Turkey
Turkey threatens intervention into Iraq
By James Cogan, January 26, 2012
The Turkish stance toward Maliki is inseparable from the broader US-backed drive to shatter the regional influence of Iran.
Former Turkish army chief of staff arrested
By Peter Schwarz, January 13, 2012
The former chief of staff of the Turkish army, Ilker Basbug, was arrested last Friday in Istanbul, accused of leading a “terrorist organisation” and planning to overthrow the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government.
France prepares ban on denying a Turkish genocide of Armenians
By F. Dubois, December 30, 2011
The National Assembly’s passage on December 22 of a law banning the public denial of the Armenian genocide has provoked a major diplomatic crisis between France and Turkey.
Death toll rises in Turkish earthquake
By Stefan Steinberg, October 26, 2011
The principal reason for the high rate of casualties following Sunday’s earthquake is the lack of proper building standards.
Turkey launches anti-Kurdish raids into northern Iraq
By I.K. Karlsson, October 25, 2011
Turkey has launched a major incursion into northern Iraq after Turkish soldiers were killed in a raid by Kurdish PKK militants in the Turkish-Iraqi border region.
Turkey’s Erdogan tours North African capitals
By Jean Shaoul, September 20, 2011
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week visited the three North African capitals that have seen the ouster of longstanding regimes—Cairo, Tunis and Tripoli.
Growing tensions between Turkey and Israel
By Jean Shaoul, September 12, 2011
Relations between Turkey and Israel have deteriorated sharply, despite US attempts to broker negotiations between the two countries.
Turkey’s assault on Kurds in Iraq presages regional conflicts
By Jean Shaoul, August 27, 2011
Turkish jets invaded Iraqi airspace August 17-22, carrying out an intense bombardment of the Kurdish autonomous region.
Israel threatens violence against Gaza aid convoy
By Robert Stevens, June 29, 2011
Israel has threatened violent repression against the Freedom Flotilla II aid convoy, due to sail this week on route to Gaza.
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan wins third term
By Peter Schwarz, June 14, 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party won the general election on Sunday.
Child labour in Turkey exposes growing social inequality
By our correspondent, August 18, 2010
The most glaring indicator in Turkey of economic inequality and social stratification is the high rate of child labour.
US-Turkish tensions and the Israeli assault on the Gaza flotilla
By Alex Lantier, June 11, 2010
The standoff that has developed between Turkey and Israel over Israel’s deadly assault on a flotilla delivering humanitarian supplies to Gaza highlights the explosive consequences of the breakdown of the US-Turkish-Israeli alliance.
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