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	Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Turkey borders eight countries: Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia, Armenia and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan and to the northeast; Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south.
		The Republic of Turkey was established on October 29, 1923 from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
		The territory of Turkey extends from 36° to 42° N and from 26° to 45° E. It is roughly rectangular in shape and is 1,660 kilometers wide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkey (4044 words)

	Encyclopedia: Politics of Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Political separatism is a movement to obtain sovereignty and split a territory or group of people (usually a people with a distinctive national consciousness) from one another (or one nation from another; a colony from the metropolis).
		Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus in 1974 in response to an Athens-backed coup of the island, Turkey states that it was invoking its role under the Treaty of Guarantee to ensure the independence of the island and protection of its Turkish Cypriot minority.
		Turkey is bordered to the east by Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran; to the south by Iraq and Syria; and to the west by the Aegean Sea and its islands, Greece and Bulgaria.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-Turkey (1764 words)

	Politics of Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its current constitution was adopted on November 7, 1982 after a period of military rule, and enshrines the principle of secularism.
		Political parties deemed anti-secular or separatist by the judiciary can be banned.
		Turkey elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Turkey (430 words)

	Government & Politics Parliament Turkey
		Turkey's commercial, industrial, agricultural and tourism sectors boomed producing record profits, but the lira continued to slide in a constant devaluation against harder currencies.
		September and October were one long political crisis as Çiller, now caretaker, attempted to form a new government, ultimately forming a new coalition with Mr Deniz Baykal of the Republican Peoples',Party (CHP) as foreign minister and deputy prime minister to take the country to early elections.
		The elections of 24 December 1995 were a wake-up call against politics as usual: the upstart religious-right Welfare Party (RP) won a plurality of 23%, which was seen as a protest vote against the ineffective policies and tedious political wrangles of the mainstream Motherland Party (20%) and Çiller's True Path Party (19%).
	www.gofethiye.com /turkiye/government.asp (1069 words)

	TURKEY'S ENERGY POLITICS IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA
		Turkey is at the crossroads of several volatile, strategically and economically important regions, including the awkward triangle of the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.
		Turkey's gas demands during the 1990s have been growing at 10 percent per year, and by the year 2005 these demands are expected to quadruple to 45 billion cubic meters.
		Turkey is Washington's nearest regional ally and a counterbalance to Russia.
	meria.idc.ac.il /journal/1998/issue4/jv2n4a4.html (4306 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Turkey deal 'to help world peace'
		A deal bringing Turkey a step closer to EU membership is of "fundamental importance" to the peace and security of the world, Tony Blair has said.
		Turkey's involvement with the EU would provide an "invaluable bridge" between Europe and the rest of the world, Mr Howard added.
		The internationally recognised southern part of Cyprus is an EU member, but Turkey, which occupies northern Cyprus, had previously insisted it would not bow to demands to recognise the country, calling the issue a "red line".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4112465.stm (350 words)

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		The politics of ethnicity in southwest Asia: political development or political decay?.
		The anatomy of the Turkish military's political autonomy.
		Political Islam and the Welfare (Refah) Party in Turkey.
	condor.depaul.edu /~wwolf/international/turkey_bibliography.doc (391 words)

	Online NewsHour: Religion and Politics in Turkey -- October 31, 2002
		Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Turkey on the conflicting roles of secularism and Islam in Turkish politics.
		Turkey's national hero, Kemal Ataturk, recognized the fault line and forced through a political reformation in the 1920s, which made Turkey western enough to seam a bridge between the two worlds.
		A political party claiming to speak for this Turkey may win elections this Sunday with potentially important consequences for this part of the world.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/july-dec02/turkey_10-31.html (1899 words)

	Turkey
		Turkey is the best country we have visited off the Pacific Rim and it is in large part because of the Turks.
		Turkey tried to bring them into the mainstream culture, but they would not assimilate and still hold out the dream of being a separate country.
		Turkey is trying desperately to bring prosperity to their country because money is a trump card that keeps fundamentalists under control and allows them to be controlled in approved democratic ways.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/6960/turkey.htm (23990 words)

	Turkey
		Turkey is at the northeast end of the Mediterranean Sea in southeast Europe and southwest Asia.
		Turkey's current boundaries were drawn in 1923 at the Conference of Lausanne, and Turkey became a republic with Kemal Atatürk as the first president.
		Turkey became a full member of NATO in 1952, was a signatory in the Balkan Entente (1953), joined the Baghdad Pact (1955; later CENTO), joined the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) and the Council of Europe, and became an associate member of the European Common Market in 1963.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108054.html (1612 words)

