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  • March 2008

    • Cyprus Will Resume Unity Talks

      Reuters  |  Mar 21, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      Cyprus Will Resume Unity Talks

      (Newser) - Leaders of the Greek and Turkish portions of Cyprus said today they will restart negotiations on reunification of the Mediterranean island, Reuters reports. Dimitris Christofias, recently elected leader of Greek Cyprus, and Mehmet Ali Talat, who represents Turkish Cyprus, also announced that Ledra Street, a key shopping avenue long shut down in the divided capital, Nicosia, will reopen. More »

    • 16 Arrested in Plot to Kill Turkish Laureate

      AFP  |  Mar 21, 08 10:47 AM CDT

      16 Arrested in Plot to Kill Turkish Laureate

      (Newser) - A nationalist party leader, a veteran journalist, and a top academic have been arrested over a plan to kill dissident Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. The leader of the Workers’ Party and former rector of Istanbul University, along with a general, and retired colonel, are among 16 who were detained over plans to kill the Nobel laureate and several senior Kurdish figures. More »

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      Turkey  • assassination  • Kurds  • Istanbul  • Armenian genocide  • Orhan Pamuk

  • February 2008

    • Turkey Pulls Out of N. Iraq

      Reuters  |  Feb 29, 08 8:57 AM CST

      Turkey Pulls Out of N. Iraq

      (Newser) - Turkey pulled its troops out of northern Iraq today, ending a controversial offensive that had Washington and Baghdad on edge, Reuters reports. In a statement, Turkey said it had made its point. “There was no question of completely liquidating” the PKK, the military said, “but Turkey has shown the organization that northern Iraq is not a safe haven for them.” More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Turkey  • NATO  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • Kurdistan Workers' Party

    • Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 28, 08 6:47 PM CST

      Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

      (Newser) - Singer Aslizen Yentur thought it was a joke when Turkey's top music channel axed shots of a wine bottle-laden table from her video. It wasn't, and now Turkey's broadcasting watchdog is drafting a bill to make scenes that encourage drinking illegal—supposedly to align with EU norms, the Independent reports. But critics charge the government is really trying to steer Turkey toward religious populism. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • alcohol  • wine  • censorship  • pop music  • broadcasting  • music videos

    • Turkey Gives No Timetable on Iraq Withdrawal

      Reuters  |  Feb 27, 08 1:35 PM CST

      Turkey Gives No Timetable on Iraq Withdrawal

      (Newser) - Despite mounting casualties and outside pressure, Turkey said today it would not give a timetable on pulling back troops from an offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, Reuters reports. Turkish soldiers have killed 230 PKK guerillas since the conflict began, and lost 24 of their own. Iraqi and US officials say the incursion could destabilize security in the country as a whole. More »

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      Iraq  • United States  • Turkey  • Robert Gates  • PKK  • Kurdistan Workers' Party  • Kurdish guerrillas  • Kurdish incursions

    • US Didn't Protest Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 26, 08 10:26 AM CST

      US Didn't Protest Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

      (Newser) - As fierce fighting continues in northern Iraq, American officials have confirmed they were aware that Turkey planned to strike at Kurdish guerrillas inside the border—and didn't raise objections, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US did, however, urge Turkey to limit the length and scope of the incursion. "They understood why Turkey was doing this," said Turkey's ambassador to the US. More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Kurdish incursions

    • Greek Cypriots Elect Prez Committed to Unifying Isle

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 25, 08 4:00 AM CST

      Greek Cypriots Elect Prez Committed to Unifying Isle

      (Newser) - Greek Cypriots have elected a communist president committed to reunification with the Turkish northern section of the divided island. Dimitris Christofias, educated  in the old Soviet Union, won 54% of the vote in a race against his right-wing rival. The new leader has promised to hold negotiations with the president of the Turkish part of Cyprus, who has already agreed to begin talks, reports the Daily Telegraph . More »

    • Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising in Turkey

      Reuters  |  Feb 24, 08 7:31 AM CST

      Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising in Turkey

      (Newser) - As Turkish troops continue their unprecedented ground offensive in northern Iraq, a leader of the targeted Kurdish separatist group has called for Kurds living in Turkey to rebel. A news agency loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party carried the call of the rebel Kurd commander to make Turkish cities "uninhabitable." He pointed out that only a few young people would be necessary to burn hundreds of cars. More »

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      Turkey  • terrorist  • insurgents  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • Kurdistan Workers' Party  • Northern Iraq  • Kurdish rebels  • Turkish military

    • Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

      Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 3:28 PM CST

      Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

      (Newser) - Fighting continued in semiautonomous Kurdistan today as Turkey’s air and artillery forces let loose a hail of bombs in the mountains of northern Iraq, the AP reports. The strikes are ratcheting up tension between Turkey and the US-backed Iraqi government: Iraq’s foreign minister today told Turkey to get out “as soon as possible.” More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Kurdish Militants  • Northern Iraq  • Hoshyar Zebari

    • Dozens Dead in Turkish Ground Raid

      Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 6:39 AM CST

      Dozens Dead in Turkish Ground Raid

      (Newser) - Turkish forces pursued Kurdish militants in northern Iraq for a third day today, with the Turkish military reporting least 24 militants and five Turkish soldiers killed since they sent troops across the border to attack separatist strongholds Thursday night. At least 20 other Kurds died in the air assault that has accompanied the ground raid, the AP quoted the Turkish military as saying. More »

