TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu lashes out at the recent wave of detentions in the Ergenekon case, saying they invoke memories of a military junta. Meanwhile, the military warns against conspiracies and urges everyone to remain calm. A deputy prosecutor in Istanbul says the suspects will be tried on charges of belonging to a terrorist group
Members of military and civil society differed in their reaction to the Ergenekon detentions that shook the country Tuesday. Land Forces Commander General İlker Başbuğ, urging the more »
France is same old France Contrary to reassuring messages from France that its term at the helm of the European Union would be an impartial one, the most recent statement from Paris seemed a sign of a well-known French more »
Turkey marks 15th anniversary of Madımak massacre The country once again marked the anniversary of the 1993 murder of 37 Alevi artists and intellectuals in a hotel in the central Anatolian province of Sivas, though calls to turn the hotel more »
Straits in dire straits, Turkey tells Russia
Turkey reiterated yesterday its efforts to convince Russia to support its plans for building the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline, a project hoped to alleviate the burden on the Turkish straits.Russian Foreign more »
Palestinian kills three in Jerusalem bulldozer rampage
A Palestinian driving an enormous construction vehicle went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street yesterday, plowing into a string of cars, buses and pedestrians, killing at least three more »