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		<title>Poor Richard&#8217;s Report</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/19/poor-richards-report-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Turkey: Makes Moves In EU Acession Process - FM
December 19, 2008


Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Dec. 19 that Turkey opened two new “policy chapters” in the accession process to join the European Union, Agence France-Presse reported. The two policies were involved with “free movement of capital” and Information society and media.” Babacan added that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ergenekon agent spent time in northern New Jersey prior to 9/11</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/14/ergenekon-agent-spent-time-in-northern-new-jersey-prior-to-911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Wayne Madsen
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Dec 10, 2008, 00:22
(WMR) &#8212; Tuncay Guney, the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) agent who was a key player in the right-wing “Deep State” Ergenekon movement that attempted to overthrow the Turkish government, spent time in North Jersey in the months prior to the 9/11 attacks, according to a reliable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with Pakistan After Mumbai</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/12/dealing-with-pakistan-after-mumbai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/12/dealing-with-pakistan-after-mumbai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dealing with Pakistan
After Mumbai
Dec 4th 2008
From The Economist print edition
Even though the terrorists probably came from Pakistan, India should continue to keep its cool
AP
PEOPLE in India are describing last week’s terrorist attack on Mumbai as India’s September 11th. In many ways, the comparison is apt. Although the death toll, at about 190, is a fraction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Turkish prime minister’s biggest asset is his opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/12/the-turkish-prime-minister%e2%80%99s-biggest-asset-is-his-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/12/the-turkish-prime-minister%e2%80%99s-biggest-asset-is-his-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey’s politics
Dec 11th 2008 &#124; ISTANBUL
From The Economist print edition
FOR two decades, the leader of Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has cast himself as the sole politician who can defend Ataturk’s secular republic against creeping Islam. So the sight of Deniz Baykal recruiting a woman in a full black chador at a CHP gathering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE FUTURE OF TURKEY?</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/11/the-future-of-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/11/the-future-of-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ncanikli@yahoo.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Ramday Javed Iqbal (lead) 
Alistair Corbett 
October 2008 

http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/rcds/CollegeNews/papers/CSI%20Turkey.pdf
 
The Royal College of Defence Studies 

 


RCDS 2008 – CONTEMPORARY STRATEGIC ISSUES 

Key Judgements 

• Turkey is likely to internally consolidate its democracy, resolve conflict between secularism and political Islam and sustain economic growth. Some tension between democratic forces and secular elite will remain.
 
• The Kurdish problem [...]]]></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>
		
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		<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>Turkish History: Truman Doctrine, Carter Doctrine and 1980 Turkish coup d&#8217;état</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/24/turkish-history-truman-doctrine-carter-doctrine-and-1980-turkish-coup-detat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/24/turkish-history-truman-doctrine-carter-doctrine-and-1980-turkish-coup-detat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Truman Doctrine
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Truman_Doctrine
Carter    Doctrine
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Carter_Doctrine
1980    Turkish coup d&#8217;état
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ 1980_Turkish_    coup_d%27% C3%A9tat

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		<title>Turkish court defends quashing Muslim scarf reform</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/24/turkish-court-defends-quashing-muslim-scarf-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/24/turkish-court-defends-quashing-muslim-scarf-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ibon Villelabeitia
REUTERS
8:17 a.m. October 22, 2008
ANKARA – Lifting a ban on women wearing the Muslim headscarf at university violates Turkey&#8217;s secular constitution, the country&#8217;s top court said on Wednesday, defending a decision against the ruling AK Party.
In a legal reasoning that appeared to end any hope for the Islamist-rooted AK Party to revive the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Turkish Liberals</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/21/on-turkish-liberals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/21/on-turkish-liberals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AhmetErgelen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
 Sabrina Tavernise’s article with the title In Turkey, Bitter Feud Has Roots in History in the June 22, 2008 issue of New York Times immediately fueled the existing debate in Turkey over the country’s political future. From the whole article alone the quote from Dengir Mir Firat, the Vice-President of the ruling AKP that ‘the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INTER-ALLIED CONDEMNATION OF GREECE</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/09/25/the-inter-allied-condemnation-of-greece/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/09/25/the-inter-allied-condemnation-of-greece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[


September 23, 2008 
 

Nurten Ural, President, ATAA
Gunay Evinch, President-Elect, ATAA
assembly@ataa.org









