Global Turkey
Washington sees EU process as key to Turkey's exit from crisis
18/07/2008
US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley stressed that continuing reforms on the road to EU accession with strengthen Turkey's stability and diplomacy.
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Turkey pledges support for Sarkozy's "Club Med"
14/07/2008
Leaders at a Paris summit gave the go-ahead to a revised version of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union proposal.
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New and Emerging
Turkey eyes its best Olympics ever
31/07/2008
Turkey's Olympic team hopes to be among the top 20 countries at the end of the Beijing Games. Weightlifting, wrestling and taekwondo hold the most promise for gold.
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Bombings in Istanbul kill 17, wound dozens
28/07/2008
Two bombs killed 17 and injured more than 150 on an Istanbul street Sunday evening. Turkish officials are focusing their investigations on the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party.
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Politics and Society
Turkey's new top general firm on secularism, nation-state, US ties, EU membership
01/09/2008
General Ilker Basbug, new chief of the Turkish General Staff, says a pluralistic democracy requires the preservation of secularism. He considers Turkish-US relations "excellent" and calls for fair EU treatment of Ankara's membership bid.
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A close call for Turkey's ruling party
08/08/2008
A decision by Turkey's highest court not to ban the Justice and Development Party has come as relief for many. But has the party learned a lesson from the ordeal?
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Turkish court rules against banning AKP
31/07/2008
The Constitutional Court's decision not to ban the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for alleged Islamist activities was a source of relief to the AKP. But the party lost significant government funding.
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Turkey hits terror targets in northern Iraq
30/07/2008
Days after twin bombings in Istanbul, Turkey's military says it carried out an airstrike aimed at rooting out PKK terrorists.
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Ergenekon suspects to stand trial in Turkey
29/07/2008
Shocking allegations in a government-backed probe have a group of retired army officers, mafia figures, academics, politicians and journalists facing charges of plotting numerous assassinations and bombings. An Istanbul court will hear the case in October.
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Turkey shocked by allegations in Ergenekon indictment
16/07/2008
A group of retired Turkish soldiers and hard-liner nationalists face charges of belonging to an alleged "terrorist network" that aimed to oust the Islamist-rooted government.
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Ergenekon and Turkey's democracy paradox
11/07/2008
EU candidate Turkey has shown that Islam can co-exist with secular democracy, globalisation and modernity. But another political crisis casts a worrisome shadow.
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Arrest of two retired generals exacerbates tension in Turkey
07/07/2008
As Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) faces a closure case at the Constitutional Court, the arrest of two ex-generals and other AKP critics for allegedly plotting a coup has deepened the rift in Turkish politics.
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Turkey's ruling party denies Islamism in court
04/07/2008
The ruling AKP told the Constitutional Court that it has no hidden agenda to bring Islamist rule to the country. Turkey's highest court is expected to deliver its ruling regarding the embattled party in four to five weeks.
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Turkey seeks an exit strategy from headscarf crisis
16/06/2008
After his election victory last year, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to become a "prime minister of all Turkey", but opponents accuse him of spearheading an Islamic agenda rather than moving on broadly supported liberal reforms. As the controversy threatens to engulf Turkish politics, some are urging a new consensus.
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