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Friday, Oct. 7. The Whirling Dervishes of Istanbul. A spiritual ceremony-cum-rhythmic dance put on by one of Turkey’s premier ensembles, accompanied by live music and chanted poetry. 8:00 p.m. Sanders Theatre. $20-37. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office...
Sixteen suspected members of Ansar al-Islam, a group linked to al-Qaeda, were arrested by Turkish police in Bursa in April 2004 for allegedly preparing to bomb the June 2004 NATO meeting in Istanbul...
...bishops and a rebel group led by Eirinaios' former right-hand man, Bishop Aristarchos of Constantini, which wants Eirinaios out. It has also provided a pretext for local Palestinian adherents to try to wrest control of the Orthodox Church from its Greek hierarchy. At an extraordinary crisis meeting in Istanbul last week, world Orthodox leaders voted to sever ties with Eirinaios, paving the way for the election of a new Patriarch in Jerusalem. But Eirinaios, who stormed out of the Istanbul meeting, shows no signs of relinquishing his throne. His intransigence, experts fear, may create a schism in the Jerusalem...
...largely Muslim country. A poll published last week found support for joining the E.U. among Turks had fallen 12% in that period, to 63%. "Turks feel at the mercy of forces they don't understand," says Hakan Altinay, director of the Open Society Institute's Turkey office in Istanbul. The long-awaited E.U. decision was "intoxicating for many Turks," he says. "This is the hangover." Suat Kiniklioglu, head of the German Marshall Fund's Turkey office, adds: "Before [the E.U. decision], everyone was holding together to get a date to start talks. Now people are becoming confused. There is fatigue...
...distancing themselves from the extreme-right members of the former FPO, Haider and his new alliance might win back voters lost because of the party's divisions and harsh policies. A recent attempt to stir up anti-Turkish sentiment backfired when FPO posters vowing "Vienna must not become Istanbul!" were ridiculed. Political scientist Peter Filzmaier says the new party will aim for 10% in parliamentary elections next year: "If he can do that, he will be in the game again," says Filzmaier. If not, Haider may have to content himself with his small pond...