http://www.newsvine.com/recep-tayyip-erdoganNewsvine - recep-tayyip-erdoganen-usCopyright 2013Tue, 9 Apr 2013 01:21:10 +0000Sat, 25 May 2013 21:33:43 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://paul-kennedy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17657977-how-obama-is-reuniting-turkey-and-israel-timecomhttp://paul-kennedy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17657977-how-obama-is-reuniting-turkey-and-israel-timecomturkeyisraelunited-statesjohn-kerryworld-newsbenjamin-netanyahurecep-tayyip-erdoganpresident-obamaMon, 8 Apr 2013 19:19:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17651203-thousands-protest-turkish-coup-plot-trialhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17651203-thousands-protest-turkish-coup-plot-trialeuturkeyplotworld-newscouprecep-tayyip-erdoganMon, 8 Apr 2013 09:24:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17440423-turkey-israel-to-work-out-compensationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17440423-turkey-israel-to-work-out-compensationeuturkeyisraelworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganSun, 24 Mar 2013 14:06:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429228-at-yad-vashem-in-israel-obama-urges-action-against-racism-nytimescomhttp://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429228-at-yad-vashem-in-israel-obama-urges-action-against-racism-nytimescomturkeyisraelmiddle-eastpeacesyriaraiddiplomaticapologyworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganpresident-obamabenjamin-netenyahuSat, 23 Mar 2013 15:41:03 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415928-obama-applauds-call-between-israel-turkey-leadershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415928-obama-applauds-call-between-israel-turkey-leadersturkeyisraelobamabarack-obamaworld-newsbenjamin-netanyahurecep-tayyip-erdoganmlFri, 22 Mar 2013 14:33:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17397311-reports-kurdish-rebels-to-heed-call-for-peacehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17397311-reports-kurdish-rebels-to-heed-call-for-peaceeuturkeykurdsworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganabdullah-ocalanjailed-kurdishThu, 21 Mar 2013 08:15:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken Sunday, March 17, 2013, Kurds wave banners depicting imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Istanbul, Turkey. Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in a message relayed by Kurdish legislators who visited him on his prison island, said Monday, March 18 that peace talks with Turkey are making "positive progress" and that he plans to make a "historic" announcement to coincide with a Kurdish spring festival. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Erdogan said he hopes this week's Kurdish spring festival will herald the start of a peaceful resolution of the nearly 30-year-old conflict with Kurdish rebels. Erdogan's remarks Tuesday came days ahead of the March 21 spring festivities when jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is expected to reveal his plans for peace, including a possible cease-fire declaration and a timetable for his fighters' retreat from Turkey.(AP Photo)</p><p>FILE -In this July 24, 2012 file photo, honour guard soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Ahmet Caglar, one of four soldiers killed in fighting Kurdish rebels at Turkey-Iraq border, during his funeral in Ankara, Turkey. Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said Monday, March 18, 2013 that peace talks with Turkey are making "positive progress" and that he plans to make a "historic" announcement to coincide with a Kurdish spring festival.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)</p><p>FILE - In this file photo provided by the Turkish Intelligence Service on Feb. 18, 1999, Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan poses in front of Turkish flags before being interrogated by Turkish officials at the prison-island of Imrali , Turkey. Ocalan said Monday, March 18, 2013 that peace talks with Turkey are making "positive progress" and that he plans to make a "historic" announcement to coincide with a Kurdish spring festival. (AP Photo/Turkish Intelligence Service, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Monday Feb. 15, 1999 file photo provided by the Turkish Intelligence Service o the chief of the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, Abdullah Ocalan sits guarded aboard an aircraft en route to Turkey following his arrest by Turkish special forces in Nairobi, Kenya. Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan said Monday, March 18, 2013 that peace talks with Turkey are making "positive progress" and that he plans to make a "historic" announcement to coincide with a Kurdish spring festival. (AP Photo/Turkish Intelligence Service, File)</p><p>In this photo taken Sunday, March 17, 2013, Kurds hold banners depicting imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Istanbul, Turkey. Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in a message relayed by Kurdish legislators who visited him on his prison island, said Monday, March 18 that peace talks with Turkey are making "positive progress" and that he plans to make a "historic" announcement to coincide with a Kurdish spring festival. (AP Photo)</p><p>Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>A man stands high above other demonstrators waving PKK flag and an image of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives.(AP Photo) </p><p>Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>Masked men in guerrilla outfits seen at the podium as some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>A man holds a poster as some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo) </p><p>Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>Masked supporters demonstrate with some thousands of supporters waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, left, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>Masked supporters demonstrate with some thousands of supporters, not pictured, waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, left, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. (AP Photo)</p><p>Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. A Nowruz fire seen in the background. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for "new year", is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring, March 21, in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran. (AP Photo) </p><p>Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major step toward ending the fighting for self-rule for Kurds in southeastern Turkey, one of the world's bloodiest insurgencies lasting nearly 30-years and costing tens of thousands of lives. A Nowruz fire seen in the background. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for "new year", is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring, March 21, in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran.