ABD'nin New York şehrinde, Fetullahçı Terör Örgütü'nün (FETÖ) 15 Temmuz darbe girişimine karşı Türk milletinin mücadelesi "Victory of Democracy" (Demokrasi Zaferi) mesajının yer aldığı ve çeşitli görsellerin bulunduğu LED ekranlı araçlarla anlatıldı.New York'un Manhattan bölgesinde dolaşan araçlarda Türk halkının 15 Temmuz direnişini sembolize eden görseller de gösterildi.
#New YorkISTANBUL - The disputed elections in Iran divide world with some accepting the re-election of hard-line president, but others slamming alleged vote-rigging and the harsh response of security forces to opposition rallies. US President Obama’s reaction to Iranian rallies stirs a fierce debate in Washington
Until this year the most successful production of the Turkish film industry was the 2006 release "Valley of the Wolves," which, experts and viewers agreed, was an excoriating condemnation of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a film that obviously tapped into rising anti-Americanism in Turkey at the time. In the same year, according to a PEW research, Turks with a favorable view of the United States was a mere 9 percent, the lowest among the 40 or so countries surveyed.
BEIRUT - Lebanese queue up to vote in a hotly contested election that may see an alliance led by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah defeat the ruling Western-backed coalition. Hezbollah’s victory in a country frequently used as a pawn in regional power plays may deal a setback to US Mideast policy and boost Iranian-Syrian influence.
One-fourth of Turks may not know whether their country is a member of the EU, according to a recent survey by Bahcesehir University. And when they cast their votes this time, very few citizens of the EU did not know that Turkey has not become one yet, and a large portion of them said that they did not want Turkey in the EU.
ISTANBUL - US President Barack Obama may underline his respect for the outcome of the June 7 Lebanese polls in which militant group Hezbollah is expected to a secure landslide victory. Obama may voice his support to democratic Lebanon as part of his speech in Egypt while he will try to reach the hearts and minds of Muslims after years of rancor, experts argue
ANKARA - Once again, Ankara’s Tandoğan Square has become the venue for a massive anti-government demonstration. Two years after the first republican rallies, tens of thousands of demonstrators not only chant slogans in favor of secularism and rule of law, but also protest the Ergenekon investigation, economic slowdown and increasing unemployment
ISTANBUL - The relationship between South Africa and Turkey is "sound," but could be enhanced, said South African Ambassador to Turkey Tebogo Seokolo, who urged the continuation of efforts to encourage business and tourism between the two countries.
There is panic on the Greek Cypriot side, as well as in the European and transatlantic quarters hoping to see a Cyprus settlement later this year or the latest by April, the end of the presidential term of President Mehmet Ali Talat, that the nationalist-patriot front getting some 63 percent of the vote in last Sunday’s election and the biggest party of conservative politics in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the National Unity Party, or UBP, obtaining 26 seats in the 50-member Turkish Cypriot Republican Assembly were setbacks to settlement efforts.
ANKARA - Turkish Cypriot voters sweep out the ruling party in elections even though there has been much progress in negotiations toward reunification of the divided island of Cyprus. The opposition UBP now holds the majority in parliament. Experts cite economic dissatisfaction as a main reason behind the results.
A German colleague was on the line. "Where Turkey is heading?" he was asking, very much like colleagues from many other European Union member states as well as non-member European countries have been asking Turkish journalists since Monday morning’s wave of house-office searches and detentions within the framework of the so-called "Ergenekon terrorist gang" probe.