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Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan declared Friday that it is up to Turkey to decide the timing and pace of its reforms "since a date has not been set for Turkey's membership to the EU." Babacan hosted a breakfast at Ankara's Swissotel in honor of the ambassadors of EU-member and candidate countries on the occasion of May 9 Europe Day. Speaking at the breakfast, Babacan said, "today's Europe is an area of peace and stability. However, conditions in the 21st century entail the Union to
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UN Suspends Aid to Burma

Food Crisis as a Challenge of Political Legitimacy: Africa and Elsewhere!

USAK Report on Cyprus Issue

Prodded by U.S., Olmert and Abbas meet privately

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BBC, the Washington Post and PKK

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	Food Crisis as a Challenge of Political Legitimacy: Africa and Elsewhere! (18:13 )
	UN Suspends Aid to Burma (17:02 )
	Babacan tells EU: Give us a date, we'll hasten reforms (16:55 )
	Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Control of Parts of Lebanon's Capital (14:26 )
	US Downplays Set of Diplomatic Expulsions with Russia (14:26 )
	US Concerned That Tensions Between Russia and Georgia Could Escalate (14:25 )
	Haitian Senate Ratifies Nominee for Prime Minister (14:24 )
	Report Urges Greater US Response to Terrorist Ideology on Internet (14:24 )
	US Home Sales Continue to Decline as Housing Sector Remains Weak (13:38 )
	US Military: Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq Has Not Been Captured (13:37 )
	US Pacific Commander Calls on China Not to Seek 'High-End' Military, Says US Will Remain Dominant Asian Power (13:37 )
	Burma Junta Welcomes Foreign Aid, Turns Back Relief Workers (13:36 )

	International Retirement Migration in Turkey / Ayse Banu Seker
	The Contribution of Oil to Kazakhstan Economy / Bekir Karabekmez
	Demand is slowing but still there are risks / Metin Gezen
	Rehabilitation in Thermal Power Plants / Haluk Direskeneli
	The End of the Era of Cheap Gas / Rovshan Ibrahimov
	Russia and the EU: Relation of Love and Hatred / Habibe Kader
	Sixty and Beyond / Alon Ben-Meir
	Dirty Deals of “Peacekeepers” or “Humanitarianism for Sale”? / Caglar Dolek
	The EU Gesture: Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia / Mirzet Mujezinovic
	The Myth of ‘Failed State’ in Africa: A Question on Atomistic Social Ontology? / Caglar Dolek
	Independence of Kosovo and the Nagorno-Karabakh Issue / Hasan Selim Ozertem
	Interdependence In Gas Sector On Eurasian Area: Actors And Their Roles-3 / Rovshan Ibrahimov
	Power Plants of Turkish Refineries / Haluk Direskeneli

	The US Strategy of China under the Bush Administration (2001-2006) / Eyup ERSOY
	Enjoyable Rights of Turks who Live in Bulgaria or Returned to Turkey in EU Social Security Law / Kamuran RECBER () and Baris OZDAL (*)
	Evolution of the Idea of a Permanent International Criminal Court Prior to World War I / Cenap CAKMAK
	Die Schwarzmeerregion – Impetus für die nachbarschaftlichen Beziehungen der Europäischen Union / Hristofor HRISOSKULOV
	Determinants of German Foreign Policy toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict / Mohammad ABO KAZLEH
	Law and Intervention / Brendon HOWE
	What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the root Causes of Terrorism / Nermin Aydemir
	The US Strategy of China under the Bush Administration (2001-2006) / Eyup ERSOY
	Identiteit en Terrorisme onder Moslims in West-Europa / Sedat LACINER

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US Concerned That Tensions Between Russia and Georgia Could Escalate

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	Istanbul’s economy larger than 127 countries
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	Christian Values: New EU Membership Criteria for Turkey?
	Algerian President: France Committed Genocide in Algeria
	Independence of Kosovo and the Nagorno-Karabakh Issue
	Call for Papers - Review of International Law and Politics
	The EU and Isolating Armenia
	Georgian Democratization Process and the Latest Developments
	Turkey's EU Membership's Possible Impacts on the Middle East