(AP Photo) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375055-1-injured-in-attacks-in-turkish-capitalhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375055-1-injured-in-attacks-in-turkish-capitaleuturkeyexplosionsjustice-ministryworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganTue, 19 Mar 2013 20:48:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17179865-turkey-greece-vow-dialogue-to-overcome-riftshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17179865-turkey-greece-vow-dialogue-to-overcome-riftseuturkeygreeceworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganMon, 4 Mar 2013 13:41:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17143088-kerry-turkish-comments-complicate-mideast-processhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17143088-kerry-turkish-comments-complicate-mideast-processeuturkeymiddle-eastunited-statesunited-nationsworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganban-ki-moonerdoganstate-john-kerryFri, 1 Mar 2013 09:05:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, March 1, 2013. Ankara is the fifth leg of Kerry's first official overseas trip, a nine-day dash through Europe and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)</p><p>U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, not pictured, at Ankara Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, March 1, 2013. Ankara is the fifth leg of Kerry's first official overseas trip, a nine-day dash through Europe and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)</p><p>U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference at Ankara Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, March 1, 2013. Ankara is the fifth leg of Kerry's first official overseas trip, a nine-day dash through Europe and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)</p><p>U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while speaking about the death of Mustafa Akarsu, a U.S. Embassy guard who was killed on Kerry's first day as secretary by a suicide bomber attack at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, during a memorial at the embassy on Friday, March 1, 2013. Ankara is the fifth leg of Kerry's first official overseas trip, a nine-day dash through Europe and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)</p><p>U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, enters a news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at Ankara Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Friday, March 1, 2013. Ankara is the fifth leg of Kerry's first official overseas trip, a nine-day dash through Europe and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14993540-report-turkish-man-tries-to-set-himself-alighthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14993540-report-turkish-man-tries-to-set-himself-alighteuturkeyworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganselfimmolationWed, 7 Nov 2012 13:50:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14940966-blanks-fired-inside-turkish-govt-buildinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14940966-blanks-fired-inside-turkish-govt-buildingeuturkeyfiredworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganblanksMon, 5 Nov 2012 00:55:14 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880481-turkeys-prime-minister-plans-visit-to-gazahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14880481-turkeys-prime-minister-plans-visit-to-gazaeuturkeypalestiniansgaza-stripworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganFri, 2 Nov 2012 13:35:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14829991-western-efforts-on-syria-shiftinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14829991-western-efforts-on-syria-shiftingsyriasecurity-councildiplomacybarack-obamaworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganbashar-assadWed, 31 Oct 2012 13:39:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, address the media during a joint news conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Erdogan said on Wednesday during a visit to Germany that it is up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether a no-fly zone should be imposed on Syria or safe areas created for civilians fleeing the civil war. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)</p><p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, address the media during a joint press conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)</p><p>French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, right, speaks during a joint news conference with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the French foreign ministry, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. French and Russian ministers are engaged in bilateral cooperation talks. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)</p><p>Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, left, attends a news conference with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius at the French foreign ministry, Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. French and Russian ministers are engaged in bilateral cooperation talks. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)</p><p>Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, right, attends a news conference at the French foreign ministry, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. French and Russian ministers are engaged in bilateral cooperation talks. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)</p><p>In this photo releases by the Saudi Press Agency, British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, right, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. British Prime Minister David Cameron suggested Tuesday that Syria's president Bashar Assad could be allowed safe passage out of the country if that option would guarantee an end to the nation's civil war. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)</p><p>King Abdullah II of Jordan ,left, shake hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Nov. 7 2012. Cameron is in the Kingdom on a short visit, as part of a regional tour. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)</p><p>Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center, walks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Jordan Andrew Harper, right, during his visit to Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. British Prime Minister David Cameron, visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, said the U.S., Britain and other allies should do more to "shape the opposition" into a coherent force and open channels of communication directly with rebel military commanders. Previously, Britain and the U.S. have acknowledged contacts only with exile groups and political opposition figures inside Syria. (AP Photo)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14336235-syria-dismisses-cease-fire-without-rebel-leadershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14336235-syria-dismisses-cease-fire-without-rebel-leaderssyriasecurity-councilworld-newsnew-york-basedrecep-tayyip-erdoganbashar-assadturkish-airlinesmlsyrian-tvsyrian-defense-ministryWed, 10 Oct 2012 09:14:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, shows a destroyed building from shelling in Homs, Syria, on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, shows smoke rising from buildings due to shelling in Homs, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, smoke rises from a building due to shelling, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)</p><p>Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel, right, listens to a commander during his tour of the military along the border with Syria in Hatay, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey was prepared to counter any threats from Syria. “Every kind of threat to the Turkish territory and the Turkish people will find us standing against it,” Erdogan said.(AP Photo/Turkish Military, HO)</p><p>In this photo taken Oct. 10, 2012, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The US has sent troops to Jordan to bolster its military capabilities in the event Syria's civil war escalates, Panetta said Wednesday, reflecting U.S. concerns about the conflict spilling over allies' borders and about the security of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal. Speaking at a NATO conference of defense ministers, Panetta said the U.S. has been working with Jordan to monitor chemical and biological weapons sites in Syria and also to help Jordan deal with refugees pouring over the border from Syria. