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Turkey, Austria, Japan, Mexico and Uganda will serve a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, alongside the five permanent members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and United States.The total 10 non-permanent members can vote on council actions, such as military intervention and economic sanctions, but each permanent ...
... a cease-fire. But as the violence resumed and casualties mounted over the past few years, battling the PKK has returned to the forefront of Turkey's domestic agenda, Parris said.Kurdish people make up about 20 percent, or 14 million, of Turkey's population. Many live in major cities ...
... with everything that Turkey has to offer, it will persevere, she said. Fellow Sabanci University student, Enes Molu, 21, pointed out another prevailing characteristic of Turkey: change. He described a recent visit to Venice, which, like Turkey, has a rich culture and history. But unlike Venice, he said, Turkey is ...
... judges voted to close the ruling party, one fewer than the number needed. The verdict ended months of political uncertainty, which hit financial markets in Turkey over concerns that the removal of a democratically elected government would hamper political and economic reforms to help it join the European Union. A ...
... by the martyrdom of our three police officers in a terrorist attack," Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement.The U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Turkey's foreign ministry said security around all U.S. diplomatic missions in Turkey had been increased.The U.S. consulate building was ...
... influences.The incursion was launched against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a group fighting for the autonomy of the predominantly Kurdish southeastern region of Turkey. The PKK took up arms against Turkey in 1984.Turkey's military said it killed 240 rebels and lost 27 of its own soldiers ...
... campaign two decades ago for an independent ethnic homeland for Turkey's 12 million Kurds. After talks in Baghdad today aimed at diffusing the tensions, Turkey's foreign minister rejected a PKK cease-fire offer and said there were several ways to fight the rebels.ALI BABACAN, Foreign Minister, Turkey ...
... States of America legitimized the Armenian genocide claim, which has swung over Turkey's head like a stick and which has posed a threat to Turkey for years. The U.S. has made it clear once again that it targets Turkey.KWAME HOLMAN: Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul, also harshly ...
... Nefarious plans to ruin Turkey's secular and democratic nature emerge in different forms every day. The military will, just as it has so far, keep its determination to guard social, democratic and secular Turkey," end quote.For his part, Gul pledged again today to uphold the country's secularism.
The man presumed to become Turkey's next president, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, failed to secure the two-thirds of parliamentary votes Monday needed to skip another round of presidential voting next week.
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