	Politics - Turkey and human rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Western intellectual culture is so arrogant and insular that when the issue of Turkey as a model is discussed, attention is restricted to Turkey's role as a model to the Muslim world.
		There is another respect in which Turkey should be a model, which is of no slight significance: namely, for the West.
		Unlike Western intellectuals, in Turkey leading writers, artists, journalists, academics, publishers, others not only protest the vicious repression, and draconian laws, but are engaged in constant and courageous civil disobedience in their protests, at no slight risk.
	dublin.citycollective.com /forum/viewthread?thread=473 (327 words)

	Turkey - Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Supporters of the first view tend to interpret democracy as a political order in which all Turks share common goals and national unity is not disrupted by partisan politics.
		These two very different conceptions of government have contributed significantly to Turkey's political history since 1960, an era in which periods of parliamentary democracy have alternated with periods of military authoritarianism.
		In early 1995, various restrictions on the formation of political parties and free association remained in effect; civilians accused of "crimes against the state" continued to be remanded to military courts for detention, interrogation, and trial.
	countrystudies.us /turkey/77.htm (312 words)

	Green Money, Islamist Politics in Turkey - Middle East Quarterly - Winter 2005
		While the political signs are contradictory, the financial indicators are consistently troubling.
		In what was widely seen across Turkey as a referendum on the AKP's first year in power, the party won 42 percent of the seats in the November 2003 municipal elections.
		In Turkey, however, Afra's rapid growth together with political leanings have resulted in a mechanism by which religious conservatives can generate income for Islamist parties to continue their penetration of the Turkish state.
	www.meforum.org /article/684 (5127 words)

	Turkey Ante Portas by Franz Fischler - The Globalist > > Global Politics
		And yet, the tensions in Turkey’s multifaceted society remain -- divided, as it is, between ultra-religious conservatism and westernized secularism, majority Sunni Muslims, men and women, rich and destitute.
		However, Turkey already was a secular democracy as far back as 1923 under Atatürk — without apparent effect on the neighboring Muslim countries.
		I also believe that many reasons given for Turkey’s membership are not as strong as they sound at first flush.
	www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=4204 (894 words)

	Turkey Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Only three years ago you had to be virtually a millionaire to get a cup of coffee in the hotels around Taksim Square, in the centre of Istanbu...
		Turkey cuts flow of gas to 21 factories
		Ankara: Turkey cut the flow of natural gas to 21 factories in its northwestern region yesterday because of harsh winter weather conditions, but the flow to the largest...
	cgi.wn.com /?t=turkeypost/onephoto.txt&action=display&article=38861483 (481 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Politics News TURKEY-BULGARIAN MIGRANTS\ "Now is the moment to resolve the dispute over Bulgarian migrants' pensions," said Ferhan Cerkez, a lawyer and a migrant to Turkey himself.
		It is very important for the retirement of migrants to Turkey to have their length of service in Bulgaria recognized.
		Bulgarian migrants to Turkey appreciate President Peter Stoyanov's apology for the coercive change of ethnic Turks' names at the time of the totalitarian regime.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-10/oct30a.bta (1800 words)

	news.ert.gr - Politics - Cyprus: "Turkey Contradicts Itself" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		French President Jacques Chirac asks that the issue of the non-recognition of Cyprus by Turkey be discussed between the European partners, two months before the programmed start of the accession negotiations between Ankara and Brussels, on October 3, 2005.
		In the meantime, the legal view of the Cypriot Republic is that Turkey with its statement of not recognising Cyprus contradicts the signing of the Customs Union Protocol with the 10 new EU Member-States.
		The Cypriot FM added that a number of the European partners express the view that Turkey is unacceptable, while others believe that the one-sided statements of Ankara policy are of no substance, and propose that this be included in the counterstatement of the European Union if there is unanimity.
	news.ert.gr /en/newsDetails.asp?id=10499 (685 words)

	Politics Turkey
		In Turkey, there are many foundations for charity, based on donations, which provide for the utilization of private wealth for the public benefit to support public services and research in fields such as education, science, medicine, public health and social welfare.
		Furthermore, there are 160 Community and Artisans' Foundations established by minorities in Turkey, such as the Greeks, Armenians, Jews, etc. The Directorate General also carries out the supervision of new foundations established according to Law No. 903, enacted in 1967.
		As a matter of fact, numerous initiatives such as the Peace Movement, the 8 March Women's Platform and the Thursday Group, which engage in activities and voice their opinions on the subject of women's rights have become widespread in recent years.
	www.enjoyturkey.com /info/facts/Politics1.htm (843 words)

