Ankara Bars

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” attributed to both ancient Chinese and Arabic proverbs. It is also found (sort of) in Exodus – “I will be an enemy to your enemy and will oppose those who oppose you.” Friending nations can be a dangerous thing. It was a suprise attack on Pearl Harbor by not-friend Japan in 1941 that led to the US entry into World War II and finally pulled the country out of a deep economic malaise. We had an enemy. And we now had to friend a bunch of nations to fight t

ANKARA, TURKEY - Turkey’s Islamic-oriented ruling party vowed Monday to speed up reforms aimed at bringing the country closer to the European Union, after unofficial results from local elections indicated the party had lost political ground.

ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday the local elections results in Turkey indicate confidence of the Turkish people in the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party.

ANKARA (AFP)--Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party won an easy victory in local polls but saw its share of the vote shrink for the first time - a warning to the government to focus on the economy and compromise with secularist opponents, analysts said Monday.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party won local elections on Sunday but Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, hurt by a weak economy, fell short of a sweeping victory that would have smoothed the way for reforms in the EU candidate.