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Turkey’s stereotyped image in foreign press (1)
5 July, byby Yasemin Sim Esmen Thursday 4 October 2007 - 07:00 Turkey is stereotyped by the foreign press into just three words , says BBC College of Journalism Editor Kevin Marsh: The headscarf, generals, and the European Union. He is trying to change this through his college’s program. There is a mesh filtering out any possible news stories that do not confirm with the stereotyped image of Turkey abroad, said Kevin Marsh, editor of the BBC College of Journalism whose goal is to teach BBC (...) -
Turkey’s stereotyped image in foreign press (2)
5 July, byby Yasemin Sim Esmen Monday 8 October 2007 - 07:00 Turkey is stereotyped by the foreign press into just three words , says BBC College of Journalism Editor Kevin Marsh : The headscarf, generals, and the European Union. He is trying to change this through his college’s program. Following the previous article The role of journalists “I think journalists should take responsibility, too. It is one of the things I am doing in the college. It is frightening that, when you talk to (...) -
Turkey and the Jews of Europe during World War II
10 June, by"While six millions Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, the rescue of some 15,000 Turkish Jews from France, and even of some 100,000 Jews from Eastern Europe might well be considered as relatively insignificant in comparison. It was, however, very significant to the people who were rescued, and above all it showed that, as had been the case for more than five centuries, Turks and Jews continued to help each other in times of great crises." Stanford J. Shaw - Professor of Turkish (...) -
FIDH denounces a tragedy, a direct consequence of impunity
1 June, byThe International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) expresses its indignation following the deadly attack led by Israeli forces on the aid flotilla which, according to initial reports, resulted in the death of 19 international activists and the wounding of 50 others. “This tragedy is the inevitable consequence of impunity prevailing in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and a total disregard of international law by the Israeli authorities. The circumstances of this tragedy (...) -
Siemens Invests in Turkey Despite Crisis
24 avril, parEurope’s largest engineering conglomerate, the German firm Siemens, is making a new investment in Turkey, signaling their faith in the Turkish market. Siemens Turkey CEO Hüseyin Gelis said yesterday that the company was investing some 100 million euros in the Gebze district of Kocaeli. “We are establishing a new factory in Gebze because we attach importance to the Turkish market,” Gelis noted. Gelis said the factory would be one of the most modern factories in Turkey and in all of Europe. “We (...) -
US genocide resolution is an ignorant stunt
15 mars, parDefinitions of genocide are difficult but one thing is clear : the US Congress has no business ruling on the Armenian claim So the foreign affairs committee of the US House of Representatives has passed a resolution (by 23 votes to 22) that the Turkish killings of Armenians in 1915 amounted to genocide. What business is it of theirs ? I’m not judging whether their decision was right ; I don’t know enough to do that. My concern is that such ham-fisted intervention, and the publicity it (...) -
Efforts underway for free trade deal between Turkey-Canada
27 February, byDeputy Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Nevzat Pakdil said on Monday that Turkish society was saddened over the decision of the Canadian House of Commons regarding 1915 incidents. Speaking at a meeting with a Canadian delegation led by Maurice Vellacott, chairperson of Canada-Turkey Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group, Pakdil said Turkey did not cause such an incident. "I think there is a lack of information here. Turkey will be pleased in case Canada extends support to a detente (...) -
Israel-Turkey ties hit a low point
10 February, byA bizarre diplomatic incident - even by the Byzantine-like standards of the old Near East - has threatened already strained relations between Israel and Turkey. For a quarter century, the two democracies were the region’s most unlikely allies. Since Israel’s assault on Hamas in Gaza a year ago, they have been the most problematic allies. On Monday, Israel created a scene reminiscent of a famous scene in Charlie Chaplin’s movie The Great Dictator which Chaplin parodies Adolf Hitler receiving (...) -
Statement of Pierre Nora, chairman of "Liberté pour l’Histoire"
25 November 2009, byStatement of Pierre Nora, chairman of LPH, to the signatories of the Appel de Blois English version/version anglaise November, the 24th, 2009 Dear colleagues, dear friends, I write to you at the end of this year 2009 in order to give you three brief informations about the life of our association Liberté pour l’histoire. 1. If the memorial debates have been solved for the time being in France, thanks to the parliamentary Rapport Accoyer published by the National Assembly, which declared (...) -
Armenian parliament does not let Dashnaks undermine protocols
19 November 2009, byTuesday, 17 November 2009 Image A resolution towards penalization of denial of so called Armenian genocide, which was presented to the Parliament of Armenia by Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun Party, is rejected by the Committe of Law of Armenian Ministry of Justice. Dashnak Party had proposed a law draft towards penalization of denial of so called Armenian genocide. The resolution were proposing penalizingthe denial by 5 years of prison. The law draft wrote that denial of (...)
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