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January 26, 2011
I started a discussion here, and I want to introduce as a new article my answer to our friends who posted a comment. I also added several lines. Well, when a new country becomes an EU member, the EU long-term budget had long before to foresee some funds for that country. That was and still… » read more
January 12, 2011
Turkey’s Datça cemetery: proof of tolerance I quote: “A multi-confessional cemetery in Datça provides evidence that people of different religions can live and be buried together, a prominent resident of the southern town has said in response to a controversy over graves in nearby Bodrum. “In Datça [in the southwestern province of Muğla], locals, foreigners,… » read more
December 1, 2010
Some observers of the Cypriot issue said on may 2010 that France and Germany are hiding themselves behind the Greek Cypriots in order to block Turkey’s European Union membership perspective (article in Turkish). Although Angela Merkel said that it was a mistake to have accepted the Greek Cypriots as members of the EU, she said… » read more
(That article is a part of this previous article: “Some news regarding Turkey V” . I added several lines.). Why did the European Union recognize the PKK as a terrorist organization in 2002 only? Let’s remind that the PKK was created in 1984 and killed 40 000 people. Why did the EU recognize it as… » read more
November 19, 2010
Good afternoon, here is a fifth cocktail about Turkey: EU report ‘most positive so far,’ says Turkish minister I quote: “”When I read the report and compare it with the previous 12 reports, the way I interpret it is we don’t have to wait for another 13 years or 13 reports for full membership. Membership… » read more
November 11, 2010
This article is published in French by Le Monde, and in English by Zaman Daily, Kyiv Post and Moscow Times. Comments in English welcome here. Commentaires bienvenus, ici en français. Deutsche Fassung auf Anfrage erhältlich. This debate already triggered a number of reactions, following my speaking: – in June 2010, at an Istanbul conference, –… » read more
November 10, 2010
Mr. Oktay Ekşi, honorary chief editor of large selling daily Hürriyet, used to be one the most senior political columnists in Turkey..until he was forced to resign from Hürriyet. His crime? He was no longer relevant? His readership declined? Contractual disputes? No, in an article about which he later apologized, he wrote that AKP deputies… » read more
CHP chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu spoke to NTV, one of Turkey’s premier private news channels. Kilicdaroglu announced that in Wednesday’s party caucus meeting he’ll be consulting members on the make-up of the Central Administrative Committee, CHP’s top decision making body. Kilicdaroglu was also asked his reply to PM Erdogan’s comments that “He’ll get used to politics”.… » read more
November 9, 2010
(This current article is a part of my previous article “Some news regarding Turkey IV” published earlier this month. But I wish I suggested it separately with a new title. I also improved it with an additional comment and several lines). To start with, in my blog I denounce the treason of the EU towards… » read more
(The current article is a part of the article “Some news regarding Turkey IV” which was published earlier this month. I decided to suggest it separately with a new title. I added a few lines). Angela Merkel said that the multicultural society has failed. Ms Merkel is an irresponsible politician. Stating that multicultural society has… » read more
November 2, 2010
Here is a fourth cocktail of articles from the Hürriyet Daily News: Turkish Embassy in Washington hosts jazz concerts I quote: “Mr. Ertegün in his reply said: ‘Yes we always take in our friends through the front door. If you like, you are welcome too, but we will take you in through the back door”.… » read more
October 25, 2010
First of all, several governments of the European Union want absolutely to organize a referendum about Turkey’s EU membership. But it is revealing that they didn’t want to organize a referendum about the Lisbon treaty (Ireland only organized one). That is crystal clear: they were afraid that their citizens might vote against that treaty, that… » read more
October 6, 2010
The EU has been in a process of permanent enlargements since its very beginning in 1958. In 2010 it is negotiating with two more candidate countries: Croatia and Turkey. It has given membership promises to six West Balkan countries (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo). In the East, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia also cherish… » read more
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Guests, As the leader of the Republican People’s Party, I undertake my first journey to Brussels, the centre of the European Union. This has a special meaning for me and my party. This decision is a solid proof of our commitment to continue the accession process to the European Union,… » read more
September 23, 2010
I already had the unpleasant “privilege” to read lots of anti-Turkey articles on numerous french sites, or for instance on the Hürriyet daily news, which takes up extracts of foreign articles (European Union, United States of America, ….). Thus, I didn’t want to read the last rag of Le nouvel observateur regarding Turkey. I am… » read more
September 1, 2010
Leader of the Opposition and the President of the CHP Mr Kilicdaroglu calls all the democrats to support his position on the constitutional amendments package put to the referendum. Please click here to view the letter of Mr Kılıçdaroğlu: http://bit.ly/bkxgEs Excerpts : The High Board for Judges and Public Prosecutors (HBJP) should be in compliance… » read more
The BDP, the pro-PKK “political” party (former DTP), which is racist and ultra-nationalist, aims at dividing Turkey, and Osman Baydemir’s last declaration proved it. The BDP is the lawyer of the terrorist organization the PKK. It is essential to underline that the kurdish issue and the PKK terrorism are two different issues, and of course… » read more
August 27, 2010
To begin with, I’ve decided to read again the Hürriyet daily news newspaper and to post comments there for several weeks. However, I want to stress that I had stopped commenting articles on that newspaper during several months. I want to explain why: on the one hand, because there are many anti-Turkey commentators at the… » read more
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu gave an interview to ANS TV where he talked about Azerbaijani-Turkish ties, the balance of forces in the region after the Russian-Armenian agreement and the prospects of a Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. read more
According to research of AVG specialists working on making anti-virus software, Armenia is in third place of the least safe internet-using countries, www.telecom.arka.am reports. The first place belongs to Turkey, followed by Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh. read more
