Eki 24, 2006 | Religion and the war on terror için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
In Muslims’ heated debates over anti-Americanism, one of the key recurring questions is whether America has a majority Christian population or is a Christian state. And comparisons between President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad abound.
Read the story »Eki 17, 2006 | Debate needed; What happened in Armenia? için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A few months ago, I came across an article in the Middle East Quarterly entitled “Armenian Massacres: New Records Undercut Old Blame.” Its author, Edward J. Erickson, a retired U.S. Army officer, categorically dismissed the claims of genocide perpetrated against the Armenians by the Ottomans during World War I. “In bitter internecine fighting, many civilian Turks, Armenians, and other ethnic groups were massacred indiscriminately,” Mr. Erickson wrote.
Read the story »Eki 10, 2006 | Turkey’s future; Trying to fulfill Ataturk’s vision için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Last Monday, President Bush met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House. Mr. Erdogan’s earlier statements had raised hopes among Turks that the president is going to make an exclusive announcement on the fight against the Kurdish separatists, PKK. In the meantime, Turkey’s top military officer, Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, accused Mr. Erdogan’s party of encouraging Islamist reactionary movements in Turkey.
Read the story »Eki 3, 2006 | Future of two nations intertwined; America needs fully liberated Iraq and vice versa için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When I was in Iraq in January, just as I was taking a photo of an Iraqi father who was taking his two sons to thank the troops guarding a polling station in South Baghdad, a huge “boom” shook the ground and scared the kids. A suicide bomber had attacked the polling station, where we had arrived less than a minute before. Several people were severely injured, and one killed the woman standing with her husband who had been standing just behind the bomber. Her husband, covered in her blood, was crying and screaming, “Ali’m .. Ali’m .. Ali’m.” Imam Ali is the leading imam for Shi’ite Muslims.
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