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European Court Rules Against Turkey's Religion ID
Assyrian International News Agency 8 February 2010
By Damaris Kremida and Will Morris
ISTANBUL -- A European court on Tuesday ordered Turkey to remove the religious affiliation section from citizens' identification cards, calling the practice a violation of human rights. 
Cyprus FM - 'Turkey will have to think seriously about its EU course'
Famagusta Gazette 8 February 2010
Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou has said that Turkey will have to start thinking seriously about its EU accession course, since by the end of this year, this course will not be able to move forward
Turkey honors Dink’s murderers
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am 5 February 2010
Turkey keeps on honoring the assassinators. For instance, Ogun Samast – killer of Agos daily chief editor Hrant Dink got married being in jail. According to Turkish Ihlassondakika website, Samast
Armenia missed a chance to unmask Turkey
PanARMENIAN.Net 5 February 2010
The process of normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations will fail if continues as it is, according to Hovhannes Igityan, member of Armenian National Movement board, former chairman of the
Turkey: Girl buried alive in honour killing
Montreal Gazette 4 February 2010
ANKARA - A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeast Turkey in a gruesome honour killing just because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported
Turkey: Fistfight in Parliament Over "Prophet" Comment
ANSAmed 4 February 2010
ANKARA - A war of words centering on the Turkish prime minister's wife turned into a full-fledged fistfight between the deputies of the ruling and opposition parties in Parliament on Tuesday.
Turkey's chief EU negotiator says Turkey must not take EU report seriously
Today.Az 4 February 2010
Turkey should not take a recent report prepared by the European Parliament seriously, Turkish state minister and chief negotiator for European Union talks said Wednesday. Egemen Bagis, hosted a
Turkish Kurd, 15, jailed for eight years over 'terror' crimes at protest rally
Anarkismo.net 4 February 2010
DIYARBAKIR, Kurdish Southeastern region of Turkey, — A 15-year-old Turkish girl who was arrested at a demonstration in support of a banned Kurdish group has been jailed for nearly eight years
German police arrest alleged Turkish hijacker
eTaiwan News 3 February 2010
German police say they have arrested a Turkish man who hijacked a plane from Albania to Turkey in 2006. Federal police spokesman Matthias Menge told The Associated Press that the 31-year-old man
Turkey still has long way to go for EU entry
Global Times 3 February 2010
Turkish authorities, who are proud of the Ottoman Empire, are getting frustrated and impatient in their hard and long bid to join the European Union (EU). Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Almost Four Decades On, IPI Calls for Justice for Slain Turkish Editor Abdi Ipekci
IPI: International Press Institute 2 February 2010
By Barbara Trionfi
Abdi Ipekci, editor-in-chief of the Turkish daily Milliyet, IPI Executive Board member (1964), former IPI Vice Chairman (1971) and IPI World Press Freedom Hero, who was shot dead in his car on 1
Turkey's new pro-Kurdish party faces investigation
Hurriyet Daily News 2 February 2010
The chief public prosecutor’s office in Ankara has started an investigation into the First Extraordinary General Congress of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP. The BDP was formed in
Turkey strengthens trade ties with Palestine
Hurriyet Daily News 2 February 2010
Representatives of Palestinian businesses visited Istanbul yesterday in order to strengthen bilateral trade with Turkey. Kamel Hassouneh from the Palestinian-Turkish Business Council underscores the
Turkey's PM slams EU, France, Israel
News.Az 1 February 2010
Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not mince his words on the EU, Armenia, French President Sarkozy and Israeli PM Netanyahu in an interview with Euronews. The prime minister spoke to Euronews to mark the
Turkey can't be silent about Israel's crimes in Gaza
Press TV, Iran 1 February 2010
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized Israel's conduct in Gaza, saying Ankara cannot be silent when innocent civilians are killed, phosphorus bombs are used, infrastructure is
Moderate Turkish Islamists hit the big time
RIA Novosti 27 January 2010
By Dmitry Babich
On Monday the presidents of three influential Muslim states, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan, gathered for a summit in Istanbul. This top-level meeting is another testimony to Turkey's ambition to
Turkish poll: Support for Erdogan down
Ynetnews 27 January 2010
By Ariel Danieli
Is Turkey's harsh stance towards Israel a sign of political distress? The Turkish ruling party headed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is dropping in the polls and according to a recent one
COUNCIL OF EUROPE ELECTS 1ST TURKISH PRESIDENT
Ansamed 27 January 2010
Mevlut Cavusoglu was elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly at the Council of Europe today. He is the first Turkish member to take the position since Turkey became a member of the
Turkey General Denies Plot to Overthrow Government
The head of Turkey's armed forces has responded angrily to a newspaper report accusing the military of plotting to overthrow the government. Gen Ilker Basbug delivered a televised address in which
The Armenian-Turkish protocols are dead!
Panorama.am 27 January 2010
By Harut Sassounian
The show is finally over! The international community is no longer buying the endless Turkish excuses for refusing to ratify the Protocols. Armenian officials, who naively believed that Turkey would
