Between 19 and 24 December in 1978, 111 people were killed in Mara? when the Sunni residents brutally attacked their Alevite neighbors, according to official reports. This year, the Mara? governorship banned hundreds of people commemorating the lost ones and demanding justice. The Alevite Bektashi Federation organized the weekend organization. Around 300 people gathered in [...]
The Turkish town of Izmir was the centre of attention on Thursday as the first court hearing for the accused double murderer of the two Northern Ireland women Sharon Graham and Kathy Dinsmore. At the Bayrakli City Courthouse we met with solicitor Baris Kaska who is acting on behalf of the Graham and Dinsmore families. [...]
The Pope Benedictus XVI will visit Cuba between March 26 and 28. This will be the first papal visit after an interval of 14 years. The pontiff will arrive in Santiagode Cuba on March 26 and will be met by the Cuban leader Raul Castro and Cuban bishops. Benedictus XVI will later proceed to Havana [...]
One of the biggest mistake of 2011 and just before 2012, because was hoping to be a new year for everyone but The Turkish Air Force’s recent airstrike in the Kurdish majority region of southern Turkey that killed 35 Kurds has caused a major controversy, especially among Turkey’s main political circles. The fact that the [...]
The Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haneya, has met with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, over the situation in Gaza. Haneya also met Turkey’s Foreign Minister in Istanbul. As well as addressing the Gaza issue, developments in the Middle East were also reportedly discussed. Haneya is on an official tour of Muslim-majority countries, especially those [...]
Debates that began when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan underwent surgery last month and had to stay away from politics during his several-week recovery still continue today. These debates center on the questions of whether Erdogan will run for presidency in the near future, to whom he will entrust his ruling Justice and Development Party [...]
TIME poll to choose the person of the year has closed and Premier Recep Tayyip Erdo?an leads the results with 122,931 votes. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an completed the Person of the Year 2011 poll of the US Time magazine in the first place. Football player Lionel Messi came in second with 74,415 votes, [...]
The USA emphasized Turkey’s growing role in the Middle East and beyond, in remarks at the opening dinner of the 2011 Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkey Relations. The event was hosted by the American-Turkish Council, and highlighted Turkey’s growing economic leadership. American government officials pointed out when talking to Turks – from students to entrepreneurs to [...]
Gül was welcomed by Queen Elizebath II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh with official ceremony. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh welcomed Gül and the first Lady at the platform in the reviewing ground. The arrival of President Abdullah Gül and Mrs.Gül were also hailed by a 41-gun salute at the Green Park [...]
Demonstrations against President Nicolas Sarkozy, have occurred Friday in front of the consulate of France in Istanbul, following the call a few days ago by this latter, for the recognition by Turkey of the Armenian genocide. The protesters carried portraits of Sarkozy with Adolph Hitler’s moustache and others denouncing the massacres committed by France in [...]
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an continues his contacts in the African continent, after concluding a tour in North Africa. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is in South African Republic today. Erdo?an is accompanied by a crowded delegation of businessmen in his South Africa trip. Prime Minister Erdo?an was welcomed by South African Deputy President [...]
The top of the “Weary Heracles” or Hercules smuggled to the US years ago has come back home on board the plane of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. The efforts and negotiations of long years to bring back to Turkey the smuggled statue which was seen at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts five years [...]
Premi Minister Erdogan was welcomed upon his arrival at the airport by his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski. Erdogan then inspected Alexander Airport built by Turkish enterpreneurs. In his meeting with Gruevski, Erdogan pledged Turkish support for Macedonia’s NATO membership. Erdogan’s subtle remarks regarding the European Union were the highlight of the joint press conference by [...]
Security guards for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan fought with UN guards at the annual UN summit last week when the Turkish leader tried to get in to see the historic Palestinian application speech. One UN guard was taken to hospital, UN sources said on Monday. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky confirmed there had been ‘unfortunate misunderstandings’ [...]
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tour of Arab Spring nations and the messages he gave during these visits continue to echo in the Turkish media. There is no doubt that these visits, which have further boosted Turkey’s international standing and Erdogan’s popularity, will play a major role in the shaping of the future of these [...]
Turkey’s interior minister says three people have been killed in an explosion in the capital that was probably terrorism. Idris Naim Sahin says the explosion in Kizilay Ankara that also left 15 people wounded is “highly likely to be a terrorist attack.” He said the bodies of three people were found in a building near a [...]
