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		<title>Navy to Commission Aircraft Carrier George H.W. Bush</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/31/navy-to-commission-aircraft-carrier-george-hw-bush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/31/navy-to-commission-aircraft-carrier-george-hw-bush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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No. &#8230;.
December 30, 2008














From: DoD News &#60;dodnews@subscriptions.dod.mil&#62;



The Navy&#8217;s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George H. W.  Bush will be commissioned Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, during an 11 a.m. EST  ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.

President George W. Bush will deliver the principal  address. Dorothy &#8220;Doro&#8221; Bush Koch, daughter of the ship&#8217;s namesake, is the  [...]]]></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>
		
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		<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/2008/12/19/poor-richards-report-14/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/19/poor-richards-report-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[



 



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>Iraq presents a lesson from history</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/15/iraq-presents-a-lesson-from-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/15/iraq-presents-a-lesson-from-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

 As Britain prepares to pull its troops out of  Iraq, former BBC Baghdad correspondent Andrew North looks back to a previous  military campaign and considers whether history is destined to repeat itself? 
As the insurgency spread, the letters from the  British diplomat in Baghdad grew bleaker. 
&#8220;We are in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe: Rights watchdog wants more protection for women</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/13/europe-rights-watchdog-wants-more-protection-for-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/13/europe-rights-watchdog-wants-more-protection-for-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Strasbourg, 25 Nov. (AKI) - Europe&#8217;s top human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe on Tuesday urged national legislatures to pass laws to protect women from domestic violence. The watchdog&#8217;s parliamentary assembly (PACE) issued a statement to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
&#8220;Too many women in Europe are battered and killed [...]]]></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>European court rules DNA database breaches human rights</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/08/european-court-rules-dna-database-breaches-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/12/08/european-court-rules-dna-database-breaches-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Police forces in much of the UK could be forced to destroy the DNA details of hundreds of thousands of people with no criminal convictions, after a court ruled today that keeping them breaches human rights.
The European court of human rights in Strasbourg said that keeping innocent people&#8217;s DNA records on a criminal register breached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What exactly does &#8220;Renewing the U.S.-U.N. relationship&#8221; mean?</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/25/what-exactly-does-renewing-the-us-un-relationship-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/25/what-exactly-does-renewing-the-us-un-relationship-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Republic Blog, 24.11.2008
At the core of the international liberal elites is a hollow.  Nothing confirms this so much as an advertisement published in Thursday&#8217;s New York Times that costs anywhere from $50,000 to $150,000 depending on the ideological proximity of the sponsors to the editorial positions of the paper.  Now, I don&#8217;t really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TURKEY PUSHES FOR CLOSER POLITICAL TIES WITHIN THE TURKIC-SPEAKING WORLD</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/25/turkey-pushes-for-closer-political-ties-within-the-turkic-speaking-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/25/turkey-pushes-for-closer-political-ties-within-the-turkic-speaking-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TURKEY PUSHES FOR CLOSER POLITICAL TIES WITHIN THE TURKIC-SPEAKING WORLD 
http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2373559
By Saban Kardas 
Monday, November 24, 2008
 

The speakers and delegates of the parliaments of the Turkish-speaking countries—Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey—met in Istanbul on November 20 and 21 for a Conference of Turkic-Speaking Countries’ Parliamentary Speakers. Turkish Speaker of Parliament Koksal Toptan, Azerbaijani Speaker of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military Relations of Azerbaijan and Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/24/military-relations-of-azerbaijan-and-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/24/military-relations-of-azerbaijan-and-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mehmet Fatih</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After the collapse of USSR, necessaries of new states were that economic, politic, military and educational relations with each other and other international platforms and countries. On that way all former Soviet countries created Commonwealth of Independence States union. With creation of CIS, these countries which were unificated on old Soviet map will create new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobel laureate: Suspend Israel from UN</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/24/nobel-laureate-suspend-israel-from-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/24/nobel-laureate-suspend-israel-from-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haluk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov 20, 2008 17:31 &#124; Updated Nov 21, 2008 7:49 
By  ASSOCIATED PRESS
   


Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire says the United Nations should suspend or revoke Israel&#8217;s membership.
Maguire says Israel should be punished for ignoring a series of United Nations resolutions over the years. Maguire won the 1976 peace prize for her work [...]]]></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>Kurds in N. Iraq Receive Arms From Bulgaria</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/23/kurds-in-n-iraq-receive-arms-from-bulgaria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/23/kurds-in-n-iraq-receive-arms-from-bulgaria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[3 Planeloads of Munitions Worry Officials in  Baghdad
By Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post Foreign  Service
Sunday, November 23, 2008; A01

BAGHDAD &#8212; Kurdish officials this fall took delivery of three planeloads of  small arms and ammunition imported from Bulgaria, three U.S. military officials said, an acquisition that occurred outside  the weapons procurement procedures of Iraq&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian defense minister warns of another, worse Georgian war</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/18/russian-defense-minister-warns-of-another-worse-georgian-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/18/russian-defense-minister-warns-of-another-worse-georgian-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ncanikli@yahoo.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[



 














 
 








ANKARA, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian defense minister warned on Tuesday that Georgia&#8217;s military buildup and drive to join NATO could cause a conflict worse than the five-day war over South Ossetia in August.
Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in August after Tbilisi launched an offensive in an attempt to regain control [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ERDOGAN VISITS THE UNITED STATES: ECONOMY AND RELATIONS WITH OBAMA ON THE AGENDA</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/17/erdogan-visits-the-united-states-economy-and-relations-with-obama-on-the-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/17/erdogan-visits-the-united-states-economy-and-relations-with-obama-on-the-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SabanKardas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2373539
By Saban Kardas 
Monday, November 17, 2008

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the United States to attend the G-20 Summit, where he joined the leaders of developed and industrializing nations to discuss the global financial crisis. In addition to his participation in the summit activities, Erdogan held bilateral meetings with several world leaders.  
In his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey: Blocking Cyprus Cooperation With NATO</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/08/turkey-blocking-cyprus-cooperation-with-nato/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/11/08/turkey-blocking-cyprus-cooperation-with-nato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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Turkey:  Blocking Cyprus Cooperation With NATO
November 7, 2008


Turkey on Nov. 6 rejected EU proposals for ways to move forward with a  deadlocked plan for Cyprus to participate in NATO-led military operations,  Hurriyet reported Nov. 7, citing French Foreign Ministry political director  Gerard Araud. Turkey said it is does not oppose cooperation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air strike kills Afghan soldiers</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/22/air-strike-kills-afghan-soldiers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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Nine Afghan soldiers have been killed and four others hurt in an air strike by international forces in the eastern part of the country, officials say.
Helicopter gunships reportedly fired on an Afghan army post in Khost province.
The US said Afghan soldiers had been killed and injured in a possible case of &#8220;mistaken identity&#8221;.
Separately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN elects Turkey to Security Council for 2009-10</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/19/un-elects-turkey-to-security-council-for-2009-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/19/un-elects-turkey-to-security-council-for-2009-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kb@turkishforum.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[October 17, 2008



 
Turkey obtained 151 votes from the 192-member General Assembly, one of the highest number of votes received in a three-way contest, with 80% of the votes cast in favor of Turkey. The election of Turkey to the UN Security Council represents the confidence reposed the country and her peaceful foreign policy based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iceland Loses Bid for UN Council Seat; Austria, Turkey Win</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/17/iceland-loses-bid-for-un-council-seat-austria-turkey-win/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/17/iceland-loses-bid-for-un-council-seat-austria-turkey-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tolga Cakir</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Austria and Turkey were elected to the United Nations Security Council today in a defeat for fellow European contender Iceland, whose financial collapse may have scuttled its quest for a seat.
Japan beat Iran by 158 votes to 32 for a single Asian seat open on the 15-nation council, the UN&#8217;s top policy-making body. Uganda and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A strategic agreement between the Kurdish government and the U.N</title>
		<link>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/08/a-strategic-agreement-between-the-kurdish-government-and-the-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.turkishforum.com/content/2008/10/08/a-strategic-agreement-between-the-kurdish-government-and-the-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ncanikli@yahoo.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PUKmedia     08-10-2008    14:51:57
 kurdishglobe.net
A strategic agreement will be signed between the Kurdish government and the U.N.
Kurdistan region&#8217;s coordinator for U.N. affairs said on Tuesday that a strategic agreement will be signed between the Kurdish government and the U.N. for cooperation in a number of services fields.
&#8220;A delegation from the U.N. headed by Deputy Secretary General [...]]]></description>
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