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...Department spokesman. Ralston is expected to travel to the region later this month. Exactly what shape the initiative will take is not yet clear, although some kind of military response by Turkish forces seems likely. Even before last week's bombings, pressure was building on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Administration for a more forceful answer to the p.k.k. threat. Scores of Turkish soldiers have been killed in skirmishes with the group; more in some recent months than U.S. troops killed in Iraq...
...board soon. On Friday, Italy's government formally agreed to participate once there are precise rules of engagement. "We don't hide the difficulties," said Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema, "but our country has to respond to the United Nations' appeal." Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has argued that Turkey cannot risk being sidelined in its own region, as it was in Iraq, and should therefore send troops to Lebanon. Spain and Belgium both await a clarification of the mandate, while Germany, unwilling to be placed in a situation where its soldiers could be forced to fire...
...that H5N1 has "pandemic potential" if it becomes easily transmissible to humans, farmers and poultry workers were urged to pay extra attention to hygiene. But experts said people have nothing to fear from eating eggs or processed poultry products - or from bird watching. In Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke his Ramadan fast by eating chicken salad...
...succeeded in shutting down a conference on the mass killings of Armenians in 1915, one of the most brutal episodes in Turkish history, and one which has never been officially acknowledged by a Turkish government. The conference went ahead following the personal intervention of the Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan - and sparked protests widely interpreted in Western media as evidence of Turkey's un-European behavior. But un-European is something Kerinçsiz is proud to be. "History taught us that we cannot trust these Europeans," the lawyer, 42, told Time. "Look at what happened in 1920: they divided...
...segment of Turkish society, one that encompasses members of the military and the judiciary, and which is vehemently opposed to E.U. membership and the changes to Turkish law and customs that it would require. The aim of these groups is not only to derail talks but also to discredit Erdogan, accession's most enthusiastic proponent. Many see his concessions as a betrayal of Turkish national interests. "Tayyip bey," says Kerinçsiz dismissively, "has dug his own grave." In the runup to the E.U. talks, Turkey's two main right-wing and nationalist parties - which together form the main opposition...