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... Turkey has a very important reason to succeed right now; that the interests of Europe should be watching; that the United States should be watching Turkey demonstrate that an Islamic democracy, a modern place, can be successful and stable in the 21st century. RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN (Translated): Well, let me ...
... kind of got the best of both worlds. They offered to send troops, they didn't have to send them. We're resuming aid, but Turkey is a good loyal ally, and I think it's an important attribute, asset for us and Europe in the region. I went one ...
... profoundly that al-Qaida still is a force to be reckoned with. And also I think it's tied to the ferment in Iraq, that Turkey's border with Iraq may have been designed... may have made Turkey a target as part of an al-Qaida design to demonstrate that ...
The twin blasts in Istanbul, the worst terrorist attack in Turkey's history, were blamed on al-Qaida. President Bush, on a state visit in Britain, said at a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair that Thursday's bombings showed that terrorists had "utter contempt for innocent life." "The ...
... looting and vandalism broke out on Thursday and Friday. Kurdish "peshmerga" fighters swept into Kirkuk on Thursday as government forces collapsed, causing alarm in neighboring Turkey which suspects Iraqi Kurds want to claim the city as the capital of an independent state. Turkey fears this could fan separatism among its ...
... Turkey and allowing U.S. planes to make emergency landings in Turkey, were still being discussed. The secretary of state also repeated his disappointment with Turkey for refusing to let the U.S. use the country to invade Iraq from the north. He said the U.S. "worked around" Turkey ...
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Diyarbakir is the largest city in Turkey's Kurdish southeast. It's a very old town along the Tigris River about two hours drive from the border with northern Iraq. Though this has been part of Turkey since it became a modern state after World War I, most ...
... convicted in the 1990s of inciting religious hatred. He had read a poem in public that was considered offensive by security authorities here, who uphold Turkey's historic commitment to secular rule. But his AK Party won the elections last fall, and once in power, changed the constitution. Erdogan was ...
... Turkey's own Kurdish minority. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Monday the United States would prevail in a conflict with Iraq, regardless of whether Turkey cooperates. "Turkey is reviewing its options for what they will or will not be able to do, and we are evaluating our options and ...
Turkey considers letting U.S. troops use its bases in a possible invasion of Iraq in exchange for billions in economic aid.
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