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24 May 2013 Friday
 
 
 
 
 
 
PM defends alcohol ban, says gov't does not want a ‘wasted' generation
NEWS NATIONAL
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended a bill recently adopted in Parliament which limits the sale and advertisement of alcoholic beverages across the country, saying the government does not want a “wasted” generation.
Erdoğan claims planners of Reyhanlı attacks organized CHP meeting with Assad
Turkey's prime minister has claimed that those who are behind the twin car bombs that killed at least 51 people in the southern Turkish district of Reyhanlı on the Syrian border also helped officials of the main opposition to meet with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
24 May 2013/ 12:50/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL
Report: PKK head Öcalan to get new prison mates amid settlement efforts
Head of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan, who has been serving a life sentence on İmralı Island in the Marmara Sea largely in isolation, will soon have eight more prison mates, four of them women, according to a report published on Friday.
24 May 2013/ 13:06/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL
Four mosques attacked in Germany in 10 days since start of NSU trial
Islamic associations in Germany have said that four mosques were attacked on 10 consecutive days after the trial of the terrorist National Socialist Underground (NSU) group began and called for stronger measures and a more determined fight against Islamophobic attacks in the country.
23 May 2013/ 16:47/ ZİVER ERMİŞ, COLOGNE
PYD leader says would like to meet with MİT
Salih Muslim, the leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the political offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Syria, has said the PYD would very much like to meet with Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) as part of the ongoing settlement process with the PKK.
23 May 2013/ 16:52/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
Strong winds leave one dead, halt sea transportation
Strong winds battering Turkey's Aegean and Marmara regions have been disrupting life since Thursday, leaving one person dead in the western province of İzmir and forcing authorities to cancel sea transportation in the Marmara region.
24 May 2013/ 08:30/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL
Shirin Ebadi apologizes for Iran's support for Syrian regime
NEWS Diplomacy
As the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) opened its 38th congress »»
Bridge collapses in Washington state, sending cars into river
NEWS World
Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in rural Washington state collapsed »»
Fener ends season with cup win for second straight season
SPORTS
A powerful Fenerbahçe squad is doing its best to change its record in the »»
BBC poll: Turks rate Germany as most positively viewed nation
In an annual poll conducted by the BBC World Service, Germany is regarded most positively »»
23 May 2013/ 16:12 / TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
Former Emergency Rule Governor Kozakçıoğlu dies in apparent suicide
Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, 75, who served as a governor during the days of Turkey's »»
23 May 2013/ 11:18 / NECİP SALACAN, İSTANBUL
Obama limits US drone strikes in shift from constant war footing
President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless »»
24 May 2013/ 00:51 / REUTERS, WASHINGTON
Kerry says talks with Israel, Palestinians 'very productive'
NEWS World
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that his shuttle talks with Israeli »»
5 killed in Lebanon clash of Assad foes and backers
NEWS World
Opponents and supporters of embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy »»
Barred from poll, Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant
NEWS World
Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran’s leadership of »»
After Ahmadinejad
by Mehdi Khalaji*
23 May 2013/ 16:26/ WASHINGTON,
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's preferred successor, Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, will not be running in the June 14 election. Neither will former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The disqualification of both sends a strong message from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei. Simply put, Khamenei will not tolerate any diminution of his power, and he is determined to avoid the type of friction that has characterized his relationships with previous presidents, particularly Ahmadinejad.
The ‘cyber tension' between the US and China
by Aydoğan Vatandaş*
23 May 2013/ 17:04/ NEW YORK ,
During his nine day Asia-Pacific trip last year in November, President Barack Obama announced a new American military doctrine, which comes as a result of the country's new foreign policy on the Asia-Pacific region: “As we end today's wars, I have directed my national security team to make our presence and missions in the Asia Pacific a top priority.
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Jordan, Syrian Refugees and Water Problem
23 May 2013 / 18:05/ DR. TUĞBA EVRİM MADEN, ORSAM,
According to official figures from the UNHCR, 1.244 million Syrians have taken shelter in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Jordan and Iraq since April 2011, following the Arab Spring’s arrival in Syria on March 2011. Some 230,000 people are still waiting in line for registration.
Transformation of the conflict, and negotiations with the PKK
21 May 2013 / 12:24/ YUSUF ÇINAR, STRATEGIC OUTLOOK,
Good management of a conflict can reduce the losses, even it may create positive results. Mismanagement of the conflict may increase losses, or it may bring irreparable results. This is why Galtung defines conflict as the sum of the crisis and opportunities.
When is it time to get serious about Syria?
16 May 2013 / 15:56/ SÜLEYMAN ÖZEREN, USAK,
This is well beyond a fair question, considering the situation in Syria. The enduring conflict and devastation in Syria exceeds many limits; it's a situation which can only be summed up with the term witnessed genocide. This is not the first time when human beings have been butchered before the eyes of the world, yet it should elicit our collective reflection and anguish nonetheless.
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