warincontext.org - 10/29/2009
—
‘Iran is our friend,’ says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan
By Robert Tait, The Guardian, October 26, 2009
With its stunning vistas and former Ottoman palaces, the banks of the Bosphorus – the strategic waterway that cuts Istanbul in half and divides Europe from Asia – may be the ...
liberalvaluesblog.com - 29 days ago
—
liberalvaluesblog.com —
During the Bush years our foreign policy often
felt like a no win battle between Christian and...
Islamic fundamentalism. The Boston Globe shows one of the areas where the two are increasingly in agreement–belief in creationism: But there is another creationist movement whose influence is ...
(more)
Creationism in the Muslim World
danielpipes.org - 10/27/2009
—
danielpipes.org —
"There is no doubt he is our friend,"
Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says of Iran's...
president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as he accuses Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Gaza. These
(more)
Turkey: An Ally No More
nytimes.com - 10/29/2009
—
nytimes.com —
ISTANBUL With Turkey’s prospects for joining the
European Union growing more elusive and the country reaching...
out to predominantly Muslim countries with a vigor not seen in years, a longstanding question is vexing the United States and Europe: Is ...
(more)
Tensions Grow Between Turkey and the West
Comments
Blog Reactions
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Is Obama's Iran Policy Doomed to Fail?
TomDispatch —
... a website like the War in Context, Turkey, too, is moving closer to Iran and energy is again at the heart of the matter. Among other things, Turkey is ...
Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail
Antiwar.com Original —
... a website like the War in Context , Turkey, too, is moving closer to Iran and energy is again at the heart of the matter. Among other things, Turkey is ...
Related Content
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Turkey Looking Like The Next Iran
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com 10/18/2009 — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who heads an Islamist party, recently ripped into Shimon Peres, President of Israel at the Davos forum, telling Peres "when it comes to killing, you know well how to kill.” Peres gave it right back to ...
Turkey is Lost to Islamists
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com 10/18/2009 — On January 31, 2009, I wrote that Turkey Looking Like The Next Iran : My prediction: Turkey is the next Iran, unless Obama stops blaming the U.S. for Islamist aggression and gives support to Turkey's secular institutions, including the Turkish army. ...
Axis of Evil: Now with Turkey!!!
lefarkins.blogspot.com 10/25/2009 — It's difficult to plow through the many layers of rank idiocy in the assertion that Turkey is "lost to the Islamists" ; I can identify at least a few... The insinuation that the oppression of the Kurds was launched by AKP, rather than by the secular ...
Turkey “Lost to the West”?
poliblogger.com 10/19/2009 — Via Memeorandum yesterday, I noted an odd piece by Caroline Glick at Real Clear Politics entitled “ How Turkey Was Lost to the West ” wherein she claims that “this week Turkey officially left the Western alliance and became a full member of the ...
Turkey confirms Iran gas deal
tehrantimes.com 10/29/2009 — Turkey confirms Iran gas deal Tehran Times Economic Desk TEHRAN -- Turkey plans to carry out its $3.5 billion natural gas development plans in Iran, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday. “The issue would be discussed during Prime ...
Turkey PM: My people rejected Israeli participation in NATO drill
haaretz.com 10/14/2009 — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that "diplomatic sensitivities" led his government to ban Israel from a joint NATO air force drill, French news agency AFP reported. "There is military cooperation between Turkey and ...
Is the Turkish-Israeli Alliance Over? Yes It Is [Article]
gloria-center.org 27 days ago — If you find these articles useful and interesting, please read and subscribe to Barry Rubin's blog, Rubin Reports, at : I wrote the following article for The Turkish Analyst, Vol. 2, No. 19 published by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute s Silk Road ...
Israel Palestine
jpost.com 10/12/2009 — Following Turkey's cancellation of a joint military exercise on Sunday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that "despite the ups and downs, Turkey continues to be a major player in our region." Speaking in a closed session on Monday, Barak stressed that ...
How Turkey Was Lost to the West
realclearworld.com 10/17/2009 — Once the apotheosis of a pro-Western, dependable Muslim democracy, this week Turkey officially left the Western alliance and became a full member of the Iranian axis.
It isn't that Ankara's behavior changed fundamentally in recent days. There is ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
