The Times of Israel | First Israeli minister visits Turkey since 2010 Jerusalem Post Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz flew to Istanbul on Wednesday, becoming the first Israeli cabinet minister to visit Turkey since ties ruptured in 2010 over a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. An Israeli official, speaking on condition ... Minister Peretz in Landmark Visit to Turkey Israeli minister on rare official visit to Turkey First Israeli cabinet minister visits Turkey since 2010: officials |
Turkey needs more liberalism with its democracy Financial Times It should not be an issue of debate in a well-functioning liberal democracy. But the question of whether a government can and should enforce rules about personal morality is at the centre of current political arguments in Turkey. The outcome of this ... The Problem with Turkey's “Zero-Problem” Foreign Policy Turkey's Body Politics: Can Turkish Democracy Survive? |
Voice of America | EU, Turkey set for visa-free travel deal euronews In return, Ankara will be expected to sign a deal that will allow EU governments to send back illegal immigrants crossing into Europe from Turkey. “(The agreement) creates sustainable momentum in our relations that should first of all have the positive ... EU, Turkey Take Step Toward Visa-free Travel Turkey starts visa-free talks with EU Turkey and EU agree to sign historic visa deal |
New York Times | Kurds' Oil Deals With Turkey Raise Fears of Fissures in Iraq New York Times ISTANBUL — The sharp, dry mountains that run between Turkey and Iraq have long marked a front line in the battle between the Turkish government and Kurdish separatists where cross-border attacks took many lives on both sides. |
Express.co.uk | 'Colditz' the turkey escapes abattoir truck and Royal Family's Christmas ... Express.co.uk Gareth, who works at the farm on the Rhug Estate in Corwen, North Wales – where Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall source their Christmas turkeys – was left baffled when he discovered he was one turkey down on arrival at the slaughterhouse. Turkey's great escape from Rhug Estate lorry in Christmas run-up |
DAWN.com | Turkey's rock 'n' roll imam spurs controversy Aljazeera.com While Tuzer has had a small taste of that ambition – his own band, FiRock, performed this summer in front of 1,000 people in his hometown of Kas, a tourist city on Turkey's Mediterranean coast – the state does not appear impressed by his musical talent. Turkey's rock 'n' roll imam ruffles religious feathers |
Job seeking foreigner number rises in Turkey Hurriyet Daily News Some 210,000 foreigners are now seeking a job in Turkey by using one of Turkey's leading online human resources and human recruitment sources, Secretcv, representing a 23 percent increase from the previous year. “One in five of them applies for a ... |
Turkey's Erdogan Battles Country's Most Powerful Religious Movement TIME Today, forty years removed from his high school days, Usak is a leading figure in Turkey's largest Islamic movement, the Gulen community. Erdogan, meanwhile, is the country's Prime Minister and by far the most powerful man in the land, if not the ... Turkey's credit card issue could become explosive |
Germany's Brain Drain Is Turkey's Net Gain Forbes Over the decades he established a productive career in the German film and theater world, raising a family but never quite shaking off the desire to return to Turkey, which he did in 2000. Today when he is not directing he works at Bilgi University in ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey's standing in Middle East is diminishing, says poll The National “Whether they like it or not, people in the Middle East keep track of Turkey,” said Sabiha Senyucel Gundogar, director of the foreign policy programme at the Turkey Economic and Social Studies Foundation (Tesev), which organised the poll in August and ... Turkey's policies in Middle East lose public support: Survey Turkey seen as less favorable by Middle Eastern countries Turkey loses popularity in Middle East |