EU/Turkey

Turks Identify Least with the Netherlands

Netherlands Info Services 2 September 2010

THE HAGUE - Only 40 percent of Dutch people with a Turkish background actually feel Dutch, the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) reported yesterday. The CBS surveyed the degree to

 

Surveying Turkish influence in Western Balkans

B92 2 September 2010

Turkish President Abdullah Gul will visit Bosnia-Herzegovina from Sept. 2-3, amid rising tensions in the lead-up to Bosnian elections. Turkey has been able to use tensions among

 

Bulgaria Begins Trial against Ethnic Turkish Leader

Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court launches Thursday the much anticipated trial against the ethnic Turkish leader, Ahmed Dogan. Although he has been regularly called, the ethnic Turkish

 

Denmark charges Kurdish TV station with promoting terror

Hurriyet Daily News 1 September 2010

Danish prosecutors have charged a Kurdish-language television station with promoting activities of a group linked to terrorism, officials said Tuesday. Top Danish prosecutor Joergen Steen

 

Turks in Netherlands concerned over coalition including Wilders

TODAY’S ZAMAN 1 September 2010

A Turkish community in the Netherlands is increasingly concerned over the fact that extreme right-wing and anti-Islamic politician Geert Wilders, whose Party for Freedom (PVV) campaigns against

 

Police investigation shows teen a victim of ‘honor’ killing

TODAY’S ZAMAN 1 September 2010

A teenager found buried underground two months ago in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir was killed by her brother as part of a decision to cleanse her family’s "honor,” reports from the

 

German-Turkish author to face robbery, homicide charges in Turkey

Earthtimes 1 September 2010

An Istanbul prosecutor has prepared a complaint charging Dogan Akhanli, a German author of Turkish descent, with robbery and homicide, Akhanli's lawyer said on Wednesday in the Turkish

 

Germany to bring in Turkish police to combat crime in ethnic community

RussiaToday 25 August 2010

Turkish immigrants in Germany are often criticized for failing to fit into the society of the new home which has led to a high crime rate. Consequently, authorities plan to bring in Turkish police to

 

Turkish Ramadan tent added to list of official Moscow festivals

Worldbulletin.net 25 August 2010

A Ramadan tent set up alongside the Zafer Mosque in the Russian capital of Moscow will begin operations on Friday with an inaugural Turkish Day celebration.

 

Turks defy tradition to get answers over their sons' deaths

Deutsche Welle 24 August 2010

The Turkish army has traditionally been considered above the law in its long-running fight against Kurdish rebels. However, now the military is under pressure from the families of slain soldiers.

 

Turkey to remove Iran from enemies watchlist

AFP 24 August 2010

Turkey is to remove Iran from a watchlist of nations it considers a specific threat to its national security, a news report said Monday, amid Western concerns of rapprochement between the two

 

European Court of Human Rights secures Hrant Dink family claim against Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net 23 August 2010

The European Court of Human Rights secured the claim of the family of slain Agos newspaper editor Hrant Dink against Turkey, condemning lack of precautionary measures to ensure his safety and

 

Video: What happened on the Flotilla to Gaza

BBC 23 August 2010

Who is really to blame for the embargo? Israel that left Gaza peacefully, and was thanked with over 6000 rockets into Israel before finally giving in and responding, or Hamas that kills its co-religionists, places its civilians at military targets, and provokes Israel into finally stopping the barrage of missiles on civilian targets.

 

Swedish opposition to shift Armenian Genocide issue to UN

The Swedish citizens of Turkish origin are seriously concerned over possible victory of the left-wing opposition parties at the forthcoming parliamentary elections, as they advocated for the adoption

 

German experts say Turkey using chemical weapons

Bio Prep Watch 16 August 2010
By Tina Redlup

German experts have confirmed the authenticity of photographs that show Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters killed in Turkey by chemical weapons. The photographs, IsraelNationalNews.com reports,

 

U.S. Court Upholds Reality Of Armenian Genocide

Family Security Matters 16 August 2010
By Paul Williams, PhD

Fethullah Gulen, who seeks to establish a universal caliphate, is weeping again. The radical Turkish imam, who seeks to revive the Ottoman Empire and to establish a universal caliphate, has spent

 

Orthodox flock to once-banned holy site in Turkey

Reuters 16 August 2010
By Ayla Jean Yackley

Europe Papadopolous's grandparents were children when they fled their village in northeast Turkey and settled in Greece almost 90 years ago, yet she still felt she was in exile. Papadopolous, 45,

 

Obama warns Turkish PM over stance on Israel, Iran

Hurriyet Daily News 16 August 2010

United States President Barack Obama has warned Turkey's prime minister that Ankara's position on Israel and Iran could lessen its chances of obtaining U.S. weapons, a report said Monday. Turkish

 

Turkish justice minister opposes Nazi example in Dink

Hurriyet Daily News 16 August 2010

The minister of justice opposes Turkey’s reference to a leader of a Nazi organization in Europe as a supporting example while defending the trial of murdered Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink

 

Turkish officials deny Der Spiegel's claim on use of chemical weapons

Hurriyet Daily News 13 August 2010

Turkish officials denied Friday claims by a German magazine that the Turkish military used chemical weapons in its fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. "These claims are