EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 38 AND 39 Bible Prophecy

8/7/2019 EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 38 AND 39 Bible Prophecy

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02/10/2010 , ANSHELL PETZER , HAARETZ , QUOTE : .... Turkeyheld military drill with China, after canceling with Israel; cooperationalso reflected in weapons deals, with Iran buying from China mainlymissile technology....

....The United States and Israel are watching with concern the growingmilitary cooperation among Turkey, China and Iran, especially following

a joint Turkish-Chinese air-force exercise last week. .... ...Until two years ago Israel was Turkey's main partner for air combat

training. In 2001 the Turkish air force inaugurated a tactical air warfare center in

Konya with Israel and the United States. Until 2008 the Israel Air Force was a frequent guest in Turkey's sky and a

regular participant in the country's big annual exercise, AnatolianEagle......UNQUOTE.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/growing-ties-between-turkey-china-iran-worry-israel-and-u-s-1.317583


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QUOTE : ....In the wake of Operation Cast Lead and the subsequent deterioration ofbilateral relations Turkey last year revoked Israel's participation in the maneuvers.The United States decided not to take part in the exercise this year because of thatdecision. A number of other NATO members followed suit.

Turkey replaced the Israel Air Force with its Chinese counterpart. China sent SukhoiSU-27 fighter aircraft and pilots to train with Turkey's F-16 fighters. In the past theseexercises were held in relatively openness, but last week they were held covertly,

with only a brief report appearing in the Turkish media after the exercise. The West has been watching the changes in the Chinese army's structure, and

especially the long-range naval and aerial exercises that indicate Beijing's intention toacquire the ability to conduct warfare far from China's borders.

The Chinese are also aggressively pursuing cyber warfare capabilities, employingsome 60,000 hackers at it, according to foreign intelligence reports.

The Obama administration protested Turkey's military cooperation with Iran after itwas reported that the Chinese fighter planes were sent to Turkey via Pakistan andIran......UNQUOTE.



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QUOTE : ... The developing ties among Turkey, Iran and China are alsoreflected in weapons deals, with Iran buying from China mainly missiletechnology.

The C-802 antiship missile fired by Hezbollah in the Second Lebanon Warat the Israel Navy's Hanit missile boat was manufactured in Iran withChinese technology.

China has also developed a surface-to-surface rocket-launching systemtogether with Turkey. China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is due to visitAnkara this month and to sign several bilateral cooperation agreements.

Turkey and China are also involved in projects to build oil pipelines fromIran.

Another reason for the close relations between the two states is thatChina, as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,has been in the forefront of opposition to imposing harsher sanctions onIran in connection to the Islamic state's nuclear program...... UNQUOTE.



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DAVIDMILIBAND, THE TELEGRAPH QUOTE : .... In the 20th century, Britain's national security came under threat

from hostile nations. Today, the threat is from terrorist groups, such as al-Qa'eda,operating within failed states, seeking to fracture the world along religious lines.

The response by the police and the Army, at home and abroad, is necessary, but onits own not enough. To marginalise extremists, we have to address causes as well

as symptoms. We must tackle the gulf of understanding and empathy that too often exists

between religions and regions of the world. This does not have to be only the stuffof sermons; it needs to be central to hard-headed diplomacy.

The activities and narrative of al-Qa'eda seek to emphasise that which divides us.Our task is the reverse: to nurture understanding, tolerance and commitmentacross religions, ethnicities and nations and to marginalise extremists.

That solidarity is founded on shared values and interests, whether a belief in

individual human dignity or a common determination to tackle climate change orpromote free trade. But shared interests and shared values are not enough to uniteus. They need to be embodied in shared projects and sharedinstitutions......UNQUOTE.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3642448/Turkey-is-vital-to-Europes-f

uture.html


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DAVIDMILIBAND , 5TH SEPTEMBER,2007, THE TELEGRAPH :

QUOTE ;Turkey gives lie to the argument that democratic values and a seculardemocratic state are incompatible with a Muslim majority. As Turkey's newpresident said: "A country cannot claim to be contemporary if even a single citizenis being discriminated against based on his or her religious, linguistic or ethnic

characteristics or economic status." Our challenge is to translate the values and interests we share into projects and

activities that can build solidarity. In the Middle East, Turkey can add a newdimension to our efforts to bring security and prosperity to the region. In Iraq,Turkey has been instrumental in supporting the democratic process, in particular,in securing the participation of the Sunni Arab community in the elections inDecember 2005.

