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Despite Cartoon Flap,
Danish PM to Head NATO

Turkey shoots down Danish candidate

Apr 4, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO named Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its new secretary-general today, overcoming a contentious stalemate with Turkey, the AP reports. Turkey had strongly opposed the Danish prime minister because he’d supported the newspapers that printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. Turkey argued that Rasmussen’s selection wouldn’t... More »

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Turkey • NATO • free speech • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Denmark • Danish Mohammed cartoons • NATO Secretary-General

Islamists Lose Ground in Turkish Election

Government suffers setback as voters turn to secular parties

Mar 30, 09 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey's Islamist-leaning AK Party won local elections yesterday, but fell short of the overwhelming victory leaders had hoped for, reports the Los Angeles Times. With most of the votes counted, the party of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan won 39% of the vote, but lost ground to secularists in Istanbul and... More »

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Turkey • secularism • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • AK Party • Islamism • local election

(Newser) - Turkey's prime minister stormed off a stage in Davos today during a heated exchange with Israeli President Shimon Peres over Gaza, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to killing, you know well how to kill," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Peres before walking off, promising never to... More »

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Israel • Turkey • Gaza • Shimon Peres • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Mideast peace • Davos

 Turkey Indicts 86 for Coup Plot 

Secularists allegedly tried to overthrow Islamic government

Jul 14, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(AP) - Prosecutors today indicted 86 secular Turks—including high-ranking ex-military officials—on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in plots to topple the Islamic-rooted government. The suspects, believed to include at least one former general and an opposition politician, are accused of having plotted to provoke a military coup to topple... More »

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Turkey • Middle East • secularism • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Kemal Ataturk • coup d'etat

ANALYSIS

Turkey's PM Could Fall Over Headscarves

Attack by 'extreme' secular judges will hopefully fall short

Jun 20, 08 7:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey's secular judges want to oust the ruling party for its moderate, and popular, stance on religion freedoms, Mustafa Akyol writes in the American. On paper, the judiciary seeks to punish the incumbent AKP party for crimes such as nepotism and corruption. In reality, Akyol writes, the AKP's support for... More »

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Islam • Turkey • constitutional amendment • democracy • Muslim • secularism • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Justice and Development Party

 Israel Would Leave Golan: Syria 

Israelis willing to trade disputed territory for peace, Damascus told

Apr 23, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel is willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria in return for peace, Reuters reports. A Syrian minister said in a TV interview that the Israeli message was relayed through Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, set to visit Syria this weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said last week he... More »

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Israel • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Arab Israeli conflict • Golan Heights • Mideast peace

Court Could Outlaw Turkey's 'Islamist Government'

Explosive trial could bar ruling party, prez and prime minister

Apr 1, 08 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey's top court has agreed to hear a case that could outlaw the nation's ruling party and bar its president and prime minister from politics, Reuters reports. The AK Party is accused of trying to undermine Turkey's secular constitution and establish an Iran-style Islamic state. The case pits Turkey's popularly... More »

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Turkey • European Union • Abdullah Gul • political party • secularism • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Islamist

Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

Emotional issue symbolic of class struggle

Feb 9, 08 1:05 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Turkish PM
Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

Deadly blaze in Germany raises
ethnic tensions

Feb 7, 08 8:03 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Turkish Air Strikes Target Kurdish Rebels

Attack inside northern Iraq the first since US invasion

Dec 16, 07 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Turkey launched its first air strike since 2003 on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq early this morning, targeting a mountainous region near the Turkish border where the government says the PKK has its leadership council and camps. About 50 warplanes were used in the offensive, the AP reports, which lasted... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • US intelligence • PKK • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish guerrillas • airstrike

Turkey Listens to EU, Will Ease Up on Free Speech

Amendment to law is part of bid for EU membership

Nov 6, 07 7:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Readying itself for possible EU membership, Turkey's government will soften a law that curbs free speech, the AP reports. An amendment expected to pass parliament will limit penalties for Article 301, which punishes "insulting Turkey or Turkish identity" with up to three years in prison. The announcement came hours... More »

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Turkey • European Union • Kurds • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Orhan Pamuk