	The Seattle Times: Politics: Bush's turkey in Iraq images was for show, not for eating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Officials said they did not know the turkey would be there or that Bush would pick it up.
		A contractor had roasted and primped the turkey to adorn the buffet line, while the 600 soldiers were served from cafeteria-style steam trays, the officials said.
		They said the bird was not placed there in anticipation of Bush's stealthy visit, and military sources said a trophy turkey is a standard feature of holiday chow lines.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/politics/2001806972_bushturkey04.html (758 words)

	Turkey encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Turkey politics and officials, Turkey History. Travel to Turkey
		Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Turkish remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms.
		Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes.
		In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community and is currently undertaking substantial legal and economic reforms in pursuit of full membership in the European Union.
	www.turkeyiworld.com (450 words)

	Talk turkey, not politics
		Save for those small groups of protesters in Florida and the incessant parade of lawyers, campaign workers and political "experts" on TV, most of the rest of us are being pretty civil to each other over the election.
		It would be nice to think that an editorial urging the campaign staffs of Al Gore and George W. Bush to soften the angry rhetoric and cease the charges and threats in recognition of the spirit of Thanksgiving would strike a responsive chord with them.
		Thanksgiving is a time to set petty differences aside (and most political differences fall into that category) and to celebrate our common heritage.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2000/11/23/edit23.htm (602 words)

	POLITICS-IRAQ: Turkey Pushes for its Own Gains
		Turkey has already sent thousands of troops to its southeast border in war preparations on a scale not seen in decades.
		Turkey wants protection for the Turkmens agreed ahead of participation in a war, according to government sources.
		Turkey fears also that its own Kurdish population - some 20 per cent in a population of 68 million - may press for a similar status if such a development takes place in Iraq.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=16259 (834 words)

	The Daily Star - Politics - Turkey calls for U.S. action against PKK
		He said Turkey was within its rights under international law to defend itself from attack and drew a comparison with U.S. action against Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		Turkey has blamed the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) for a rash of violence in the southeast of the country and says the guerrillas use bases in northern Iraq as a launch pad for attacks.
		Hasim Akyurek, mayor of Yayladere in the Bingol Province and a member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, was abducted Wednesday while on his way to inspect preparations for a local festival, the officials said.
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=17177 (674 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Pop beats politics in Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Privately, VP sources admit that their preferred coalition partner would be Ciller, who has recently shifted her political focus from Turkey's urban middle classes to the pious, conservative poor of rural areas, whose sufferings as a result of Turkey's endemic high inflation have recently been exacerbated by an economic slowdown.
		Both the DLP and the MP have already indicated that they are prepared to renew an alliance that began in July 1998, when the DLP was a junior partner in a tripartite coalition led by the MP and which collapsed in November 1998.
		In March, the public prosecutor at the Ankara State Security Court filed a case for the closure of the VP and called for the death penalty for four Islamist politicians on the grounds that they were seeking to erode the principle of secularism enshrined in the Turkish constitution.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/424/re3.htm (809 words)

	Pipeline politics give Turkey an edge \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ISTANBUL – Turkey's heartland of Anatolia - the massive plateau that serves as a land bridge between Asia and Europe - is dotted with the remains of 13th-century inns, reminders of the merchant caravans that traveled the fabled east-west Silk Road.
		For Turkey, which has few energy supplies of its own, the pipeline is the initial step in its effort to become a major energy player, not as a producer but as a transit point.
		But growing political dissent across the Caucasus and central Asia - encouraged by President Bush in his visit to Georgia this month - is complicating matters ahead of Wednesday's event.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0525/p06s01-woeu.html (1057 words)

	SEEurope.net :: Politics :: Divide Turkey? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Because Turkish troops were extended in all areas of your Empire, Turkey did not have troops stationed on Cyprus, only a police force sizable to the same police force that was on the island of Chios.
		Turkey had to sell land just like Napoleon Bonaparte from France had to sell the Lousianna Territory to the United States for purposes of having money to support the countries military.
		I am aware of the news article you are refering to of the woman in her bathtub with her child bathing in blood.
	www.seeurope.net /en/forum/read.php?6,1085,page=4 (4231 words)

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