Urban Transformations and Political Actors: The Case of Old Industrial District of Ankara, Turkey
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Turkey is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying Saturday. "The fact that the tender was scrapped does not mean that the process is scrapped. Our determination on nuclear power plants is persisting," Yildiz said in Kizilcahamam town, near Ankara, Anatolia news agency reported.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Istanbul - The appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as president of the European Union was met with concern in Turkey because of the Belgian's previous comments against Ankara's joining the EU. The headlines of Turkey's major paper...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Istanbul - The appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as president of the European Union was met with concern in Turkey because of the Belgian's previous comments against Ankara's joining the EU. The headlines of Turkey's major paper...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Government says Turkey will be 'turned upside down' if the furore over phone taps leads to a fresh attempt to close down the ruling party
Istanbul Calling (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Lots of chatter these days revolving around the issue of reviving negotiations between Syria and Israel. In recent weeks, Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeated his desire to return to the negotiating table with Israel and even asking for European and American help to make this happen (although insisting that the negotiations be indirect and use Turkish mediation.) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Turkey is hoping to speed up its accession talks in 2010, once Spain assumes the rotating EU Presidency at the beginning of the year. "We are placing a lot of hope in the Spanish presidency because Spain understands Turkey's strategic strong points very well," Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister stated at a conference in Madrid on Monday. Although Ankara began membership talks in...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
As Ayatollah Khamenei sidles up to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he could learn from Turkey's leader about balancing his alliances The famous Chinese strategist, Sun Tzu, wrote in his book, The Art of War : "If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak." Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah...
Euractive (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Policymakers and influential media warned that Turkey's developing ties with Iran could be counterproductive to the EU's efforts to convince Teheran that it should abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Simple formula of romantic television drama and an anti-Israeli stance has enabled Turkey to make a comeback as an influential power in the Middle East
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
" Israel, Jordan, and Turkey conducted a joint search and rescue military drill two weeks ago, the Turkish daily Zaman reported on Monday, pointing to an apparent ease in recent tensions between Jerusalem and Ankara. The exercise reportedly took place in the Turkish army's special forces training ground, in the vicinity of the Turkish capital. " (thanks Tarek)
Israeli Occupation Archive (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
This signals an improvement in the currently strained Turkish-Israeli relations, as Ankara excluded Israel at the last minute from the Anatolian Eagle international maneuvers The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...
Istanbul Calling (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Via the World Politics Review blog , comes an interesting post from the blog Arms Control Wonk that dissects the recent talk about the possibility of a deal to send Iran's enriched uranium to Turkey . The basic idea would be to send the uranium to Turkey in a kind of "escrow" account, to be held until Iran receives its shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia. The option of bringing in a trusted...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The strange, to say the least, Turkish-Iranian "love" is gaining momentum. The other day Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz declared that Turkey is ready to reprocess uranium on its territory and send it to Iran. Along with earlier statements by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, claiming Iran's right of a nuclear weapons program, the watchful coolness in relations between Ankara and...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Bulgaria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Rumiana Jeleva, has confirmed the resignation of Bulgaria’s ambassador to Turkey and added that she expected Bulgaria’s US ambassador to follow suit. Jeleva said Friday that Bulgaria's ambassador to Ankara, Branimir Mladenov, had resigned as he wanted to preserve the reputation of the Foreign Affairs Ministry. She added that she expects Bulgaria’s...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
"In case of opening border with Armenia, Turkey will naturally attempt to influence internal political processes in Armenia," Neo-conservative leader finds.
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