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Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Just when you think Erdogan hits bottom, he keeps digging deeper. ( Haaretz ) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday accused Israel of committing greater crimes against Palestinians during its war in the Gaza Strip than those for which Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir had been indicted. Erdogan said he would rather confront Bashir, indicted for orchestrating crimes against humanity in...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
by Xinhua writer Chen Ming Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday made a bold statement to openly defy criticism and pressure from the United States and the European Union on the visit of Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes in Darfur. Speaking live on Turkey's state-run TRT TV channel, Erdogan said that he could not...
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The Debate Link (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In the course of arguing (surprise) that Israel's operation in Gaza (estimated number of deaths: circa 2,000) constituted graver war crimes that the Darfur genocide ( estimated number of deaths: 200-300,000 as of 2008 ), Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated "It is not possible for those who belong to the Muslim faith to carry out genocide." I suppose definitional impossibility...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Turkey and the European Union (EU) agreed to intensify cooperation to overcome the common problem on migration flow and to fight irregular migration, said a joint statement on Thursday. The statement was released after the meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot and Swedish Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom in the...
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Tel-Chai Nation (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Daniel Pipes wrote last week about Turkey's turning away from the west, starting with Israel:"There is no doubt he is our friend," Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says of Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as he accuses Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Gaza. These outrageous assertions point to the profound...
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Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Daniel Pipes TO borrow a computer term, if Ayatollah Khomeini and Osama bin Laden represent Islamism 1.0, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the French intellectual, Tariq Ramadan, represent Islamism 2.0. The former are more deadly but the latter will likely do greater long-term damage. The 1.0 version presents a potentially mortal danger to those unfortunate enough to get in its...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Turkish government on Tuesday presented a "democratic move" motion, which aims at solving the Kurdish issue, to the parliament. The motion, signed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, foresees a general debate on all aspects of the "democratic initiative" process. "The government has launched a 'national unity and brotherhood project,' publicly known as the 'democratic...
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Maritime News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Iran and Turkey agreed on several joint oil and gas projects during the recent visit of Turkish prime minister to Tehran, the English language satellite Press TV reported on Sunday. According to a deal recently signed between Tehran and Ankara, the two sides agreed to invest two billion U.S. dollars to build a crude oil refinery in northern Iran, the report said. The agreements between the officials...
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LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Turkey: An Ally No More by Daniel Pipes The foreign ministers of Turkey and Syria met in Aleppo in October 2009. "There is no doubt he is our friend," Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , says of Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as he accuses Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Gaza. These outrageous assertions...
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Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I know it is the view of some of my readers, and many people in this country, that Turkey should join the EU. It's secularity is the way forward, rather than its Islam being a detractor, they say . Perhaps. I am not at all against Turkey, and I generally think of it as a good place. Douglas Carswell MP articulated this rather better than me on Wednesday : Turkey should be one of our natural allies....
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Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Here's just three updates from Forum 18 which underscore the sad fact that the governments of the world are making of it an ever more intolerant, unjust place. 1) The Prosecutor who authorised a six-hour raid on a Protestant Sunday worship service in a private home in eastern Belarus has refused to explain why it happened. "It was an official action and I can't discuss it," Vitaly Kovalev,...
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KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu who is accompanied by state minister responsible for foreign trade, Zafer Caglayan, and a 70-member business delegation will arrive in Erbil, Capital of Kurdistan region, on Friday in a two-day visit to discuss several issues with Kurdish officials and open Turkey's consulates general in Mosul and Basra. Turkish Foreign Minister's visit to Kurdistan region reflects...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Turkey is seeking closer ties with Iran in the fields of economy and energy while backing its neighbor's right to peacefully develop nuclear energy, but the U.S. ally has dismissed a foreign policy shift to move away from the West. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded his two-day official visit to Iran on Wednesday after reaching several agreements and discussing regional issues with...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday reiterated his country's rights to peaceful nuclear energy and hailed Ankara's stance on Tehran's nuclear program, local Press TV reported. "Nations cannot be deprived of their rights to peaceful nuclear energy while Israel possesses nuclear weapons," Ahmadinejad said during a meeting with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Washington - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Washington on December 7 to meet with US President Barack Obama, the White House announced late Thursday. The statement said that the two leaders would discuss a broad range of stra...
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skyhy | 07/21/2009
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to have fallen into the bad habit of periodically accusing various countries of committing genocide. By doing so, the Turkish leader is inadvertently creating new opportunities for the international media to raise the issue of the Armenian Genocide. In January of this year, Erdogan accused Israel of committing genocide during its Gaza offensive. Several
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