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Ara 25, 2007 | An unbecoming appearance; Washington uncomfortably close to Kurds için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The outcome of Turkey’s military operation against Kurdish separatist terrorist strongholds in Northern Iraq has yet to be realized. Military solutions are surely not the only way to eradicate a terrorist organization. On the other hand, no terrorist organization should have the right to represent the Kurdish people.
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Ara 18, 2007 | Turkey strikes rebels; Moderate Kurds lacking a voice için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
On Sunday, Turkey carried out its first cross-border operation since 2003, using fighter jets to attack the strongholds of separatist Kurdish terrorists. When Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with President Bush over a month ago at the White House, the United States committed itself to share “actionable intelligence” with Turkey. So this week’s action was not unilateral.
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Ara 11, 2007 | Fantasies and realities; Opening direct talks with Iran için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Now that the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear capabilities has been made public, the answers to the basic questions should be obvious – yet they are anything but. The report’s conclusion – that Iran halted its secret nuclear weapons program four years ago – has put Mohamed El Baradei’s International Atomic Energy Agency into a position that defies its director-general’s traditional position toward the Bush administration.
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Ara 4, 2007 | Debating Turkey and the EU; France continues cold shoulder için yorumlar kapalı
The Washington Times
BYLINE: By Tulin Daloglu, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
DATELINE: ANKARA, Turkey.
In the past two years, the suburbs of Paris have twice witnessed violent clashes between non-native French citizens and the police. Whether religious and cultural differences or poverty, unemployment and racial discrimination are the root causes of these incidents is open to debate. But what’s interesting is that in September 2006, before he was elected president, Nicolas Sarkozy visited Washington and argued that then the first French riot stood as one of the reasons he opposes Turkey’s European Union membership.
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