Word: turkish
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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...
...suicide bombings, which U.S. officials have so far thought were mainly the work of foreign fighters. The video features testimonials from five "martyrs"; two speak with Saudi accents, says an interpreter who watched the video, but two others have Iraqi accents. One man, the video claims, bombed the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Another is identified as a Kurd who bombed a CIA office in Arbil. The video aims to motivate recruits by showing footage of Iraqis being forced to the ground and handcuffed by U.S. troops. A voice-over urges, "Go to help your brothers in Iraq...
...Hussein over the past two 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...
...resign if all the disqualifications were not overturned; many members of the Cabinet and six vice presidents had already tendered their resignations, but President Mohammed Khatami refused to accept them. Unity Moves turkey The powerful National Security Council 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...
...crystal. Arriving visitors walk past sparkling crystal fireplaces and gigantic mirrors, then go upstairs into a three-room gallery that pays homage to Baccarat's almost 200-year history of crystal making. Among the works on display are pieces designed for the 1878 Universal Exhibition, including an ornate enameled Turkish coffee set. There's a huge showcase full of vases, dishes and stemware commissioned by personages ranging from Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan to Jazz Age entertainer Josephine Baker. In one room, a giant candelabra ordered by Czar Nicholas II stands next to chairs designed for Indian maharajas. Another features...