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		<title>Erdogan Searches for Diplomatic Response to Israeli Invasion of Gaza</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2009/01/05/erdogan-searches-for-diplomatic-response-to-israeli-invasion-of-gaza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2009/01/05/erdogan-searches-for-diplomatic-response-to-israeli-invasion-of-gaza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Erdogan Searches for Diplomatic Response to Israeli Invasion of Gaza
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 1
January 5, 2009
By: Saban Kardas
Israel’s ongoing offensive against Gaza has generated waves of anger among the Turkish public and Turkish political elite. Paralleling mounting street demonstrations throughout Turkey are international attempts by the country’s leaders to find a diplomatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bomb kills 25 Turkmens in Qaragoli tribal leaders meeting in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2009/01/03/suicide-bomb-kills-25-turkmens-in-qaragoli-tribal-leaders-meeting-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2009/01/03/suicide-bomb-kills-25-turkmens-in-qaragoli-tribal-leaders-meeting-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msalman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[ASALA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Mofak Salman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mosul]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 1st January 2009, 25 people were killed in a suicide bombing in the town of Yusufiya south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, reported Turkmeneli TV. 
 
About 67 Turkmen Qaragol tribes were also injured in the attack at a gathering of Turkmen Qaragol tribal leaders in Yusufiya, 20km (12 miles) from Baghdad. The Qaragoli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyprus Dimension of Turkish Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/29/cyprus-dimension-of-turkish-foreign-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/29/cyprus-dimension-of-turkish-foreign-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehmet Fatih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ankara]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cyprus]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cyprus/TRNC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EU Members]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Enosis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Mehmet Fatih ÖZTARSU]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russian Federation]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cyprus that is located in Eastern Mediterranean has a great strategic importance for European countries as much as other North Africa and Middle East have. Sovereign states made big wars especially to keep the artery of commerce under control and the island was occupied by so many forces throughout the history. Cyprus that consistently passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Richard&#8217;s Report</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/29/poor-richards-report-15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/29/poor-richards-report-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Richard De Graff]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[POOR RICHARD’S REPORT                         
Over 300,000 readers
 2009 Forecasts (Stocks, Bonds etc&#8230;)


The word “billions” is being bandied around every day now. I would like to put this number in perspective before I start my market letter.
                   A billion seconds equals 32 years. A billion seconds ago puts us back to December 1977. A billion minutes ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey Confronts a Disputed Period in Its History</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/18/turkey-confronts-a-disputed-period-in-its-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/18/turkey-confronts-a-disputed-period-in-its-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[ASALA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Armenian Question]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saban Kardas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Ottoman Empire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkey Confronts a Disputed Period in Its History

Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 240
December 17, 2008
By: Saban Kardas

A group of Turkish intellectuals have taken a bold step to open a public debate on the disputed events of 1915, when the Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were forced to relocate, leading to the death [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAKING AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AFFORDABLE</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/17/making-american-universities-affordable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/17/making-american-universities-affordable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aira</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orhan Tarhan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was reported on December 3, 2008 in the media that the costs of the universities have been rising at more than twice the rate as the cost of living.  Thus, universities are no longer affordable.  If nothing is done, the cost will be prohibitive, but still more people will apply and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I DO NOT APOLOGIZE</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/17/i-do-not-apologize/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/17/i-do-not-apologize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergun@cox.net</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armenian Question]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ergun KIRLIKOVALI]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some scholars in Turkey, the usual suspects long known for their anti-Turkish government and anti-Turkish state positions, are circulating a petition apologizing from Armenians. It is a free country; everyone can apologize to anyone, so there is no issue there. The issue arises when these people, and/or their supporters in the media, attempt to misrepresent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Currency Mechanism in Azerbaijan</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/16/foreign-currency-mechanism-in-azerbaijan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/16/foreign-currency-mechanism-in-azerbaijan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehmet Fatih</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Authors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Baku]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mehmet Fatih ÖZTARSU]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russian Federation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trade banks started to work by permission of Russian Gosbank in 1991. They had been founded by state organs. As field of activity, giving credits to industry, special sector and small enterprises. In this area Azakbank and Ilkbank were famous. Important point is that these banks had a speciality as authority to foreign currency regulations.
 
Azerbaijan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ankara, Baghdad, and Erbil Reportedly Near a Deal to Deter the PKK in Northern Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/16/ankara-baghdad-and-erbil-reportedly-near-a-deal-to-deter-the-pkk-in-northern-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/16/ankara-baghdad-and-erbil-reportedly-near-a-deal-to-deter-the-pkk-in-northern-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kirkuk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mosul]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PKK/KONGRA-GEL]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saban Kardas]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 238
December 15, 2008
By: Saban Kardas
The attempts to resolve Turkey’s Kurdish problem have focused increasingly on Iraq. Turkey has stepped up its diplomatic contacts with both the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to boost its fight against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), based in Northern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soul-Searching in the CHP: Baykal’s “Chador Opening”</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/11/soul-searching-in-the-chp-baykal%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cchador-opening%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/11/soul-searching-in-the-chp-baykal%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cchador-opening%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saban Kardas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soul-Searching in the CHP: Baykal’s “Chador Opening”
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 236
December 11, 2008
By: Saban Kardas
Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), kindled a controversial debate in Turkish politics when he introduced his new project to reach out to conservative circles. During a party meeting, Baykal pinned party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Turkey-IMF Stand-By Accord: a Never-Ending Symphony?</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/11/the-turkey-imf-stand-by-accord-a-never-ending-symphony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/11/the-turkey-imf-stand-by-accord-a-never-ending-symphony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saban Kardas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Turkey-IMF Stand-By Accord: a Never-Ending Symphony?
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 235
December 10, 2008 03:52 PM
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Economics, Home Page, Featured
By: Saban Kardas
The Turkish government’s handling of the economic crisis continues to draw criticism. Business leaders and investors have been insisting that urgent measures are needed to protect the economy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dostum Says He Is Not in Exile in Turkey and Remains a Potent Force in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/09/dostum-says-he-is-not-in-exile-in-turkey-and-remains-a-potent-force-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/09/dostum-says-he-is-not-in-exile-in-turkey-and-remains-a-potent-force-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saban Kardas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 233
December 8, 2008 05:57 PM Age: 18 min
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Foreign Policy, Home Page, Featured
By: Saban Kardas