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)</p><p>People gather atop the aircraft steps at a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Turkish jets on Wednesday forced a Syrian Air Airbus A320 passenger plane to land at Ankara airport on suspicion that it may be carrying weapons, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, amid heightened tensions between Turkey and Syria that have sparked fears of a wider regional conflict.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)</p><p>People speak atop the aircraft steps of a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, early Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. Turkish jets on Wednesday forced a Syrian Air Airbus A320 passenger plane to land at Ankara airport on suspicion that it may be carrying weapons, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, amid heightened tensions between Turkey and Syria that have sparked fears of a wider regional conflict.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)</p><p>Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, unseen, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. Erdogan said the Syrian passenger plane intercepted on its way from Moscow to Damascus was carrying military equipment and ammunition to Syria. Erdogan said the cargo seized by Turkish authorities late Wednesday was destined for the Syrian military.(AP Photo)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a Syrian woman walks past a body in front of Dar El Shifa Hospital, Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter looks for cover after firing his weapon against Syrian Army positions in the Karmal Jabl district in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a wounded Syrian man begs for help while lying on the floor of Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria.(AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter passes through a hole punched into a wall in the Karmal Jabl district in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter hurls a grenade at Syrian Army positions in the Karmal Jabl district of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP - A Syrian youth holds a child wounded by Syrian Army shelling near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A Syrian man, wounded by Syrian Army shelling, cries while the bodies of his relatives lie on the street near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, nurses and doctors treat men, wounded by Syrian Army shelling, at Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, the bodies of two Syrian children, killed by Syrian Army shelling, lie on the street near Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter comforts a child wounded by Syrian Army artillery shelling, at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, a Syrian man cries while holding the body of his brother, killed by Syrian Army shelling, near Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this THursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo, a Syrian youth cries next to the truck holding the body his brother, killed by Syrian Army shelling, outside Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures before Turkey's World Cup qualifying soccer match against Romania at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a forum in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Turkey’s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans during a demonstration at Binnish village, in Idlib province, northern Syria, on Friday Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)</p><p>German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, right, and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands before a meeting during a forum in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Turkey’s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria.(AP Photo)</p><p>German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, right, meets briefly with Abdelbaset Sieda, the head of the Syrian National Council opposition group, at a hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)</p><p>Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a forum in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Turkey’s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>This citizen journalism image taken from video provided by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows what Human Rights Watch says are cluster bombs dropped in Tamanea, Syria on Oct. 9, 2012. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said the use of such bombs in Syria's civil war is the latest sign of Syrian President Bashar Assad's disregard for his own people. Syrian government officials had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via Human Rights Watch) </p><p>This citizen journalism image taken from video provided by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows what Human Rights Watch says are cluster bombs dropped in Tamanea, Syria on Oct. 9, 2012. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said the use of such bombs in Syria's civil war is the latest sign of Syrian President Bashar Assad's disregard for his own people. Syrian government officials had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via Human Rights Watch) </p><p>U.N. envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, left, talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. An unidentified interpreter sits at center. (AP Photo/ISNA, Amir Pourmand)</p><p>U.N. envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, sits, next to portraits of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)</p><p>U.N. envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, left, talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Pictures of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, are seen at center. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)</p><p>An anti-Syrian regime protester carries a large Syrian revolutionary flag during a demonstration in downtown of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Assir, a strong critic of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah and Syrian President Bashar Assad, has organized multiple protests over the past year in a bid to increase support for the Syrian uprising and mount an offensive against Nasrallah for openly supporting Assad’s regime. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)</p><p>In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo, a Syrian doctor treats a wounded Free Syrian Army fighter at Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 22, 1973 file photo, Umayyad mosque in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered on Monday immediate repairs to a historic mosque in the city of Aleppo, a move likely aimed at containing Muslim outrage after fierce fighting between rebels and regime forces set parts of the mosque on fire over the weekend. (AP Photo/Azad, File)</p><p>U.N. envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi speaks to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, unseen, during their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)</p><p>In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo, smoke rises from buildings due to government forces shelling seen through broken glass in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>The Armenian plane that was forced to land, at Erzurum Airport, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman says Turkish authorities are searching the cargo of an Armenian plane bound for Syria. Selcuk Unal says Turkey granted the plane carrying aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo a permission to fly over its airspace only on condition it can search its cargo for possible military equipment. (AP Photo)</p><p>U.N. envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi speaks during a joint press conference Hoshyar Zebari, unseen, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)</p><p>U.N. envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi speaks during a joint press conference with Hoshyar Zebari, unseen, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, destruction of a residential area is seen in the aftermath of Syrian airstrikes on Maarat al-Numan, Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, Syrians react after a government warplane was shot down in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)</p><p>This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, purports to show smoke rising due to heavy bombings from military warplanes, not pictured, in Idlib province, northern Syria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Syrian government warplanes unleashed deadly airstrikes on rebel strongholds in the country's north on Tuesday, activists reported. