm

    Fireworks for Turkish Republic Day

    Istanbul has hosted a massive fireworks display to mark the 86th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.   Click on the link to watch: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8333035.stm

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  • Published: Thursday 29 October 2009    A recent European Court of Justice ruling has increased the chances of speeding up the abolition of visa requirements for Turkish citizens visiting the...

    European Court decision gives hope to Turkish travellers

    Published: Thursday 29 October 2009    A recent European Court of Justice ruling has increased the chances of speeding up the abolition of visa requirements for Turkish citizens visiting the...

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  • Tribuna October 29, 2009 Fortunately, Russia has powerful allies in Europe nowadays Author: Giulietto Chiesa SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO DISREGARD WASHINGTON’S ORDERS IN THE MATTER...

    STREAMS TAKING DOWN OBSTACLES

    Tribuna October 29, 2009 Fortunately, Russia has powerful allies in Europe nowadays Author: Giulietto Chiesa SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO DISREGARD WASHINGTON’S ORDERS IN THE MATTER...

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  • Mustafa Dzhemilev (center) said he knows from diplomatic sources about FSB plans to have him killed. October 29, 2009 KYIV — Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev says he believes Russia’s...

    Crimean Tatar Leader Claims FSB Behind Murder Plan

    Mustafa Dzhemilev (center) said he knows from diplomatic sources about FSB plans to have him killed. October 29, 2009 KYIV — Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev says he believes Russia’s...

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  • Asbarez Post Tuesday October 27, 2009 WATCH NOW Turkey Reveals True Intentions in Protocols Game Protocols Ratification to Be Held Hostage For Concessions on Karabakh Turkey’s parliament will not ratify...

    Turkey Reveals True Intentions in Protocols Game

    Asbarez Post Tuesday October 27, 2009 WATCH NOW Turkey Reveals True Intentions in Protocols Game Protocols Ratification to Be Held Hostage For Concessions on Karabakh Turkey’s parliament will not ratify...

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  • CUMHURIYET BAYRAMI TURKISH REPUBLIC DAY “Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people.” Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 86cı Cumhuriyet Bayramınız Kutlu Olsun! 86th Annual Republic Day celebrations commemorating the establishment of the secular,...

    CONNECTICUTT TURKISH REPUBLIC DAY; OCT. 30

    CUMHURIYET BAYRAMI TURKISH REPUBLIC DAY “Sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the people.” Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 86cı Cumhuriyet Bayramınız Kutlu Olsun! 86th Annual Republic Day celebrations commemorating the establishment of the secular,...

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  • TURKISH-ARMENIAN PROTOCOLS ARE AT WORK http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=110065 [ 28 Oct 2009 15:18 ] Trend News Agency Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA-ECONOMICS. Turkey will pay the difference between the old price it...

    Turkey to recompense $1.1 billion for low-priced Azeri gas

    TURKISH-ARMENIAN PROTOCOLS ARE AT WORK http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=110065 [ 28 Oct 2009 15:18 ] Trend News Agency Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA-ECONOMICS. Turkey will pay the difference between the old price it...

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  • by Daniel Pipes Jerusalem Post October 28, 2009 the Middle East Forum, headed by Daniel Pipes The foreign ministers of Turkey and Syria met in Aleppo in October 2009. “There...

    Turkey: An Ally No More

    by Daniel Pipes Jerusalem Post October 28, 2009 the Middle East Forum, headed by Daniel Pipes The foreign ministers of Turkey and Syria met in Aleppo in October 2009. “There...

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  • By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher / Managing Editor USA Armenian Life MagazineDuring a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan went on a temper...

    Turkey’s Prime Minister Troubled by Armenia’s Diaspora

    By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher / Managing Editor USA Armenian Life MagazineDuring a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan went on a temper...

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  • Genocide forgotten: A new trade deal is set to gloss over the murder of 1.5 million people By Robert Fisk www.independent.co.uk In the autumn of 1915, an Austrian engineer called...

    Armenians horrified by treaty with Turkey

    Genocide forgotten: A new trade deal is set to gloss over the murder of 1.5 million people By Robert Fisk www.independent.co.uk In the autumn of 1915, an Austrian engineer called...

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  • By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier On October 21, while introducing the Armenia-Turkey Protocols to the Turkish Parliament for ratification, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu exposed his government’s true intentions....

    Senate Resolution Reshuffles Political Cards in Ankara, Yerevan and Beyond

    By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier On October 21, while introducing the Armenia-Turkey Protocols to the Turkish Parliament for ratification, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu exposed his government’s true intentions....

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  • Soner Cagaptay October 26, 2009 Is Turkey Leaving the West? Foreign Affairs October 26, 2009 In early October, Turkey disinvited Israel from Anatolian Eagle, an annual Turkish air force exercise...

    A Mountain Moves in Turkish Foreign Policy

    Soner Cagaptay October 26, 2009 Is Turkey Leaving the West? Foreign Affairs October 26, 2009 In early October, Turkey disinvited Israel from Anatolian Eagle, an annual Turkish air force exercise...

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  • MIT Turkish Assocation presents Turkish Republic Day Celebrations with Mavi Dance Date: Sunday, 1 November 2009 Time: 19:00-22:00 Location:  MIT Walker Memorial Mavi Dance Join Our Mailing List On Sunday, November 1,...

    MIT Turkish Day

    MIT Turkish Assocation presents Turkish Republic Day Celebrations with Mavi Dance Date: Sunday, 1 November 2009 Time: 19:00-22:00 Location:  MIT Walker Memorial Mavi Dance Join Our Mailing List On Sunday, November 1,...

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  • Turkish friendship has helped bring Damascus in from the cold, but may make the nation increasingly dependent on Ankara’s will Chris Phillips Thursday 1 October 2009 Just over a decade...

    Turkey, Syria’s new best friend

    Turkish friendship has helped bring Damascus in from the cold, but may make the nation increasingly dependent on Ankara’s will Chris Phillips Thursday 1 October 2009 Just over a decade...

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  • Salihi said; “I am declaring this to the beloved Turkish nation that I do love dearly with all my sincerity. We are not producing nuclear bombs because that is illicit...

    IRAN: NUCLEAR BOMBS ARE ILLICIT

    Salihi said; “I am declaring this to the beloved Turkish nation that I do love dearly with all my sincerity. We are not producing nuclear bombs because that is illicit...

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  • Czech Republic / United States – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in an interview with RFE/RL in Prague, 23Oct2009 26.10.2009 Abubakar Siddique, Brian Whitmore U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has...

    Biden Sees ‘More Opportunity Than Danger’ In Caucasus

    Czech Republic / United States – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in an interview with RFE/RL in Prague, 23Oct2009 26.10.2009 Abubakar Siddique, Brian Whitmore U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has...

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