Strong trading relationships are developing, with Turkey now a major investor inIraq. In Afghanistan, Turkey is playing a key role as part of Nato. Turkishorganisations are involved in building schools for girls. In relation to securing ourenergy supplies, Turkey is an increasingly important transit route for oil andnatural gas, with 10 per cent of the world's oil flowing through theBosphorus.......UNQUOTE.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3642448/Turkey-is-vital-to-Europes-future.html


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INSTANBUL,20TH MARCH,2011, REUTERS : QUOTE ; ....- An Iraniancargo plane was forced to land in southeast Turkey for the second timewithin a week on suspicion it was carrying weapons or bomb-makingmaterial to Syria, Turkish media reported Sunday.

The plane which took off from Tehran landed overnight at Diyarbakirairport and searches took place Sunday, broadcaster CNN Turk said.

Last Tuesday night another plane was similarly forced to land atDiyarbakir but departed the following day after a search squad trained inchemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear cargo found nothing illegal.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry and airport authorities declined to comment. Aministry spokesman said after last week's plane grounding the search wasroutine.

Turkish media suggested the plane may have been stopped at the requestof the United Nations to investigate whether it was carrying nuclearmaterial.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is probing allegations of covert atomicactivities in Syria. Iran and Syria, close allies, deny ever harboring nuclearweapons ambitions....UNQUOTE.


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BBC 26/09/2003 ; BY ROGE HARDY, ISLAM IN TURKEY ,ODD ONE OUT , : QUOTE :

....Turkey's modern history makes it virtually unique in the Muslim world. When themodern Turkish republic was born in 1923, its founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk pushedthrough what was arguably the most radical programme of secularisation ever attempted inany Muslim society, before or since.

Ataturk believed secular nationalism was an essential hallmark of modernity and progress.

..... But in Turkey today the tensions between religion and state are all too apparent. Polarisation Turks are culturally and historically Muslim. They live in a predominantly Muslim region. It is as hard to imagine Turkey without Islam as to think of Istanbul without its famous skyline

of mosques and minarets. Secularists see the headscarf as a provocative political symbol

.....

Yet the country is polarised between, on the one hand, pious (and sometimes politically active)Muslims and, on the other, the secular urban elite, which includes the powerful military. Onesign of this polarisation is the periodic controversy over how women should dress.

Muslim women argue that wearing a headscarf is a human right and a religious duty. Secularists see the headscarf as a provocative political symbol, and have managed to get it

banned from universities, state schools and government ministries....... UNQUOTE.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3192647.stm


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PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN APRIL 6TH, 2009 , DANIEL PIPES.ORGQUOTE : .... Smack on its 60th anniversary, the North Atlantic TreatyOrganization finds itself facing a completely novel problem that ofradical Islam, as represented by the Republic of Turkey, within its ownranks.

Ankara joined NATO in 1951 and shortly after Turkish forces fought

valiantly with the allies in Korea. Turks stood tough against the SovietUnion for decades. Following the United States, Turkey has the second-largest number of troops in the alliance.

With the end of the Cold War, NATO's mission changed and some sawIslamism as the new strategic enemy. Already in 1995, NATO SecretaryGeneral Willy Claes compared Islamism to the historic foe:"Fundamentalism is at least as dangerous as communism was." With the

Cold War over, he added, "Islamic militancy has emerged as perhaps thesingle gravest threat to the NATO alliance and to Western security....... .UNQUOTE.

http://www.danielpipes.org/6269/does-turkey-still-belong-in-nato


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.... More recently, former Spanish primeminister Jos Mara Aznar argues that

"Islamist terrorism is a new shared threatof a global nature that places the veryexistence of NATO's members atrisk.....UNQUOTE.



