Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has been searching for leaders of nationwide protests. Turkish police have been ordered to find and arrest suspected organizers of the nationwide protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan. On July 11, police raided the homes of suspected protest organizers in such cities as Bursa, Izmir and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, unable to stop nationwide unrest, has been searching for anti-riot supplies from foreign countries. Officials said the Turkish police have been running out of supplies after three weeks of daily protests and clashes with anti-government protesters. The officials said the police have received permission from the Interior Ministry to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Recently much has been made of the so-called “Arc of Shi’ism”, from Lebanon to Iran, through Syria and Iraq. I submit that what is more significant is the much broader and longer “Arc of Chaos”, from Tunisia to Pakistan. Of this huge chunk of the world, and in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The Iran of the Shah was friendly to Israel, but the theocracy that overthrew it is not. The Turkey of the Ataturk secularists was friendly to Israel, but the Turkey of the Islamists is not. The Egypt of Mubarak was friendly to Israel, but the government of the Muslim […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Turkey and the United States have conducted a review of defense and military cooperation. The two countries discussed existing and new projects during a meeting in Washington on May 17 between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Turkish counterpart, Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz. Officials said the meeting was dominated by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has assessed that Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered bombings in the NATO country. On May 11, at least 43 people were killed and 140 injured when two car bombs exploded in Reyhanli, a city of 60,000 near the Syrian border. Officials said the Assad regime was suspected of ordering […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has assigned elite security units to prevent the assassination of its political leadership. The government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has intensified efforts to foil what officials said were plots to kill senior members of the pro-Islamist civilian leadership. They said the Turkish intelligence community has been alerted to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Turkey, despite a U.S.-arranged reconciliation, continues to prevent NATO from cooperating with Israel. A leading Israeli strategic institute asserted that Turkey stopped NATO participation at a conference scheduled for next month. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies said a member of the NATO Defense College in Rome was ordered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has determined a shale gas potential that could put a dent in its foreign energy dependency. The government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has awarded a license of a potential shale reserve to Canada’s Valeura Energy. The General Directorate of Petroleum Affairs said Valeura would hold a 100 percent […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The United States has agreed to allow Turkey’s participation in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, including developing the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. U.S. and Turkish officials said Washington would enable Ankara to support and intervene in Israeli talks with the Palestinian Authority. They said the effort would include Turkish efforts to woo the […]