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                    <language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Basbug: The adopted law would harm the hierarchical relations within Turkish Armed Forces]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17814.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[The alleged anti-government plot document was on the agenda of yesterday&#039;s National Security Council (MGK) meeting which lasted almost 8 hours. According to sources, Turkish General Staff Chief Gen. Ilker Basbug expressed his objection to the ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:20 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17814.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors conducting investigation under the "Ergenekon" probe have arrested Colonel Dursun Cicek]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17813.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors conducting investigation under the "Ergenekon" probe have arrested Colonel Dursun Cicek. A Turkish newspaper recently published a news article that Colonel Cicek was involved in the preparation of a document to end the "Justice and ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:16 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17813.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey hails Hariri's commitment for unity Lebanon govt]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17812.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turkey welcomes Lebanese PM-designate&#039;s commitment to form a unity government after parliamentary elections in the country, ministry said.

Source: AA (Turkey), July 2, ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:14 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17812.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new law may affect an ongoing investigation on the army]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17811.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to a recent news story of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, the new law which will pave the way for the trial of civilians only in civil courts can affect an ongoing investigationon the army. 
The investigation started after a group of soldiers ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:09 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17811.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Republican CHP leader Deniz Baykal, “Move your hands away from the Turkish Armed Forces”]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17810.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Republican CHP leader Deniz Baykal said that the law which will pave the way for the trial of civilians only at the civilian courts, was formulated without consulting with the National Defense Ministry or any other important bodies and that such ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:08 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17810.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkish President Abdullah Gul Receives Honorary Doctorate from the Xinjang University]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17809.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turkish president Abdullah Gul who is in a official visit to China, became the first Turkish president ever to visit the Xinjang Uygur Autonomous Region where more than 9 million Uygur Turks reside. Gul received an honorary doctorate from the ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:06 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17809.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Central Command chief Gen. Petraeus arrived in Ankara]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17808.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[US Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus arrived in Ankara on Tuesday to discuss issues such as northern Iraq, the terrorist PKK, and cooperation in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Petraeus is reportedly in Ankara in line with ongoing strategic ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:05 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17808.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The removal of mines will be given to the NATO]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17806.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[The National Defense Ministry made a written statement regarding the removal of mines in the southeastern border with Syria. The Ministry announced that the mines will be removed by a four stage program and the job will be given to NAMSA which is an ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:01 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17806.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Leader of Turkey Party: “The government in Turkey is disconnected from the people”]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17805.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[The leader of Turkey Party, Abdullatif Sener who left the ruling AKP and founded his own party, criticized the government in his latest speech. Sener said that the government in Turkey is disconnected from the people of the country. Sener also ...<br>July 2, 2009, 1:00 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17805.htm]]></guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The judge declines the trial of a Turkish journalist by the Prime Minister]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17804.htm]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Turkish judge recently denied the trial of a Turkish journalist, Emin Colasan, who criticized the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a TV program. The Prime Minister argued that the journalist insulted his personal rights and so sued ...<br>July 2, 2009, 12:59 am]]></description><guid><![CDATA[http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/17804.htm]]></guid></item></channel>
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