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PKK Executions: Turkey, Kurds Blame Each Other For Slayings Of Sakine ... - Huffington Post Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:16:44 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

PKK Executions: Turkey, Kurds Blame Each Other For Slayings Of Sakine ... Huffington Post PARIS -- Turkey's prime minister suggested Friday that a feud among Kurdish rebels was behind the shooting deaths of three Kurdish activists in Paris, and the rebels said it was an attempt to undermine peace talks that their jailed leader is holding ... Turkey, Kurds disagree over who was behind Paris killingsChristian Science Monitor Turkey's Deal With the Devil - by Piotr ZalewskiForeign Policy (blog) Turkey puts its Europe missions on alert after Paris killingsYahoo! News (blog) The Independent all 1,915 news articles »

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Advocates urge White House to press Turkey on human rights - Washington Times Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:57:10 GMT

Washington Times

Advocates urge White House to press Turkey on human rights Washington Times International human rights advocates are urging President Obama to press Turkey's prime minister to respect democracy and publicly oppose his efforts to restrict free speech and other civil liberties. Turkey's democratic progress “has stalled and in ... Turkey has some serious human rights issuesGlobalPost (blog) all 2 news articles »

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KRG Oil Sales to Turkey Inflame Tensions with Baghdad - Al-Monitor Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:20:58 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News

KRG Oil Sales to Turkey Inflame Tensions with Baghdad Al-Monitor In a major but relatively unnoticed move, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq has authorized crude oil exports to Turkey, with the aim of reaching world markets independent of the central government. KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashty ... Kuwaiti firm replaces Turkey in Iraqi fieldHurriyet Daily News Turkey looks to speed up explorationUpstream Online Turkey, Iraqi Kurdish autonomy begin exchanging oil and related productsTrend.az (subscription) Al-Arabiya -UPI.com -UNPO all 230 news articles »

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Turkey: Television Drama Generates Official Angst - EurasiaNet Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:12:17 GMT

Turkey: Television Drama Generates Official Angst EurasiaNet For decades, Turkey's Ottoman heritage was downplayed by a secular governing elite that wanted to make a definitive break from the country's Islamic, eastern-oriented past. Now, with the country's star rising internationally, stories that lavishly ... and more »

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Kurds rally in Turkey over murder of 3 women activists in Paris - CNN International Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:07:31 GMT

Kurds rally in Turkey over murder of 3 women activists in Paris CNN International Istanbul (CNN) -- Several hundred mostly Kurdish demonstrators gathered for a rain-soaked protest in front of the French Consulate in Istanbul on Friday, a day after three Kurdish political activists were found shot dead in Paris. The crowd, made up of ...

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Talks With Ocalan Offer Slim Hope for Turkey-PKK Deal - Al-Monitor Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:50:59 GMT

The News International

Talks With Ocalan Offer Slim Hope for Turkey-PKK Deal Al-Monitor In attempts to find a solution to Turkey's long-lasting Kurdish issue, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially approved “talks” with Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK. Hakan Fidan, head of the Turkish National ... Negotiations towards solution to Turkey's Kurdish question must continueHerald Scotland Turkey blames internal feud as France hunts Kurd killersThe News International Kurdish woman killed execution style in Paris remembered as an unbreakable ...National Post all 16 news articles »

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Ciner of Turkey to Invest $1.35 Billion in Soda Ash Plant, Power - Bloomberg Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:20:16 GMT

Ciner of Turkey to Invest $1.35 Billion in Soda Ash Plant, Power Bloomberg Ciner of Turkey to Invest $1.35 Billion in Soda Ash Plant, Power. By Ercan Ersoy - 2013-01-11T15:58:32Z. Ciner Group, a Turkish company with interests in mining, energy and media, will invest $1.35 billion in a soda ash production complex that will ... and more »

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Turkey, Greece rank high on Global Terrorism Index - Southeast European Times Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:32:05 GMT

Turkey, Greece rank high on Global Terrorism Index Southeast European Times The recent international review, which includes 158 countries, also found that Europe has seen the number of incidents decline during the last decade. By Alakbar Raufoglu for Southeast European Times -- 11/01/13 ...

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Turkey continues peace talks with the PKK - Aljazeera.com Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:58:11 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Turkey continues peace talks with the PKK Aljazeera.com Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey has launched talks with imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan boosting public hopes for an end to the almost 30 year-long conflict that has claimed more than 40,000 lives. The meetings taking place ...

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Will the Paris shooting derail the Turkey-PKK talks? - Washington Post (blog) Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:15:58 GMT

Will the Paris shooting derail the Turkey-PKK talks? Washington Post (blog) It's still unclear who killed three women prominent in Turkey's Kurdish autonomy movement, who were found shot to death in Paris on Thursday, and why. One of the three, Sakine Cansiz, was a founding member of the rebel PKK movement and first senior ...