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An underground protest in Turkey. Crowds of people have held an anti-government demonstration in the underground station at Istanbul\\\'s Taksim Square. The demonstration was held a day after the station\\\'s security guard beat a homeless man, sending him to the hospital with a brain hemorrhage. The 20-year-old man had reportedly jumped over the turnstile to board a train without paying. The guard\\\'s brutality sparked underground protests at metro stations in Istanbul and Ankara. Local media outlets say one person has been injured in the Ankara protest. In Istanbul, anti-government activists held up pictures of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan\\\'s son Bilal and shouted slogans against the government and condemning the latest corruption scandal.

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[06 April 2012] Istanbul conference: Call for civil war in Syria? - Middle East Today - Presstv - English A gathering of some 70 countries which took place in Istanbul, has declared the Syrian National Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. The Syrian government and the Syrian opposition inside Syria have refused the conference and have called it the conference of the "enemies of Syria." Although some reports have said that the west and some Arab states have already been arming the opposition, yet still it has not managed to bring down Assad's government, but how long can Assad hang on with the most powerful states in the world backing the rebel forces? Several Persian Gulf Arab states and the United States have pledged 100 million dollars to provide salaries and communications equipment for Syrian rebels fighting against the government.

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The Peace and Democracy Party --- one of the Kurdish parties in Turkey --- has held a mass rally in the city of Istanbul. Thousands, including representatives and supporters of about 20 more political parties and organizations also attended the rally at Kadikoy square.

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Clashes have broken out between Turkish police and a group of protesters in Istanbul. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrators. Protesters were angry at the government\\\\\\\'s urban plans and graft allegations involving several top ruling party politicians. Earlier, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to QUOTE break the hands of his opponents if they try to use the case against his government. Erdogan made the remark among his supporters in the north of the country. His ruling party has been in hot waters since twenty-four top officials were arrested as part of the corruption probe. Interior minister Muammar Guler has already tendered his resignation after the arrest of his son due to his involvement in the scandal.

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Turkish riot police have attacked anti-government protesters with water cannons, tear gas, and plastic bullets in Istanbul. The angry protesters were calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government. More than 30 people were arrested in the clashes around Istanbul\\\'s Taksim Square. Similar demonstrations were held in the city of Izmir, and in the capital, Ankara, where police also fired water cannons to disperse the crowds. Erdogan is facing mounting pressure over the accusations he is trying to cover up a corruption and bribery scandal that has implicated his allies. But the prime minister claims the corruption probe is a \\\"smear campaign\\\" mounted by obscure international forces in order to undermine his government and the country\\\'s economy.

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Gayrettepe is a disused subway station in Istanbul, where the exhibition-cum-museum franchise Dialogue in the Dark is being hosted for small groups of eight people. The exhibition aims to reverse the roles of the sighted who are led by blind guides.

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Demonstration in the Zeynebiye district of Istanbul against Saudi Arabia after the Friday prayers. The protesters demanded release of Ayatullah Sheikh Al-Nemer and showed their support for the Bahrain revolution.

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The idea of joining Asia and Europe goes back to antiquity. Persian Emperor Darius the Great built a pontoon bridge across the Bosphorus, to invade Macedonia almost 500 years before Christ. The first-ever intercontinental tunnel to link London to Beijing has now opened in Istanbul.

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Thousands of Syrian refugees have chosen Turkey as their destination after fleeing the conflict in their own country. An increasing number of these refugees are now sleeping on the streets of the Turkish city of Istanbul. Some are lucky and sleep in makeshift camps, while others have no shelter whatsoever.

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The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Co-operation of the Organization of Islamic Co-operation (COMCEC) was established in Mecca in 1981. The OIC is an organization of 57 Muslim countries that make up 22% of the world\'s population but only 11% of the world\'s GDP. The Organization of Islamic Co-operation has been working for four decades to contribute to the economic development of its members. Today the organisation has four trillion dollar economies, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, who together are responsible for nearly half of all the intra-OIC trade and foreign direct investment. This session of COMCEC covered topics ranging from the expansion of intra-OIC trade, financial co-operation, and better infrastructure to sustainable tourism and poverty eradication. Over 500 delegates from more than 50 countries and a dozen international organizations have met here today in Istanbul at the 29th international COMCEC conference. The main message of the conference is the need for greater co-operation and co-ordination between the member states of the OIC to increase trade which will be beneficial to all their economies.

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Protests are still going on in Istanbul\\\'s Taksim square and other provinces throughout the country. Protesters are calling for the resignation of the Turkish Prime Minister Raccipp Tayipp Erdogan, They accuse him of being a dictator and believe he does whatever he pleases without any checks and balances or public approval. Sunday night, Turkey saw some of the worst clashes since the protests erupted, as police and demonstrators went head to head in Bashtakash area of Istanbul. Protesters were trying to barricade an office belonging to Erdogan. Police have used large pieces of cement to block off the streets leading to Taksim Square. But protesters are working together to tear down police barricades. Serena Shim, Press TV, Istanbul

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Middle East in WWI Pt 21 New Nations - New Nations. The British negotiate a truce with the Turkish nationalists and withdraw from Istanbul. Superseding the Sevres accord, the Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) ends hostilities between the Allies and the Turkish nationalists. Territory is restored to Turkey and the Allies evacuate Istanbul on August 23rd. Mustafa Kemal, hero of Gallipoli, becomes the first president of the new Turkish Republic on October 29th. Other nations are created by Great Britain and France, intended to secure their influence in the oil-rich region: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

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[20 June 2012] P5+1 unwilling to solve Iran is N - issue - English Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) wrapped up talks in the Russian capital, Moscow, with both sides agreeing to hold technical level meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul on July 3.

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Middle East in WWI Pt 17 Mustafa Kemal Mustafa Kemal. Leaving Istanbul under the ruse of disarming Ottoman forces in the Anatolian interior, Colonel Mustafa Kemal lands at the Black Sea port of Samsun on May 19, 1919. He rallies patriotic Turks in a nationalist front and solidifies his efforts at two separate conferences, one at Sivas and the other at Erzurum. Kemal works ceaselessly in building a new army and government to preserve the Turkish nation.

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Middle East in WWI Pt 20 Greco Turkish War Greco-Turkish War. The Allies, exhausted from four years of total war, readily accept Greece's offer to suppress the Turkish nationalist movement. On May 15, 1919, a Greek Army lands on the western coast of Turkey, with an Italian force also landing farther south. By July, Greek forces have captured a large portion of western Turkey, encountering little opposition. Having disposed of the Armenian threat in the east, Turkish forces turn toward the Greek army in the west. In August 1922, the Turks launch a counter-offensive and drive the Greeks back toward Izmir (Smyrna) on the southwest coast of Turkey. On September 11th, the Turks recapture Izmir, and Kemal advances toward British forces at Istanbul.