Story Summary January 06, 2014 12:09 AM By Sinan Ulgen The Daily Star Following Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s recent visit to the Gulf states, the Islamic Republic’s charm offensive is set to continue with President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to Turkey early next month. Unlike the majority of Iran’s Arab […]
Turkey could help Russia prevent its Muslim population from being influenced by radical groups that have come under the spotlight in the wake of two suicide bombings in the Russian city of Volgograd last week, say analysts. “Turkey and Russia should establish cooperation not only between foreign ministries and intelligence […]
Source: BBC Turkey’s military has said it does not want to get involved in “political arguments”, amid a major political corruption scandal. The crisis has forced Prime Minister Recep Tayyip […]
Source: NY Times: “Now it seems the situation has changed completely,” said Kerem Oktem, a Turkey expert and research fellow at the European Studies Center at the University of Oxford. “It seems the ring around Erdogan has gotten tighter.” Later, as a dramatic day came to a close, Mr. Erdogan […]
December 14, 2013 Your Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey Dear Mr. Erdogan, I am a Pakistani-American Muslim, a great admirer of the founding and evolution of this […]
AFP | Dec 12, 2013 | 18:24 JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL –– The top military commander of the Western-backed Syrian opposition is in Turkey for talks with rebels, a spokesman said Thursday, denying reports that he had fled Syria. The Wall Street Journal reported that General Selim Idriss, the head of […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 By Reva Bhalla At the edge of empires lies Kurdistan, the land of the Kurds. The jagged landscape has long been the scene of imperial aggression. […]
syria news Anti- #Syria foreign militants use #Turkey ‘safe houses’ A report has revealed that al-Qaeda-linked groups are using “safe houses” in southern Turkey to send foreign militants to neighboring Syria to take part in the war against its government. In a report published on Saturday, the state-run BBC said […]
Religion News Service | By Jacob Resneck HUFFPOST RELIGION ISTANBUL (RNS) In this ancient city, there are few sights more iconic than the dome of the Hagia Sophia, towering over […]
Representatives of German Turks said on Wednesday they were disappointed by an accord clinched by top political parties to partially lift a ban on dual nationality under the “grand coalition” […]
Summary A large, conscripted military may no longer be the most appropriate way for Turkey to protect its interests and defend against external threats. Ankara appears to have acknowledged as […]
Source: Dawn.com ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament has lifted a ban on women lawmakers wearing trousers in the assembly, in a further liberalisation of dress rules following a landmark decision to allow […]
STORY SUMMARY By Ali Ezzatyar, Goran Sadjadi The Daily Star A new era in Turkey was seemingly born last spring when the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared a cease-fire and began withdrawing its guerillas from the country’s borders. In an unprecedented move, the Turkish government formally announced that steps […]
ISTANBUL, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — Turkish university students staged protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recently- revealed intention to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation in state- run dormitories. “This is a violation of privacy. As a student I definitely do not assent what he said,” a first-year student at Bahcesehir University […]
Source: Spiegel: Thilo Rothacker/ DER SPIEGEL Turks make up Germany’s largest ethnic minority, and SPIEGEL reporter Özlem Gezer grew up in the port city of Hamburg as a part of this community. She describes herself as a “model immigrant,” but explains how Germans have made her feel she could never be one […]
Inspired by the Cave of Hira, the Sancaklar Mosque was built seven meters underground. A mosque in Istanbul’s Buyukcekmece district won first place in the World Architecure Fest competition for […]
Today’s Zaman: Amid fears that tension in Parliament would rise over several Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputies wearing headscarves while attending parliamentary sessions, four headscarved deputies walked into […]
By DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press Associated Press Turkey is for the first time connecting its European and Asian sides with a railway tunnel set to open Tuesday, completing a plan […]
By DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press Associated Press Turkey is for the first time connecting its European and Asian sides with a railway tunnel set to open Tuesday, completing a plan […]
The Turkish prime minister yesterday defended a controversial decision to enter talks with China to buy Turkey’s first long-range anti-missile system, but said no deal had yet been finalised. Ankara’s announcement last month that it was launching discussions with the China Precision Machinery Import-Export for the deal – worth US$4 […]