Turkey in vote on Lebanon troops
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Turkey's parliament is to take a controversial decision on whether to send troops to Lebanon.
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Turks voted for a new parliament on Sunday, faced with a choice between the ruling AK Party's pro-business, religiously conservative policies and nationalist rivals keen to keep Islam out of politics.
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Turkish leaders worked to shore up support among skeptical lawmakers for a Turkish contribution to an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon before a parliamentary vote Tuesday.
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The United Nations appealed on  Friday for Europeans to contribute to a U.N. force in Lebanon  so a balance would be created between Western and Muslim troops  acceptable to Israel and Lebanon.
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ANKARA (BBC News) - Turkish parliamentarians are due to debate a motion authorizing cross-border military operations into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebel bases there. Parliament in Ankara is expected to approve the motion by a large majority amid widespread public support for military action against the PKK.  Attacks blamed on the rebels have been escalating inside Turkey in a conflict which dates back more than two decades.  But the U.S. is anxious that Turkish action could destabilize northern Iraq. It is also embroiled in a row with Turkey over a Congressional vote to recognize the mass killing of Armenians in Ottoman times as genocide.  Turkey is a regional hub for the U.S. military, and some suggest access to Incirlik airbase or other supply lines crucial to U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan could be affected by the row.
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Greek Cypriots vote on Sunday in a  tight three-way election for a new president who will be tasked  with finding a peace deal on the divided island that could open  Turkey's path towards the European Union.
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Turkey's parliament voted in a first round on Thursday to change the constitution to lift a ban on women students wearing the Muslim headscarf at university, a measure opposed by the secular elite.
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The French parliament is to debate Turkey's wish to join the EU, an increasingly divisive issue in France.
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Turks voted for a new Parliament on Sunday in a contest viewed as pivotal in determining the balance between Islam and secularism in this nation of more than 70 million.
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Turkey will send its first deployment of peacekeepers to Lebanon next week by dispatching about 260 soldiers to join the international force, private NTV television reported on Thursday.
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CAIRO, Aug. 28 -- Beaming as the votes were counted, a veteran government figure with roots in political Islam won a parliamentary vote to become Turkey's president Tuesday, in defiance of the country's strongly secular military. Abdullah Gul's triumph presented Turkey's generals with a choice:...
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Lebanon's parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
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Syria joined other Arab nations Saturday in endorsing the head of Lebanon's army as that country's next president, putting pressure on the Lebanese opposition to drop demands that have blocked a compromise over the post.
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Liberal Turks are pledging votes to religious politicians as well as a new array of independents in Sundayâs election.
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ISTANBUL, Jul 25 (IPS) - Turkey has a powerful military with no qualms about  direct or other forms of intervention in politics in the name of  its constitutional powers -- safeguarding a secular republic from  both external and internal threats. But now, while still held in  high esteem by the populace, its continued role in politics is  being questioned.
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Turkey on Tuesday became the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties to Israel to pledge troops to an expanding international peacekeeping force that will monitor a fragile cease-fire between Israel and ...
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Turkey became the second Muslim country to commit troops to Lebanon to monitor a tense cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah after a parliament vote in favor of the deployment despite widespread protests.