Shimon Peres

Tarihte bugün Erdoğan Gazze Oturumu'nu terk etti

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan başbakanlık yaptığı 2009 yılında Davos - Gazze: Orta Doğu’da Barış Modeli oturumuna katıldı.Söz önce Shimon Peres’teydi. Peres 25 dakika konuştu, ses tonu yüksekti.12 dakika konuşan Erdoğan söze girdi, cevap vermek istedi ama oturum başkanı müsaade etmedi.Erdoğan “Bir dakika” dedi… 1.02.40 Sayın Peres, benden yaşlısın. Sesin çok yüksek çıkıyor. [Öldürmeye gelince, siz öldürmeyi çok iyi bilirsiniz. Erdoğan, sözünün tekrar kesilmesi üzerine oturumda daha fazla kalmadı. “Daha Davos’a gelmem” dedi ve salonu terk etti. 1.05.01 Benim için de bundan böyle Davos bitmiştir. Daha Davos’a gelmem.“One Minute” 11 yıl önce bugün siyaset literatürüne geçen bir slogan haline geldi.

İsrail eski Cumhurbaşkanı Şimon Peres hayatını kaybetti

İsrail'de başbakanlık ve cumhurbaşkanlığı yapmış olan 93 yaşındaki politikacı Şimon Peres’in, felç geçirdikten iki hafta sonra dün gece öldüğü açıklandı. İsrail Başbakanlık Basın Ofisi'nin resmi internet sayfasında yer verilen açıklamada, yaşamını yitirdiği belirtilen Peres için taziye dileklerinde bulunuldu. Peres'in ölüm haberi CNN Türk ekranlarında böyle yayınlandı.

Robert De Niro: 'Tam bir aile babasıyım'

Daphne Barak, bu hafta sinema tarihinin efsane isimlerinden Robert De Niro ile bir araya geldi. New York’ta. Trump Otel’de gerçekleşen buluşmada, De Niro’nun aile ilişkilerinden damak zevkine, restoran zincirinden hayata geçirdiği festivale her şey konuşuldu.

Amerika casus Pollard'ı af edebilecek mi ?

Önde İsrail Başbakanı Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, arkasındaki podyumda ABD Başkan Yardımcısı Joe Biden, Meclis Başkanı John Boehner.

Altweibersommer

Als letzte Woche die Debatte um die Papstrede vor dem Bundestag hochkochte, habe ich einmal nachgeschaut, wer eigentlich zuvor schon vor dem Hohen Haus gesprochen hat. Natürlich mehrere amerikanische Präsidenten, George W.Bush, sein Vater George Bush, Ronald Reagan und Richard Nixon, aber auch die französischen Präsidenten Jacques Chirac und Francois Mitterrand ebenso wie die Friedensnobelpreisträger Shimon Peres, Kofi Annan, Michail Gorbatschow und Nelson Mandela.

Türkiye’yle ticareti kesmek İsrail için pahalıya patlar

İsrail Merkez Bankası Başkanı Stanley Fischer, “Türkiye ekonomisi uzak ara İsrail’i geçer. Ekonomisi son derece büyüyen Türkiye ile ticaretin kesilmesi bize pahalıya patlar” dedi.

TÜSİAD: Sağlıklı demokrasi büyümenin de önemli anahtarı

TÜSİAD Başkanı Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ, ‘Sağlıklı bir demokrasinin büyüme ve kalkınmanın anahtarı’ olduğunu dile getirdi. Yalçındağ, “Küresel ekonomik entegrasyon ve rekabet gücünün yolu, daha iyi bir demokrasiden geçer” iddiasında bulundu.

Folly is a Turkish delight!

Naturally, the Turks have confused minds as Turkey and the United States have in recent years metamorphosed from strategic partnership to troubled partnership and now to model partnership.

Davos style

It is difficult to understand, and definitely incompatible with all the principles of good leadership, why Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan insists on confronting everyone and every institution in an aggressive manner.

Turkey’s ’multi-centered’ foreign policy

Some columnists such as Erdal Şafak and Taha Akyol see the new Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu as an extraordinary minister and praise him every chance they have. So do I see Davutoğlu as an important academic, a humble but principled personality and a man of patience, and I remember his always-smiling eyes.