	Turkish Ambassador Numan Hazar: “Turkey Always Needs a More Active Policy towards Africa”
	Interview with the Bulgarian Ambassador Branimir Mladenov
	Armenian Patriarch: Diaspora deaf to Turkish Armenians
	‘Only full EU membership is acceptable'
	‘Turks and Armenians should try to understand each other’
	‘Turkey is no longer the Cold War’s satellite country’
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	‘New relation taking shape between Turkey and US’
	Greece: Turks of Western Thrace still ‘desperate’
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Rehabilitation in Thermal Power Plants
Haluk Direskeneli

The End of the Era of Cheap Gas
Rovshan Ibrahimov

Sixty and Beyond
Alon Ben Meir

Independence of Kosovo and the Nagorno-Karabakh Issue
Hasan Selim Ozertem

A ‘Fresh Policy’ Supported by Effective Tools
Arzu Celalifer Ekinci

Saving the Agenda from Extremists: The Dutch Case
Nermin Aydemir

BBC, the Washington Post and PKK
Sedat Laciner

Which Idea Will Dominate the 21st Century?
Sundeep Waslekar

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National

	Two PKK terrorists killed in South Eastern Region of Turkey
	Baykal Implies that AKP is under control of the EU
	Babacan meets Norwegian counterpart, says happy to see more awareness about PKK
	Turkey to intensify relations with Iraqi Kurds

Europe

	Babacan tells EU: Give us a date, we'll hasten reforms
	Silvio Berlusconi Sworn in as Italy's Prime Minister for Third Time
	Medvedev Sworn in As New President
	Macedonia receives roadmap on visa liberalisation with EU

Middle East

	Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Control of Parts of Lebanon's Capital
	US Military: Leader of al-Qaida in Iraq Has Not Been Captured
	Railing Back the Years in Iran
	Turkey moves for trilateral meeting with Israel, Syria

Central Asia

	US Pacific Commander Calls on China Not to Seek 'High-End' Military, Says US Will Remain Dominant Asian Power
	Burma Junta Welcomes Foreign Aid, Turns Back Relief Workers
	Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: South and Central Asia Overview - III
	Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: South and Central Asia Overview - II

World

	Food Crisis as a Challenge of Political Legitimacy: Africa and Elsewhere!
	NGO’S Begin Violence Report Compilation on Rural Zimbabwe
	Uganda's LRA Rebels Given One More Chance for Peace
	New Fiction Creates Stir in Northern Nigeria

Balkans & Black Sea

	Rice Backs Speedy Accession of Macedonia into NATO
	The EU Gesture: Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia
	Balkans: Allegations Of Organ Trafficking In Del Ponte Memoir Spark Scandal
	UN Security Council Split Over Serb Elections in Kosovo

Caucasus

	US Concerned That Tensions Between Russia and Georgia Could Escalate
	Armenia: Opposition Sets Talks Terms
	Abkhazia Cleaves Closer to Russia
	Georgia: Fears of War With Russia

Americas

	US Downplays Set of Diplomatic Expulsions with Russia
	US Concerned That Tensions Between Russia and Georgia Could Escalate
	Haitian Senate Ratifies Nominee for Prime Minister
	Report Urges Greater US Response to Terrorist Ideology on Internet

Economy

	Avoiding disorderly deleveraging
	Iranian Oil Minister Nozari Says $200 a barrel oil possible
	Blame the models
	Does conflict lead to cooperation – and corporate consolidation?

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Journal of Turkish Weekly (JTW)
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Mebusevleri, Tandogan, Ankara, Turkey
Tel: +90 312 212 28 86 - 87
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Honorary Chairman: Tayyibe Gulek
Chairman: Sedat Laciner
Designed by:Baris Sanli
Editors:
Middle East & Africa: Nilgun Gulcan, Arzu Celalifer, Bahadır Dinçer
Caucasus : Jan Soykok
Central Asia: M. Turgut Demirtepe
Articles : Bülent Çiçekli
Security : Ihsan Bal
Balkans : Mirzet Mujezinovic
Europe : Mehmet Ozcan, Fatma Yılmaz, Sebla Uludag
Comments : Emre Ozkan, Baris Sanli, Halil Ibrahim Bahar

Journal of Turkish Weekly(JTW) is an International Strategic Research Organization(http://www.isro.org.uk) publication.

Journal of Turkish Weekly(JTW) bir Uluslararası Stratejik Araştırmalar Kurumu(http://www.usak.org.tr) yayınıdır.

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