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Turkey to set up professional anti-terrorism units

The government has plans to launch a new strategy in the fight against terrorism. Under the new plan, only professional teams will fight terrorists and a temporary security zone in northern Iraq may be set up along the Iraqi...

PRESS DIGEST - Turkey - Oct 6

Source: Reuters ANKARA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. CUMHURIYET - Tens of thousands ...

Turkey says goodbye to its martyrs

Grieving families and the entire nation said goodbye to 15 young men slain on Friday in a terrorist attack carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on a military post in Şemdinli, along the border with Iran and Iraq.

[CAFE CAPITAL]Internal dynamics insufficient for democratization efforts

Parliament is preparing to introduce noteworthy bills in the new legislative term which will answer the question of whether Turkey will be able to democratize relying on its own internal dynamics or whether it must comply with...

"“Stability in Georgia is no less important than in Armenia”"

"In the framework of his visit to Georgia the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with the students and professors of the State University of Tbilisi. “Starting from the first years of its independence one of the priorities...

"Does Oskanyan not want to be back either?"

"Yesterday the former foreign affairs minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan denied the rumors that he was going to be the one to head the so-called third power, which the government had been trying to create for months now....

UNITED STATES – READY TO SUPPORT ARMENIA

Mary Jovanovich, US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Armenia, yesterday convened her first press-conference to introduce her country’s viewpoints on the developments in and around Armenia. ...

US Senate confirms Jeffrey as new ambassador to Turkey

James Jeffrey speaks at a confirmation hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in late September. The US Senate has confirmed career diplomat James Jeffrey as the new ambassador to Turkey, replacing the incumbent Ross...

Gov’t to drum up support for UN bid in last-ditch drive

In his address to the UN General Assembly last month, President Abdullah Gül asked for member countries’ support for Turkey’s candidacy. The government is planning to promote Turkey's bid for a two-year seat on the UN Security...

Shame

Today I would have liked to have commented on messages from President Abdullah Gül in regard to new developments on the EU accession process front; but, instead, certain unpleasant events that marked the opening of Parliament...