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TURKEY: Enter the Turban, And Trouble

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Feb 11 (IPS) - Thanks to an alliance between the ruling Justice and Development (AK) and Nationalist Action (MH) parties, the Turkish Grand National Assembly has approved legislation to lift ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  11 Feb 2008

TURKEY: Historic Visit – And Largely Inconsequential

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Feb 1 (IPS) - Constantinos Karamanlis, the first Greek prime minister to visit Turkey in 49 years, ended an uneventful three-day official trip to Ankara and Istanbul last week that is unlikely ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  1 Feb 2008

TURKEY: Restoration Plan Over Bumpy Road

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Jan 21 (IPS) - A day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy expounded on his plan for 2008 and coined the term "policy of civilisation", Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  21 Jan 2008

Iran Becomes the Trade-Off for Northern Iraq

ANKARA - Triumphalism, which generally prevails in official communiqués and the Turkish media following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visits abroad, was dimmed Monday night at the end of the meeting between him and US President George W. ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, AntiWar.com,  8 Nov 2007

TURKEY: Iran Becomes the Trade-Off for Northern Iraq

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Nov 7 (IPS) - Triumphalism, which generally prevails in official communiqués and the Turkish media following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visits abroad, was dimmed Monday night at the ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  7 Nov 2007

TURKEY: Rice Moves to Stall Another Iraq Invasion

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Nov 2 (IPS) - The United States made a decisive step Friday towards appeasing Turkish public opinion. Speaking at a press conference here, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared the ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  3 Nov 2007

TURKEY: Relations with Iraq Become Explosive

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Oct 30 (IPS) - Clashes between Turkish army units and Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas intensified during the weekend along Turkey's borders with northern Iraq and in the country's ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  30 Oct 2007

Turkish Incursion Into Iraq a Minefield Larger Than It Looks

ANKARA - Tension between Turkey, Iraq and the United States went up another degree as Turkish artillery continued Wednesday and Thursday to shell civilian targets and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions across its border, while army helicopters ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, AntiWar.com,  27 Oct 2007

TURKEY: Incursion Into Iraq a Minefield Larger Than It Looks

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Oct 26 (IPS) - Tension between Turkey, Iraq and the United States went up another degree as Turkish artillery continued Wednesday and Thursday to shell civilian targets and Kurdistan Workers ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  26 Oct 2007

TURKEY: Armenian Ghosts Refuse To Go Away

TURKEY: Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Oct 16 (IPS) - The decision last week by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations to adopt a resolution recognising as genocide the massive killings of Armenians in 1915 and 1916 by ...

From JACQUES N. COUVAS, Inter Press Service,  16 Oct 2007

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