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Although it has long provided the base for Anglo-American missions policing the northern "no-fly" zone over Iraq, the Turkish government has little enthusiasm for a new confrontation - and the recent election victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party has raised concerns in Washington that Turkey may not offer strong support for a U.S. war effort. President Bush will try to change that when he meets the Turkish leader at the White House Tuesday. Erdogan's party has been portrayed as a moderate Islamist group - a characterization the party firmly rejects - and that together with traditional...
...Glasgow, a Turkish Kurd refugee is seeking compensation from the Home Office, claiming a decision to force him to stay in the city - where he and his family have been the victims of racist attacks - breaches his human rights. In Paris, a young Algerian woman is suing her employer for unlawful dismissal after she was fired for refusing to adjust her headscarf. Europe is home to some 12.5 million Muslims who suffer high unemployment - and, since Sept. 11 - growing mistrust from non-Muslims. One sign of the tension came when the French government tried to create a representative council...
...France, where a recent survey found 58% opposed to Turkey's E.U. accession, had been angling for an even later date, but the new agreement would at least allow the 10 candidate countries to get in before negotiations with Turkey open. "The French were worried about facing the Turkish question at the same time they were getting their Parliament to ratify the new members," says a Brussels diplomat. The decision rang alarm bells in Britain, which wants faster action on Turkey and eyes the Franco-German alliance with concern. On the eve of the last European Council meeting in October...
...safeguarding its relations with other nations that have a stake in Iraq's future. On the margins of the NATO summit in Prague last week, Bush met with Turkey's President Ahmet Necdet Sezer to confirm that the U.S. did not want to see Iraq's borders changed. The Turkish government is worried that Iraqi Kurds will be so overjoyed if Saddam is defeated that their mood will infect the Kurds in Turkey, rekindling demands for autonomy from Ankara. As sweeteners, Bush reaffirmed American backing for Turkey's candidacy for membership in the European Union and promised support for Turkey...
...despite the disastrous performance of his Freedom Party in the country's general elections. Haider threatened to resign as governor of the region of Carinthia - he has often threatened to leave politics - after his party's share of the vote fell from 26.9% to 10.2%. CYPRUS Enemies Reunited The Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash told United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he is ready for talks on reunification. The decision followed Greek Cypriot support for Annan's plan calling for Cypriot Greeks and Turks, divided since 1974, to unite under a six-member executive council and rotating presidency. IRAQ...