23.05.2013, 10:43
Türkei und Saudi Arabien rücken nicht zuletzt wegen der Entwicklung in Syrien und dem gemeinsamen Feind (Iran bzw. Schiiten) näher zusammen:
Auch staatsideologisch schreitet die Abkehr vom Laizismus voran:
Zitat:Saudi Arabia, Turkey 'on same Syria page'<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/saudi-arabia-turkey-on-same-syria-page.aspx?pageID=238&nID=47420&NewsCatID=352">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/saudi- ... sCatID=352</a><!-- m -->
Turkey and Saudi Arabia reiterated their common understanding on the civil war in Syria, during a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz to Ankara.
Following his talks with President Abdullah Gül on May 21, Salman yesterday met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. The two countries exchanged their views on the Syrian crisis, including the upcoming Geneva conference, a Turkish official told the Hürriyet Daily News.
Both parties agreed that everyone’s minds should be clear on the process, the official said, adding that Turkey and Saudi Arabia did not have any differences on the Syrian issue. Gül and the Crown Prince signed an agreement on cooperation in the defense industry for further cooperation....
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Auch staatsideologisch schreitet die Abkehr vom Laizismus voran:
Zitat:Turkish-Armenian scribe sentenced to 13 months for blasphemy in blog post ...<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-armenian-scribe-sentenced-to-13-months-for-blasphemy-in-blog-post-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=47371&NewsCatID=341">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkis ... sCatID=341</a><!-- m -->
An Istanbul court has sentenced Turkish-Armenian writer Sevan Nişanyan to 58 weeks in prison for an alleged insult to the Prophet Muhammad in a blog post.
The prosecutor had been seeking one and a half years of jail time for Nişanyan on charges of “insulting the religious beliefs held by a section of the society.”
The sentence cannot be converted to a financial penalty, but Nişanyan has the right to appeal.
He was charged with blasphemy after writing a blog post titled, “[We] need to fight hate speech.”
“Making fun of an Arab leader who claimed he contacted Allah hundreds of years ago and received political, financial and sexual benefits is not hate speech,” Nişanyan said in his post last year. “It is an almost kindergarten-level test of what is called freedom of expression.”
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