Global Turkey
Turkey debates "reliability" of Iran gas
18/01/2008
The suspension of natural gas supplies from Iran to Turkey earlier this month has prompted Turkish officials to explore relationships with other countries that supply gas and oil.
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Croatia, Turkey move forward on EU accession path
20/12/2007
Talks on new policy chapters were opened with Croatia and Turkey, although the two countries are moving at a different pace in their EU accession bids.
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New and Emerging
Turkish police, courts target al-Qaeda cells
08/04/2008
In a second major operation this year, police detained a group of al-Qaeda suspects last week. On Saturday, a Turkish court indicted 24 of them.
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Turkish commandos fight PKK terrorists in northern Iraq
25/02/2008
The Turkish military reiterated the sole goal of its ground offensive is to destroy PKK camps and that troops will return home as soon as this is achieved.
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Politics and Society
Nabucco pipeline highlights Turkey's strategic importance to the EU
24/04/2008
Turkey is trying to parlay its strategic location into becoming a key energy route for the EU. Iraq's recent pledge to supply gas to the Nabucco pipeline increased the project's feasibility.
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Rice calls for respect of Turkey's secular democracy
17/04/2008
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urges respect for Turkey's "secular democratic principles", in light of a controversial court case to shut down the ruling party.
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Turkish government proposes amendments to law limiting freedom of speech
08/04/2008
The Turkish government sent a proposal to parliament Monday aimed at softening a widely criticised law that curbs free speech.
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Amid Turkish reforms, terrorists still defiant
31/03/2008
With the authorities becoming more open to Kurdish concerns, has the PKK's terror campaign lost its rationale?
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Turkish court decides to put ruling AKP on trial
31/03/2008
The eleven-member Constitutional Court judges voted unanimously Monday in favour of hearing a case brought by Turkey's chief prosecutor.
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Prosecutor seeks to shut down Turkey's ruling party
17/03/2008
The battle between Turkish secularists and the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has flared again, with chief prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya demanding that the prime minister and 70 others be banned from politics.
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Turkey plans to pour billions into impoverished southeast
13/03/2008
Turkey is planning to invest up to $12 billion in a comprehensive five-year programme for its Kurdish-dominated southeast, in a bid to improve living standards in the region and draw young men away from militant activities.
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Turkey allows Islamic headscarves at universities
11/02/2008
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed parliament's vote as a triumph for democracy, but Turkey's secularists see it as a threat to the separation of religion and state.
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Turkey moves to ease headscarf ban
30/01/2008
Constitutional amendments that would ease the ban on wearing Muslim headscarves in universities were submitted to parliament by Turkey's ruling party on Tuesday, and are widely expected to be approved in the coming days.
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Alarm in Turkey over violence against Christians
29/01/2008
A spate of recent attacks has highlighted the threat religious minorities face, mostly from marginal ultranationalist groups.
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