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 [...]
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 [...]
Palestinian officials are going public with long-whispered complaints that international Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, is biased toward Israel. Unofficial suggestions that Blair should now be replaced coincide with a Palestinian drive to secure membership of the United Nations, establishing statehood in the face of strong opposition from Israel and [...]
No fly zone on Libya after nuclear weapons, and many other reports the EU, NATO and the UN dither over further action, the Arab League has come out strongly in favour of a no-fly zone over Libya. The surprise vote came as opposition force in Libya retreated to their strongholds in the west of the country, [...]
Turkey said Wednesday a progress report adopted by the European Parliament on Turkey-EU negotiations was one-sided, urging for objectiveness from the parliament on Turkey’s long-delayed EU bid. The report included views that are “one-sided, unacceptable and irrelevant to reality,” Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The European Parliament expressed concern at the “slow progress [...]
Los Angeles / Paris, 27 September 2010 – Organizers of the inaugural edition of DISCOP ISTANBUL today announced that more than 100 companies have already confirmed their attendance at the event, which takes place from 14 to 16 March, 2011. Centered on the television content business in the broader Middle East, Central Asia and North [...]
Prime Minister David Cameron’s three-day-old administration was criticised by activists, the press and even his new coalition partners for picking an almost entirely white, male and upper-class Cabinet despite pledging that his Conservative party would no longer be an old boys club. Cameron and his deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats, both [...]
