Modern Hagiography: Steven Jobs and Recep Tayyip Erdogan

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Steven Jobs had one important insight in his entire life: that people are imbeciles and should be treated as such. Prior to this epiphany, this college dropout had failed in everything he had done and...

Israel and Turkey: The Impossible Alliance

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In June 2010, Turkey voted against the UN Security Council resolution that imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Iran for its enrichment of uranium. Earlier in 2010, Turkey and Brazil have struck a deal ...

Turkish Journalist Arrested. U.S. Ambassador To Turkey Under Fire

Soner Yalcin, an independent investigative journalist, was arrested by Turkish authorities along with his 3 employees that operated his web site Odatv.com . The arrests were made just after he announced that he...

Greek papers left with egg on face over meeting that never was

The atmosphere between Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan and Greek PM, Kostas Karamanlis was described as tense, somewhat "icy" according to Greek national daily, Vima. On the other hand, the Ethnos newspaper...

Turkey, Israel Fight over Gaza as UN Launches Davos Appeal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has walked offstage at the Davos Conference after arguing with Israeli President Shimon Peres over the violence in Gaza. Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon used the...

Mediterranean union launched: 43-nation group plans regional projects

Emulating the  European Union model 43 countries in Middle east have come together and formed a Mediterranean Union. Although unlike European countries many of these countries don't have great relations with each other. "French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a...

Deadly weather paralyzes Iran

8 have died as a result of major snow storms and cold weather in Iran. The government has shut down schools and offices and has stopped the shipment of gas to Turkey because of local shortages. "The worst...

Turkey to knock Stuffing out of Kurdish Rebels.

Turkey on the move, against US governments protests has sent troops along it's Southern Border with Iraq to quash Kurdish Rebels along it's own borders."SIRNAK, Turkey -- Turkey said on Monday eight of its...

Turkey Might Invade Iraq

Kurdish terrorists have recently upped their attacks on Turkey in an effort to gain control over a portion of Turkey for themselves. The Kurdish terrorist group, Kurdistan Workers' Party, has had some recent...

Bush Administration Stands Against Resolution on Armenia Genocide

As expected, the United States stood up for human rights and justice in the international arena again by strongly standing against a resolution to recognise the genocide of the Armenian people by Turkey.From...

Bush warned over genocide Bill | The Australian

Just to show you how serious the world is when it comes to admitting to genocide, Turkey has basically threatened the United States if it goes through with calling Turkey's programme for Armenian liquidation what...

Turkey: Another Rally Against Sharia Law

Ahead of a general election, everyday Turks are demonstrating against the creeping of religion into their secular state. The government denies any shift towards Sharia law, however. This is the latest in a series of protests breaking out across Turkey."Tens of thousands of...

One million Turks rally against government

On Sunday, a huge crowd took to the streets of Istanbul, demanding a secular state. Last week, the Turkish armed forces had apparently issued a stern warning on their website, stating that they saw it as part of...

Turks Rally for Secularism

The Turkish people know that they are getting squeezed betweena  coup-happy military and an increasingly religious government, both of which would sink Turkey's EU bid."Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul...

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