The Electronic Intifada (blog) | Turkey Offers Condolences to Armenians Over Killings New York Times It was a major departure for Turkey, where until recently even a simple reference to the events of 1915 was regarded as an insult to Turkishness, and people who expressed any disagreement with the official line could be jailed for up to two years ... Turkey considers citizenship for heirs of displaced Armenians Armenian genocide: Turkey has lost the battle of truth Turkey's fickle support for Palestinian struggle |
Washington Post | Turkey's rise from aid recipient to mega-donor Al Jazeera America “I hope Turkey will fix the damage to its international reputation,” U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone recently told the Turkish daily Hurriyet. Ankara's long climb back to respectability might begin with a focus on the country's lone foreign-policy ... Turkey's Top Judge Criticizes Prime Minister Turkey's most senior judge delivers sharp rebuke to prime minister |
SI.com | Turkey drops Euro 2020 host bid; England, Germany favored for final SI.com ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey has dropped its bid to host the 2020 European Championship final and semifinals, and will focus on hosting Euro 2024 alone. Turkey's football federation announced its decision ahead of Friday's bidding deadline despite ... Favorite Turkey drops bid for Euro 2020 final, targets hosting 2024 event alone Turkey, Switzerland, France end Euro 2020 bids Favourite Turkey drops bid for Euro 2020 final, targets hosting 2024 event alone |
Turkish Press | TURKEY TAKES CENTER STAGE IN GLOBAL ENERGY Daily Sabah ISTANBUL — Turkey's central role in the face of changes in the global energy market has been more striking following the Ukraine crisis, London-based Global Resources Corporation President Mehmet Ogutcu has said. Ogutcu's comments to Anadolu ... Turkey hosts major energy conference |
Aljazeera.com | Turkey's PM offers condolences to Armenians Aljazeera.com Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered condolences to the grandchildren of Armenians who were killed by Ottoman soldiers during World War I. Erdogan made the statement on Wednesday, on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the start of ... |
The Guardian | Armenian president accuses Turkey of genocide denial The Guardian But in a statement on Thursday marking the 99th anniversary of the start of the killings and mass deportations, President Serzh Sarkisian made no acknowledgement of Erdogan's statement and instead accused Turkey of continuing to ignore the facts. |
Turkey Was Inept, Not Evil, in Syria New York Times Istanbul — History is full of failed grand narratives. Just as George W. Bush's idealistic “freedom agenda” crumbled when his occupation of Iraq produced a divided and bloody country, the freedom agenda of Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... |
In Turkey, Women Shame Male Passengers With 'Close Your Legs' Twitter ... Huffington Post Women around the world groaned in recognition when a Twitter campaign against men who violate women's personal space on public transport took off in Turkey last week. The 'Close Your Legs' campaign was an initiative of the Istanbul Feminist Collective ... |
Internet Freedom Debate Stokes Rivalry Between Turkey's Top Two NPR Turkey has been roiled by street protests, a Twitter ban controversy and, most recently, a growing rivalry between the ruling party's top two figures, the president and prime minister. Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See ... |
Gazprom, facing EU pressure, chums up with Turkey FT.com (registration) (blog) With the Ukraine crisis casting a shadow over Russia's gas trade with Europe, Gazprom has moved to shore up relations with Turkey, its second biggest foreign gas customer after Germany. In talks in Ankara on Monday, Russia's state gas monopoly agreed ... |