Women Rights In Turkey

In its less visible, more subtle forms, gender-based violence threatens the physical and emotional integrity of millions of women living in Turkey, and billions globally

TURKISH - CHINESE RELATIONS SINCE 1971 AND THE EAST TURKISTAN ISSUE

Turkish and Chinese people have historical relations since the periods of the Hun Empire and Göktürks. These relationships are driven, sometimes friendly and sometimes went to war in the history

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Turkey on Cyprus: No More Mr. Nice Guy



Cyprus, that cute little island in eastern Mediterranean, has never been on the top of my following list. I have always wished all the best for its peoples, the Greeks and the Turks, but their never-ending disputes have been not just too complicated but also too uninspiring for me.

However, being Turkish inevitably means being connected to Cyprus, for the fate of the island is unavoidably linked with Turkey’s place in the international scene, including its bid to join the European Union. These days, especially, Cyprus looks more and more definitive for us, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent bravado on the island


Sunday, July 17, 2011

LIBYA MEETING OPENS IN ISTANBUL

The 4th meeting of the Libya Contact Group set up by the international community to find a solution to the Libyan crisis is taking place in İstanbul.



The Libya Contact Group formed at the London Conference held at the end of March to defuse the crisis which emerged with the popular uprising in Libya and the Gadhafi administration's crack-down on its own people has convened in Istanbul in a bid to surmount this crisis.
 
The meeting co-chaired by Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, which hosted the previous meeting, is being attended 32 countries, 7 international organizations and 40 delegations comprised of the representatives of the Libya National Interim Council.

18 of the countries are being represented at foreign minister level.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen are also attending the meeting.

The 4th meeting of the Libya Contact Group started with a speech by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayid El Nahyan each.

The developments in Libya since the meeting in Abu Dhabi on June 9 will be taken up at the Istanbul meeting.

The quest for a political solution on the basis of a roadmap drawn up by Turkey will be the main item of the agenda.

The humanitarian aid to the Libyan people and Libya's re-construction are also among the items to be discussed at the meeting.