"Major Jewish Genealogical Database With Over 50,000 Records From Istanbul, Turkey Goes Online
The International Society for Sephardic Progress is pleased to announce that one of the largest and most important collections of Jewish genealogical records from a Muslim country have gone online.
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 25, 2005 -- The International Society for Sephardic Progress (ISFSP) is pleased to announce that one of the largest and most important collections of Jewish genealogical records, one that includes an extensive amount of Sephardic data, has been made available for public research.
The material covers the period from 1870 to the present. The new online-accessible collection includes over 50,000 records, including more than 35 thousand Istanbul marriage records and some 15,000 death and burial records from other sources including the Chief Rabbinate of Turkey and the Ashkenazi and Italian community records. The data also comes from several Istanbul cemeteries. Researchers may visit www.isfsp.org/istanbul to access the new genealogical database."
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Friday, November 25, 2005
Hürriyet
"Turkish workers tear down dividing roadblock in Nicosia
Turkish Cypriot workers with bulldozers started to demolish a roadblock that has divided the Cypriot capital Nicosa for over 40 years. Workers starter dismantling the roadblock, which divides the pedestrian thoroughfare of Ledra street in the heart of the capital on Thursday. Greek Cypriot authorities said that they would also start taking down barriers on their side after consulting with the UN, which controls the area. Although it is a symbol of local residents uniting, political sources say it seems unlikely that it would kick start negotiations on the island. "
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Turkish Cypriot workers with bulldozers started to demolish a roadblock that has divided the Cypriot capital Nicosa for over 40 years. Workers starter dismantling the roadblock, which divides the pedestrian thoroughfare of Ledra street in the heart of the capital on Thursday. Greek Cypriot authorities said that they would also start taking down barriers on their side after consulting with the UN, which controls the area. Although it is a symbol of local residents uniting, political sources say it seems unlikely that it would kick start negotiations on the island. "
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Cossack revival stirs exodus - The Boston Globe
"Cossack revival stirs exodus
Muslims fleeing Black Sea region for safety in US
By Peter Finn, Washington Post | November 25, 2005
KRASNODAR, Russia -- Thousands of Muslims from a small ethnic group known as the Meskhetian Turks are fleeing this Black Sea region for the United States, according to sources in this southern area of Russia."
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Muslims fleeing Black Sea region for safety in US
By Peter Finn, Washington Post | November 25, 2005
KRASNODAR, Russia -- Thousands of Muslims from a small ethnic group known as the Meskhetian Turks are fleeing this Black Sea region for the United States, according to sources in this southern area of Russia."
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Babacan Seeks EU Support in Fght Against PKK
"Babacan Seeks EU Support in Fght Against PKK
By Cihan
Published: Friday, November 25, 2005
zaman.com
Turkey's chief European Union membership negotiator Ali Babacan has sought European support for Turkey's fight against Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) terrorism, which has increased since June 2004."
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By Cihan
Published: Friday, November 25, 2005
zaman.com
Turkey's chief European Union membership negotiator Ali Babacan has sought European support for Turkey's fight against Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) terrorism, which has increased since June 2004."
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Turkish Daily News - Italians see new age for Turkish business
"Italians see new age for Turkish business
Friday, November 25, 2005
ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News
Italians are seeing Turkey in a new light these days, Italian Trade Center Chairman Umberto Vattani told a business meeting in Istanbul yesterday."
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Friday, November 25, 2005
ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News
Italians are seeing Turkey in a new light these days, Italian Trade Center Chairman Umberto Vattani told a business meeting in Istanbul yesterday."
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Turkey May Become A Caucasian-European Political Bridge, Armenian Foreign Minister Says
"Turkey May Become A Caucasian-European Political Bridge, Armenian Foreign Minister Says
Tbilisi. November 25 (Prime-News) – Negotiations on affiliation of Turkey to the EU is a second chance for that country to attain regional political importance and become a Caucasian-European political bridge, Armenian Mediamax says as quoting the minister of foreign affaires of Armenia Vardan Oksanian saying at the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles."
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Tbilisi. November 25 (Prime-News) – Negotiations on affiliation of Turkey to the EU is a second chance for that country to attain regional political importance and become a Caucasian-European political bridge, Armenian Mediamax says as quoting the minister of foreign affaires of Armenia Vardan Oksanian saying at the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles."
