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...These are no idle threats, warn the respected mediators of the International Crisis Group, who warn that the situation is already at boiling point and an outbreak of hostilities that draws in Turkey could create a new crisis for the U.S. in Iraq. Indeed, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that the U.S. would "pay the bill" for the disastrous consequences he warned would follow a Kurdish takeover of Kirkuk. The Economist sees the looming crisis over Kirkuk as another symptom of the trend of mainstream Kurdish political opinion toward a collision course with Bagdhdad...
...have carried to lessons as a young prince. "Turks" ends with a flourish: the opulent peak of Ottoman influence more than four centuries ago, when the rulers subsidized a wide range of decorative but practical objects, including bronze lamps, candlesticks and ceramics. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is eager to capitalize on the resonances of the past. The exhibition is opening, he writes in a foreword for the show's catalog, at "a most propitious time, as Turkey's aspirations toward membership of the European family of nations in the European Union are center stage." If the Turkish delights...
...legal and economic reforms. Tiny Cyprus threatened to veto the talks if Ankara failed to give de facto recognition to the Greek part of the island state. Turkey complains that the invitation is "discriminatory" because it makes demands not made of previous E.U. applicants. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Turkish TV last week: "If the E.U. countries don't want to see Turkey among them, we're not going to force it." Privately, Turkish officials concede that Erdogan wants into the E.U. so badly that it's unlikely he would reject even a watered-down offer. His ruling...
...RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkey's Prime Minister, on the New Turkish Lira (YTL), which launches in January 2005. The YTL will be worth about 1.5 to the dollar, against today's roughly 1,500,000 lira to the dollar
...joining the E.U. received another boost as the European Commission recommended the start of accession talks with Ankara - a decision that must be ratified by E.U leaders in December. Despite stringent conditions imposed to ensure that Turkey does not backpedal on political and legal reform, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan was confident the negotiations, which could take up to 15 years, would conclude successfully. "We consider the European Union a community of values, not a Christian club," he said. The Commission also set a date of January 2007 for the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Terror Alert FRANCE Indonesia...