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Why Turkey No Longer Needs Israel

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

World Politics Review - By Idris Ahmedi - Sep. 22 (Opinion) - ReutersWhy Turkey No Longer Needs IsraelWorld Politics ReviewAt first sight, ideology readily suggests itself as the main explanation for Turkey's redefinition of its relations with Israel. After all, the gradual rift and impending breakdown of strategic relations between the two ...Has Turkey turned its back on the West?GlobalPostTurkish PM calls Cyprus, Israel drilling "madness"ReutersTurkish PM lashes out at Cyprus, Israel over oilCBS NewsWND.comall 510 news articles »

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US preparing for post-Assad Syria: report

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:19:00 -0700

Dawn - By Afp - Sep. 20 - Members of Syrian opposition living in Turkey, wave their national and Turkish flags as they stage a protest against the Syrian regime outside the United Nations headquarters in Ankara on September 19, 2011. – AFP Photo WASHINGTON: The United States is i

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Seeking Safety in Turkey: Syrian Refugees Describe Horrors of Assad Crackdown

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Der Spiegel - By Hasnain Kazim - Jun. 18 (News Report) - Syrian President Bashar Assad is driving away his own people, say refugees who have fled into Turkey. Eyewitnesses describe executions, random violence and bodies in the streets. But despite the exiles' suffering, many Turks are suspicious of their motives for crossing the border.

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Deaths as fresh protests rock Syria

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 17 (News) - Anti-government protests have begun in several towns and cities across Syria, with the army reportedly entering a town in the rebellious northwest. Rallies started in Homs, Hama, Deraa, Jableh and other cities after Friday prayers.

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Syrian troops 'widening' crackdown

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 14 (News) - Syrian security forces are reportedly widening an operation in the north of the country aimed at cracking down on anti-government protests.

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A hollow victory for Turkey's Erdogan?

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 14 (News Report) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK party won a third term in Sunday's parliamentary elections. It secured just under 50 per cent of the vote, with 326 of the 550 seats in parliament. But the AKP will not be able to make unilateral constitutional changes as it is 40 seats short of the two-thirds majority needed to re-write the constitution without the co-operation of other parties.

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Two dead, dozens wounded as quake hits western Turkey

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Today's Zaman - May. 20 (News) - A 5.9 magnitude earthquake, which shook western Turkey on Thursday night, killed at least two people and injured over 120, authorities said on Friday.

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WikiLeaks cables: Pope wanted Muslim Turkey kept out of EU

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Andrew Brown, Heather Brooke - Dec. 11 (News) - Vatican diplomats also lobbied against Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and wanted 'Christian roots' enshrined in EU constitution The pope is responsible for the Vatican's growing hostility towards Turkey joining the EU, previously secret cables sent from the US embassy to the Holy See in Rome claim. In 2004 Cardinal Ratzinger, the future pope, spoke out against letting a Muslim state join, although at the time the Vatican was formally neutral on the question. The Vatican's acting foreign minister, Monsignor Pietro Parolin, responded by telling US diplomats that Ratzinger's comments were his own rather than the official Vatican position. The cable released by WikiLeaks shows that Ratzinger was the leading voice behind the Holy See's unsuccessful drive to secure a reference to Europe's "Christian roots" in the EU constitution. The US diplomat noted that Ratzinger "clearly understands that allowing a Muslim country into the EU would further weaken his case for Europe's Christian foundations".

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WikiLeaks give rare glimpses of how royals are viewed

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Andrew Carey - Nov. 30 (News Report) - The diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks throw up revealing details about how the world looks at Britain's royal family, as well as highlighting the occasional episode when erstwhile-royal behavior forces its way on to the agenda of international meetings.

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Please, Kick Us: More Amateur Hour in the State Department

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Ricochet - By Claire Berlinski - Nov. 01 (Opinion) - I recently interviewed Turkey's former ambassador to the United States, Faruk Loğoğlu. He is appalled--like many in Turkey--by the soft-headedness of the Obama' Administration's diplomacy in this region. He finds Obama's speeches about his personal warmth toward Islam ludicrous and inappropriate. “Obama can’t play the religious game," he said. "He should be playing the security game. His policy toward Turkey is a bad imitation of the worst parts of Orientalism.” ... It is hugely significant when the tone coming out of the State Department is childish, inappropriate, and supine; it is fundamentally unserious to put such a message on Twitter; and it is beyond belief that anyone there would think "sarcasm" about this situation--we are talking about kidnapped US citizens who are being held hostage in Iran--conveys American resolve.

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Anchors aweigh

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Oct. 21 (Special Report) - Turkey has made astonishing progress in the past decade, says John Peet. But how will it fare if the IMF and the EU are not there to keep it on the straight and narrow?

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Armenians worship in eastern Turkey, and for some it's bittersweet

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Gokce Saracoglu, Borzou Daragahi - Sep. 20 (News) - A Sunday service at a historic church in eastern Turkey underscored both the desire for reconciliation between Turks and Armenians and the hurdles that remain nearly a century after a violent massacre of Armenians. It was the first service held in the 1,100-year-old Armenian Church of the Holy Cross since 1915, when a wave of violence nearly destroyed one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East.