    • 10,000 Turkish Troops Enter Iraq

      Bloomberg  |  Feb 22, 08 5:57 AM CST

      10,000 Turkish Troops Enter Iraq

      (Newser) - Turkey has sent 10,000 troops over the border into northern Iraq to hunt down militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, marking the first major ground incursion into the country since 1997, reports Bloomberg. The Turkish military said that the action began last evening, and local television is reporting that the troops are up to 6 miles inside Iraqi territory. The ground assault "is not the greatest news," said a US State Department official. More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • Kurdistan Workers' Party  • Northern Iraq  • Kurdish guerrillas  • Turkish military

    • Cyprus Vote Raises Hopes for Unification

      AFP  |  Feb 18, 08 1:55 PM CST

      Cyprus Vote Raises Hopes for Unification

      (Newser) - After decades of division, Cyprus is a step closer to unification, AFP reports. Greek Cypriots ousted incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos in a three-way election yesterday, and the two remaining candidates will face off in another vote on Sunday. Both seem willing to reach out to Turkish Cypriots, mending bridges the hard-line Papadopoulos administration nearly burned. More »

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      Turkey  • Greece  • Cyprus  • Dimitris Christofias  • Greek Cypriots  • Turkish Cypriots  • Ioannis Kasoulides

    • Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

      New York Times  |  Feb 9, 08 1:05 PM CST

      Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

      (Newser) - Turkey’s parliament today lifted the decade-old ban on wearing Muslim head scarves in college, the New York Times reports, a major salvo in the growing battle between Turkey’s growing devout middle class and entrenched secular elite. Proponents of the ban, who fear women will soon be forced to wear the scarves, will likely appeal to their secular allies on the Constitutional Court. More »

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      Turkey  • Islam  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Muslim women  • headscarves

    • Turkish PM Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 7, 08 8:03 PM CST

      Turkish PM Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

      (Newser) - Turkish PM Recep Erdogan today visited the site of a questionable Sunday fire in Germany that killed nine ethnic Turks and inflamed tensions between the country, Der Spiegel reports. Charges that the fire was arson, and that rescue workers were slow to respond, have captured headlines in Turkey; Erdogan mourned the loss but tried to quell the anger. More »

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      Germany  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • arson  • Neo-Nazi  • house fire  • ethnic tensions

  • January 2008

    • Prof Guilty of Insulting Turkish Founder

      BBC  |  Jan 28, 08 10:31 AM CST

      Prof Guilty of Insulting Turkish Founder

      (Newser) - A Turkish court today handed a political science professor a 15-month suspended sentence for insulting the country's founder. Attila Yayla had suggested that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was not as progressive as official portrayals indicate. The conviction heightens scrutiny of the country's commitment to freedom of expression as it pursues EU membership, reports the BBC. More »

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      Turkey  • free speech  • Orhan Pamuk  • Kemal Ataturk

    • Turkey to Lift Head Scarf Ban at Universities

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 25, 08 4:54 PM CST

      Turkey to Lift Head Scarf Ban at Universities

      (Newser) - Turkey is expected to do away with a 2-decade-old ban on women wearing head scarves at the nation’s universities as early as next week. The prospect alarms the country’s secular elite, who see the country on a slippery slope to Islamist rule, Der Spiegel reports. “The logic is one of fear,” explains the director of a Turkish think tank. More »

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      Turkey  • Islam  • Muslim women  • Sharia law  • Islamic dress code  • AK Party

    • James Spain Dead at 81

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 6, 08 12:00 PM CST

      James Spain Dead at 81

      (Newser) - James Spain, a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service, passed away of natural causes in Wilmington, NC at age 81 on January 2, 2008.  Ambassador Spain's life was devoted to serving his country first in the US Army as a photographer on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff in occupied Japan and then as a career foreign service officer. More »

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      Pakistan  • obituary  • Turkey  • diplomacy  • Sri Lanka  • Tanzania  • diplomat

  • December 2007

    • Turks Launch Second Straight Air Strike in Northern Iraq

      Washington Post  |  Dec 23, 07 10:15 PM CST

      Turks Launch Second Straight Air Strike in Northern Iraq

      (Newser) - A fleet of Turkish warplanes bombarded northern Iraq for a second straight day today in its ongoing campaign against Kurdish separatists. The air strike lasted for an hour but resulted in no casualties because the area's villages had already been evacuated, reports the Washington Post . Once again the US sympathized with Turkish concerns about Kurdish guerrillas but did not support the attacks, according to American officials. More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurdistan Workers' Party

    • Turkey Hits Kurds With Air Strikes

      BBC  |  Dec 22, 07 3:33 PM CST

      Turkey Hits Kurds With Air Strikes

      (Newser) - Turkey bombed Kurdish rebel targets in Northern Iraq today, claiming strikes on "infrastructure" but no fatalities, the BBC reports. Ten planes reportedly attacked the al-Amadiyah region, which Kurdish officials say is abandoned for fear of military strikes. Turkish officials said the militant PKK "suffered heavy losses in terms of its infrastructure and its human resources." More »

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      United States  • Turkey  • PKK  • Northern Iraq  • US intelligence

    • Campbell's Sells Godiva

      New York Times  |  Dec 21, 07 11:59 AM CST

      Campbell's Sells Godiva

      (Newser) - To ensure that its bottom line stays “M'm! M'm! Good,” the Campbell Soup Company sold its upscale Godiva chocolate brand yesterday for $850 million. Yildiz Holding of Turkey beat out Starbucks and Hershey’s to nab the Belgian chocolatier, which racks up $500 million in annual sales, the New York Times reports. The sale will help Campbell’s recover from a 7.2% drop in its first-quarter net. More »

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      Turkey  • luxury goods  • chocolate  • Godiva  • soup

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