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I wish that was true...
Was Mossad planning Erdogan assassination?
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Lol that was a funny article.Comment
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Turkish soldiers killed in ambush
Gunmen in Turkey have killed seven soldiers and wounded three others in an attack on a paramilitary post in the country's Tokat province, local officials have said.
The soldiers were on patrol in a mountainous area near the town of Resadiye when they came under fire, a provincial governor told the Anatolia news agency.
The identity of the attackers was not clear, but ethnic tensions have risen in the past few weeks, ahead of a court case hearing aimed at closing Turkey's largest pro-Kurdish party.
Turkey's Constitutional Court will being deliberations on Tuesday over whether to shut down the Democratic Society Party, which is often accused of being a front for a Kurdish rebel group.
Violent street protests by Kurdish separatist supporters have been seen across the country in the past few weeks, leaving two people dead and several injured.
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has carried out past attacks, is fighting for autonomy in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish south-east.
Attacks in the Tokat region are rare, with the last nearly a decade ago in 2001.
In that incident, two two Turkish soldiers were killed when attackers used rocket launchers to ambush security forces.
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Hopefully...he is basically doing Turkey what is it called....oh that's right...diplomatic suicide.Originally posted by Yakamoz View Post
Maybe if he dies they forget the stupid protocols...and things return to normal.
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Not really a political affair but wow lol.
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High speed Internet in Turkey costs $3
Turkish Smile ADSL Internet company launched a promotion action to ease access to its service.
The company offers 4GB volume and 1Mb/sec speed at $3 a month, and 8Mb/sec at $4.
It is clear that Internet rates in Armenia are quite different.
S.T.
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Wait, how is that bad. That sounds like something to aim for...What am I missing?Comment
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You assume everything we post about Turkey is in a negative light, that's what you're missing.Originally posted by Muhaha View PostAzerbaboon: 9.000 Google hits and counting!Comment
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Sorry.Comment
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Turkey top military figures arrested over plot claims
Some 40 people, including several top military figures, have been arrested in Turkey over an alleged coup plot dating back to 2003, Turkish media report.
The former heads of the air force and navy were among those detained in raids in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.
The so-called "sledgehammer" plot allegedly involved planting bombs in mosques to destabilise the government.
The head of the army has dismissed the allegations, insisting coups in Turkey are a thing of the past.
The army has overthrown or forced the resignation of four governments since 1960 - the last time in 1997.
'Power struggle'
The men arrested include the former air force chief Ibrahim Firtina, former navy chief Ozden Ornek, and several other generals and colonels, both serving and retired, Turkish media outlets reported.
The head of the army, General Ilker Basbug, postponed a trip abroad in the wake of the arrests, media reported.
The investigation follows reports published in the liberal Taraf newspaper.
Taraf said it had discovered documents detailing a plot laid in 2003, to bomb two Istanbul mosques and provoke Greece into shooting down a Turkish plane over the Aegean Sea, in a bid to undermine the Turkish government and justify a coup.
The army has said the plans were actually part of a planning exercise at a military seminar, and not a coup plot.
The alleged plot is similar, and possibly linked, to the reported Ergenekon conspiracy, in which military figures and other staunch secularists allegedly planned to foment unrest, leading to a coup. Dozens of people are already on trial in connection with that case.
Many Turks regard the cases as the latest stage in an ongoing power struggle between Turkey's secular nationalist establishment and the governing AK Party.
The AKP has its roots in political Islam, and is accused by some nationalists of having secret plans to turn staunchly secular Turkey into an Islamic state.
The government rejects those claims, saying its intention is to modernise Turkey and move it closer to European Union membership.
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Israeli president targeted in Turkish poster
Monday, February 22, 2010
ISTANBUL - Agence France-Presse
A huge poster showing Israel's president bowing to the Turkish prime minister was hung from an Istanbul crane Sunday in the latest round of sniping between the two nations.
The picture, unfurled from a crane in a city suburb, combined an image of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan standing upright with one of Shimon Peres leaning forward; making it look like the Israeli president was bowing.
Erdoğan was due to visit the area to inaugurate a new road network, and officials from his office had the poster removed before he arrived, the Akşam newspaper said on its Web site.
It was not clear who was behind the stunt, the newspaper said, though it appeared to be retaliation for the public dressing down given to the Turkish ambassador to Israel last month.
The diplomat was called in protest of a Turkish television series which showed Israel in bad light and was made to sit on a lower couch during the meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon.
Turkey has been a close military ally of Israel since 1996 but relations between the two countries have been tense in the wake of Israel's devastating war on Gaza in late 2008 and early 2009, which Turkey vehemently criticized.
In a memorable outburst, Erdoğan stormed out of a debate at the World Economic Forum, accusing Israel of "barbarian" acts and telling Peres, who was sitting next to him, that "you know well how to kill people."
Earlier this month Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman slammed Turkey for what he called its recent "anti-Israeli" stance but said his country would continue efforts to rebuild ties with long-time ally Ankara.
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What a gay poster.B0zkurt HunterComment
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