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• Turkish leader shifts stance on raid against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 16:16 Author: Reuters

  Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a strong public stance Tuesday against a military incursion into northern Iraq, an about-face from earlier remarks in which he backed the Turkish forces' push to invade.The military has been pressing for a broa...

• Putin: Missile interceptors could be placed in Turkey, Iraq or at sea

  Created: Saturday, 09 June 2007 02:24 Author: AP

  Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to counter U.S. plans for a missile defense shield in eastern Europe by suggesting that missile interceptors be deployed in Turkey or even Iraq, closer to potential threats.In an apparent bid to win Europe's sup...

• Three Turkish soldiers killed; Turkey declares 'security zones' in areas near Iraq

  Created: Friday, 08 June 2007 02:39 Author: AP

  Turkey's powerful military vowed early Friday to "give the necessary response" to Kurdish rebels hours after the guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb in southeast Turkey, killing three Turkish soldiers and injuring six other people.The attac...

• Turkish army warns Iraqi Kurds after soldiers 'harassed'

  Created: Saturday, 02 June 2007 02:51 Author: TurkishPress

  The Turkish army on Friday warned Kurds in control of neighbouring northern Iraq that Ankara would respond "at the highest level" if its soldiers in the autonomous region are treated badly or harmed.The warning came in a general staff statement,...

• Turkey PM accused of insulting court

  Created: Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:44 Author: Guardian Unlimited

  Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, today faced charges of allegedly insulting the country's constitutional court in a fresh clash between the Islamist-leaning government and secular authorities.The head of Turkey's highest judicial...

• 2 American war planes violate Turkish airspace

  Created: Sunday, 27 May 2007 17:14 Author: AP

  Two U.S. war planes violated Turkey's airspace over the border with Iraq for four minutes this week.In a statement posted on its Web site, the military said the two F-16 jets roamed into the Turkish airspace on Thursday, over the region of Uzumlu, in ...

• Bomb in Turkish capital kills five, injures dozens

  Created: Tuesday, 22 May 2007 16:20 Author: Reuters

  A powerful bomb outside a crowded shopping mall in the heart of Turkey's capital Ankara killed five people and injured at least 60 on Tuesday, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said."We have seen a vicious, ruthless terror attack at Ankara's busi...

• Too Much Skin on Istanbul Billboards?

  Created: Monday, 21 May 2007 05:52 Author: Spiegel Online

  A debate is raging in Istanbul about just how much skin advertising billboards should be allowed to show. The dispute highlights the deep divisions between Muslims and secularists in the country. And it may become an election issue.The model, wearing a sc...

• Turkey’s centre left parties form alliance

  Created: Friday, 18 May 2007 02:30 Author: NTV

  Turkey’s two main centre left parties have agreed to form an alliance to contest the forthcoming general elections.The Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Democratic Left Party (DSP) announced their alliance at a press conference in Ankars...

• Secular Turks protest ahead of early elections

  Created: Sunday, 13 May 2007 06:30 Author: Reuters

  Hundreds of thousands of Turks took to the streets of Izmir on Sunday, stepping up pressure on the Islamist-rooted government with a rally to demand that their country remain a secular state.Organisers hoped the protest, which they expected to attract two...

• Report: Turkey FM Withdraws Candidacy

  Created: Sunday, 06 May 2007 06:27 Author: AP

  Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul withdrew his candidacy for presidential elections after Parliament failed to reach a quorum Sunday needed to elect a new president, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.Parliament was short of the 367 legislators neede...

• Turkish centre-right opposition parties merge

  Created: Sunday, 06 May 2007 06:25 Author: Reuters

  Two Turkish centre-right parties merged today, a move which could strengthen opposition against the ruling AK Party in July's general election.The centre-right ANAP and True Path parties, which have 20 and four seats, respectively, in the 550-seat par...

• Turks Protest for Secular Preservation

  Created: Sunday, 06 May 2007 06:21 Author: AP

  More than 10,000 Turks gathered in two western cities Saturday to protest the Islamic-rooted government, calling for Turkey's secular system to be preserved.Thousands of Turks gathered in two western cities to protest the Islamic-rooted government, ca...

• Turkish parliament debates early election call

  Created: Thursday, 03 May 2007 05:04 Author: Reuters

  Turkey's parliament began debating a proposal on Thursday for early national elections in July, a move intended to end a political crisis that has pitted the Islamist-rooted government against the secular establishment.Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan pr...

• Court Annuls Turkish Presidential Vote

  Created: Tuesday, 01 May 2007 11:53 Author: AP

  Turkey's highest court on Tuesday annulled a parliamentary vote for an observant Muslim president, opening the way for possible early general elections.The ruling by the Constitutional Court follows enormous protests by hundreds of thousands of pro-se...

• Turkey's democratic institutions labor in shadow of military

  Created: Sunday, 29 April 2007 09:04 Author: AP

  A decade ago, the Turkish military sent tanks into the streets in a pressure campaign that forced the pro-Islamic prime minister to resign. Now Turks are wondering again how far the armed forces will go to settle another power struggle between their gover...

• Turkish military expresses concern about disputed presidential election

  Created: Saturday, 28 April 2007 02:30 Author: AP

  The Turkish military on Friday expressed concern about a disputed presidential election, and indicated that it was willing to become more openly involved in the process.The military's decision to add its voice to the issue raises the pressure on the g...

• Turkish reformist Gul named presidential candidate

  Created: Wednesday, 25 April 2007 05:01 Author: Reuters

  Turkey's ruling AK Party picked reformist Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as its presidential candidate on Tuesday, a decision that may ease tension with the army and boost the Islamist-rooted party's electoral chances.Gul's candidacy is the fir...

• Three killed at Turkish Bible publishers

  Created: Wednesday, 18 April 2007 15:24 Author: Reuters

  Attackers slit the throats of three people, including a German, at a Turkish Bible publisher's on Wednesday, officials said, the latest attack on minorities in mainly Muslim Turkey.The victims were found with their hands and feet bound, said Halil Ibr...

• Merkel calls for progress on Turkish EU accession talks

  Created: Monday, 16 April 2007 03:16 Author: Deutsche Presse-Agentur

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Sunday for progress in Turkey's application for membership of the European Union following talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the German city of Hanover.Merkel said that she expected that two furth...