CHOOSING WHERE TO STAND
By David L. Phillips

IHT
February 20, 2009

Detractors of Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, insist
that his Justice and Development Party is really a Trojan horse for
an Islamist agenda.

As validation, they point to Erdogan’s recent spat with Israeli
President Shimon Peres at the Davos World Economic Forum and his
support for

TURKEY STEPS UP TALKS WITH ARMENIA AS APRIL LOOMS

Journal of Turkish Weekly
Feb 18 2009
Turkey

ISTANBUL - Increased and open diplomatic traffic between Turkey
and Armenia has signaled that there are more efforts under way
for normalizing relations between the two countries, particularly
considering the fact that April 24, the day the White House
traditionally issues

NOTE TO ISRAEL
By Taha Akyol

Turkish Press
Feb 17 2009

AKSAM- Israeli Land Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi has lost
his senses. Following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cutting
remarks to Israeli President Shimon Peres in Davos, Mizrahi said that
Erdogan should look in the mirror, because Turks massacred Armenians
and now they’re doing the same