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PM Erdogan: If it continues like this
security forces will respond more strongly
Speaking last night on a television program hosted by reporter Mehmet Ali Birand, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the recent increase in "street protests" by PKK backed groups, saying "For the past 5 years there has been peace. But things have started to heat up again. If you'll notice, this occurs just as we enter into talks with the EU." PM Erdogan noted that if tension continues on the same note, security forces will be stepped up in concert with the level of threat. |
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Possible visit to Turkey in the cards
for Pope Benedict XVI
It has been revealed that Pope Benedict XVI is awaiting permission from Ankara for a proposed trip to Turkey in November. The Vatican has said that Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomeus I had invited Pope Benedict earlier, but that Ankara had still not issued the official invitation expected by the Vatican. Speaking with reporters on the subject of a possible trip to Turkey, Vatican authority Cardinal Walter Kasper said "The Pope wishes to go. We are discussing the matter with Ankara." |
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Straw issues warning on Turkey
Greeks are angered
Recent written and spoken comments by British Foreign Minister Jack Straw on the subject of possible Turkish membership in the EU have elicited a strong response from Greek diplomatic authorities. An article by Straw , published in the International Herald Tribune, warned of the crossroads faced by Europe in terms of either choosing to cooperate with Turkey or closing its doors on itself. |
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Operation against group of 30 PKK members continues outside of Tunceli
An operation to capture PKK backed terrorists in the mountains above Tunceli is continuing in Turkey's southeast. A group of 30 PKK fighters who had gone to the top of Munzur Mountain in order to make preparations for the winter fought Turkish security forces who called for the fighters to give themselves up. Gun battles waged between the group and the soldiers, though most of the group has now been surrounded. |
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Germany shuts down PKK linked publications
Germany, which shut down PKK-linked newspaper "Ozgur Politika" at the beginning of the week, has now also forbiddden another voice of the PKK, the Mesopotamian News Agency (MHA). Meeting with Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday in Ankara, Volker Ruhe, the president of Germany's Federal Foreign Ministry Commission, said that the decision to outlaw the publications would go into effect immediately. |
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Independent Commission members in Turkey, activating for EU membership
Two important members of the Independent Commission, created with the support of the Open Society Institute, were in Turkey this week. They were the former Charge d'Affaires from the Austrain Foreign Ministry, Albert Rohan, and the former Spanish Foreign Minister Marcelino Oreja Aguirre. |
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Belgium sees attempt to pass
Armenian genocide bill
The liberal Belgian MR Party has presented a bill to the Brussels Parliament calling for an official recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide. The bill, put forward by MR Senators Alain Destexhe, Francoise Roelants du Vivier, and Christine Defraigne, demands that all archives and research on the issue be opened up for public consumption, and notes that the relations between Turkey and Armenia are completely blocked due to the disagreement over exactly what happened to ethnic Armenians in Turkey during the WWI period. |
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