 
GREEK VIOLATIONS DURING THE GREEK MILITARY INVASION
IN 1919 AND THE GREEK RETREAT IN 1922

THE INTER-ALLIED CONDEMNATION OF GREECE
 
I. Introduction:
The Greek military invasion and occupation of western Anatolia (1919-22) is a difficult memory for both Turks and Greeks, and a source of friction and, sometimes, animosity in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anwar Ibrahim: rise after the fall</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/09/11/anwar-ibrahim-rise-after-the-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/09/11/anwar-ibrahim-rise-after-the-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The leader of Malaysia&#8217;s resurgent opposition has declared that he will take power on September 16
The Malaysian government has tried its utmost to keep Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of Malaysia&#8217;s resurgent opposition, from power ever since he fell out of favour a decade ago.
In the late 1990s, Anwar looked set to take over from Mahathir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey&#8217;s new top general firm on secularism, nation-state, US ties, EU membership</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/09/02/turkeys-new-top-general-firm-on-secularism-nation-state-us-ties-eu-membership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/09/02/turkeys-new-top-general-firm-on-secularism-nation-state-us-ties-eu-membership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[General Ilker Basbug, new chief of the Turkish General Staff, says a pluralistic democracy requires the preservation of secularism. He considers Turkish-US relations &#8220;excellent&#8221; and calls for fair EU treatment of Ankara&#8217;s membership bid.
By Ayhan Simsek for Southeast European Times &#8212; 01/09/08
General Ilker Basbug became chief of the Turkish General Staff last week and gave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkish courts show Solomonic wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/07/turkish-courts-show-solomonic-wisdom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/07/turkish-courts-show-solomonic-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
The Gazette
Published: Monday, August 04
Turkey&#8217;s highest court has made a sensible decision in rejecting a suit, brought by the country&#8217;s chief prosecutor, to ban the ruling Justice and Development Party. Outlawing the party would have meant banning dozens of politicians including - preposterously - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul.
Turkey is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim Land Joins Ranks of Tigers</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/07/muslim-land-joins-ranks-of-tigers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/07/muslim-land-joins-ranks-of-tigers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By ANDREW HIGGINS and FARNAZ FASSIHI
August 6, 2008; Page A1
ANTALYA, Turkey &#8212; When an Islamist-leaning political party took charge of Turkey six years ago, this vibrant Mediterranean resort town feared a bumpy ride for a local economy driven in part by booze and bikinis.
Today, says Ahmet Barut, a hotel magnate here, the only real question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory for Turkish Democracy (Editorial)</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/07/victory-for-turkish-democracy-editorial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/07/victory-for-turkish-democracy-editorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Japan Times, Tokyo
Aug. 5&#8211;Turkey&#8217;s Constitutional Court ruled last week that the country&#8217;s governing party will not be banned for violating the country&#8217;s constitution. The outcome is a victory for democracy, as the court decision amounted to a rejection of conservative opposition to the ruling Justice and Development Party and the opposition&#8217;s attempts to shape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy&#8217;s Close Call in Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/05/newyork-times-article/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/05/newyork-times-article/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey narrowly averted an incalculable disaster last week. The Constitutional Court turned back a state prosecutor&#8217;s request to dissolve the ruling Justice and Development Party and ban 71 of its leading figures from politics for five years, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul. The court ruling is a victory for Turkey, for democracy and for the politics of moderation in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>`Ice warrior&#8217; poised to repel rise of Islamic rule in Turkey &#8230;. Jon Swain</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/04/ice-warrior-poised-to-repel-rise-of-islamic-rule-in-turkeyjon-swain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/04/ice-warrior-poised-to-repel-rise-of-islamic-rule-in-turkeyjon-swain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=1953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Erdogan is expected to start work on a new constitution, but the 
court's verdict has served notice that it and the military will be 
watching his party closely for any signs of Islamic activity and he 
will have to be careful how he goes about constitutional reform. ]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy’s Close Call in Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/03/democracy%e2%80%99s-close-call-in-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/03/democracy%e2%80%99s-close-call-in-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taner@etm-group.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=1858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkey narrowly averted an incalculable disaster last week. The Constitutional Court turned back a state prosecutor’s request to dissolve the ruling Justice and Development Party and ban 71 of its leading figures from politics for five years, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul.
The court ruling is a victory for Turkey, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A triumph for Turkey - and its allies</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/02/a-triumph-for-turkey-and-its-allies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/08/02/a-triumph-for-turkey-and-its-allies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=1743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By M K Bhadrakumar
The Israelis are expected to know something extra about their tough neighborhood that we do not know. In all probability, the two Israeli officials - Shalom Turjeman and Yoram Turbowitz - knew when they set out for Ankara on  Tuesday that Turkey&#8217;s government was far from dysfunctional or was going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Anti-Coup</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/07/28/the-anti-coup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/07/28/the-anti-coup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>taner@etm-group.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.turkishforum.com/content/?p=1285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As coups are one of the primary ways through which dictatorships are installed, this piece details measures that civilians, civil society, and governments can take to prevent and block coups d&#8217;état and executive usurpations. It also contains specific legislative steps and other measures that governments and non-governmental institutions can follow to prepare for anti-coup resistance.
The [...]]]></description>
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