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show smoke rising due to heavy bombings from military warplanes, not pictured, in Idlib province, northern Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Syrian government warplanes unleashed deadly airstrikes on rebel strongholds in the country's north on Tuesday, activists reported. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, damaged houses lie in ruins following attacks by Syrian government forces in the town of Maarat al-Numan, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this picture taken on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, rubble of a damaged house from the shelling of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Assad, in Maarat al-Numan town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Idlib News Network ENN) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14194778-report-turkey-vows-more-force-against-syriahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14194778-report-turkey-vows-more-force-against-syriasyria3rdassociated-pressworld-newsldrecep-tayyip-erdoganbashar-assadmlsyrian-tvturkey-parliamentanadolu-agencyWed, 3 Oct 2012 08:45:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The U.N.'s deputy secretary-general says U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon made a strong appeal to Syria's foreign minister to stop using heavy weapons against civilians and reduce the violence that is killing 100 to 200 people every day.(AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>Free Syrian Army soldier takes cover while fighting against Syrian Army troops in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A Free Syrian Army soldier checks a home-made explosive while taking cover during a fight against Syrian Army troops in Saif Al Dawle district in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian men walk at a street between destroyed buildings where triple bombs rocked at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian men carry a dead body at the scene where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security officers run at the scene in front of destroyed buildings where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA) </p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian men walk at a street between destroyed buildings where triple bombs rocked at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian army soldiers and security officers check the rubble of destroyed buildings at the scene where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security officers gather at the scene in front of destroyed buildings where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, destroyed buildings at the scene where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians walk past a crater caused by an explosion at the scene where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a bulldozer removes the wreckage of a destroyed buildings where triple bombs exploded at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of Aleppo on Wednesday, the Syrian state-run TV said. Activists reported multiple casualties and heavy material damage. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>Smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The U.N.'s deputy secretary-general says U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon made a strong appeal to Syria's foreign minister to stop using heavy weapons against civilians and reduce the violence that is killing 100 to 200 people every day.(AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>Free Syrian Army soldier throws a petrol bomb against Syrian Army positions in Saif Al Dawle district in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>Syrian woman cries near to the body of her daughter, reportedly killed by Syrian shelling, in Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>Free Syrian Army fighter is seen within a burned building during an operation against Syrian Army toops in Saif Al Dawle area in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>Free Syrian Army fighter is seen within a burned building during an operation against Syrian Army toops in Saif Al Dawle area in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>A wounded Syrian woman arrives at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>Workers at Dar El Shifa hospital try to resuscitate a Syrian boy who was killed, allegedly by Syrian Army shelling, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>A severely wounded man arrives at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>Map locates Akcakale, Turkey</p><p>In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 photo, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and his deputy Bulent Arinc are seen at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkey's Parliament, meanwhile, began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 photo, lawmakers and ministers, rear, listen to President Abdullah Gul, center, at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.Turkey's Parliament, meanwhile, began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 photo, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and his deputies Bulent Arinc, right, and Besir Atalay seen at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkey's Parliament, meanwhile, began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies.(AP Photo)</p><p>Free Syrian Army soldier throws a petrol bomb against Syrian Army positions in Saif Al Dawle district in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>A wounded Syrian woman arrives at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area of the battleground Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble, state TV said. More than 120 people were injured, the government said. (AP Photo / Manu Brabo)</p><p>People attend as victims are buried, in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)</p><p>People mourn after they buried the victims in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.(AP Photo)</p><p>Local people seen in the main street in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish commandos stationed near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.(AP Photo)</p><p>Riot police use pepper gas against the Turks protesting against a possible war with Syria during a debate at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.Turkey's Parliament, meanwhile, began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies.(AP Photo)</p><p>Turks hold banners that read" No to War" during a debate at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.Turkey's Parliament, meanwhile, began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies.(AP Photo)</p><p>Turks hold banners that read" No to War" during a debate at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.Turkey's Parliament, meanwhile, began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies.(AP Photo)</p><p>People mourn after they buried the mortar attack victims in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.(AP Photo)</p><p>The destroyed entrance of the house where a Syrian mortar attack killed five people in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.