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PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN APRIL 6TH, 2009 ,DANIEL PIPES.ORG

QUOTE : .... More recently, former Spanish prime minister Jos Mara Aznar arguesthat "Islamist terrorism is a new shared threat of a global nature that places the veryexistence of NATO's members at risk" and advocates that the alliance focus oncombating "Islamic jihadism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction." Hecalls for "placing the war against Islamic jihadism at the center of the Allied strategy."

Claes and Aznar are right; but their vision is now in jeopardy, for Islamists havepenetrated the 28-state alliance, as was dramatically illustrated in recent days.

Prime ministers Recep Tayyip Erdoan (left) and Anders Fogh Rasmussen in 2002. As the term of Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer concludes in July, a consensus

had emerged to make Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, 56, his successor.But Fogh Rasmussen was in office in early 2006, when the Muhammad cartoon crisiserupted and he insisted that as prime minister he had no authority to tell a privatenewspaper what not to publish. This position won him much criticism from Muslims,

including Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan, who instructed FoghRasmussen at the time that "Freedoms have limits, what is sacred should berespected..UNQUOTE.



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SPIEGEL ON LINE 03/12/2011:

QUOTE : .... The US wants to hand over command of OperationOdyssey Dawn to another country within a matter of days, but so farNATO has been unable to reach an agreement on taking control of theimplementation of the no-fly zone in Libya. Turkey is leading the

objections. .... .... The conflict in Libya is being described as the first war to be initiated

by United States President Barack Obama since taking office, butWashington would like to hand over command for Operation OdysseyDawn to Britain, France or its partners in the NATO alliance as quickly aspossible.

The US has said it would continue to support operations as well as

engage itself militarily, but that it would not continue to maintain the"pre-eminent role," US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporterstraveling with him on a trip to Russia on Sunday. On Monday, however,it didn't look likely that a NATO role would develop as quickly as the USgovernment might like.....UNQUOTE.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,752222,00.html


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SPIEGEL ON LINE 03/12/2011:

QUOTE ;So far, the NATO alliance has been unable to reach anagreement on participation in the military implementation of the no-flyzone. Turkey is resisting the measure and is calling for a new review ofother possible measures the alliance could take in Libya. Ankara has alsocalled for an immediate Western cease-fire, with Turkish officials callingon NATO to give greater consideration in its discussions to the possibilityof civilian deaths, a NATO diplomat told the news agency AFP under thecondition of anonymity. Ankara has rejected any NATO interventionagainst Libya, including the implementation of a no-fly zone. ....

"Military intervention by NATO in Libya or any other country would be

totally counterproductive," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said,according to the Anatolia news agency on Monday. "In addition to beingcounterproductive, such an operation could have dangerousconsequences..UNQUOTE.



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SPIEGEL ON LINE 03/12/2011

QUOTE : ...In an interview with SPIEGEL published on Monday, German ForeignMinister Guido Westerwelle also sought to clarify his country's position followingits move to abstain in a vote on the no-fly zone on Thursday at the United Nations

Security Council, where Germany holds a temporary seat. "We want to stop thedictator," he said. "But military missions and air strikes are something else. I don'twant us to venture onto a slippery slope that would lead to German troopsparticipating in the war in Libya." He reiterated his position that Germany wouldnot deploy its armed forces, the Bundeswehr. "No, we will not take part withGerman troops, no matter how honorable the motives of our partners who havedecided differently."

As the NATO allies remained divided, Gadhafi moved to regroup and create a newstrategy for his troops. French fighter jets destroyed Gadhafi tanks on their way torebel stronghold Benghazi over the weekend, but now the Libyan dictator isinstead dispatching thousands of his supporters for a ground invasion of the city. ;....UNQUOTE.



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17TH MAY,2010 , BBC

QUOTE : ... Iran has signed an agreement to send uranium abroad forenrichment after mediation talks in Tehran with Turkish and Brazilianleaders.....

