ISTANBUL (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Jordan and Turkey on Wednesday called for an end to the violence in Syria and urged Damascus to implement reforms, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The call was made during a press conference following talks between Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and his Turkish counterpart […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Annemarie Schimmel Education Doctorate of civilization and languages, doctorate of religious history. Occupation Iranologist, Sindhologist, Orientalist, Islamic studies, Sufism studies, Iqbal studies Annemarie Schimmel, SI, HI, (April 7, 1922 – January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Orientalist and scholar, who […]
DAMASCUS (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Syrian President Bashar Assad, under growing foreign pressure to end a crackdown on anti-regime protests, promised on Tuesday an unceasing battle against the “terrorist groups” he claims are behind them. “We will not waver in our pursuit of terrorist groups,” Assad told visiting Turkish Foreign […]
By Simon Cameron-Moore, Reuters, Jordan Times. ISTANBUL -Turkey’s friendship with Syrian President Bashar Assad stood near breaking point as Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu prepared to visit Damascus on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to persuade Assad to stop his security forces attacking civilians. On Sunday, one of Assad’s advisers warned […]
Source: Spiegel International The number of attempted suicides is five times as high among young Turkish-German women than their ethnic German counterparts. In a state of limbo between two cultures, they often succumb to despair. Sema, a 27-year-old woman who tried to commit suicide twice, is a case in point. […]
By SIMON CAMERON-MOORE | REUTERS, Arab News ISTANBUL: Turkey faced turmoil within its military on Saturday after the country’s four most senior commanders quit in protest over the detention of 250 officers on charges of conspiring against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Chief of General Staff General Isik Kosaner stepped […]
By AGENCIES, Arab News ISTANBUL: Member states of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered in Istanbul Thursday to coordinate an emergency response to the devastating drought in Somalia. “In such a large-scale disaster, we need to join hands together and to act collectively so as to counter the […]
AMMAN (JT) – Jordan seeks to become a logistic hub for Turkish products and commodities bound for Africa and the Gulf, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit said on Saturday. He made the remarks at a joint press conference with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan following their talks in Istanbul yesterday, the […]
Jordan Times Turkey’s role and attempts at solving some major regional conflicts have increased, and the fact that Istanbul recently played host to two conferences on Libya and Syria is proof of the fact that the country is acknowledged as a linchpin by the nations in the area. The international […]
Source: Spiegel magazine Germany Thilo Sarrazin, pictured here in April, is outraged. Angry Muslims reportedly drove controversial author Thilo Sarrazin from a Turkish restaurant in Berlin. Though his bestselling book claims Muslims are dumbing down German society, their accusations of racism have left the former central bank board member shocked and […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS ISTANBUL: In what can rightly be described as a seminal step in relations between the Muslim world and the Western world, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the leading nations of the Western world led by the United States and the European Union agreed Saturday to […]
Source/Credit: Reuters. FaithWorld Religion, faith and ethics (Mustafa Akyol at the Council on Foreign Relations ‘Religion and the Open Society’ Symposium In New York March 25, 2008 in this publicity photo released to Reuters July 13, 2011/Council on Foreign Relations) Eight year-old Mustafa Akyol was looking at a book in […]
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS Published: Jul 14, 2011 21:11 Updated: Jul 14, 2011 21:11 ISTANBUL: Senior officials from more than 40 countries, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are on their way to the historic Turkish city of Istanbul to take part in Friday’s talks on Libya. Besides […]
Turkish foreign minister says divided island should be reunited in time to assume European Union presidency in 2012. Turkey hopes terms for the reunification of Cyprus can be agreed upon by the end of the year so that a referendum can take place in early 2012 before the island takes over […]
By Catrin Nye BBC Asian Network People usually think of religion in terms of a lifetime of commitment, but could you learn anything from trying one out for a month? The call to prayer sounds from Eyup Mosque in Istanbul and local Muslims gather on the marble square outside for […]
By Mohammad Ben Hussein AMMAN – Hundreds of Syrians living in Jordan gathered outside the Turkish embassy in Amman on Sunday to express gratitude for Turkey’s political and humanitarian stance concerning developments in their country. Carrying Turkish flags and pictures of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, they thanked him […]
Up to last Friday: Almost 9,700 Syrian people crossed into Turkey in last couple of weeks to find shelter in Turkey. Top officials of Turkish and Syrian relief organizations met Friday in Istanbul after the mass influx of Syrians who have fled to neighboring Turkey to escape violence in their […]
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. More Here…
AMMAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Syrians fled the historic town of Maarat Al Numaan on Wednesday to escape troops and tanks pushing into the north in a widening military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar Assad. In the tribal east, where Syria’s 380,000 barrels per day of oil is […]
Near-complete results from Turkey’s election show the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a third term. With 99% of ballots counted the AKP had 50% of the vote, which local media said translated to 326 seats in parliament. But that would be 41 seats short of […]