February 22, 2007
Europe diary: Denying war crimes 15 February 2007 BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on a German attempt to criminalise Holocaust-denial across Europe, and the next steps to be taken in the life cycle of the proposed EU law limiting CO2...
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December 18, 2006
Support for further enlargement of the European Union has fallen in the UK and Spain in the past six months, in a further sign that the policy is losing public favour. However, religion is not at the root of such...
December 09, 2006
J.E. Luebering in Pamuk and the World Without Center provides a good analysis of Pamuk's Nobel speech... Sarah Edmonds says Pamuk pays tribute to power of literature while in Germany - Die Welt | Friday, December 8, 2006; Orhan Pamuk...
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December 07, 2006
The EU is studying an offer by Turkey to open one port and one airport to traffic from Cyprus, Finland says. The European Commission said the move, if confirmed, was "an important step" towards breaking the deadlock over Turkey's EU...
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TWO SOULS -- IN EUROPE AND TURKEY Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish novelist, is this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. This interview with Nobel Laureates Plus editor Nathan Gardels originally appeared in the Winter 2005 issue of NPQ...
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December 04, 2006
Last week, I was interviewed by Chris Vallance on the papal visit for his radio program called pods&blogs. In this week's session: * Email turns 35 and the exploding dead whale's earlier appearance on Up All Night * Microsoft...
If the European Union now spurns Turkey, it will deservedly stand accused of historic dishonesty and perfidy says Martin Kettle. Sabah has a brief round up of non-Turkish press and quotes from the Guardian, Turkey as "Healthy man of Europe"...
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December 02, 2006
Bronwen Maddox in Blame game is a dangerous one to play Who is most to blame for the sudden deadlock between Turkey and the European Union? Turkey, by a small margin, if you have to make that call, in that...
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December 01, 2006
Pope met world Orthodox leader and later visited one of Turkey's most famous mosques in what is being seen as an attempt to mend relations with the Muslim community. I should say his praying at the Blue Mosque instead of...
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November 29, 2006
The European Commission is set to recommend that parts of the EU's talks with Turkey about EU membership should be suspended, the BBC has learned. Therefore, Talks With Turkey Now "on Lower Level": Germany's Steinmeier says. Merkel says EU can't...
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Pope Benedict XVI has called for an "authentic dialogue" between Christians and Muslims in a speech at Turkey's directorate of religious affairs. Pope Benedict XVI, with a portrait of modern Turkey's founder Ataturk in the background, shakes hands with Turkish...
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November 28, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Turkey on his first trip to a mainly Muslim country since acceding to the papacy. NY Sun claims that Turks are in Suspense As Erdogan Sets Welcome of Pope. DW-TV's religious correspondent John Berwick...
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November 27, 2006
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Pope Benedict XVI during his trip to Turkey this week, after a late change of plan while Ahead of the Pope’s visit to Turkey, the Vatican sent out conciliatory signals.... Pope visit...
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Human rights in Turkey blog assesses the papal visit... Icarus Redeemed provides a more theological discussion More than 25,000 people Muslims have taken part in a protest in Istanbul against the Pope's forthcoming visit to Turkey. Sunday's protest was organised...
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November 26, 2006
Finishing touches in Turkey ahead of Pope's visit "Final preparations are under way in Turkey ahead of the Pope's journey there next week. For the first time since becoming Pontiff, whilst in Istanbul, Benedict XVI, will visit a mosque. There...
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November 25, 2006
Gareth Jones: While the world’s media focus on simmering Muslim-Christian tensions after Benedict’s remarks on Islam, the heart of his trip will be the search for elusive Christian unity with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul....... A woman walks...
October 18, 2006
Susanne Fowler in International Herald Tribune The old ways linger in this modernizing Turkish metropolis, whose 15 million residents are both eager and hesitant to be embraced as European. The feeling is perhaps most tangible during Ramazan, as the Islamic...
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October 10, 2006
BBC also covered the event quoting PM Erdogan: "This is an issue between Turkey and Armenia. It is none of France's business." Though I am not sure whether that is only the business of Turkey and Armenia, thanks to French...
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September 22, 2006
A court in Istanbul has acquitted the best-selling Turkish novelist, Elif Shafak, who had been accused of insulting Turkish national identity. A protestor reacts in front of a poster of Turkish novelist Elif Shafak during a demonstration outside the court...
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September 17, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI has apologised in person for causing offence to Muslims in a speech in Bavaria last week. * Text of Pope's apology * BBC's Key excerpts: The Pope's speech...
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Sabah is too happy to announce that Reuters praises the Turkish belly dance competition in ATV TV channels that belongs to the same media conglomeration with Sabah. Pope seeks to calm storm over 'evil Islam' comment but Turkish PM...
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called on Pope Benedict XVI to apologise for his "unfortunate, ugly" remarks on Islam, adding his voice to a growing international condemnation of the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Protesters hold...
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September 16, 2006
I am grateful to Prof. Shamir who shared his brief commentary on Pope's speech: While most attention is given to the quote concerning Muhammad's inhuman and evil legacy, other parts of the speech are no less revealing. Please take a...
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Ali Bardakoglu (2nd R), president of the Turkey's religious affairs, attends the foundation-laying ceremony of a local religious affairs office building as he is flanked by officials in Duzce September 15, 2006. REUTERS/Anatolian/Tuncay Turkgulu (TURKEY) Well, this is Turkish...
September 15, 2006
Turkey's top Muslim religious leader on Thursday slammed Pope Benedict XVI as "full of enmity and grudge" against Islam and opposed the pontiff's planned visit to Turkey in November. Ali Bardakoglu, head of the state-run religious affairs directorate, also...
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