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Turkish Daily News - A canonical surprise: the bearer of America’s is a Turk
"A canonical surprise: the bearer of America’s is a Turk
Friday, November 25, 2005
David JUDSON
The patient among my readers will recall that I've been struggling with the concept of �canon� in recent columns and last explored a concept of my own invention, the �Minnesota Canon.� I left with a promise to introduce the painter LeRoy Neiman. For Neiman, you see, is generally acknowledged to be the living bearer of the �American Canon,� and is, in fact, the most collected artist in America. A further point of interest is that this American �Great� is, in fact, a Turk."
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Friday, November 25, 2005
David JUDSON
The patient among my readers will recall that I've been struggling with the concept of �canon� in recent columns and last explored a concept of my own invention, the �Minnesota Canon.� I left with a promise to introduce the painter LeRoy Neiman. For Neiman, you see, is generally acknowledged to be the living bearer of the �American Canon,� and is, in fact, the most collected artist in America. A further point of interest is that this American �Great� is, in fact, a Turk."
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Turkish Daily News - Turkey must be included in EU's Justice and Home Affairs mechanisms
"Turkey must be included in EU's Justice and Home Affairs mechanisms
Friday, November 25, 2005
Opinion by Cengiz AKTAR
Contrary to what is thought, Turkey is not actually very well equipped for or experienced in the fight against terrorism. The definition of terror is limited to the type used by the PKK, and the fight against this terror is usually limited to counter-guerilla techniques. International and global knowledge and experience about terror are rather limited. The danger is that we will continue to deal with terror using solely the lightning-quick tactics that Israel employs. This way of fighting terror boils down to the use of military tactics in fighting terrorists, a strategy that ignores the root causes of the problems, with the result being what we see in Iraq today, which causes even more terrorists to spring up. It may be possible to balance the course we are currently on through cooperation with the European Union. "
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Friday, November 25, 2005
Opinion by Cengiz AKTAR
Contrary to what is thought, Turkey is not actually very well equipped for or experienced in the fight against terrorism. The definition of terror is limited to the type used by the PKK, and the fight against this terror is usually limited to counter-guerilla techniques. International and global knowledge and experience about terror are rather limited. The danger is that we will continue to deal with terror using solely the lightning-quick tactics that Israel employs. This way of fighting terror boils down to the use of military tactics in fighting terrorists, a strategy that ignores the root causes of the problems, with the result being what we see in Iraq today, which causes even more terrorists to spring up. It may be possible to balance the course we are currently on through cooperation with the European Union. "
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Cyprus mourns a prolific peacemaker
"Cyprus mourns a prolific peacemaker
By Jean Christou
Hundreds attend Ozker Ozgur’s funeral
HUNDREDS of mourners, including Greek Cypriot politicians, yesterday attended the funeral of veteran Turkish Cypriot politician Ozker Ozgur who died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer.
Among those who attended the funeral at the Kemal Ataturk Cultural Centre in Nicosia north were AKEL general-secretary and House President Demetris Christofias, opposition DISY leader Nicos Anastassiades, DIKO acting chairman Nicos Cleanthous, United Democrats chairman and honorary chairman Michalis Papapetrou and George Vassiliou, and EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou."
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By Jean Christou
Hundreds attend Ozker Ozgur’s funeral
HUNDREDS of mourners, including Greek Cypriot politicians, yesterday attended the funeral of veteran Turkish Cypriot politician Ozker Ozgur who died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer.
Among those who attended the funeral at the Kemal Ataturk Cultural Centre in Nicosia north were AKEL general-secretary and House President Demetris Christofias, opposition DISY leader Nicos Anastassiades, DIKO acting chairman Nicos Cleanthous, United Democrats chairman and honorary chairman Michalis Papapetrou and George Vassiliou, and EDEK leader Yiannakis Omirou."
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H�rriyet-Details from Ankara's Roj TV documents revealed
"Details from Ankara's Roj TV documents revealed
Details have reached the Hurriyet about documents presented by Ankara to Denmark in the push to have the terrorist group PKK linked television station, Roj TV, closed down. The documents, which have apparently been sent to Denmark many times, show that at least 18 of the programs carried on Roj TY are produced and presented by the same people who worked for the previously banned PKK linked MED-TV in England. "
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Details have reached the Hurriyet about documents presented by Ankara to Denmark in the push to have the terrorist group PKK linked television station, Roj TV, closed down. The documents, which have apparently been sent to Denmark many times, show that at least 18 of the programs carried on Roj TY are produced and presented by the same people who worked for the previously banned PKK linked MED-TV in England. "
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Censoring history - The Boston Globe
'The events surrounding the Armenian Turkish conflict more closely resemble a civil war than a genocidal campaign' A FEDERAL lawsuit recently filed seeks to reaffirm a guiding American legal principle endangered by the ''culture wars," namely the right to an unrestrained mind, free of censorship and state orthodoxies. Centered broadly on competing historical interpretations of a century-old conflict but, more precisely, on technical evaluations of a recently enacted Massachusetts statute, our lawsuit challenges the Massachusetts Department of Education's attempt to stamp its imprimatur on a single view of history, to the exclusion of all others, on the minds of our high school students.
