Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul accused the European Union on Friday of “interfering” after the bloc asked Ankara to reconsider a decision to invite indicted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to an Islamic summit in Istanbul. The exchange underscores the risk for EU candidate Turkey that Bashir’s plans to attend Monday’s summit of the Organization of the [...]...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
President Abdullah Gul accused the European Union of 'interfering' by asking Ankara to withdraw an invitation for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan's indicted president, to attend an Islamic summit in Istanbul
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will hold the 25th Meeting of Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation in Istanbul between Nov. 5and 9. An "OIC economy summit" will be held on November 9 with the participation of several heads of state at Istanbul's Four Seasons Hotel which will be chaired by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, according to the semi-official...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Kurds in Paris are protesting that they are being harassed by police as authorities push to track down members of a Kurdish separatist from the outlawed Turkey's Kurdistan Workers Party PKK organisation. Protesters gathered on Saturday, Oct. 24 in Paris following events a week earlier, which saw members of the Kurdish community detained after a visit by the Turkish president. PNA-PARIS, France,—...
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Turkey is playing dangerous games with powerful people. Notice how Turkey has come out of the cold, maybe into the frying pan? This is another international move away from the US dollar. Turkey to use national currencies in trade with Iran, China 11:1428/10/2009 ANKARA, October 28 (RIA Novosti) – Turkey is switching to national currencies in trade with Iran and China, ending dependence on the...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
One by one, countries are taking steps to un-dollarize their economy. The latest is Turkey. From Russian newspaper RIA : Turkey is switching to national currencies in trade with Iran and China, ending dependence on the U.S. dollar and the euro for about 20% of its commodity turnover, local media reported on Wednesday. Turkey has already switched to settlements in national currencies with Russia amid...
SnitchSeeker.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Basics Official name: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Republic of Turkey) Capital city: Ankara Motto: Yurtta barış, dünyada barış. (Peace at home, peace in the world.) Official language: Turkish Currency: Turkish lira (TRY) Government: Parliamentary Republic Founder: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk President: Abdullah Gül Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan History of the declaration...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Some Balkan diplomacy matters more than usual just at present SERBIA seems to have a foreign policy on steroids. Vuk Jeremic, its 34-year-old foreign minister, says that he spent 700 hours in the air last year, almost two hours a day. He is not the only one travelling. In the past two weeks alone, Carl Bildt, Sweden’s foreign minister, Toomas Ilves, Estonia’s president, and (on October...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
During telephone conversation, President Gul informed President Aliyev on efforts to ensure peace and stability in the Caucasus.
Narrator (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
How reformists can stop the Islamists who have chipped away at Turkey's secularism. By Ayaan Hirsi Ali AYAAN HIRSI ALI, a former Dutch legislator and women's activist who now lives in the U.S., recently published her memoir, "Infidel." May 9, 2007 SECULAR AND LIBERAL Turks have had a rude awakening from years of deep slumber. Kemal Ataturk's heritage is about to be destroyed — not by...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Barack Obama and Abdullah Gul discussed "the historic progress that is being made on normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia.
IPE at UNC (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
We've written before about how soccer and international politics intersect. Now I see that Michel Platini, the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), has been playing peacemaker lately : Two weeks ago, he was in Jerusalem discussing with Israel’s head of state, Shimon Peres, the role soccer might play in the Middle East peace process. Platini followed that up Wednesday...
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
AP - President Barack Obama has discussed a range of issues, including the situation in Afghanistan, with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (ab-DOO'-lah gool).
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Turkey places importance on maintaining stability throughout the Caucasus.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
A EURASIANET PHOTO ESSAY BY MONIQUE JAQUES The Turkish and Armenian national teams met for a World Cup qualifier on October 14. The outcome on the field turned out to be of secondary importance to the action in the stands. Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan watched the match from a VIP box, hoping to boost a reconciliation initiative to end almost a century of...
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