Word: ankara
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Court of Justice at the Hague in its long-running dispute with Greece over Cyprus. "This is good news for the U.S. because Turkey is NATO's front line in relation to Russia and the Caucasus, and drawing them closer to Europe cements the West's security alliance with Ankara," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell...
...very reasons that Ocalan has been pushing for Turkey to be admitted to the E.U. are those that will get Ankara nervous about Europe's decision. "The E.U.'s conditions will put enormous pressure on Turkey on a range of issues, such as Greece and the Kurds, that have been central to Turkish nationalism," says Dowell. To be sure, conforming to Europe's conditions may compel them to refrain from carrying out the death sentence a Turkish court handed down to Ocalan on multiple murder charges - the death penalty itself is in violation of E.U. human rights standards. Actual membership...
...cultural egoism. These divisions, once made, eventually took on a life of their own through political institutionalization and self-fulfilling logic. It is a shame that it took the loss of over 10,000 lives to break a gridlock that existed not between the people but the institutions of Ankara and Athens. As Papandreou pointed out, the people in the two countries were similar; it was their governments that were keeping them apart...
...that they could expect nothing when, after 48 hrs., no organized authority had come to their aid. In many instances, rescue teams from overseas arrived on the scene first. A collapse of communications was part of the problem--Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit wasn't awakened from his slumber in Ankara until an hour after the 45-sec. tremor...
...initial shock wears off, the political recriminations will grow," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "Poor construction work in a region known for earthquakes caused a death toll that was far higher than it might have been had stricter standards been enforced." On Monday, as officials in the capital, Ankara, ordered up 45,000 body bags, more misery appeared in the form of rain, which threatened to exacerbate the health crisis facing the stricken areas...