Europe
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Greek and Turkish Debate Over Origins of “Koulouri”/”Simit”
It all started when US President Barack Obama called the “baklava” dessert “Greek” in a ceremony which took place in the White House for the […]
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Cyprus – a litmus test for Turkey
Famagusta Gazette 9 April 2012 By Robert Ellis Sweden’s Minister for International Cooperation Development, Gunilla Carlsson, has confirmed in a joint article together with Turkey’s […]
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London Met’s terror hotline calls ‘hacked’
in UKHighly-sensitive telephone conversations on Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist hotline have been recorded by hackers. The force said it launched an investigation after being made aware that the phone calls […]
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Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all
Defector tells how US officials ‘sexed up’ his fictions to make the case for 2003 invasion JONATHAN OWEN A man whose lies helped to make […]
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Galloway in stunning by-election victory
in UKBy Kiran Stacey and Hannah Kuchler Labour suffered a humiliating by-election defeat in Bradford West after a late surge by George Galloway, the leftwing Respect […]
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Wake up and smell the coffee in Turkey’s beautiful Izmir
Travellers need only take a stroll down Izmir’s Kordon promenade to be transported back into a forgotten world of Turkish coffee culture as Sarah Knapton […]