Letter From Birmingham Jail
Source: Truthdig
Tarsus :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-18 18:29:17 -0700 | political-news
May 18, 2013 May 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Martin Luther King Jr.s plea for Americans to recognize the rights and humanity of their black fellow citizens, and for the morally responsible to use nonviolent resistance to...
Truck drivers end Turkey blocka...
Source: Qatar English Daily
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-18 18:16:12 -0700 | political-news
Bulgarian truck drivers lifted their traffic blockades at two major border checkpoints with Turkey late on Friday, saying a deal had been struck to end Turkish restrictions on their operations. The disgruntled drivers had blocked traffic for two days, causing...
Israel, Turkey and gas
Source: Jerusalem Post
Ankara :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-18 13:41:27 -0700 | political-news
Stringer Word is that both Israel and Turkey are seriously entertaining the notion of constructing an undersea pipeline to deliver Israeli natural gas to Turkey and, perhaps, hence to Europe. The Turks reportedly have expressed willingness to foot part of...
Alas… Yet Inspirational
Source: Asbarez
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-17 19:29:39 -0700 | political-news
I haven't even gotten to write the second one, and now I'm compelled to write the third tribute/testimonial/memorial of this year. I had feared this might become a more frequently occurring duty, but never would I have thought I'd be...
Commemoration 2013: An LA Chronicle
Source: Asbarez
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-17 19:29:32 -0700 | political-news
Seventeen participants started in Glendale's brand Park and hiked up to the Seven Trees area. A brief presentation, focusing on the necessity of assisting the republics that we have and the lands under our control, was followed by a few...
Western Wall and the Israeli segregation
Source: Arab News
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-17 14:52:11 -0700 | political-news
Uri Avenry Saturday 18 May 2013 Last Update 18 May 2013 12:15 am There was this Israeli man who from time to time put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God...
Neo-Nazi probe: Indian-origin German MP slams authorities
Source: Zee News
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-17 03:25:31 -0700 | political-news
Indian-origin MP Sebastian Edathy, who chairs a German parliamentary inquiry commission, has sharply criticised the country's security authorities for their "total failure" in probing a string of 10 racially motivated murders allegedly by a neo-Nazi gang.
“Beyond the Fragments”: I'm a socialist feminist. Can I be a radical feminist too?
Source: Open Democracy
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-17 01:59:14 -0700 | political-news
The authors of the re-launched Beyond the Fragments take a feminist approach to healing a divided left. They put women's exploitation by capital firmly on the agenda. But where is the challenge to patriarchy? Beyond the Fragments , first...
Op-Ed Contributors: Can Obama Save Turkey From a Syrian Quagmire?
Source: Newyork Times
Ankara :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-16 18:46:31 -0700 | political-news
Opinion In 2011, the Turkish government severed all diplomatic ties with the government of Bashar al-Assad and began to support the Syrian opposition groups seeking to oust him. But, thus far, this policy has failed, and it has exposed Turkey...
Leket: Budget makes it harder to help poor
Source: Jerusalem Post
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-16 17:17:45 -0700 | political-news
Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post The draft 2013-14 state budget will put added strain on agencies caring for the poor, Gidi Kroch, the CEO of Leket Israel, which distributes rescued food to Israelis in need, told The Jerusalem Post on...
Remarks At Lunch Honoring Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyi
Source: Scoop
Ankara :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-16 16:56:01 -0700 | political-news
Which, if I said that correctly, means you are here among friends. It's my honor to welcome all of you to the Department of State, especially our very distinguished guests, Prime Minister Erdogan and Mrs. Emine Erdogan and her family,...
“Veggie sweets” buffet; all-day pancakes; sparkling Turkish celebration
Source: Japan Times
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-16 08:56:37 -0700 | political-news
Eat your veggies for dessert in buffet The InterContinental Yokohama Grand is collaborating with Toryu, a finalist in the buffet connoisseur competition on the TV show TV Champion, to offer a new buffet at the hotel's lounge, Marine Blue, through...
Turkey and Spain sign farms deal
Source: Turkish Press
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-16 07:57:34 -0700 | political-news
Speaking in a press conference prior to signature ceremony, Eker said that signing of the MoA would be an important step to maintain the cooperation between Turkey and Spain in agriculture in a regular and systematic way.
Turkey-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Serbia trilateral summit held
Source: Turkish Press
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-16 07:57:33 -0700 | political-news
Gul held a joint press conference with Chairman of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential Council Nebojsa Radmanovic, the council members Zeljko Komsic and Bakir Izetbegovic, as well as Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic following the summit. Speaking to reporters, Gul said...
Turkey arrests four over bombings near Syrian border
Source: Reuters
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-15 23:15:01 -0700 | political-news
Topics Relatives of 39-year-old Mehmet Tas, a victim of a car bomb attack, lower his coffin into a grave in the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border May 15, 2013. Four suspects were arrested in Turkey...
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