Turkish Forum

By Alexei Anishchuk | Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned Israel on Wednesday that attacking Iran would be a disastrous and played down the failure of a U.N. nuclear agency mission to Tehran, saying there is still a chance for…

Turkey reaches out to its minorities in another step for writing new constitution

ISTANBUL // Leaders of Turkey’s small Christian community have hailed as historic a meeting with Turkish lawmakers to discuss the country’s new constitution, but the visit also highlighted the challenge…

China, Turkey Sidestep Syria Issue to Sign Business Pacts

By BRIAN SPEGELE And JOE PARKINSON ISTANBUL—China and Turkey set aside differences on how to quell escalating violence in Syria on Tuesday, as Vice President Xi Jinping began the final…

The Bosphorus, Istanbul and Mountainous Terrain of Turkey – February 21st, 2012

This orthorectified wide-swath ASAR image shows the city of Istanbul, Turkey, straddling the Bosphorus. The world’s narrowest strait used for international navigation, it connects the Black Sea (top right) with…

EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms

(AP) ISTANBUL — If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can’t talk about key issues?…

Sassounian’s column of February 23, 2012

Egemen Bagish: Turkey’s Minister of Genocide Denial By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Even though all Turkish government officials routinely deny the Armenian Genocide, one particular minister has turned…

Featured Stories

0February 22, 2012
IRAN (is not the problem), a documentary by Aaron Newman (2008)

http://www.iranisnottheproblem.org/about_the_movie IRAN (is not the problem) is a feature length film responding to the failure of the American mass media to provide the public with relevant and accurate information about the…
0February 22, 2012
United Airlines to introduce daily New York – Istanbul service

United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc, today announced plans to launch daily, nonstop flights between its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, and Istanbul,…
2February 22, 2012
National Geographic China Promotes Istanbul

National Geographic China Promotes Istanbul SHANGHAI, Feb 20 (Bernama) — The China edition of the National Geographic Traveller, one of the biggest culture and travel magazines in the world, published…
1February 21, 2012
Rich Americans Are Fleeing the Country

BOB ADELMANN When Hollywood film director James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic, Terminator) announced that he was moving to New Zealand, preppers, fiscal doomsayers, and alarmists had a field day in deciphering his motives for moving,…

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Turkey And NATO Sixty Years On – Analysis

Posted on February 21, 2012 | 1 Comment
By Süreyya Yiğit Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Secretary General of NATO paid an official visit to Turkey on 16 – 17 February 2012. He met with both the President...
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Turkey: Islamic colossal film idolises the fall of Constantinople

Posted on February 21, 2012 | No Comments
(ANSAmed) – ANKARA, FEBRUARY 20 – The colossal Turkish film ”Fetih 1453” (The Conquest 1453), about Constantinople’s capture by the Ottoman Turks, is drawing in many viewers, but has been...
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Turkey had become core country of NATO alliance

Posted on February 19, 2012 | No Comments
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has said Turkey would continue supporting NATO strongly in tackling future challenges. “As the case in the past, Turkey’s strong support for NATO continues today and...
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Turkey Unhappy with Netanyahu Visit to Cyprus

Posted on February 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
JERUSALEM, Israel — Turkey expressed its deep dissatisfaction over warming ties between Israel and Cyprus, one day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to the island Thursday. Turkey’s...
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Berlinale Crowns Crystal Bear Winners: Turkey’s “Lal Gece” & New Zealand’s “Meathead”

Posted on February 18, 2012 | No Comments
The Berlinale’s winners of the Crystal Bears from the Generation 14plus (youth) jury are Reis Çelik’s “Lal Gece” from Turkey as Best Feature Film and Special Mention for Ella Lemhagen’s...
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Poll: who should be the next World Bank president?

Posted on February 17, 2012 | 1 Comment
The US has monopolised the Bank presidency since 1944, but leadership selection at the International Financial Institutions is becoming increasingly contested. There have been repeated promises by the Bank to...
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