Baghdad Vows to Curb Kurds

Iraqi PM refuses to rule out joint military strike with Ankara against rebels

Nov 3, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq vowed today to “chase and arrest” Kurds who are striking Turkey from northern Iraq, the BBC reports. "We will co-operate with our neighbors in defeating this threat," Maliki told diplomats at international talks in Istanbul. Baghdad showed its muscle by shutting a Kurdish political office, but... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Nouri al-Maliki • Kurdistan • Kurdish Militants • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • PKK

If Turks Cross Border, It's War: Kurdish Prez

Says Turkiey is trying
to undermine Kurdish prosperity in Iraq

Oct 29, 07 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kurdish President Massoud Barzani has warned the Turkish government that any move into his territory will be considered a declaration of war. The warning came yesterday as Turkish troops attacked separatist PKK guerrillas inside Turkey, killing 20, reports the London Times. Turkish officials have charged that the largely autonomous Kurdish... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurdistan • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • PKK • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Massoud Barzani • Iraq war

Kurdish Clashes Deep in Turkey Kill 15

Ankara holds out for diplomacy

Oct 28, 07 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turkish soldiers killed 15 Kurdish guerrillas today in Tunceli province, several hundred miles from the area bordering Iraq where most of the clashes with Kurdish separatists have taken place, the AP reports. Iraqi-Turkish talks aimed at reconciling the escalating conflict collapsed before the weekend, and sources say that PM Recep... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Kurdistan Workers' Party • George W. Bush

Turkey Masses Troops, Ready to Invade

'We don't need permission' to strike Kurds, PM says

Oct 27, 07 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey will invade Northern Iraq “the moment an operation is needed,” Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed after talks with Baghdad crumbled last night. Ankara has up to 100,000 troops on the Iraqi border, backed by tanks and fighter plans, ready to strike roughly 3,000 Kurdish rebels.... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurdistan • Gordon Brown • Kurdish Militants • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • PKK • Kurdistan Workers' Party • George W. Bush

US Forces Will
Do 'Nothing' About Kurds

Top general in the region says it's up
to Turkey, Iraq

Oct 26, 07 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite Turkish calls for action, the top US military commander in northern Iraq said today that he intended to do "absolutely nothing" to counteract strikes against Turkey by Kurdish militants, the AP reports. The blunt assertion is consistent with the Bush administration's desire to keep US forces out of... More »

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Bush administration • Turkey • Robert Gates • Kurdistan • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • PKK

Iraq Promises to Help Turkey Quell Kurd Militants

Foreign minister vows to limit PKK movements, cut funding

Oct 23, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Urging diplomacy, Iraq today pledged to help Turkey resolve border violence by Kurdish militants based in northern Iraq. Turkey kept the diplomatic wheels turning but wouldn't rule out military action to quell the PKK and rejected its offer of a ceasefire. Iraq’s foreign minister vowed to “actively help... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • diplomacy • Gordon Brown • Hoshyar Zebari • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • PKK • Iraq government • Ali Babacan

Turkey Pledges to Wait for Talks Before Striking Back at Kurds

Bush urges Iraq to help rein in Kurdish rebels

Oct 22, 07 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turkish leaders say they will hold off on military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq while the US and other nations try diplomacy to calm things down, Reuters reported. Tensions continued to soar, however, as Turkey massed troops at the Iraqi border and protesters throughout the country demanded action.... More »

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Turkey • diplomacy • Kurds • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • PKK

Turkish Troops Said Missing

Troops and trucks mass on northern Iraqi border after Kurdish ambush; incursion looms

Oct 22, 07 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Turkish convoy with dozens of military vehicles joined tens of thousands of troops massed on the Iraqi border today, as the military announced that eight soldiers were missing, in addition to 12 killed, in an ambush by Kurdish militants early yesterday morning. The Turks shelled Kurdish camps over the... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • NATO • Condoleezza Rice • Kurdistan • Kurdish Militants • Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Kurdish Rebels Kill 12 Turkish Soldiers

PM Erdogan calls crisis talks; military response is likely imminent

Oct 21, 07 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kurdish rebels killed 12 Turkish troops and wounded 16 more in a surprise attack in Turkey today, Reuters reports, four days after parliament voted to allow military strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq. Now, the pressure is on for the Turkish government to take decisive military action,... More »

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Turkey • Kurdish Militants • Kurds • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Kurdistan Workers' Party

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