(AP Photo)</p><p>People mourn after they buried the victims in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish commandos stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.(AP Photo)</p><p>Deputy Turkish Prime Minister Ali Babacan, left, and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speak as other ministers listen during a debate at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkey's Parliament, meanwhile, began an emergency session to discuss a bill authorizing the military to launch cross border operations in Syria. If approved, the bill could more easily open the way to unilateral action by Turkey's armed forces inside Syria, without the involvement of its Western and Arab allies.(AP Photo)</p><p>People mourn after they buried the victims in Akcakale, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.(AP Photo)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 photo, a Syrian revolution flag painted on a wall in Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border, has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels and hundreds of refugee families. Many in Arsal support the rebels, but the town’s stand is risking heightened tensions with its Shiite Muslim neighbors in an area controlled by Hezbollah, a militia that backs the Syrian regime. Deepening sectarian rifts are one of the ways in which Syria’s 18-month-old conflict is destabilizing an already volatile region. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 photo, Syrian refugees children stand in front of their tents at a refugee camp in Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border, has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels and hundreds of refugee families. Many in Arsal support the rebels, but the town’s stand is risking heightened tensions with its Shiite Muslim neighbors in an area controlled by Hezbollah, a militia that backs the Syrian regime. Deepening sectarian rifts are one of the ways in which Syria’s 18-month-old conflict is destabilizing an already volatile region. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 photo, Syrian refugees girls appear through tents at a refugee camp in Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border, has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels and hundreds of refugee families. Many in Arsal support the rebels, but the town’s stand is risking heightened tensions with its Shiite Muslim neighbors in an area controlled by Hezbollah, a militia that backs the Syrian regime. Deepening sectarian rifts are one of the ways in which Syria’s 18-month-old conflict is destabilizing an already volatile region. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 photo, a general view of Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border, has become a safe haven for war-weary Syrian rebels and hundreds of refugee families. Many in Arsal support the rebels, but the town’s stand is risking heightened tensions with its Shiite Muslim neighbors in an area controlled by Hezbollah, a militia that backs the Syrian regime. Deepening sectarian rifts are one of the ways in which Syria’s 18-month-old conflict is destabilizing an already volatile region. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>A Dar El Shifa hospital worker cleans the floor outside the hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The border violence between Turkey and Syria has added a dangerous new dimension to Syria's civil war, dragging Syria's neighbors deeper into a conflict that activists say has already killed 30,000 people since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011.(AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>Syrian doctors try to save the life of a boy, shot by a Syrian Army sniper, at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The border violence between Turkey and Syria has added a dangerous new dimension to Syria's civil war, dragging Syria's neighbors deeper into a conflict that activists say has already killed 30,000 people since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A doctor carries a severely wounded Syrian boy in the Dar El Shifa hospital, in Aleppo, Syria Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 after the child was hit by Syrian Army shelling. The border violence between Turkey and Syria has added a dangerous new dimension to Syria's civil war, dragging Syria's neighbors deeper into a conflict that activists say has already killed 30,000 people since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises from houses due to government shelling in Homs, Syria, on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)</p><p>Turkish military stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish military stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish military stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish military stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)</p><p>Syrians carry a rebel injured during fighting with the Syrian army in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, to the Turkish city of Akcakale on the Turkey-Syria border, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. (AP Photo)</p><p>Local people travel on the back of a truck in Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. On Friday, a Syrian mortar round hit inside Turkey, causing no injuries, and Turkish troops returned fire, the state-run news agency Anadolu said late Friday, and Turkey deployed more troops near to the border with Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>Syrians carry a rebel injured during fighting with the Syrian army in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad to the Turkish city of Akcakale on the Turkey-Syria border, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. (AP Photo)</p><p>Syrians carry a rebel injured during fighting with the Syrian army in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, background behind border gate, to the Turkish city of Akcakale on the Turkey-Syria border, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. The Turkish flag, left, and the three star Syrian rebel flag, right, fly over the border post. (AP Photo)</p><p>A Syrian rebel sits with his weapon on his knee in the rebel-held town of Tel Abyad, Syria , Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 which lies close to the Turkish Syrian border. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. Turkey's parliament on Thursday also voted to allow cross border military operations in Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>Syrian rebels stand in position near to road blocks and obstacles along a main though fare in Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. On Friday, a Syrian mortar round hit inside Turkey, causing no injuries, and Turkish troops returned fire, the state-run news agency Anadolu said late Friday, and Turkey deployed more troops near to the border with Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>A Syrian rebel signals to the camera, in Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. On Friday, a Syrian mortar round hit inside Turkey, causing no injuries, and Turkish troops returned fire, the state-run news agency Anadolu said late Friday, and Turkey deployed more troops near to the border with Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>Syrian rebels talk at the roadside in Tel Abyad, Syria, in Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. On Friday, a Syrian mortar round hit inside Turkey, causing no injuries, and Turkish troops returned fire, the state-run news agency Anadolu said late Friday, and Turkey deployed more troops near to the border with Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>Syrian rebels react from their position in Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. On Friday, a Syrian mortar round hit inside Turkey, causing no injuries, and Turkish troops returned fire, the state-run news agency Anadolu said late Friday, and Turkey deployed more troops near to the border with Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>Syrian rebels ride on the back of a truck in Tel Abyad, Syria, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. On Friday, a Syrian mortar round hit inside Turkey, causing no injuries, and Turkish troops returned fire, the state-run news agency Anadolu said late Friday, and Turkey deployed more troops near to the border with Syria. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish military are seen stationed near Akcakale, on the Turkish side of the border fence, running left to right, near the Syrian rebel-controlled town of Tel Abyad, Syria Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. (AP Photo)</p><p>A youth and goats pass by Turkish military stationed on the Turkish side of the border near Syrian rebel-controlled town of Tel Abyad, in Akcakale, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. .(AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish military take up positions on the Turkish side of the border near Syrian rebel-controlled town of Tel Abyad, in Akcakale, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. (AP Photo)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad greets military officers in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, October 6, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Russian plane carrying medical aid supplies is unloaded at the international airport in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, October 6, 2012. The Russian government said the medicines and equipment had been approved by the Syrian Health Ministry. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Russian plane carrying medical aid supplies is unloaded at the international airport in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, October 6, 2012. The Russian government said the medicines and equipment had been approved by the Syrian Health Ministry. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier marking the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, October, 6, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>Turkish military station at the border with Syria, across from Syrian rebel-controlled Tel Abyad town, right, in Akcakale, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish military station at the border gate with Syria, across from Syrian rebel-controlled Tel Abyad town, in Akcakale, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo)</p><p>A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, holds a plate with food to eat at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, flashes the victory sign at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>An elderly Syrian woman, who fled her home with her family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, chants, "Allah," meaning God in Arabic, inside her tent at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, in Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, holds a plate with food to eat at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, flashes the victory sign at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, stands near his tent at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, in Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between government forces and rebels, plays near his tent at a refugee camp near the Turkish border, Azaz, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)</p><p>In this Sunday October 7, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters sit on top of a military truck that was captured from the Syrian Army in the village off Khirbet al-Jouz, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday that the rebels had regained full control of Khirbet al-Jouz. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this Sunday October 7, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters check a tank that was captured from the Syrian Army in Khirbet al-Jouz, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday that the rebels had regained full control of Khirbet al-Jouz. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this Sunday October 7, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters on top of armored vehicles that were captured from the Syrian Army in the village off Khirbet al-Jouz, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday that the rebels had regained full control of Khirbet al-Jouz. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this Sunday, October 7, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters inspect a mortar captured from Syrian Army forces in the village of Khirbet al-Jouz, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday that the rebels had regained full control of Khirbet al-Jouz. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)</p><p>In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a burned Syrian Army military truck is seen in the village of Khirbet al-Jouz, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday that the rebels had regained full control of Khirbet al-Jouz. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network, ENN)</p><p>FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 file photo, Turkish military station at the border gate with Syria, across from Syrian rebel-controlled Tel Abyad town, in Akcakale, Turkey. Syria and Turkey exchange fire across their troubled border for a sixth straight day, attacks that look increasingly like an intentional escalation by President Bashar Assad to send a message to his northern neighbor that it will pay dearly for supporting the rebels. (AP Photo, File)</p><p>Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the legislators of his ruling party in parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Erdogan said Turkey was prepared to counter any threats from Syria. “Every kind of threat to the Turkish territory and the Turkish people will find us standing against it,” Erdogan said.(AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the legislators of his ruling party in parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Erdogan said Turkey was prepared to counter any threats from Syria. “Every kind of threat to the Turkish territory and the Turkish people will find us standing against it,” Erdogan said. (AP Photo)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14149299-turkey-egypt-slam-syrian-regimehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/29/14149299-turkey-egypt-slam-syrian-regimeeuturkeypoliticsworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganSat, 29 Sep 2012 10:55:13 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan salutes the members of his ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP, during the congress of AKP in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012.(AP Photo)</p><p>Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi addresses the congress of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. Morsi is in Turkish capital to strengthen an emerging alliance between two moderate Islamist governments in a region beset by conflict and instability. Even though Morsi has only been in power for a few months, there are already strong signs a partnership with Turkey is forming, evidenced by a common effort to end Syria's civil war by urging the exit of President Bashar Assad from power. The banners read: "Great nation, great force, target 2023."(AP Photo)</p><p>Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan salute the members of his ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP, during the congress of AKP in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. Erdogan said Sunday that the era of military coups in the country is over and that Turkey is a model for other Muslim countries to emulate.