Saturday, March 22 2008
At least 100 people were injured as security forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse Kurdish spring festival celebrations in a number of Turkish cities.
Saturday, March 22, 2008 | David Frum
Five years later, the debate over the Iraq war rages as hot as when it began. We have never ceased looking over our shoulders. We have attempted to fight our way forward with our eyes fixed backward.
5 March 2008
Three members of European Parliament have concurred that the new Turkish Constitution should not include the concept of "Turkishness" and should focus instead on citizenship without making distinctions over ethnicity.
Apr 3rd 2008 | ISTANBUL
The constitutional court takes on Turkey's ruling party
The long battle between Turkey's mildly Islamist ruling party and its fiercely secular establishment is coming to a climax. The outcome could decide the country's future direction, and in particular its hopes of one day joining the European Union.
April 5, 2008 | By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
A struggle between Sunni Arabs and Kurds has torn apart the city of Mosul and could play a crucial role in drawing the region's boundaries.
By Elias Maglinis - Kathimerini
Aynur, the “Kurdish girl” as she is fondly called by fans, will be coming to Athens to appear at the Scholeion theater on July 19 in the World Music series of the Athens Festival.
Thu Octobter 27 2005 - By Borzou Daragahi and Richard Boudreaux Times Staff Writers
BAGHDAD — They are three lawyers, Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurd, one a poor city kid, another raised on a farm, the third the scion of wealthy landlords.
Monday, 10 December, 2007
ANKARA: Turkey is considering amnesty for Kurdish rebels whose separatist drive has claimed more than 37,000 lives since 1984, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying yesterday.
