NPR | Turkey's 'Rockin' Imam' Inspires Youth, Tests Boundaries NPR At 42, Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer has a modest post as imam in a small mosque in the village of Pinarbasi, near Turkey's Mediterranean coast, where he serves about 15 Sunni Muslim families. It's not the kind of place where you'd expect to find an imam ... Turkey's 'Rocking' Imam |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey, US hold talks on China missile deal Hurriyet Daily News Turkey? has announced a $4 billion order for a Chinese missile defence system, which is a breakthrough for China in its bid to become a supplier of advanced weapons, even though opposition from Washington and NATO threatens to derail the deal. China-Turkey missile defense deal up in air Turkey Strengthens its Links with China, Japan, and South Korea U.S. Attempts to Convince Turkey Not to Buy Chinese Missiles |
Hurriyet Daily News | Singapore offers Open Skies deal with Turkey Hurriyet Daily News Singapore, the home of one of the world's leading airlines, has offered Turkey the chance to sign the Open Skies Agreement to ensure both countries' carriers can use each other's airports as a hub to travel to more countries. “We practice the Open ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | POLITICS > Turkey is going through a period of normalization: PM Erdoğan Hurriyet Daily News Turkey is going through a period of normalization after the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) latest set of reform packages, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, while dismissing allegations that society was becoming more polarized. Veiled MPs Set Milestone in Turkey |
Rudaw | Premier Barzani's Turkey Visit Heralds Even Closer Cooperation Rudaw Under Erdogan, Ankara started peace negotiations with the PKK to end three decades of conflict in Turkey. On Sep 30, Erdogan announced a reform package addressing issues such as wider cultural rights, education in Kurdish in private schools, election ... Has energy-hungry Turkey finally solved 'the Kurdish problem'? Turkey says aware of Iraqi concern on Kurdish oil projects Turkey not taking sides in Kurdish oil projects |
Haaretz | Turkey seeks Israeli gas, but politics are in the way Haaretz Turkey's Zorlu Energy is in talks with Israeli firms over the potential for a pipeline to carry Israeli natural gas to Turkey, industry sources say, but the political rift between the two former allies is holding up progress. Israel could become a gas ... Turkey's Zorlu seeks Leviathan gas |
New York Times | Turkey and Iran Signal a Softening of Differences Over Syria New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Iran, on opposing sides of the civil war in Syria, signaled a thaw in relations on Friday, asserting that they shared concerns about the rise in sectarianism there and could collaborate to bring peace to their neighbor. Shared concern over Syria brings thaw between Turkey and Iran Turkey, Iran mostly agree on Syria Iranian FM Zarif visits Turkey |
Haaretz | El Al to Netanyahu: Help us resume flights to Turkey Haaretz El Al CEO Eliezer Shkedy has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intervene in the dispute that is preventing Israeli airlines from flying to Turkey. In a letter to Netanyahu last weekend, Shkedy said that there had been a dramatic increase in ... |
A leap forward in Turkey's democracy Aljazeera.com On October 31, history was made in Turkey. Four female members of the Turkish Grand Assembly walked calmly, accompanied by mild applause, into the main chamber. They had been there before. But today the difference was that these four members were ... |
Turkey's Alevis protest for greater freedoms GlobalPost Tens of thousands of Turkey's minority Alevi community on Sunday held protests in Istanbul for greater freedoms they claim were ignored by a reform package passed a month ago. Alevis from several cities flocked to Istanbul's Kadikoy port on the city's ... |