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Gov’t slow to find voice for Uighurs
ANKARA - Criticism rises against the Turkish government for its ’weak’ reaction as unrest continues in northwestern China. In response, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu says it is not possible for Turkey to accept the violent scenes coming out of the Xinjiang province, urging China to be transparent and maintain public order in the native lands of the Uighur Turks.
Obama’s two dollars and Turkey
It is a tough economy, but if President Barack Obama has $2 to invest in Turkey, I would suggest that he put one buck into consolidating Turkey’s liberal democracy, and the other into moving forward the country’s European Union accession, for a non-European Turkey would be a big loss for Washington.
Friends, allies and ’model partners’
"Friends go to lunch together," a Washington neo-con said resentfully a few years ago. "And allies go to war together." The man was still bitter, more than two years after the fact, about the Turkish Parliament’s refusal to allow for a northern American front against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in March 2003.
Many faiths, one standard of religious education
The issue of the reopening of the Greek Orthodox Halki seminary on the island of Heybeliada, shuttered since 1971, is complex and often deeply emotional. All too often, the issue is surrounded domestically with nationalist sentiment and ill-informed opinions.
The Iranian paradigm
Mass demonstrations in Iran protesting the election results have found a very receptive audience in Europe. European governments have said that the Iranian mullahs have stolen the elections, and voiced strong support for the demonstrators. In contrast, in the U.S, President Obama has been low key on Iran, only gradually increasing his support for the demonstrators. The demonstrations in Iran, the most significant political event in that country since the 1979 Islamist revolution, herald important repercussions for Mr. Obama’s policies.
Turkey loses key French supporter
PARIS - France's new minister for Europe, Pierre Lellouche, backtracks on his support for Turkey's EU membership bid, saying he has a responsibility to carry out his government's policies despite his differing views. ’There is one government policy, there are not two,’ he says.
French connection
In order to force French government to lift objections to EU membership, Turkey must tackle the misperception among French citizens. The French equate Turkey to the Maghreb. There is anxiety among the French that bringing Turkey into the EU would be akin to bringing the Maghreb, a poor area rife with violent Islamism, into communion with France
Anti-Turk Dutch party gains votes
THE HAGUE - A far-right, anti-Turkish Dutch party gets 17 percent of the vote and gains four seats in unofficial results for the European Parliament as 27 EU nations finish voting over the weekend amid widespread fears of far-right gains and low turnout. Turkey meanwhile reacts to European parties campaigning against its EU membership bid.
Muslims want tangible shift on Mideast policy
CAIRO - On the eve of US President Barack Obama’s critical visit to Cairo on Thursday, Muslims expect tangible change from the American leader. While Obama’s softer tone largely differs from George W. Bush, raising the prospects in the Muslim world for a change in policy, many Muslims are still hesitant, saying they will judge him by his actions
Turkey's foreign policy shift confuses Western allies, report says
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s allies are confused by the shift in its foreign policy and its pronounced Eurasian and/or Middle Eastern bent, an independent Finnish research agency finds. Although some believe the country is turning its back on the West; others say Ankara’s foreign policy is well balanced in all directions, while yet others find Turkey’s conduct to be essentially ‘directionless’.
The battle for Turkey’s soul: Elites vs. the West
Turkey is an elite project; historically, large elite groups, i.e., mega elites constituting sizeable portions of the society, have led Turkey toward their own societal values and foreign policy choices. This was the case during the Ottoman Empire, the Republican era, and, today, with the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP.
Clinton visits Beirut ahead of a key election
BEIRUT - Hillary Clinton urges free and fair elections in Lebanon during a visit to Beirut ahead of a key parliamentary vote that could see Hezbollah and its allies emerge victorious. In her maiden trip to the volatile nation, Clinton also reassures the Lebanese people that Washington will never make a deal with Syria that undermines the country's interests
The never ending story of Halki Theological Seminary reopening
ISTANBUL - Since 1971 there have been attempts to reopen the Halki Theological Seminary on Istanbul’s Heybeliada and while the appeals have not fallen on deaf ears, various reasons have been put forward as to why it should not be reopened. Successive Turkish governments have argued that reopening Halki would lead the way to applications for Muslim universities, even though Muslim seminaries were never opened before. However, the current education minister has said he can see no reason why it cannot be reopened
Western front following NATO, Obama
Let’s have a balance sheet for booties-lost-damages in the aftermath of Turkey’s so-called "NATO victory." Turkey raised objections to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s candidacy for the post of secretary-general of NATO on religious grounds rather than strategic liability.