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
AP Wire | 11/24/2005 | 'Picasso in Istanbul' opens to Turks
"'Picasso in Istanbul' opens to Turks
BENJAMIN HARVEY
Associated Press
ISTANBUL, Turkey - A major Picasso exhibition opened to the public Thursday in an Istanbul museum best known for its collection of highly stylized Islamic calligraphy.
The patroness of the Sakip Sabanci Museum, the head of a multibillion-dollar Turkish conglomerate, said she hopes the show will accelerate Turkey's cultural shift from the ancient, Islamic and Oriental to the cutting edge, contemporary and European."
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BENJAMIN HARVEY
Associated Press
ISTANBUL, Turkey - A major Picasso exhibition opened to the public Thursday in an Istanbul museum best known for its collection of highly stylized Islamic calligraphy.
The patroness of the Sakip Sabanci Museum, the head of a multibillion-dollar Turkish conglomerate, said she hopes the show will accelerate Turkey's cultural shift from the ancient, Islamic and Oriental to the cutting edge, contemporary and European."
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Meeting Held In Parliament On Women's Rights
"Meeting Held In Parliament On Women's Rights
ANKARA - A meeting was held in Turkish parliament on women's rights on Wednesday and the developments in Turkey within the scope of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) were taken up."
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ANKARA - A meeting was held in Turkish parliament on women's rights on Wednesday and the developments in Turkey within the scope of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) were taken up."
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Financial Mirror-Crucial Cyprus crossing to open 'before Christmas'
"Crucial Cyprus crossing to open 'before Christmas'
Turkish troops started dismantling a barrier in the heart of the island’s divided capital Nicosia Thursday to make way for a pedestrian crossing between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
The mayors of both sectors of the town claim that they are ready to open the gates before Christmas at a point which divides the communities by a short stretch of empty shops deserted for 31 years.
The United Nations, that patrols the 180-kilometre dividing ‘Green Line’ that cuts through the medieval Venetian city, is overseeing restoration work to prevent dangerous buildings and walls from crumbling and falling down.
The opening of a new crossing at downtown Ledra Street will make it the fifth barricade to open in 18 months that has brought the two communities together, despite rejection of a U.N. plan to reunite the island prior to European Union accession on May 1, 2004."
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Turkish troops started dismantling a barrier in the heart of the island’s divided capital Nicosia Thursday to make way for a pedestrian crossing between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
The mayors of both sectors of the town claim that they are ready to open the gates before Christmas at a point which divides the communities by a short stretch of empty shops deserted for 31 years.
The United Nations, that patrols the 180-kilometre dividing ‘Green Line’ that cuts through the medieval Venetian city, is overseeing restoration work to prevent dangerous buildings and walls from crumbling and falling down.
The opening of a new crossing at downtown Ledra Street will make it the fifth barricade to open in 18 months that has brought the two communities together, despite rejection of a U.N. plan to reunite the island prior to European Union accession on May 1, 2004."
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Ataturk's Nutuk Translated Into Greek
"Ataturk's Nutuk Translated Into Greek
ANKARA - University of Athens Department of Turkish Studies lecturer Dr. Maria Mavropoulou said that she translated Nutuk (Great Speech) of Ataturk, the founder of modern and secular Republic of Turkey, into Greek after a seven-year hard work."
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ANKARA - University of Athens Department of Turkish Studies lecturer Dr. Maria Mavropoulou said that she translated Nutuk (Great Speech) of Ataturk, the founder of modern and secular Republic of Turkey, into Greek after a seven-year hard work."
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Preparations For Turkey - Eu J.C.C. Meeting Continue
"Preparations For Turkey - Eu J.C.C. Meeting Continue
ISTANBUL - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has remarked today that Turkey will implement European Union (EU) acquis. ''We will not transfer our standards to the EU,'' said Gul."
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ISTANBUL - Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has remarked today that Turkey will implement European Union (EU) acquis. ''We will not transfer our standards to the EU,'' said Gul."
