Archive for November, 2009
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DAVUTOGLU: Risky Diplomacy
Posted on November 29, 2009 | No CommentsTurkey’s foreign minister discusses his country’s expanding role as a regional power. By Owen Matthews, Yenal Belgici, and Semin Gumusel | Newsweek Web Exclusive Nov 28, 2009 SPONSORED BY: Elvis Barukcic... -
The Top 10 cities to visit in 2010
Posted on November 29, 2009 | No CommentsGuidebook publisher Dorling Kindersley reveals the hip, hot and happening city breaks for the coming year DK Eyewitness Travel team Istanbul One of the greatest cities the world has ever... -
2015 – Year for commemoration of common tragedy: Turkish party leader
Posted on November 28, 2009 | No CommentsWhy wait until 2015? Why not now? But first, all those western countries and Russia who created the “Eastern Question and the Armenian Issue” should admit their roles in the... -
“ARMENIA GETS PREPARED TO USE 1909 ADANA INCIDENTS AGAINST TURKEY”
Posted on November 28, 2009 | 2 Comments26 November 2009 Historian Cezmi Yurtsever claimed that Turkish government’s ’Armenia opening’ initiative will be undermined by ’Adana incidents’ file. Historian Cezmi Yurtsever claimed that Armenians are getting prepared to... -
WHO IS AN ARMENIAN?
Posted on November 27, 2009 | No CommentsTamar Kevonian, Asbarez.com – 20/11/2009 – “What if an Armenian was Muslim or Bahai, or Hindu?” the question is asked one day during a conversation about ethnic identity and why... -
Ottoman Empire and Germany (1871-1908)
Posted on November 27, 2009 | No CommentsMilitary-economic relationship Trade Activities of German Armaments Industry In the Ottoman Market By Naci Yorulmaz Free University, BerlinGermany Abstract At the beginning of the 19th century Ottoman Empire was “self-sufficient in... -
Turkish Forum UK launched
Posted on November 25, 2009 | No CommentsTurkish Forum İngiltere açıldı, yerel yazarlar arıyoruz. / Turkish Forum UK has been launched, we are looking for UK-based authors. http://www.turkishforum.co.uk/en/content/ Saygılar / Regards Haluk Demirbag learn@turkishforum.co.uk -
Besiktas fans reveal united front
Posted on November 25, 2009 | No Comments“Football isn’t just a sport. Nowadays it’s an industry,” says Besiktas fan Ozan Ilhan ahead of his side’s clash with Manchester United on Wednesday. The smallest of Turkey’s “big three”,... -
Slipping in Turkey
Posted on November 24, 2009 | 1 CommentAn Islamist government’s commitment to democratic principles is looking shaky. Monday, November 23, 2009 WallStreet Journal RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN has been the protagonist of an epic liberalization of politics in... -
Alleged Armenian Genocide memorial in Idaho
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No Comments12:40 / 11/24/2009 Armenian Genocide memorial is put up in Twin Falls (Idaho), Times-News reports. The memorial was erected on Liyah Babayan’s initative, who came to Twin Falls from Armenia... -
Ottoman mission
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsBy Delphine Strauss Published: November 24 2009 02:00 In one of Istanbul’s artier quarters, a second-hand bookshop sells leaves torn from an old school atlas that depict the dominions of... -
Armenia Submits Protocols to Constitutional Court: What’s Next?
Posted on November 24, 2009 | No CommentsArmenia Submits Protocols to Constitutional Court: What’s Next? By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Serzh Sargsyan quietly submitted the Armenia-Turkey Protocols to the Constitutional Court on November 19,... -
Car Bomb Left Outside Belfast Police HQ
Posted on November 22, 2009 | No CommentsA car bomb has been left outside the Policing Board headquarters in Belfast, though it has done no serious damage. The 400lb car bomb partially exploded and the back of... -
The status of the Greek minority and patriarchate
Posted on November 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe status of the Greek minority and patriarchate determined by the Peace Treaty signed in Lausanne on July 24, 1923 after the War of Liberation, the claims of ecumenical patriarchate,... -
THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Posted on November 22, 2009 | No CommentsU N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S THE SECRETARY-GENERAL – MESSAGE ON THE... -
Europe 55 Turkey’s phone-tapping scandal
Posted on November 22, 2009 | No CommentsWho’s on the phone? ANKARA A murky twist in the fight between the ruling party and the military old guard Dear Friends: This is from Economist, Nov.21, 2009 issue. Please... -
EU president: Herman Van Rompuy no friend of Turkey
Posted on November 22, 2009 | No CommentsNovember 19, 2009 Mavi Boncuk EU president: Herman Van Rompuy opposes Turkey joining The poetry-loving favourite to become the first president of Europe, Herman Van Rompuy, is also a hard-line... -
Turkey ‘gives Israel deadline’ for drone delivery
Posted on November 21, 2009 | No CommentsANKARA — Turkey has given Israeli contractors 50 days to fulfil a long-delayed deal for the delivery of 10 drone aircraft for the Turkish army, Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul was... -
Who is Axel Springer?
Posted on November 21, 2009 | No CommentsReconciliation between Jews and Germans Bound together in friendship: Commitment to the reconciliation between Jews and Germans Axel Springer, who founded his company in 1946, had a very close friendship... -
Turkey steps up Fergie inquiry
Posted on November 21, 2009 | 5 CommentsPublished Date: 21 November 2009 TURKISH officials have stepped up their campaign to prosecute the Duchess of York for her role in a documentary filmed undercover in their country. Sarah...
