Prime Minister Erdogan
Mr. Biden, the Reassure-er-in-Chief, Goes to Romania and Cyprus
By Heather A. Conley Fifty-two years is a long time to wait to see an American plane carrying a U.S. Vice President land on a tarmac. The last time a sitting U.S. Vice President arrived in Nicosia, the year was 1962 and Lyndon B. Johnson stepped out of the plane. On May 21st, it will […]
CPJ condemns Twitter ban in Turkey
New York, March 21, 2014—Turkey banned access to the social media platform Twitter on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened in a public speech to shut it down, according to news reports. The move comes just ahead of March 30 elections and follows Erdoğan’s threats to ban Facebook and YouTube.
Letter to President Obama on Recent Developments in Turkey
“Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is increasingly undermining a central pillar of the decades-long, strategic U.S.-Turkish partnership: Turkey’s growing democracy. We are writing because of our deep dismay at this development and to urge you to make clear to the Turkish public America’s concern about Turkey’s current path. Silence will only encourage Prime Minister Erdoğan […]
Readout of President Obama’s Call with Prime Minister Erdogan
THE WHITE HOUSE – Office of the Press Secretary – February 19, 2014 President Obama spoke by phone today with Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey on a range of bilateral and regional issues. The President affirmed the value he places on a strong, mutually respectful bilateral relationship with the Republic of Turkey and expressed his […]
Τα πράγματα είναι πολύ σοβαρά όταν ο αρχηγός της CIA ενημερώνει τον Ομπάμα για την Τουρκία
Του ΜΙΧΑΛΗ ΙΓΝΑΤΙΟΥ Οταν οι αρχηγοί των αμερικανικών μυστικών υπηρεσιών επιλέγουν να θέσουν στην ημερησία διάταξη της ενημέρωσης του Προέδρου Μπάρακ Ομπάμα ως πρώτο θέμα συζήτησης μία χώρα, τότε τα πράγματα είναι πάρα πολύ σοβαρά για την κυβέρνησή της. Αυτό συνέβη και την περασμένη Παρσσκευή όταν ξεκίνησαν τα επεισόδια στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, και το Σαββατοκύριακο όταν […]
Turkish Raid: UN Rights Council Called to Investigate
GENEVA, May 31, 2013 – In reaction to this morning’s brutal Turkish police action that targeted peaceful protesters and journalists, creating scenes of chaos on the streets of Istanbul, a Geneva-based human rights group is demanding an urgent debate of the United Nations Human Rights Council, now in session, in a letter sent today to […]