A Turkish newspaper has reported that Rashid Dostum, the leader of ethnic Uzbeks in Afghanistan, was flown to Turkey as part of a special operation arranged by the Turkish government. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey’s PKK Responds to AKP Flirtation with the Kurdistan Regional Government</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/09/turkey%e2%80%99s-pkk-responds-to-akp-flirtation-with-the-kurdistan-regional-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/09/turkey%e2%80%99s-pkk-responds-to-akp-flirtation-with-the-kurdistan-regional-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nihat Ali Ozcan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PKK/KONGRA-GEL]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saban Kardas]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=8012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkey’s PKK Responds to AKP Flirtation with the Kurdistan Regional Government
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 23
December 8, 2008 03:25 PM Age: 44 min
Category: Terrorism Monitor, Global Terrorism Analysis, Terrorism, Turkey
By: NIhat Ali Ozcan and Saban Kardas
Turkey had high hopes its cross-border operations in the winter of 2007-8 would eliminate the threat posed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gul Hosts Karzai and Zardari for a Trilateral Summit in Istanbul</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/06/gul-hosts-karzai-and-zardari-for-a-trilateral-summit-in-istanbul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/06/gul-hosts-karzai-and-zardari-for-a-trilateral-summit-in-istanbul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=7932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gul Hosts Karzai and Zardari for a Trilateral Summit in Istanbul
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 232
December 5, 2008 02:19 PM Age: 3 hrs
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Foreign Policy
By: Saban Kardas
Turkey is hosting another major international gathering, marking its growing profile in regional and international diplomacy. Turkish President Abdullah Gul has brought together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GUENTER LEWY  SUES SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/04/guenter-lewy-sues-southern-poverty-law-center/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/04/guenter-lewy-sues-southern-poverty-law-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergun@cox.net</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armenian Question]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ergun KIRLIKOVALI]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=7898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Not a day passes when someone from the AFATH community (Armenian Falsifiers and Turks-Haters) doesn’t demonize Turks, Turkey, Turkish-Americans and/or friends of Turkey.  
Forgetting that there are no substantiations by historical evidence for their political claims other than hearsay, forgeries, and partisan interpretations of wartime human suffering and ignoring that there are no court verdicts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Turkey’s AKP Survive the Upcoming Local Elections?</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/04/can-turkey%e2%80%99s-akp-survive-the-upcoming-local-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/04/can-turkey%e2%80%99s-akp-survive-the-upcoming-local-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 230
December 3, 2008 10:15 AM Age: 1 days
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Domestic/Social
By: Saban Kardas

Turkish politics is entering a new era of contestation and heightened debate with the approach of the March 2009 municipal elections. The influence of partisan politics in local elections is usually moderate, but Turkish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor Richard&#8217;s Report</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/03/poor-richards-report-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/03/poor-richards-report-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aira</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Richard De Graff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Poor  Richard&#8217;s Report            over 300,000 readers 
Federal Reserve will take Charge of the US Treasury Department
These are exciting times we are now experiencing.
We will have a new president who was one of the most liberal US Senators.
We have a global economy that is heading into a more pronounced recession.
We have a stock market that is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT THE OBAMA GOVERNMENT MUST STRAIGHTEN UP - 2</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/02/what-the-obama-government-must-straighten-up-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/02/what-the-obama-government-must-straighten-up-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aira</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Orhan Tarhan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey is a &#8220;laic&#8221; republic. Laic is not the same thing as &#8220;secular&#8221;. Turkey has no national religion. Its constitution does NOT say that &#8220;Turkey&#8217;s religion is Islam&#8221;, although 98 % of its people are Muslim. Religion and state affairs are sharply separated and religion has no place in the public realm. The Shariah part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armenian Foreign Minister Visits Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/02/armenian-foreign-minister-visits-turkey-reaffirms-determination-for-dialogue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/02/armenian-foreign-minister-visits-turkey-reaffirms-determination-for-dialogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Azerbaijan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nagorno Karabakh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Saban Kardas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Southern Caucasus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Armenian Foreign Minister Visits Turkey, Reaffirms Determination for Dialogue
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 228
December 2, 2008 01:47 AM Age: 25 min
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Armenia, Turkey
By: Saban Kardas
Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia continue to take steps toward resolving their problems through diplomatic channels. High-level meetings coinciding with international gatherings have become an ordinary development, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GUENTER LEWY PROVED THERE IS NO GENOCIDE</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/01/guenter-lewy-proved-there-is-no-genocide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/01/guenter-lewy-proved-there-is-no-genocide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ergun@cox.net</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[ASALA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Armenian Question]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ergun KIRLIKOVALI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The AFATH community is busy plastering anti-Turkish messages on any blog they can get their hands on. This is why I coined a new term back in 2003:  Ethocide.  A brief meaning of ethocide is:  &#8220;extermination of ethics via malicious mass deception for political and other gain.&#8221;
I hear you say:  &#8220;So [...]]]></description>
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