Found: An Ancient Monument to the Soul
Tuesday, den 18. November 2008A monument in Turkey may be the first written evidence that the people in the region held to the religious concept of the soul apart from the body.
Soul, Monuments and Memorials, Archaeology and Anthropology, Turkey, Religion and Churches | 0 Kommentar »
Istanbul Journal: Turkey’s Hero, Behind the Bronze Veneer
Thursday, den 13. November 2008A new documentary dares to take a look at the human side of Turkey’s revered war-hero-turned-statesman Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Ataturk, Kemal, Documentary Films and Programs, Turkey, Motion Pictures, Politics and Government | 0 Kommentar »
Turkish Leader Volunteers To Be U.S.-Iran Mediator
Wednesday, den 12. November 2008Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said his country wants to use its growing role in the Middle East to bridge the divide between East and West.
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey, International Relations | 0 Kommentar »
Turkey Ready to Mediate Talks Between U.S. and Iran, Premier Says
Wednesday, den 12. November 2008Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said his country wants to use its growing role in the Middle East to bridge the divide between East and West.
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey, International Relations | 0 Kommentar »
Turkey Tries to Resist Aid From I.M.F.
Saturday, den 8. November 2008Turkey is faced with the awkward prospect of being forced to accept stringent fiscal conditions to obtain I.M.F. money to replace its disappearing private capital.
Subprime Mortgage Crisis, International Monetary Fund, Turkey, Economic Conditions and Trends | 0 Kommentar »
86 on Trial in Turkish Coup Case
Monday, den 20. October 2008Those charged were accused of being members of an illegal ultranationalist network and mounting attacks in a plot to topple the government.
Ergenekon, Coups D'Etat and Attempted Coups D'Etat, Turkey | 0 Kommentar »
Turkish Novelist Denounces Government at Book Fair
Wednesday, den 15. October 2008Speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish novelist and Nobel Prize laureate, criticized the Turkish government for its treatment of writers.
Pamuk, Orhan, Frankfurt Book Fair, Gul, Abdullah, Turkey, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Writing and Writers | 0 Kommentar »
Generation Faithful: Youthful Voice Stirs Challenge to Secular Turks
Tuesday, den 14. October 2008For some young people in a secular Turkey, freedom means the right to practice Islam, and self-expression means covering their hair.
Social Conditions and Trends, Scarves, Turkey, Islam, Women, Politics and Government | 0 Kommentar »
Turkey Authorizes Extension of Military Strikes in Iraq
Thursday, den 9. October 2008The approval, by a vote of 497 to 18, had been largely expected, and came amid a flurry of attacks in the country’s largely Kurdish southeast.
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, Gul, Abdullah, Kurds, Civil War and Guerrilla Warfare, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey | 0 Kommentar »
Turkey Re-authorizes Strikes in Iraq
Wednesday, den 8. October 2008The approval, by a vote of 497 to 18, had been largely expected, and came amid a flurry of attacks in the country’s largely Kurdish southeast.
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, Gul, Abdullah, Kurds, Civil War and Guerrilla Warfare, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey | 0 Kommentar »
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