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Turkish diaspora accuses Sweden of double standards
News.Az 15 March 2010
Head of the Turkish Diaspora of Sweden has commented on the adoption of the resolution on the so-called "Armenian genocide" in the Swedish parliament. "I regret the decision which might cast 
Turkish ambassador to Sweden returns home in protest of genocide resolution
People's Daily Online 15 March 2010
Turkish Ambassador to Sweden Zergun Koruturk returned to Turkey on Friday, noting that the resolution passed in Swedish parliament Thursday recognizing the Armenian genocide was groundless. Local
How to Make Defeatism Look Good: Let's Give Up and Cheer the Islamists
Global Politician 15 March 2010
By Prof. Barry Rubin
I'm not going to bash or rant about a Newsweek article about Turkey by Owen Matthews-shocking and dangerous as it is--but rather talk about what is wrong and inaccurate about it. That article is part of a new wave of defeatism sweeping the West, though it still remains subordinate to the more ostensibly attractive idea that there is no real conflict or at least one easy to fix by Western concessions.
Turkish PM Says Message ‘Misconstrued’; Media Says It Heard ‘Loud and Clear’
IPI: International Press Institute 15 March 2010
By David Dadge, IPI Director
While Turkey’s PM Used a Meeting of Parliamentarians to Re-explain his Extraordinary Attack on Turkish Journalists, Many in the Turkish Media Say they Understood his Meaning Perfectly.
Obama and the Denial of Genocide
Armenia Diaspora 15 March 2010
By Stephen Zunes
The Obama administration, citing its relations with Turkey, has pledged to block the passage in the full House of Representatives of a resolution passed this past Thursday by the Foreign Relations
Importing Germany's Imams
Spiegel Online 9 March 2010
By James Angelos
With Germany lacking schools of Islamic theology, Muslim congregations have long imported religious leaders. As Germany considers steps to create more homegrown imams, countries like
Living Proof of the Armenian Genocide
The Independent 9 March 2010
By Robert Fisk
The US wants to deny that Turkey's slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 was genocide. But the evidence is there, in a hilltop orphanage near Beirut.
What's Really Behind Turkey's Coup Arrests?
Foreign Policy 9 March 2010
For the last several decades, the Turkish military was untouchable; no one dared to criticize the military or its top generals, lest they risk getting burned. The Turkish Armed Forces were the ultimate protectors of founding father Kemal Ataturk's secular legacy, and no other force in the country could seriously threaten its supremacy. Not anymore.
Turkish Police Accost Sabbath Worshipers in Synagogue
IsraelNN.com 8 March 2010
By Hillel Fendel
A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s.
'Turkish judiciary is not independent,' survey says
Hurriyet Daily News 8 March 2010
More than 50 percent of people who participated in a survey said they do not believe the judiciary is independent in Turkey, according to the Metropoll research company.
It's genocide unless Turkey does it...
Occidentalsoapbox 8 März 2010
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is quick to accuse non-Muslim nations of engaging in "genocide."
In January of 2009 Erdogan accused Israel of "perpetrating inhuman
The Armenian Genocide
The Cutting Edge 8 March 2010
By Gregg Rickman
In the book The Guilt of Nations, Elazar Barkan wrote, “For a ‘new’ history to become more than a partisan ‘extremist’ story, the narrative often has to persuade not only the members of the group
"Moderate" Turkey Raids Synagogue
Jawa Report 8 March 2010
A Turkish newspaper reports that police burst into an Istanbul synagogue during recent Sabbath services and demanded worshipers’ ID’s.
Turkey condemns house panel endorsement of Armenian 'genocide' resolution
Hurriyet Daily News 5 March 2010
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday endorsed a resolution calling for Washington’s recognition of World War I-era killings of Armenians during the last days
Turkish Muslim imam kicks off Congress with prayer
Today’s Zaman 5 March 2010
Turkish Muslim imam Abdullah Antepli from Duke University delivered the opening prayer for the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, where the Armenian "genocide” bill was put to the vote in the
Turkish Court Pushes to Close Malatya Murder Case
Compass Direct News 5 March 2010
MALATYA - On Friday (Feb. 19) judges eager to wrap up the trial over the murder of three Christians here rejected plaintiff appeals to investigate the suspected
Turkey's Republic of Fear - The Islamist government continues its assault on the military and the press
Wall Street Journal 5 March 2010
By SONER CAGAPTAY
Last week's arrests in Turkey of dozens of high-ranking military officers mark the country's latest step toward authoritarianism. Neither Europe nor the United States can afford to ignore Turkey's
US genocide moves ruffles Turkey
The South African Star 5 March 2010
ANKARA: Turkey might recall its ambassador to the US if politicians in Washington recognise the World War I killings of Armenians as genocide, a Turkish official suggested yesterday. Turkey has
Baseless Case Against Turkish Christians Further Prolonged
Compass Direct News 5 March 2010
SILIVRI — Barely five minutes into the latest hearing of a more than three-year-old case against two Christians accused of "insulting Turkishness and Islam,” the session
Video: Battle over Armenian genocide being fought on U.S. soil
True/Slant 5 March 2010
By Lilly Fowler
"60 Minutes” aired a segment Sunday night on the Armenian genocide of 1915 that is worth watching. It’s not a subject that gets a lot of media attention and thus, not one a lot of people know
