On the way to working out the Kurdish issue to establish peace in the country, the government of Turkey has took initiative to put together a bunch of people called “wise people” including artists, musicians, journalists, academics, intellectuals and representatives from non-governmental organizations who are expected to assume the task of persuading public to support one of the most important milestones in ...

21st March 2013.. Nevruz Day.. It was the day for the long awaited message from OCALAN (jailed leader of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party) to be delivered to the people of Turkey (and not only Kurds to be realistic). Over a million people gathered in Diyarbakır’s Nevruz Park in the early hours of the morning to celebrate Nevruz and could not wait to hear with much excitement and curiosity the historic mess ...

DIVIDE & SWALLOW .. Those words are the title to a great book written by BANU AVAR (a very patriotistic Turkish Lady Journalist in love with her country) about the scenarios being put into effect by the Emperialistic Powers  allover the world and especially in the Middle East .. We are all acquainted with the name of the play, now; The Greater Middle East Project.. The book (unfortunately) is in Turkish ...

The importance of Turkey has been endorsed again by a top important politician, namely Van der Linden, former Pace president. Mr. Van der Linden stated in an interview that Turkey was extremely important for the future of European continent. The former president of the Senate of the Dutch Parliament and former president of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) Senator Rene van der Linden we ...

Turkey’s possible membership in the Shanghai Cooperation would be interesting, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Jan. 28. A few days ago Turkish PM was reported to have said in a TV interview that Turkey was seriously considering seeking membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as an alternative at a time when EU does not seem to have a bright future. The conflict of in ...

Turkey and Israel were two friendly countries in the Middle East until the Mavi Marmara raid by Israeli commandos a few years back. Since said incident, Turkey has been demanding an apology from Israel for having killed passengers on board after stopping the vessel carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. It has often been stated since then that Turkey and Israel have stopped their direct relations in spite of se ...

After incidents between students and the police at METU (Middle East technical University) in Ankara, PM Erdoğan said “The main opposition CHP and the media are encouraging student violence, PM Erdoğan” As controversy over protests at ODTÜ continue thousand of students marhced at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) yesterday. On the same day ODTÜ rector Ahmet Acar was scheduled to meet with Prime Mi ...

The Court in charge of ODA TV case has ruled to release journalist Yalçın today. The case called Odatv (an online news portal) started after a police raid to Odatv' offices in February 2011 as part of the ongoing Ergenekon investigation. The owner and journalist Soner Yalcin had been in prison for nearly two years. The prosecutor has charged Odatv defendants for several charges  and to be most important of ...

Davutoğlu who is in Finland's capital Helsinki for an official visit held a joint press conference with his Finnish counterpart Erkki Tuomioja. He delivered some important messages about the conflict in Syria and President Assad and said that Al Assad was very close to being unseated. Davutoğlu went on to say it was not possible for the Assad regime to stay in power any longer. The minister also said that T ...

It is reported that Turkey is to expect some VIP guests from abroad to host at Şeb-i Arus ceremonies to be held  in Konya on Sunday. The invitations to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Tajikistan’s President Imam Ali Rahman were personally extended by PM Erdoğan who is expected to host his guests on Sunday and Monday. It is also reported that Ahmedinejad and Rahman have accepted the invitations and ...

Just when the patriots are to be sent over to Turkey, United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon is expected to arrive in Turkey on Friday. It is reported that  Mr. Moon is scheduled to meet Syrians in Gaziantep, who fled clashes in their country and crossed into Turkey. Regarding other contacts UN Chief is expected to make, Mr Moon is reported to have scheduled visits to President Gül, PM Erdoğan as well ...

PM Erdoğan made a statement saying the final decision on the deployment of Patriot missiles along the Turkish border with Syria will be taken after meetings with a NATO delegation, currently in Turkey for survey. Earlier Iran had criticised Turkey for deciding to deploy Patriot missiles in Turkey. Erdoğan slammed Iran saying the Turkish state takes orders from its people, only. Erdoğan went on to say “Have ...

It is amazing to see how PHONEY this world is regarding DEMOCRACY, LAW, FREEDOM and alike... The countries that pretend to be champions on these values have been causing great disappointment for many a people living on this planet.. people who have eyes to see and ears to heear, obviously... Regarding ASSANGE issue that has been on the agenda of many parties as well as hundreds of millions in the world for ...

Turkey has asked Nato to deploy  Patriot anti-aircraft missiles at its border with Syria. Nato in return has accepted this request and taken required action. However dispute over the issue has been on the agenda for a while with controversial comments from parties involved. In fact the  missiles has led to tension between the alliance and Moscow and Russian Foreign Ministry has made comments criticising the ...

It was announced by the Turkish Government that there were 120,147 Syrians currently staying in Turkey after having escaped from clashes in their country. AFAD made a written statement on Friday saying Turkey had made available 5 tent cities in Hatay, 2 in Sanliurfa, 3 in Gaziantep and one each in Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman and one container city in Kilis. AFAD also mentioned that Turkey took all ...

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu condemned the Israeli strike on Gaza and criticized the indifferent approcah of the United Nations towards the conflict. Israel had conducted innumerable attacks on Gaza in the past as well putting the population there in an inhuman  situation. Davutoğlu spoke during his stay in Djibouti for a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and was reported to comment as ...

Barrack Hussein Obama has made history and become the second Democrat to win a second four-year White House term since World War II. Right after the victory Obama sent a message to his 22 million followers on Twitter saying.. "This happened because of you. Thank you" Obama already had 275 electoral votes, more than the 270 needed for the White House when he started jubilating his comfortable victory. Obama ...

It is a clear fact that Turkey has been going through a new era under the strict and strong control and authoritarian administration of neo-Islamist AK PARTI (short AKP). Having said that we should not deny Mr. Tayyip Erdoğan (the prime minister) the role he has succesfully played in putting said party in such an unparalleled strong position in the history of Turkish politics. His performance has been so su ...

The issue of many jailed journalists in Turkey has been on the agenda of several institutions, recently. CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) which is among them has published a report slamming the Turkish authorities over the issue. CPJ has used some strong words saying that Turkish authorities are engaging in widespread criminal prosecution and jailing of journalists, and are applying other forms of sev ...

Ankara has recently hosted an important convention again. Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu attended the convention held by the International Contact Group chaired by Germany's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Michael Koch and adressed the representatives of more than 50 countries and international organizations. Turkish FM said Afghanistan was the first and biggest test of the international comm ...

As the crisis in Syria does not take a break for a moment, involved parties keep trying to work out a solution to put an end to killings and turmoil in the region. Turkey is certainly the country with the most concerns as plenty of undesired casualties have been happening at the border between Syria and Turkey for quite a while. In addition to said efforts to bring a peaceful solution to the conflict, the O ...

The Syria conflict has been a real concern and a major source of worries for the western world, Turkey to be in the first row. In spite of all the expectations Assad would not be able to hold on under the prevailing conditions in said country, he has not taken a step back so far. Turkey on the other hand has been given a strong push by its allies US to be in the first row but has hardly felt the support fro ...

It was reported that Davutoğlu had had a telephone conversation with Chinese FM Yang JIECHI to discuss views on Syria issue. China is known to be supporting Syria in the conflict prevailing in the ME region together with Russia and Iran - to be in the first place. It is reported that DAVUTOĞLU had briefed his counterpart about the most recent incidents in the region, to include Akçale event. Mr. Jiechi is r ...