(AP Photo/Adem Altan, Pool)</p><p>Cheering supporters wave flags as they look toward Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unseen, during the congress of his ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. Erdogan said Sunday that the era of military coups in the country is over and that Turkey is a model for other Muslim countries to emulate.(AP Photo/Adem Altan, Pool)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13992140-326-convicted-in-turkey-military-coup-plothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/20/13992140-326-convicted-in-turkey-military-coup-ploteuturkeyplotworld-newscouprecep-tayyip-erdogancoup-plotThu, 20 Sep 2012 19:44:26 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks after he received Al Quds University's honorary doctorate from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, unseen, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012.(AP Photo)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13821760-syrian-rebels-seize-control-of-a-border-crossinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/12/13821760-syrian-rebels-seize-control-of-a-border-crossingsyriaworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganbashar-assadmlWed, 12 Sep 2012 08:43:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Medics treat Fatima Qassem, 6, whose legs were badly injured when government forces fired on her family's car, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>A Syrian woman looks back while walking with another woman past a pile of garbage left on a roadside in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>A Syrian man touches the body of his son, Abdullah Al-Rayzour, 23, during a funeral for four men who were killed in a government airstrike in Marea, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>A Free Syrian Army fighter gives the Syrian Army positions to his comrades by radio in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)</p><p>Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)</p><p>U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi attends a meeting with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Althani, both unseen, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)</p><p>Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, center left, in her role as special envoy for the U. N. refugee agency, and UNHCR chief Antonio Guterres, center right, at the Oncupinar Syrian refugee camp in Kilis, Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Jolie met with Syrian refugees in Turkey, after visiting Syrian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. There are more than 80,000 Syrian refugees in 11 camps in Turkey. (AP Photo/Dilek Mermer, Pool)</p><p>Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, left, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, right, in Damascus, Syria Thursday Sept. 13, 2012. Brahimi replaced Kofi Annan, who left the job in frustration in August after his efforts failed to stem a conflict that started in March 2011. The new international envoy to Syria arrived in Damascus on Thursday for his first visit to the country since he took up the post in the midst of Syria's devastating civil war. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)</p><p>Syrian children, who fled their homes due to government shelling, look on, as they take refuge with their families at Bab Al-Salameh crossing border, hoping to cross to one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>Syrians stands near the rubble of a house destroyed on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 from a government airstrike, in Marea, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Four people were killed in the airstrike. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>A Syrian man, walks in the rubble of a house destroyed on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 from a government airstrike, in Marea, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Four people were killed in the airstrike. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>British Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. During a visit to Iraq, British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Thursday said the best way to bring back peace and stability to Syria is to create a transitional government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) </p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, left, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. The new international envoy tasked with ending Syria's civil war says the country's conflict is a threat to world peace. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, second right, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday Sept. 15, 2012. The new international envoy tasked with ending Syria's civil war says the country's conflict is a threat to world peace. (AP Photo/SANA) </p><p>In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with the U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, left, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. The new international envoy tasked with ending Syria's civil war says the country's conflict is a threat to world peace. (AP Photo/SANA)</p><p>Syrian children, who fled their homes with their families due to fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces, take refuge at the Samiya al-Makhzumi school in Mezzeh neighborhood, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. Many Syrians who have fled violence in their country are living near the border but outside the dozen camps, either staying with relatives, renting apartments, and in some cases take refuge at schools. The influx since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad began 18 months ago has raised concerns about sectarian tension and militant activity in the region. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)</p><p>Syrian children, who fled their homes with their families due to fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces, take refuge at the Samiya al-Makhzumi school in Mezzeh neighborhood, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. Many Syrians who have fled violence in their country are living near the border but outside the dozen camps, either staying with relatives, renting apartments, and in some cases take refuge at schools. The influx since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad began 18 months ago has raised concerns about sectarian tension and militant activity in the region. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)</p><p>Syrians, who fled their homes due to fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces, take refuge at the Samiya al-Makhzumi school in Mezzeh neighborhood, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. Many Syrians who have fled violence in their country are living near the border but outside the dozen camps, either staying with relatives, renting apartments, and in some cases take refuge at schools. The influx since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad began 18 months ago has raised concerns about sectarian tension and militant activity in the region. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)</p><p>A book is left on the ground at the yard of a school destroyed in government airstrike in Tel Rifaat, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. A new school year began in Syria on Sunday, but the country's agonizing civil war is keeping thousands of students out of classrooms across the country. Many schools have been destroyed or are home to refugees. Some parents are simply too afraid to send their children to school due over fears of violence. