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  • Turkey to U.S. and Iraq: “Control your borders”

    Turkey to U.S. and Iraq: “Control your borders”

     Following the terrorist attack on a Turkish military outpost, Turkey on Sunday relayed “control you borders” message both to Iraq and the United States, which is leading the coalition forces in this country.

    According to diplomatic sources, Turkey gave a note to Iraq and urged  this country to take all necessary measures to find and punish the perpetrators  and to prevent any similar incidents.

    Sources said the Turkish Embassy in the United States was launching  initiatives with the U.S. officials as this country leads the coalition forces.

    15 Turkish soldiers were killed, 20 others were wounded and two soldiers  went missing, Friday in an assault staged by PKK terrorists from north of Iraq on  Aktütün Gendarmerie Border outpost in Şemdinli town of southeastern province of Hakkari. Turkish soldiers killed 23 terrorists in clashes that erupted.

     

    THE ANATOLIAN NEWS AGENCY  ANKARA

    05 October 2008

    Zaman

  • Karabakh Liberation Organization issues statement condemning “Caucasian festival” to take place in Kars

    Karabakh Liberation Organization issues statement condemning “Caucasian festival” to take place in Kars

     

     

    [ 03 Oct 2008 16:52 ]

    Baku. Ramil Mammadli–APA. Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) addressed the Anatolian Turks about the “Caucasian festival” in Kars and Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan’s upcoming visit to Turkey. KLO Press Service told APA the organization accused the Turkey’s current authority in establishing cooperation with Armenia and demanded Turkish people to interfere in this issue. “We hope that you will not allow this treacherous course to keep on. We remind you about the latest events and call on you to prevent “friendly” policy toward Armenians. We believe that you will not allow to the terrorist and bloodsucker president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan to visit Turkey. There are reports about the Kars municipality’s intentions to hold “Caucasian”, rather “Armenian festival”. This person, who wants to serve Armenians, has not to forget about the barbarism of Armenians in Kars and mass graves there. Kars is a joint historical place for Azerbaijanis and Turks. Those, who want to make Kars “Armenian place”, should be damned”.

  • Caucasus: No Easy Courtship

    Caucasus: No Easy Courtship

    There are positive signs in the budding relationship between
    Armenia and Turkey. But don’t expect too much too soon.
    by Timothy Spence
    30 September 2008

  • Turkey’s Kurdish Party Looks to Religion to Boost Political Profile

    Turkey’s Kurdish Party Looks to Religion to Boost Political Profile

    After suffering defeat in last year’s general election to the Islamic rooted AK party, Turkey’s main Kurdish party is turning to religion in its battle to re-establish itself as the region’s main political power. But there are concerns about the direction the movement is going. For VOA, Dorian Jones has this report from Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey.

    Turkish Kurds hold flags of a pro-Kurdish party as they dance during the celebrations for Nowruz in Diyarbakir (File)

    At a public meeting of the Democratic Society Party or DTP, in Diyarbakir, leaders address their supporters.

    Standing at their sides are religious elders. The retired Imams, while religiously conservative, are staunch supporters of Kurdish nationalism. But in last year’s general election they didn’t give their traditional support to the DTP. That lack of support coincided with a victory for the Islamic rooted AK party, which stood on a platform of Islamic solidarity. Head of Diyarbakir’s religious elders, Zait Citiran, says the DTP had to be taught a lesson.

    VOA News – Turkey’s Kurdish Party Looks to Religion to Boost Political Profile

  • Archaeological find puts back settlement of Istanbul 6,000 years

    Archaeological find puts back settlement of Istanbul 6,000 years

    ANKARA, October 2 (RIA Novosti) – Turkish archaeologists have found artifacts showing that Istanbul, earlier believed to be founded 2,700 years ago by the Greeks as Byzantium, is 8,500 years old, local media said.

    The Al-Watan newspaper said the excavations in Istanbul, which have gone on for four years, have uncovered four skeletons, as well as wooden and ceramic pieces, shedding new light on the history of the Turkish city.

    The discovery was made two months ago at a depth of six meters below sea level at the site of an ancient settlement. Ismail Karamut, who directs Istanbul’s Archaeological Museum, said the finding would force historians to rewrite the country’s history.

    Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city with a population of around 12 million, was the country’s capital until 1923, when the government moved to Ankara. The city, historically known as Constantinople, was given its modern Turkish name in 1930.

    Source : RIA Novosti

  • Senate passes $700B ‘sweetened’ rescue package

    Senate passes $700B ‘sweetened’ rescue package

    By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and CHARLES BABINGTON,
    Associated Press Writers 2 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON – After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial
    industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided
    passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where
    Republicans opposition softened.

    Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other
    sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before
    the presidential and congressional elections.

    In the House, leaders were working feverishly to convert enough
    opponents of the bill to push it through by Friday, just days after
    lawmakers there stunningly rejected an earlier version and sent
    markets plunging around the globe.