Turkey's odd man of the sea Aug 27, 2008
"I hitched a lift with a lorry driver who took me to Erzurum, where I meant to stay but was swindled out of my money. I walked for three days to Artvin, [where] I stayed for three months before paying my way to Bursa. After three or four years here as a washer I had enough money to move to Istanbul.". He lived for the next 10 years in the Queen of Cities working as a runner, an extra and a lighting man for films and advertisements. (Asia Times Online)
Russian tanks aiding Gori withdrawal, Georgia says Aug 14, 2008
The line runs from Baku in Azerbijan, through Tblisi in Georgia to Erzurum in Turkey. The Western Route oil export pipeline, which runs from Baku to Supsa, Georgia, on the Black Sea, remained shut. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Georgia Conflict Stokes Energy Supply Concerns Aug 12, 2008
The Baku-Tblisi Erzurum pipeline connects Azerbaijan to Turkey through Georgia, en route to European consumers. Annual shipments of more than 6. (CBS News -- World)
Turkey: Parliament Set to Mull Lifting Headscarf Ban at Public Universities Feb 6, 2008
In 2005, a university in the northeastern city of Erzurum sparked outrage when guards refused to allow mothers wearing headscarves to attend their children s graduation ceremony. In a country where politics rotates as much around symbols as it does around realities, few things have the capacity to stir discord as successfully as the headscarf. (EurasiaNet.org)
Gulen Inspires Muslims Worldwide Jan 22, 2008
Gulen was born in 1938 in a village near Erzurum in eastern Turkey. His father was an imam, and Gulen learned from him the elements of Islam as well as some Persian and Arabic. (Forbes -- Business)
Turkey: European Court Delivers Landmark Religious Rights Ruling Oct 27, 2007
In Mus and Erzurum, barely three hours to the east and north-east respectively, finding a bite to eat during Ramadan is almost impossible. Here, all the restaurants carry on regardless, and the fine modern mosque in the town centre remains unused. (EurasiaNet.org)
Turkish ambassador recalled from US amid fury at genocide claims Oct 14, 2007
" As for the PKK, there has NEVER been a nation called Kurdistan, that territory has over the centuries belonged to other nations, and immediatly after WW1, Mustafa Kemal claimed the current Iraqi territory as far south as Mosul as part of the Turkish Homeland, yes the Turks migrated to Anatolia, but the Magyar (Hungarians) came from Asia too. Lets not forget the violence of the Allied Nations who tried to carve up Anatolia after the Great War!Rick Mente, Detroit, Michigan, USAI want to say that... (Yahoo News -- Turkey)
Nationalism casts shadow over Turkey's poll battle Jul 22, 2007
Standing in front of a crowd in the north-eastern Turkish city of Erzurum, Devlet Bahceli waved a length of greased rope. If you can't find any,' he yelled, addressing the Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, 'you can hang him with this. (Guardian Unlimited)
A pipeline into the heart of Europe Jun 30, 2007
The unkindest cut of all, from Washington's point of view, was that in all probability, Putin put the nail on the coffin of the Nabucco gas pipeline project, which the US had been promoting for evacuating Central Asian gas from Erzurum, Turkey, to Austria, bypassing Russia. Ironically, Austria's OMV Gas International should have been Nabucco's operator. (Asia Times Online)
New battlegroundRivals lock horns in Turkey for control of parliament May 16, 2007
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan led Foreign Minister Gul and 11 cabinet ministers to Erzurum in the east for a show of force of their own. We need reconciliation now between all sides or else someone will step in and blow the whistle and that is too dangerous. (BBC News -- Europe)
Forum: Meet the monster: Turkish fascism Jan 28, 2007
In 1942, the first and only Jewish labor camp was established in Askale, a district in Erzurum. Had the Third Reich won the war, Turkey apparently would not have had much trouble fitting into its "New Order." Of course, Turkey never became fully fascist, but there is plenty of evidence to argue it was deeply influenced by that monstrous ideology. (Washington Times, DC)
