Turkey in the throes of Islamic revolution? Asia Times | By Spengler | Turkey is half pregnant with political Islam, if one believes Western foreign ministries and the mainstream press. Its Islamist government last week arrested 82 alleged coup plotters from Turkey's military and intellectual elite, on the strength of a secret indictment of 2,445 pages....
Two court cases in Turkey and the republic's future Daily Star Lebanon | By Soli Ozel | Commentary by | Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | There is more than the usual dose of convulsions in the Turkish body politic these days. Two critical court cases are unfolding and although they are not related legally, politically it is difficult if not impossible to assess them independen...
Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in northern Iraq The State The Associated Press | ANKARA, Turkey -- | Turkey's military says warplanes have bombed 13 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq. | A statement posted on the military's Web site says warplanes attacked rebel "facilities" in the Zab region near the b...
Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in northern Iraq Houston Chronicle TOOLS | ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's military says warplanes have bombed 13 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq. | A statement posted on the military's Web site says warplanes attacked rebel "facilities" in the Zab region near the border late Wednesd...
Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in Iraq: military - Yahoo Daily News | 20 minutes ago | ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight in the latest air raid in the region since mid-December, the military said Thursday. | The "intensive" strike targeted Kurdistan Wo...
Turkey Welcomes Arrest Of Karadzic Turkish Press | ANKARA - Turkey on Tuesday welcomed arrest of Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic by Serbian authorities, whose delivery to the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia had been expected by the international community for a long...
Turkey's Top Business Association Head To Travel To Pakistan Turkish Press | ANKARA - The head of Turkey`s top business association will travel to Pakistan to attend a series of meetings in this country. | Rifat Hisarciklioglu, chairperson of Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), will participate in me...
Two court cases in Turkey and the republic's future Daily Star Lebanon | By Soli Ozel | Commentary by | Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | There is more than the usual dose of convulsions in the Turkish body politic these days. Two critical court cases are unfolding and although they are not related legally, politically it is difficult if not impossible to assess them independently of one another. | The first case is against th...
86 indicted on coup plot in Turkey The Guardian | By SUZAN FRASER | Associated Press Writer | ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Prosecutors indicted 86 hardline secular Turks Monday on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in plots to topple the Islamic-rooted government, a chief prosecutor said. | Aykut Cengiz Engin said the 86 include at least one former general, along with journalists, academic...