Turkey Out of Europe

Five injured in Turkey bomb attack

Seeded on Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:01 AM EDT (gulf-times.com)

A bomb exploded at a bus station in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir yesterday, injuring four civilians and a soldier, security officials said. The bomb targeted the mainly Kurdish city's busiest street and a bus station used by army and civilian transportation.

turkey, military, violence, terrorism, intolerance, kurds

Turkey face disqualification after bizarre pull-out

Seeded on Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:59 AM EDT (Reuters)

Turkey risk disqualification after abandoning their match with Iceland in a bizarre episode at the Sudirman Cup world team badminton championship on Friday. The Turks were playing in a division six playoff match but called a halt after losing the opening women's singles.

turkey, sports

Caught in the middle of Turkey''s fundamentalisms

Seeded on Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:56 AM EDT (Turkishdailynews)

The real divide in Turkey is between those who believe that secularism and democracy go hand in hand, and fundamentalists – religious or secular – who wish to impose their views on the society at the expense of all other views.

turkey, religion, intolerance, world-news, secularism, cambridge-university, op-ed, politics, ideologies, fundamentalism

Turkey suspends F-16 purchase from US over Cyprus ban

Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:50 PM EDT (Todays Zaman)

Turkey has reportedly suspended negotiations with the US over the purchase of an additional 30 F-16 fighters after Washington set the condition that they not be flown over the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

turkey, cyprus, military, eu

Cyprus rejects Turkey's objection to defense agreement with France

Seeded on Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:50 PM EST (PEOPLE.com)

Cypriot Foreign Minister George Lillikas dismissed Turkey's objection to a Cyprus-France defense agreement, which Ankara claimed would lead to instability in the region.

turkey, finance, cyprus, eu

Turkey cautions international companies against oil search off Cyprus

Seeded on Fri Mar 2, 2007 11:44 PM EST (Turkishdailynews)

International companies interested in the possibility of exploring oil and gas deposits off Cyprus' coast have been warned by Turkey not to go ahead with their plans.

cyprus, finance, turkey, oil

Suspected Nationalists Attack Church In Turkey

Seeded on Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:30 AM EST (OSNews)

Assailants on Turkey's Black Sea coast vandalized a Protestant church, just days after nationalists from the same region were allegedly involved in the murder of a well-known Armenian journalist.

turkey, religion, intolerance, violence, eu

Turkey has no right to meddle in Cyprus gas prospects

Seeded on Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:03 PM EST (Cyprus Mail)

TURKEY has no right to interfere in the signing of an agreement between Cyprus and Lebanon on exclusive economic zones, President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday.

turkey, cyprus, finance, oil

WB establishes tribunal for Libananco expropriation case against Turkey

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:28 PM EST (The New Anatolian)

Libananco of Nicosia, Cyprus, holds a majority of outstanding shares in two of Turkey's largest privately-owned hydroelectric utilities, Çukurova Elektrik Anonim Şirketi (ÇEAŞ) and Kepez Elektrik Türk Anonim Şirketi (Kepez).

cyprus, finance, turkey, corruption

Muslim group outcast in Turkey's Islamic community

Seeded on Sat Jan 6, 2007 9:34 PM EST (-)

Cemal Sener, a spokesman for the Alevi community in Istanbul, likened the followers to "Islamic Protestants" for their focus on the message and intensity of Islam rather than its rituals.

religion, discrimination, intolerance, turkey

Change in U.S. Congress boosts prospects for Armenian genocide resolution

Seeded on Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:50 AM EST (International Herald Tribune)

Turkey has adamantly denied claims by scholars that its predecessor state, the Ottoman government, caused the Armenian deaths in a planned genocide.

turkey, armenia, genocide

Iraqi Catholic asylum seekers in Turkey suffer neglect and poverty

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:56 AM EST (Turkishdailynews)

Iraqi refugees live in Turkey for years while waiting to be resettled in other countries, yet they have no right to work and suffer social and psychological problems from being forced to live where the Turkish government directs them, often without community support.

refugees, turkey, iraq, religion, discrimination, intolerance

Shots fired in Turkey pope protest

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:54 AM EST (CNN)

Police say they have arrested a man who allegedly fired a pistol into the air outside the Italian consulate in Istanbul, then shouted slogans in protest of Pope Benedict XVI''s upcoming visit.

turkey, intolerance, religion, violence, eu

20,000 Turks protest at pope visit

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:53 AM EST (CNN)

More than 20,000 Muslims in Istanbul on Sunday staged the biggest protest so far against Pope Benedict's trip to Turkey.

turkey, intolerance, religion

FIFA promise action over Turkey-Swiss violence

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:52 AM EST (National Nine News)

FIFA president Sepp Blatter promised tough action from world soccer''''s ruling body after Turkey''''s World Cup playoff defeat by Switzerland finished in violence that left one player hospitalised.

football, turkey, soccer, sports, violence

Cyprus slams Turkish F1 ''''trick''''

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:51 AM EST (BBC News)

Cyprus is making an official complaint to motor sport''''s world governing body over what it calls a political "trick" at the Turkish Grand Prix.

cyprus, turkey, f1, eu, sports

Coroner urges football shake-up

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:49 AM EST (BBC News)

West Yorkshire coroner David Hinchliff had recorded verdicts of unlawful killing on Leeds fans Christopher Loftus, 35, and Kevin Speight, 40, who were killed in Turkey in April 2000. Turkish authorities were criticised by both the coroner and British police.

football, soccer, turkey, sports, violence

War on Iraq: an impending refugee crisis?

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:46 AM EST (openDemocracy)

Turkey closed its border and flatly refused to admit Kurdish refugees, despite being a signatory to UN refugee treaties that forbid the return of asylum seekers to a place of persecution.

refugees, turkey, iraq