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... scarves, like serving alcoholic beverages at official functions. Those kinds of issues sound funny in an American context, but they go very keep to what Turkey is all about in the minds of many Turks, and therefore yes the military and secular establishment but also a significant indeed a majority ...
... minority rights. Some people here said they fear the EU may never accept them. HUSNU PAKER (Translated ): I'm convinced that the reason is that Turkey is an Islamic country. I remember recently when a European prime minister said insulting things about Islam and Turkey because Turkey is a Muslim ...
... the wake of the First World War while the Ottoman Empire was disintegrating.ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And so once again as it has through its history, Turkey is pursuing policies aimed at preventing a disintegration of Iraq and of Turkey itself. Meanwhile, in the southeast in Diyarbakir, Kurdish leaders are trying ...
... go beyond Operation Northern Watch, and allow Americans to use Incirlik in a wider war on Iraq. Incirlik is located here in Aadana, in southern Turkey. Over the weekend, newspapers reported that the United States government has officially requested permission from the government of Turkey to use Incirlik, and two ...
... Rumsfeld also promised Turkey full U.S. support if it took control of the international force. In London, British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon also applauded Turkey's decision, promising that a British contingent would remain in Kabul after Turkey took command. The Turkish government said the peacekeeping force would continue ...
JIM LEHRER: Finally, Mr. Prime Minister, I read about the desire of Turkey to have a better economic relationship with the United States, particularly on some tariff relief on steel and other things, and my understanding is that you came up empty handed on this trip, is that correct? BULENT ...
... of the rights of the Palestinians, it has not taken a directly confrontational stance toward Israel similar to some other Muslim-majority powers such as Turkey and Iran. "From this point of view, the participation of Indonesian forces in southern Lebanon comes in a balanced and effective manner," he said ...
... many as 1.2 million” died. But the U.S. government has historically not recognized what happened as a “genocide” out of fear of alienating Turkey, a key U.S. ally in the region. In 2021, then-President Joe Biden formally recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds ...
Washington has built up military forces in the region, sending an aircraft carrier, guided-missile destroyers, air defense assets and more to supplement its presence. Arab and Islamic countries, including Turkey and Qatar, have been urging both sides to show restraint, warning that any strike or retaliation could have destabilizing ...
... time in the future.” Tehran has maintained that these talks will be only on its nuclear program. However, Al Jazeera reported that diplomats from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar offered Iran a proposal in which Tehran would halt enrichment for three years, send its highly enriched uranium out of the country ...
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