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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
An intergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be signed on July 13 in Ankara, Turkey by 12 member states, a spokesman for the European Commission's energy policy said on Friday.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Edward Nalbandian: Armenia and Turkey reached accord about establishing relations and opening borders without preconditions.
Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Syria fears that traditional economic ties between Turkey and Israel, now in focus as Ankara seeks partners in a de-mining project on its southeast frontier, could trigger a crisis of Syrian national security, reports Bassel Oudat from Damascus
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
[ + ] The EU justice commissioner called illegal immigration via Turkey a risk to Greek democracy and called again on Ankara to do more to combat people-traffickers. Jacques Barrot told a Brussels news briefing after a visit to Athens that he had promised the Greek government financial help to deal with the problem and more active EU talks with Turkey to ensure better supervision of illegal migration....
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Russian and Turkish FMs touched upon issues concerning Putin's visit to Turkey.
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Worldpublicopinion.org has been kind enough to poll the world, or parts of it, on their confidence or otherwise in sundry national leaders: "Now I am going to read a list of political leaders from around the world. Tell me how much confidence you have in each leader to do the right thing regarding world affairs—a lot of confidence, some confidence, not too much confidence, or no confidence...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Turkey today announced plans to resume a controversial £1bn dam project in the face of environmental protests that it would displace thousands of people, destroy habitats and drown priceless archaeological treasures. The environment minister, Veysel Eroglu, said work on the Ilisu hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river in south-east Turkey would restart after a six-month funding suspension ends...
Silliman's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Books Received Poetry Marie Buck, Life & Style , Patrick Lovelace Editions , Brooklyn 2009 Amy Catanzano, Multiversal , Fordham University Press,New York 2009 Joel Chace, matter no matter, Paper Kite Press , Kingston, PA 2008 Joel Chace, A Script , Otoliths, Rockhampton, Australia 2009 René Char, The Brittle Age and Returning Upland , translated by Gustaf Sobin, with a foreward by Mary Ann...
N. Emrah Aydinonat (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Private and Financial Sector Development Economist Private and Financial Sector Development Group of The World Bank Ankara office is looking for an economist to join its team as an Extended Term Consultant for a two-year period. The successful candidate will participate in the research and operational work the team is conducting in private and financial sector development and poverty reduction in Turkey....
Euractive (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
As leading EU countries are advocating alternatives to full EU membership for Turkey, Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week that Ankara should speed up reform instead of breeding unrealistic expectations during its accession process.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Brussels - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Germany and France of stalling its European Union membership bid by offering Ankara a privileged partnership instead. Turkey cannot accept the position of Germany and France....
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Kiro Manoyan: As soon as Ankara renounces its preconditions, negotiations will continue.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top general said on Friday that allegations of a military plot to undermine the government were part of a campaign to divide the armed forces and offered a guarantee he would never tolerate coup activities.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
BY YIGAL SCHLEIFER Turkey seems to be searching for a proper response to the upheaval in Tehran. The Turkish public has greeted the crisis in Iran with a mix of indifference and confusion, while on the official side, Ankara is treading with extreme caution. Not wanting to possibly strain bilateral ties, Turkish officials are refraining from criticizing Iranian hardliners, or questioning the results...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
France's opposition to Turkey's EU aspirations doesn't mean Paris and Ankara cannot become friends and allies outside of the European project.
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