Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Turkey Zaman

Obama discusses anti-ISIL cooperation, Yemen with Turkey’s Erdoğan

US President Barack Obama discussed with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, »»

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 21:18:21/ MAHIR ZEYNALOV

Muiznieks condemns sentence against cartoonists, urges Turkey to decriminalize defamation

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks has condemned a recent »»

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 12:45:01/ TODAY'S ZAMAN

Former Economic Affairs Minister Derviş accepts deputy PM role under CHP

Former Economic Affairs Minister Kemal Derviş has accepted an offer of the post of »»

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 15:44:52/ TODAY'S ZAMAN

1 dead as blast hits magazine affiliated with radical group İBDA-C

One person was killed and three others injured when a powerful explosion hit the »»

March 25, 2015, Wednesday/ 22:02:55/ AP

Erdoğan files ‘insult’ complaints against 236 people in 227 days

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed complaints on charges of “insulting” him »»

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 18:00:42/ TODAY'S ZAMAN

Turkish journalist’s Instagram account briefly shut down over Nevruz photographs

An Instagram account used by Cumhuriyet daily columnist Ahmet Şık was briefly shut »»

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 12:53:59/ TODAY'S ZAMAN

Outlook for Turkish banking ’negative,’ Moody’s says

Ratings agency Moody's has said its outlook for Turkey's banking system is "negative" »»

March 25, 2015, Wednesday/ 23:16:13/ MAHIR ZEYNALOV

Turkey unveils Great Synagogue as Jewish population fades

When the domes of Edirne's abandoned Great Synagogue caved in, Rıfat Mitrani, the »»

March 25, 2015, Wednesday/ 16:57:04/ REUTERS

Architect Yapıcı warns of irreversible ecological damage from İstanbul’s mega projects

Architect Mücella Yapıcı from the İstanbul branch of the Turkish Union of Engineers »»

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 17:26:55/ ZEYNEP KARATAŞ

Business

Oil surges on Yemen air strikes, stocks tumble

Escalating tensions in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia and its allies launched air »» ï¿½ï¿½

World

US, UK commend Saudi-led military action against Houthis

US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia »» ï¿½ï¿½

Arts & Culture

‘Danny Collins’: To redeem or not to redeem?

Oh, how I have been waiting for such a film in which Al Pacino gives it his all, »» ï¿½ï¿½

Expat Zone

A long bus journey

Since the 1990s, Kurds in Turkey have produced VCDs with amateur sketches performed »» ï¿½ï¿½

Sports

Striker Burak Yılmaz: We can win if we want

Turkey faces the Netherlands away in a crucial Euro 2016 qualifying Group A match »» ï¿½ï¿½

The demise of the Sunnis of Iraq: the end of an historical epoch
by ROBERT OLSON*

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 15:06:00

Sometimes it is good not to be too caught up in the current political jockeying for power in the Middle East and instead to speculate on the possible emerging geopolitical configurations. Even if proved to be not entirely accurate, such speculation compels one to focus attention on what emerging configurations may look like. The latest developments in Iraq and Syria provide a roadmap of not just emerging forces, but of emerging history. The “Battle for Mosul&r

Can peace become and remain a grey area?
by MUHAMMET KELEŞ*

March 26, 2015, Thursday/ 15:02:47

The Kurdish question is unquestionably a crucial issue for Turkey's future, both in terms of its implications for other identity-related matters in Turkey, and the peace process that aims to resolve it. There is no denying that the path to peace is a difficult one, with many challenges and obstacles along the way. Perhaps, in an already nuanced world, the least-needed approach for the peace process is the one that will see everything in black and white. And yet

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Prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot likely crashed jet deliberately

The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have brought the A320 Airbus down deliberately, the Marseille prosecutor said.

Airlines introduce two-person cockpit rule...

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