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POPSTurkish warplanes bomb Kurd bases in northern Iraq There goes the Northern Front: "But on the streets of Turkey, public anger has mounted with each funeral held for the slain soldiers. The anger has turned toward Turkish leaders as well. On Sunday, mourners booed Gul at a funeral in the western city of Eskisehir, and they booed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at another funeral in Armutlu village, near the capital."
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POPSWhy in Turkey they don't want Obama's presidency article contains one factual mistake--Armenians commemorate Genocide on April 24, and not April 16. For some additional info on why Armenians support Barack Obama and Joe Biden visit www.armenianamericansforobama.com
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POPSTurkey torn between NATO and Russia Ian Lesser, an expert on Turkey at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, wrote in a recent policy paper. "In theory, Turkey’s proximity to the crisis and desire to play a larger diplomatic role in the Black Sea could make Turkey a lynchpin of NATO strategy in Georgia, especially if rapprochement with Armenia is part of the equation. But Turkish willingness to place its territory at the service of Western policy in Georgia is highly uncertain."
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POPSArmenia and Turkey probe for better relations The two foreign ministers reportedly discussed the opening of Turkey’s closed border with Armenia, along with the establishment of full diplomatic relations. The two sides also attempted to find common ground on a political settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Gul’s office revealed that he will go to Azerbaijan on September 10 to discuss the changing diplomatic situation with Azerbaijani leaders.
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POPSTurkey is Centre of the World Despite the fragile situation, if Turkey were to organise autonomy for Kurds in its own borders, northern Iraq, Syria and Iran it would be a heroic act of enormous historical import.
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POPSSarkozy's Plan For ME Economic-Diplomatic Union Hence it is interesting to note that, notwithstanding the neoconservative accusations that Europe is "anti-Israeli", EU-Israeli trade has seen a threefold increase in the last decade alone. This confirms the EU as Israel’s major trading partner and the number-one market for Israel’s imports—surpassing even the United States in volume. By adopting a strategy of constructive engagement in the Middle East through the MU, France and the EU could try—through the use of both diplomatic and economic resources—to achieve the kind of goals that the Bush Administration is trying to advance through the use of its military power: Challenging the status quo in the Middle East, while advancing the cause of peace and political and economic reform.
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POPSPentagon Reporters Fight Turkist Video Photographers No one was injured but the incident left Pentagon press spokesman Geoff Morrell with a better appreciation of the Pentagon press corps. Several reporters involved declined to comment. "I am happy to see that Turkey enjoys a free, vibrant and competitive press, but their cameramen make the Pentagon press corps look like disciples of Miss Manners," he said.
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POPSRethinking Islam A useful article for those who study Islam or who are interested in The secularist values of Ataturk Turkey. On another note, interesting for parallel western attempts to resurrect Christianity.
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POPSTurkey Goes Nuclear; US Supports Some Persians are more equal than others. The US decides, apparently, who in the world is permitted nuclear power, and who is not. Add Turkey then to Pakistan and Israel, but no one else is permitted or they face bombings.
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POPSNobody can stop you Bush, can any one? BUSH VOWS HELP FOR TURKEY AGAINST KURDISH REBELS... Bush has committed countering the militants... ...and then, what is the measuring scale of the militancy and that of the 'SAINT' LIKE BUSH?
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POPSWill the U.S. let Turkey go it alone against PKK or join assault on rebels? 
More: With 100,000 Turkish troops now said to be massed on the border with Iraq, Turkish officials and experts anticipate an operation against Kurds in as little as a week Some see this as a choice between keeping Turkey as an ally and appeasing northern Iraq," said Faruk Logoglu, a longtime foreign policy adviser and currently the president of the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies. "It's more than that. The U.S. is now choosing between a united and divided Iraq A German Marshall Fund poll found that only 7 percent of Turks now think that the U.S. should play a strong role in international affairs and only 2 percent approve of U.S. foreign policy. The U.S. used to be very popular in Turkey. Standing in a street plastered with Turkish flags, Cengiz Atalay, 30, of Ankara said: "We are ready for war." Across town, student Samet Meydan, 21, noted, "What's now clear is that the United States is no longer a friend to Turkey." Erdogan said this week, "Americans should be w
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