The ruling AKP at a crossroads

First, let me include a note here: the most nonsensical remark in recent times is, "Police are the assurance of the regime," (by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnists Mehmet Altan and Cengiz Çandar).

Iran highlights ’reactive,’ Not ’proactive’ Turkey

Addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament for the first time since he assumed office, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was reported by the press as saying on Wednesday: "Draw a circle and put Turkey in the center.

Israel ties warm on envoy's visit

ANKARA - A senior Turkish diplomat at the Foreign Ministry traveled to Israel on Monday for one-day consultations as part of routine, strategic dialogue meetings between the two countries’ ministries despite recent tensions, diplomatic sources have said.

Turkey opts for Ahmadinejad

While EU foreign ministers expressed serious concerns and called for an inquiry into the election, Turkish President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not wait long to congratulate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who claimed victory in his country’s recent polls. Both Turkish leaders called Ahmadinejad separately on Sunday, as his rivals were challenging the election results.

US wants urgent Mideast peace talks

jerusalem - U.S. envoy George Mitchell began a new swing through the Mideast yesterday with a call for a rapid resumption of peace talks, as the White House tried to push Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank.

Will Erdoğan atone for Turkey’s past sins?

With the controversial "landmine bill" coming back to Parliament after being temporarily withdrawn last Friday by the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government, the debate over the "historic apology" by the Turkish prime minister toward Turkey’s minorities looks as if it will continue.

Fascism, anti-Semitism and all sorts of Turks

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a man full of surprises. He surprised the world four months ago in Davos by bashing Israeli President Shimon Peres for "killing children" in Gaza. The way he stormed the international forum came as a relief to most Middle Easterners, but raised eyebrows among many Westerners.

Ruling party split over mine clearance plans

ANKARA - Following the opposition criticism of a controversial draft bill to subcontract a mine-clearing project to foreign companies, similar reactions have surfaced within the ruling party itself over the possible involvement of Israeli firms.

PM Erdoğan has to be consistent to be credible

Prime Minister Erdoğan has a peculiar habit. He sets high targets with his various initiatives, outbursts or statements and then fails to meet those targets himself. We have seen this in Ankara’s efforts at rapprochement with Armenia, as well as his angry remarks against Israeli President Shimon Peres at Davos.

Israeli committees stick to their boycott

ISTANBUL - A new survey conducted last week found that 72 percent of Israel’s employee committees’ have decided to continue boycotting Turkey’s vacation spots, following the tensions in diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Ankara, noted in early 2009, reported Danny Sadeh writing for the internet-based news site ynetnews.com.

Israeli employee committees' boycott of Turkey continues

ISTANBUL – A new survey conducted last week found that 72 percent of Israel’s employee committees’ have decided to continue boycotting Turkey’s vacation spots, following the tensions in diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Ankara, noted in early 2009, reported Danny Sadeh writing for the internet-based news site ynetnews.com.

Israeli employee committees' boycott continues

ISTANBUL – A new survey conducted last week found that 72 percent of Israel’s employee committees’ have decided to continue boycotting Turkey’s vacation spots, following the tensions in diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Ankara.

’Poetry is like a surgical procedure: Brief, precise’

ISTANBUL-’I'm afraid of words,’ says Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, one of the guests at this year's International Istanbul Poetry Festival. The event, taking place at various locations, features poetry readings, including one by Barghouti tonight

The Sakıp Sabancı Lecture in Washington

"Turkey clearly has to choose what kind of country it wants to be Ğ to move forward or go back," said Chancellor of Oxford and Newcastle Universities Lord Chris Patten at an international lecture organized in the memory of Sakıp Sabancı at the Brookings Institute in Washington

No adventurism expected under FM Davutoğlu

The appointment of Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu as foreign minister can hardly have come as a surprise to diplomats in Ankara. The talk of the town for weeks has basically come true.

Turkey drops Gaza probe

ANKARA - Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has started a probe into whether Israel committed genocide and crimes against humanity during its offensive in Gaza. The office announced that there were no grounds for prosecution after the Justice Ministry refused it permission to bring charges, an agency reporter said.

Turkey drops probe into Israel's Gaza operation

ANKARA - A Turkish prosecutor has dropped a probe into whether Israel committed genocide and crimes against humanity in its offensive in Gaza, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON APR 21

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on April 21, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.