Today’s Zaman

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  US historian : Millions of Turks suffered during Ottoman Empire’s collapse

  21 janvier 2011

  A map prepared by Justin McCarthy, professor of history at the University of Louisville in the United States, shows that the breakup of the Ottoman Empire set thousands upon thousands of forlorn refugees on the move — including Ottoman Muslims.
  Since most Western chronicles of this era focus only on those of the Christian faith who suffered, the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA), which is based in Washington, D.C., has published an annotated map displaying the travels of 5 million Ottoman (...)

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  Turkish intellectuals to seek solution to Kurdish question

  28 mai 2010

  A group of 50 intellectuals — both Turks and Kurds — plans to hold meetings in 10 cities throughout Turkey later this month to seek a solution to the decades-old Kurdish question.
  The meetings will be held in cities that often see provocative attacks, including Mersin, Samsun, Kayseri and Erzurum. Many nongovernmental organizations will be represented at the meetings. Among the intellectuals planning to attend the meetings are writers Altan Tan and Ümit Fırat, former National Intelligence (...)

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  Governement overcomes psychological barrier to Kurdish initiative

  7 August 2009

  Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and representatives of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) met yesterday in Parliament for about one hour to discuss the government’s Kurdish initiative.
  Pundits underlined that the meeting signaled that a psychological barrier standing in the way of the solution had been overcome. Both Erdoğan and DTP leader Ahmet Türk noted that the meeting was very important for the future of the country but did not release details about what transpired. (...)

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  Turkey - Armenia : Sarkozy praised Turkish visit to Erevan

  12 September 2008

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy and European Union Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn have praised President Abdullah Gül’s visit to Armenia to watch a World Cup qualifying match between the national teams of the two countries. Sarkozy welcomed the visit, the first ever by a Turkish president since Armenia became independent in 1991, as “courageous and historic.”
  Sarkozy, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, said in a statement on Saturday: "While the region (...)

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  Turkish trust in EU on the rise, according to survey

  5 August 2008

  Turkish trust in EU on the rise, according to survey Trust in the European Union has risen in Turkey by six points since last autumn, with 31 percent of Turkish respondents in the latest Eurobarometer survey indicating that they “tend to trust” the EU. The Eurobarometer report, based on fieldwork done between March and May, said a minority of respondents in Germany (43 percent), Austria (38 percent), the UK (29 percent) and two candidate countries, (...)

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  Babacan signals new policy over ‘ecumenical’ row

  1er février 2008

  Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, who visited Patriarch Bartholomew during his visit to İstanbul, said the Patriarchate was indeed a ‘passport’ for the EU aspirant Turkey into the 27-nation bloc. Recognition of the ecumenical status of the İstanbul-based Greek Orthodox Patriarchate should no longer be a « taboo » subject, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said yesterday, triggering curiosity over whether the Turkish government has plans to amend the country’s long-established policy on the (...)

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  Turkey, Greece change scope from politics to economy

  31 January 2008

  Greek PM Costas Karamanlis (L) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan face an audience of top level businessmen together. Both PMs emphasized economic cooperation in their speeches.
  Turkey and Greece want to use trade as an effective tool for overcoming decades-old disputes and hostilities between the two nations, with a belief that cooperation and increasing interdependence in economy will trigger an improvement in political relations, perhaps even leading to political (...)