Posted by seumasach on January 4, 2016
M.K.Bhadrakumar
31st December, 2015
The Russian-Turkish tensions following the shooting down of a Russian warplane on November 24 are nearing a new threshold of mutual hostility. An interview by a Turkish dailythree days ago with a Turkish citizen by name Alparslan Celik who apparently had killed the Russian pilot in cold blood, cannot but be seen as taunt by Ankara, virtually hinting at its complicity in the killing.
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Posted by seumasach on August 19, 2013
Thierry Meyssan
19th August, 2013
The Ergenekon trial verdict did not raise an outcry internationally. At best, the press highlighted the divide that has arisen in the country between those favoring a secular society and the Muslim Brotherhood. For Thierry Meyssan, this trial constitutes exceptional justice and concludes with the imprisonment of all the anti-US leaders: this is a coup.
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Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2013
5th August, 2013
A Turkish court on Monday announced verdicts and long prison sentences for dozens of defendants in the so-called ‘Ergenekon’ plot to overthrow the government. The rulings expose how uncertain and divided the country is.
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Posted by seumasach on May 18, 2013
18th May, 2013
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Erdogan went to Washington this week with a shopping list for more direct American intervention in the NATO regime-change operation in Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2012
22nd November, 2012
Russia has warned Turkey against the deployment of NATO surface-to-air Patriot missiles near the Syrian border, saying Ankara should instead use its sway to restore calm in the conflict-stricken Arab country.
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Posted by seumasach on October 16, 2012
15th October, 2012
The recent polls have repeatedly shown that the Turkish public opinion is strongly opposed to any military intervention in Syria. The curious part is that this opinion is present even within the ruling party, AKP, despite PM Recep Erdogan’s “forward policy” toward Syria.
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
Kaveh Afrasiabi
10th October, 2012
With the blessing of the US and its other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners, as well as its own national legislature if not the entire Turkish population, some of whom have been holding mass rallies in opposition to Ankara’s war policy vis-a-vis Syria, the Turkish government has resorted to a double hypocrisy.
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Posted by seumasach on October 9, 2012
8th October, 2012
Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi affirmed on Monday that what Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said reflects obvious political and diplomatic confusion and blundering.
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Posted by seumasach on October 8, 2012
6th October, 2012
This is a translation of the recent blog post by the German Blog “Alles Schall und Rauch” about the allegedly attack of a Turkish border town by the Syrian Arab Army. It seems that NATO ammunition was used in this attack.
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Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2012
4th October, 2012
Constrained from a substantial military incursion into Syria by US President Barack Obama’s veto and Saudi and Qatari refusals to help pay for it, Turkey’s government and military decided to make do with carving out a buffer strip 10 kilometers deep into Syria by continuous artillery barrages.
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Posted by seumasach on October 4, 2012
4th October, 2012
Ankara: Turkish police fired tear gas to stop a small group of anti-war protesters approaching parliament on Thursday as deputies debated a motion that could authorise military action in Syria if the government deems it necessary.
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