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International Symposium On Turkish - Armenian Relations
"International Symposium On Turkish - Armenian Relations
PUTTING PRESSURE ON A NATION IS THE REAL GENOCIDE, HALACOGLU
ANKARA - An international symposium on ''Turkish-Armenian Relations and 1915 Incidents'' has started at Gazi University in Ankara on Wednesday.
Addressing the opening of the meeting, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halacoglu, chairman of the Turkish Historical Society (TTK), said that putting physical and spiritual pressure on a nation was the real genocide. ''We can bring together scholars having different views to set up a commission and we can investigate the issue,'' he added. "
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PUTTING PRESSURE ON A NATION IS THE REAL GENOCIDE, HALACOGLU
ANKARA - An international symposium on ''Turkish-Armenian Relations and 1915 Incidents'' has started at Gazi University in Ankara on Wednesday.
Addressing the opening of the meeting, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Halacoglu, chairman of the Turkish Historical Society (TTK), said that putting physical and spiritual pressure on a nation was the real genocide. ''We can bring together scholars having different views to set up a commission and we can investigate the issue,'' he added. "
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The Anatomy of Anti-Americanism in Turkey
"The Anatomy of Anti-Americanism in Turkey
The Brookings Institution, November 16, 2005
Omer Taspinar, Director, Turkey Program
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Turkey must be a truly puzzling country for the Bush administration. In the wake of 9-11, Washington hailed the Turkish Republic as an ideal 'model' for the Islamic word. With its Muslim, democratic, secular and pro-western credentials, this unique NATO ally instantly became the strongest case against the 'clash of civilizations.' Ankara's leadership at ISAF in Afghanistan gained it further praise with the administration, not only for the substantial military assistance that Turkey provided, but perhaps much more importantly in proving that the war against terrorism is not a war against Islam."
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The Brookings Institution, November 16, 2005
Omer Taspinar, Director, Turkey Program
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Turkey must be a truly puzzling country for the Bush administration. In the wake of 9-11, Washington hailed the Turkish Republic as an ideal 'model' for the Islamic word. With its Muslim, democratic, secular and pro-western credentials, this unique NATO ally instantly became the strongest case against the 'clash of civilizations.' Ankara's leadership at ISAF in Afghanistan gained it further praise with the administration, not only for the substantial military assistance that Turkey provided, but perhaps much more importantly in proving that the war against terrorism is not a war against Islam."
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VOA News - Controversy Grows Over Islamic Headscarf in Turkey
"Controversy Grows Over Islamic Headscarf in Turkey
By Amberin Zaman
Ankara, Turkey
23 November 2005
Turkish women who cover their heads are vowing to pursue their battle to ease bans on the Islamic headscarf in Turkish schools and government offices. Many acknowledge that a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in mid-November in favor of the ban has weakened their case. Others blame the ruling Islam-rooted Justice and Development Party for not doing enough to end the exclusion of covered women from the national education system. From the Turkish capital Amberin Zaman reports for VOA on an issue that continues to divide overtly pious and pro-secular Turks."
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By Amberin Zaman
Ankara, Turkey
23 November 2005
Turkish women who cover their heads are vowing to pursue their battle to ease bans on the Islamic headscarf in Turkish schools and government offices. Many acknowledge that a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in mid-November in favor of the ban has weakened their case. Others blame the ruling Islam-rooted Justice and Development Party for not doing enough to end the exclusion of covered women from the national education system. From the Turkish capital Amberin Zaman reports for VOA on an issue that continues to divide overtly pious and pro-secular Turks."
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news - FIBA: TUR - Okur provides Turkish delight for Utah
"FIBA: TUR - Okur provides Turkish delight for Utah
/noticias.info/ Turkey star Mehmet Okur scored 24 points and made all three of his three-pointers as the Utah Jazz held on for a 93-87 victory at the Seattle SuperSonics, who had a three-game winning streak ended.
Utah had star forward Andrei Kirilenko and starting point guard Keith McLeod out injured and forward Matt Harpring sat out this game to rest his ailing right knee.
And power forward Carlos Boozer has yet to play this season due to a hamstring injury."
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/noticias.info/ Turkey star Mehmet Okur scored 24 points and made all three of his three-pointers as the Utah Jazz held on for a 93-87 victory at the Seattle SuperSonics, who had a three-game winning streak ended.
Utah had star forward Andrei Kirilenko and starting point guard Keith McLeod out injured and forward Matt Harpring sat out this game to rest his ailing right knee.
And power forward Carlos Boozer has yet to play this season due to a hamstring injury."
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