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Turkish Reforms Pass by Wide Margin

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Sebnem Arsu, Dan Bilefsky - Sep. 12 (News) - Turkish voters approved a sweeping package of constitutional reforms by a wide margin on Sunday, handing a major victory to the Islamist-rooted government that continued the country’s inexorable shift in power away from the secular Westernized elite that has governed modern Turkey for most of its history.

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US Journalist Deported from Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Jake Hess - Aug. 23 (Interview) - Twenty-five-year-old American journalist Jake Hess was arrested in Turkey nearly two weeks ago and deported back to the United States over the weekend. Turkey accused him of allegedly having ties with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which Turkey and the United States classify as a terrorist organization. But Hess and his lawyer have maintained that Hess was targeted because of his writings. His recent articles for Inter Press Service have focused on Turkish soldiers deliberately starting forest fires, the depopulation of Kurdish villages, and Turkish-Iranian air strikes on Kurdish homes in northern Iraq. [includes rush transcript - partial]

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IDF blames intelligence for Gaza flotilla 'mistakes', but defends use of commandos

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - By Anshel Pfeffer - Jul. 12 (News Report) - The Israel Defense Force committee investigating the navy's deadly raid on a Turkish-flagged aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip found the incident to be the consequence of failed intelligence and a lack of proper preparation for the operation, according to its report released on Monday.

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Blockade on Gaza eased – but diplomatic fallout from flotilla attack grows

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Independent - By Catrina Stewart - Jul. 06 (News) - Turkey has threatened to sever ties with Israel over the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, undermining Israeli efforts to end its deepening international isolation by launching a new policy in the Gaza Strip.

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Turkey wants Israel apology, but Israel rejects demand

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Ibon Villelabeitia - Jul. 05 (News Report) - Turkey will cut ties with Israel unless it receives an apology over a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza, the Turkish foreign minister said, but Israel on Monday said it had no intention of doing so.

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Jamal Dajani: How Gilad Shalit Will Save Netanyahu

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Jul. 02 (Opinion) - Mark my words, Gilad Shalit is coming home. He will soon be set free but not because of German mediations or the thousands of appeals made by his parents and their supporters. He's coming home because Bibi needs Gilad more than Gilad needs him. In a

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Israel's Actions Could Have US Military Base Implications

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

truth-out.org - By Michael Gass - Jun. 23 (News Analysis) - On May 31, 2010, when Israeli warships boarded the inbound flotilla carrying aid to Gaza in international waters, firing on activists, it was not the first time Israel had taken unilateral action without regard for the consequences to the United States - or to their own interests properly defined.read more

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Supreme Court upholds law against advising terrorists

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By David G. Savage - Jun. 22 (News Report) - In a 6-3 vote, justices say human rights advocates can be prosecuted if they advise members of a foreign terrorist group, even if they urge them to settle their disputes through peaceful means.

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The Incendiary Danger of Unchecked Power: Bibi as Bullyboy

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

truth-out.org - By Bernard Weiner - Jun. 14 (Opinion) - Take a large dose of hubris, combine it with Lord Acton's famous dictum ("power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely"), and you emerge with an explosive, reckless abuse of authority on a number of fronts.

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Why Turkey is Looking East

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Jun. 11 (Opinion) - Ha'aretzWhy Turkey is Looking EastHuffington Post (blog)Then came the surprise uranium deal with Tehran, undermining Western pressure on Iran to come clean about its nuclear program, followed by the Israeli ...Erdogan wins raucous reception from Arab leadersJerusalem PostOfra Bengio / Turkey's Strategic U-Turn, Israel's Tactical MistakesHa'aretzLosing TurkeyAl-Ahram WeeklyWall Street Journal?-The Hindu?-BBC Newsall 804 news articles??

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Turkey Goes From Pliable Ally to Thorn for US

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Sabrina Tavernise, Michael Slackman - Jun. 09 (News Analysis) - The change in Turkey’s policy burst into public view last week, after the deadly Israeli commando raid on a Turkish flotilla, which nearly severed relations with Israel, Turkey’s longtime ally. Just a month ago, Turkey infuriated the United States when it announced that along with Brazil, it had struck a deal with Iran to ease a nuclear standoff, and on Tuesday it warmly welcomed Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the Russian prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, at a regional security summit meeting in Istanbul.

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Israel's seizure of Gaza aid boat Rachel Corrie sparks further condemnation

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Harriet Sherwood - Jun. 06 (News) - Autopsy reports on the dead activists yesterday revealed that five had gunshot wounds to the head. The US joined the growing international chorus for the siege to be eased.

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Israel: Flotilla Videos Gone Viral

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Voices - By Maya Norton - Jun. 05 (Opinion) - An Israeli video called "Flotilla Choir: We Con the World" has gone viral on Facebook in the last 24 hours. While it shows no compunction about the violence involved in the flotilla incident, it aggressively illustrates the widely held Israeli belief that Hamas is responsible for the poor state of well-being of the people of Gaza.

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