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Turkey Disturbed by Recognition of Pontian Genocide
Greek Reporter 21 May 2013
By Maria Arkouli
NSW Parliament’s recent decision to recognize the Genocide of Pontian Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians, triggered Turkey’s strong reaction. According to the newspaper The 
US might step in for a Cyprus solution to appease Turks
Hurriyet Daily News 21 May 2013
President Barack Obama gave two messages to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan by hosting him in Blair House, a gesture that was last made in 1999. First, in view
Turkish police clash with protestors against policy on Syria
Business New Europe 21 May 2013
Turkish police battled protestors in Istanbul and the Syrian border town of Reyhanli over the weekend, as violence broke out at demonstrations against the government's policy
Islamist Turkish government prepared alcohol ban everywhere in Turkey with new laws
National Turk English 16 May 2013
The Turkish AKP government has prepared a draft law that would ban advertising alcoholic drinks in what officials say is an effort to protect children but could further divide
Turkey hit by Terrorism: Erdogan and Davutoglu only Interested in Anti Syria Rhetoric
Global Security News 16 May 2013
By Helmet Joachim Schmidt and Lee Jay Walker
Vast numbers of terrorist attacks have devastated many parts of Syria because of the collective policies of America, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Turkey’s journalists say press freedom has declined under Erdogan’s rule
The Idaho Statesman 14 May 2013
By Roy Gutman
ISTANBUL — Veteran journalist Hasan Cemal was forced out of his job in March for defending his newspaper’s decision to publish secret protocols that embarrassed Turkey’s
Canada: Turkish groups celebrate Armenian Genocide
jihadwatch 14 May 2013
What illness has overtaken these people? "Turkish-Canadian Groups Celebrate Armenian Genocide," from the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada, April 24 (thanks to
Qatar sees Turkey as part of Arab world
World Bulletin 14 May 2013
Qatari authorities have emphasized the power of cultural interaction in consolidation of the relations between Turkey and Arab world. Qatar's Ambassador to Turkey
To get money, Marmara families must drop demands
Times of Israel 14 May 2013
By Asher Zeiger
Families of those killed or injured in the IDF’s raid on the Mavi Marmara will have to drop some of their other demands if they want to receive compensation from Israel,
The Armenian hero Turkey would prefer to forget
The Independent 13 May 2013
By Robert Fisk
The Armenian-Turkish officer Torossian was awarded medals by Enver Pasha
Think Captain Terossian. Confronted by the chilling hundredth anniversary of the genocide of one and a half million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915, Turkey’s government is planning to swamp memories of the Armenian massacres with ceremonies commemorating the Turkish victory over the Allies at the battle of Gallipoli in the same year.
Already, loyalist academics have done their best to ignore the presence of thousands of Arab troops among the 1915 Turkish armies at Gallipoli -- and are now even branding an Armenian Turkish artillery officer who was decorated for his bravery at Gallipoli as a liar who fabricated his own biography.
Turkey: Plot to murder Patriarch Bartolomeu
euronews.com 13 May 2013
According to Turkish private broadcaster NTV, local authorities are questioning a suspect following an investigation by the Prosecutor of Ankara into a plot to kill the
The Real Erdogan
Gatestone 13 May 2013
By Veli Sirin
The Turkish judiciary has become a weapon for settling scores, silencing opponents, restructuring Turkish society as an AKP party-state, and undermining secularism. That is the true nature of Erdogan's program
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, born on February 26, 1954, comes from a shabby Istanbul waterfront neighborhood where children grew up between rusting ships and old tires. He sold
Turkey worried about 'rising xenophobia' in Europe
The Associated Press 13 May 2013
Turkey's foreign minister voiced concern Sunday about rising anti-foreigner sentiment in crisis-hit Europe, on a visit to Germany where a neo-Nazi cell's bloody murder spree
Turkish Airlines bans flight attendants from wearing red lipstick, nail polish
New York Daily News 8 May 2013
Turkish flight attendants are seeking red over the airline's new ban on bright lipstick and nail polish. Some worry the country is becoming more Islamic, but Turkish Airlines
Justin Bieber Breaks Istanbul Concert For Muslim Call To Prayer
ThinkProgress 8 May 2013
By Alyssa Rosenberg
Justin Bieber has had what might be politely termed an awkward spring so far, whether he was joking about whether Anne Frank would have been a fan of his—an idea brilliantly
Turkey's Armenian community on alert after attacks
The Daily Star 8 May 2013
Turkish Armenians are on edge after weekend attacks against members of the community during Orthodox Easter raised fears about their security. An unidentified assailant
Turks Attack Christian Churches
Islam versus Europe 6 May 2013
On Saturday afternoon, a group of 30 to 40 people attacked the "Atasehir Yeni Umut Kilisesi" ("Atasehir New Hope Church") in Istanbul's Atasehir district with stones and raw eggs. The only member of the parish
Turkey’s Orthodox pray for release of bishops
Hurriyet Daily News 6 May 2013
Turkey’s Orthodox Christian community celebrated a somber Easter over the weekend amid fervent prayers for the safety of two bishops that were recently kidnapped in
62% of Turkish Men Support Wife Beating
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 6 May 2013
By Daniel Greenfield
In entirely unrelated news, Turkey’s murder rate for women increased 1400% as the Islamist AKP party solidified its group on the formerly secular nation. Islam has a
Greek Church Vandalized In Turkey
Greek Reporter 30 April 2013
By Margarita Papantoniou
A group of about 10 young people of Turkish origin invaded the Greek Church of Saint John in one of the Princes’ islands, the island of Antigone in Istanbul and caused some
