Word: erdogan
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for Middle Eastern states to take the lead in their own democratization in a speech at Harvard last Friday...
Through a translator, Erdogan called for the Middle East to bear some of the responsibility for being “left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development...
...leader of Turkey, which he said “belongs both to the West and the Muslim world,” Erdogan called upon developed countries like the United States and the members of the European Union (EU) to assist in the democratization of the Middle East...
...decades. A Kurdish statelet in the north is anathema to the Shiites and Sunni, and Turkey - which regards Kurdish self-determination as a mortal threat to its own naitonal security - has signaled that it would be prepared to invade to prevent such an outcome. Turkish prime minister Recip Erdogan left Washington last Wednesday plainly unconvinced by President Bush's assurances on the issue of Kurdish autonomy. And the weekend's bombings in Irbil are expected to strengthen the secessionist impulse among Iraqi Kurds...
...called for new negotiations to reunite Cyprus ' Greek-speaking south and Turkish-speaking north, based on the plan devised by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Turkey 's hopes of joining the E.U. will be boosted if a solution is found to the 30-year problem. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Annan at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Going Home middle east Israel and Lebanon 's militant group Hizballah announced a prisoner-swap agreement. Under the German-mediated deal, Israel will initially exchange about 30 Arab prisoners for the return of a businessman and three soldiers presumed dead...