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>A Syrian man who fled his home in Aleppo 32 days ago due to government shelling, carries his sleeping son, who's face is covered with mosquito bites, back to a classroom of a school where they take refuge, in Suran, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>Syrians clear the rubble of a house was destroyed in government airstrike on Saturday, in Kal Jubrin, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>Syrians clear the rubble of a house which was destroyed in government airstrike on Saturday, in Kal Jubrin, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)</p><p>FILE - In this file Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 photo, Pro-Assad supporters chant slogans during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. For the embattled Syrian regime, the crudely produced film mocking Islam that has unleashed fury across the Muslim world could not have come at a better time. Arabic on the poster reads, "anyone but God's prophet." (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman, File)</p><p>FILEIn this Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Pro-Assad supporters chant slogans during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. For the embattled Syrian regime, the crudely produced film mocking Islam that has unleashed fury across the Muslim world could not have come at a better time. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman, File)</p><p>A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family due to fighting between rebels and government forces, draws a military tank with the Syrian flag, at the UNHCR nursery, in Baalbek, east of Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. There are more than 65,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon living mostly in northern Lebanon and in the country’s eastern Bekaa region. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)</p><p>Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, left, speaks to reporters, as UNHCR representative to Jordan, Andrew Harper, right, listens during his visit to the Zaatari Refugees Camp for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)</p><p>Syrian refugees chant slogans to protest against the visit of Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, not pictured, to the Zaatari Refugees Camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)</p><p>Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, left, speaks to reporters, as UNHCR representative to Jordan, Andrew Harper, right, listens during his visit to the Zaatari Refugees Camp for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)</p> http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/08/13754596-turkish-rape-victim-nevin-yildirim-beheads-alleged-rapist-sparks-abortion-debatehttp://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/08/13754596-turkish-rape-victim-nevin-yildirim-beheads-alleged-rapist-sparks-abortion-debateturkeyvideorapeworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganabortion-debaterimecrime-newsnevin-yildirimnurettin-giderturkey-crimeturkish-woman-beheads-rapistwoman-beheads-rapistyalvacSun, 9 Sep 2012 03:54:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12260074-14-inmates-injured-in-turkish-prison-firehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12260074-14-inmates-injured-in-turkish-prison-fireeuturkeyfireprisonworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganSun, 17 Jun 2012 04:01:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11208674-secularism-in-turkey-stronger-than-everhttp://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11208674-secularism-in-turkey-stronger-than-everturkeymuslimsislamworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganseparation-of-church-and-statesecularismchurch-and-statedominionismseparation-of-mosque-and-statemosque-and-stateSun, 15 Apr 2012 11:54:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10898058-iran-turkey-sharply-differ-on-syriahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/28/10898058-iran-turkey-sharply-differ-on-syriaturkeyiranworld-newsmahmoud-ahmadinejadrecep-tayyip-erdoganmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 08:05:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meets Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, pool)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/12/10390420-turkish-premier-discharged-after-second-surgeryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/12/10390420-turkish-premier-discharged-after-second-surgeryeuturkeyworld-newsprime-ministerrecep-tayyip-erdoganSun, 12 Feb 2012 21:15:26 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen outside his office in Ankara, Turkey. Officials say Erdogan, who had surgery for non-cancerous intestinal polyps in November, has successfully undergone a second and final operation. His office said he underwent surgery for a half-hour late Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 and will resume work within the next week. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey. Officials say Erdogan, who had surgery for non-cancerous intestinal polyps in November, has successfully undergone a second and final operation. His office said he underwent surgery for a half-hour late Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 and will resume work within the next week. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10152041-obama-turkish-prime-minister-affirm-cooperationhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10152041-obama-turkish-prime-minister-affirm-cooperationusturkeymiddle-eastwhite-housepoliticsbarack-obamarecep-tayyip-erdoganSat, 14 Jan 2012 00:25:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/03/9912515-turkey-ex-military-chief-arrested-over-plothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/03/9912515-turkey-ex-military-chief-arrested-over-ploteuturkeymilitaryworld-newsrecep-tayyip-erdoganTue, 3 Jan 2012 10:12:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2010 file photo, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left is seen with former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug during the military's highest annual meetings in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey's state-run news agency says a prosecutor has demanded that the former military chief be taken into custody for allegedly attempting to destabilize Turkey's Islamic-rooted government through an Internet campaign.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, flanked by former Land Forces Commander Gen. Isik Kosaner, left, and former Air Forces Commander Gen. Aydogan Babaoglu, right, Turkey's former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug speaks to the media during a military ceremony in the western Turkish city of Balikesir, Turkey. Turkey's state-run news agency says a prosecutor has demanded that the former military chief be taken into custody for allegedly attempting to destabilize Turkey's Islamic-rooted government through an Internet campaign. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)</p><p>FILE - In this March 15, 2010 file photo, Turkey's former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug speaks during the International Symposium on Global Terrorism and International Cooperation in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey's state-run news agency said a prosecutor has demanded that a former military chief be taken into custody for allegedly attempting to destabilize Turkey's Islamic-rooted government through an Internet campaign. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2008 file photo, Turkey's former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug, left, and Turkish army's former Land Forces Commander Gen. Isik Kosaner attend a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey's state-run news agency says a prosecutor has demanded that a former military chief be taken into custody for allegedly attempting to destabilize Turkey's Islamic-rooted government through an Internet campaign.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)</p>