Sat, Feb 11 2012
Anti-PKK demonstration in Turkey
Photo: Wikipedia
In a separate attack over the weekend, five members of the Turkish security forces were also killed.
An explosion in a Turkish mine has left 13 people dead and more than 30 injured
'The tendency in Europe towards the extreme right is worrisome,' Murat Mercan, the chairman of the foreign relations committee in the Turkish parliament. Meanwhile, Turkish media say "All We Needed was More Racists," "Europe forms a blockade"
Government officials in Sofia have stoutly denied of arms sales to Iraq without the knowledge of the Iraqi government. Regarding a Washington Post front-page article published on November 23, which accuses Bulgaria of organising the sale and shipment of three plane-loads of weapons and ammunition to the Kurds in northern Iraq that allegedly took place in September, the spokesman of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dragovest Draganov, has told the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) that Bulgaria did not sell arms to private individuals or non-government organisations, and that no such transaction ever took place.
Bulgaria has allegedly imported small arms and ammunition to Kurdish officials in Iraq, according to a November 23 2008 article in the Washington Post Foreign Service. Information for the article comes from three anonymous US military officials; comment from the Bulgarian Government or other Bulgarian parties was not included. The transference of arms - "three planeloads of munitions" - took place this autumn, outside the weapons procurement procedures of Iraq's central government. They were delivered to the north-eastern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah in September on three C-130 cargo planes.
The supreme military council of Turkey has appointed land forces commander general Ilker Basbug as the new head of the Turkish army, the second largest army in Nato, local media reported on August 4 2008. A staunch guardian of secularism, Basbug is at the same time expected to ease tensions in relations between the army and the government by abstaining from open clashes with the ruling Justice and
Iranian silver-plated pigeons, African leopard skins and a Chinese bronze yak were among the 70 items sold in an auction of gifts presented to Romania’s former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena.
Airports were also showing signs of better co-ordination and providing passengers with accurate real-time information, compared to previous period of travel disruption, transport commissioner Siim Kallas said.
Viktor Orban defends government's record, new constitution in state-of-the-nation address as he slams European Commission.
PM Donald Tusk invited authors, NGOs, experts and bloggers to a debate on the ACTA copyright agreement, but several key organisations, including the Helsinki Foundation, rejected the invitation claiming that the talks will likely offer no opportunity to discuss concrete issues.
'Dirty Jews' and 'Dirty Nazis' were the most popular chants when two groups clashed in front of Új Színház (New Theatre)
I am against killing of anyone. The Kurds and the Turks need to turn to diplomatic and democratic talks. Violence just doesn't work these days.
Kurds do not want to kill Turks and want to live in peace with them, but they are forced to fight this war to defend themselves against the occupier of their land just as Bulgarians faught against Othoman Turks.
Long live freedom fighter of Kurdistan and down down with Turkish opression