http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/792/ en_GB_uk Turkey http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83794 Three Turkish tuna fishing vessels surrounded the Greenpeace ship "Arctic Sunrise" in the Cypriot Channel this morning, with crew from one vessel attacking the ship with lead weights. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83450 The Turkish government's recent easing of a headscarf ban has escalated tensions between supporters of a secular state and those who would like to see Turkey develop into a moderate Islamic nation. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83167 Officials from almost 40 cities worldwide met recently to establish a global declaration on metropolitan water management strategies. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/156254/1/ The UN Refugee Agency is appealing to the British public to help displaced Iraqis following the displacement of people in northern Iraq as a result of shelling by Turkey. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80972 A human rights court has ruled that Turkey must allow students to opt out of religious education, citing that students from a small Turkish religious group should not be forced to take Sunni Islamic lessons. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80879 Nearly 5,000 people, many of whom are already poor, have been forced to flee their homes along the Iraq-Turkey border as tension rises between Turkish-Kurdish rebels and the Turkish army. "It will be a [humanitarian] disaster," said Kalif Dirar, a senior official in the Kurdistan regional government. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80857 Some expressed outrage and others jubilation -- a diverse group of Americans, Armenians, and Turks recorded online their reactions to the U.S. Congressional resolution to consider the mass killings of Armenians in early 20th century Ottoman Turkey as genocide. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80759 Although Turkey has vastly improved its democratic institutions, it remains heavily divided and problems linger in areas like human rights and freedom of expression, comments researcher Didem Cakmakli. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79609 Although the UN's refugee office has recently amplified its efforts, a U.S.-based group is insisting that other UN agencies have yet to respond adequately to the Iraqi refugee crisis and must do so promptly. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79503 Turkey's election has produced a clear win for the ruling party. But the country remains in the grip of a crisis involving two competing definitions of its very identity, says George Schöpflin. From openDemocracy http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79435 Another "unthinkable" war in Iraq may break out and the U.S. may have misjudged its capacity to maintain stability, says Hisae Nakanishi. From: Transnational Foundation http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79408 Although recent events have forced Turkey's political parties to pay more attention to women, women's representation in the country's parliament is still the lowest in the world. But an upcoming election could be a harbinger of change. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78781 Life in the village of Golovasi used to revolve around the fishing in the nearby Mediterranean Sea, but the arrival of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline has kept fishermen out of their fishing regions and driven the fish out of the area. "Fishing here is finished," said a local fisherman. "We have boats, but we don't really use them anymore." http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78222 The political crisis in Turkey reflects a clash of definition over the very nature of the country, says Gunes Murat Tezcur. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/145901/1/ The Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources signed an agreement with the World Water Council in Ankara recently to host the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, that takes place in March 2009.