... Under the deal, Iran's foreign ministry said it was ready to ship 1,200kg (2,645lb)

of low-enriched uranium to Turkey, in return for fuel for a research reactor. The deal does not address the central nuclear issues dealt with by successive UN

Security Council resolutions - namely Iran's refusal to halt its enrichmentprogramme and address questions about its past nuclear activities.

The US reacted by saying it still had serious concerns over Iran's nuclearprogramme, although it did not reject the agreement.... It said the Iraniangovernment "must demonstrate through deeds - and not simply words - itswillingness to live up to international obligations or face consequences, including

sanctions". "While it would be a positive step for Iran to transfer low-enriched uranium off of

its soil as it agreed to do last October, Iran said today that it would continue its20% enrichment, which is a direct violation of UN Security Council resolutions,"said a White House statement. ......UNQUOTE .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8685846.stm


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17TH MAY,2010 , BBC QUOTE : ... ....it appears that Iran is still interested in swapping someof its low-enriched uranium for fuel rods for its medical research reactor in Tehran, which is inneed of replenishment.

Sending low-enriched uranium to Turkey would be a good first step but it does not solve theproblem, because Turkey cannot produce fuel rods. There therefore needs to be a furtheragreement with the countries that made an earlier offer to supply them - the US, Russia andFrance.

And these countries are likely to be very cautious as they fear that Iran will impose conditionsthat, for them, make a deal impossible.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said 1,200kg of low-enricheduranium would be shipped to Turkey, and that Iran would notify the IAEA "within a week".

Under the deal, Iran has said it is prepared to move its uranium within a month of its approvalby the so-called Vienna Group (US, Russia, France and the IAEA).

In return, Iran says it expects to receive 120kg of more highly enriched uranium (20%) - apurity well below that used in the manufacture of nuclear weapons - within a year.

If the deadline is not met, Iran says Turkey "will return swiftly and unconditionally Iran's low-

enriched uranium". BBC Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne, in London, says the agreement does not make clearwhether Iran's low-grade uranium will be used to make the new fuel or just held as a kind ofsecurity deposit.

Our correspondent says Western governments will fear this is just a negotiating ploy designedto delay new sanctions.......UQUOTE.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8685846.stm


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21 MARCH,2011 REUTERS :

QUOTE : ...ANKARA, March 21 (Reuters) - Turkey wants theinternational military operation against Muammar Gaddafi's forces to beconcluded as soon as possible so that Libyans can settle their own future,Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.

Speaking in Mecca, on the final day of a visit to Saudi Arabia, Erdogansaid NATO member Turkey wanted several conditions to be met for thealliance to enter operations.

He also warned that military intervention should avoid ending in anoccupation of the North African country, rich in oil and gas.

"Our biggest desire is for this operation to be finished as soon aspossible," said Erdogan, whose country is a rising diplomatic voice in theMiddle East. The speech was broadcast live on Turkish television.

"Our biggest desire is for the Libyan people to determine their ownfuture," he said while receiving an honorary university doctorate inIslam's holiest city..... UNQUOTE.

http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE72K0RV20110321


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QUOTE : ...Over 2,600 years ago, the prophet Ezekielforetold of a day when a coalition of nations wouldgather together to invade the nation of Israel. Knownas Gog and his hordes, this coalition will attack at a

time when Israel is recovering from a recent war andresiding in a relatively peaceful state. Notice that thisattack occurs after the return of her people from manylands, an indication that this attack will be directedtoward the modern state of Israel (whose people have

been re-gathered in just such a way), and is not areference to a past war or a war in the distant future.

The details of this future battle are found in the Book ofEzekiel, Chapters 38 and 39:....UNQUOTE.


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EZEKIEL CHAPTER 38 VERSES 1 TO 6 :

QUOTE : ....... 1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chiefprince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, OGog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I willbring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all ofthem clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company withbucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shieldand helmet:

6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the northquarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.........UNQUOTE.


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20TH JANUARY,2009 : BRITTGILETTE.COM, QUOTE : ... The nations cited byEzekiel are each referenced here by the names of their Old Testament predecessors,yet they all represent nations which exist today. Centuries before Russia became apower on the world stage, biblical scholars identified Magog as the nation ofRussia and Gog as the ruler of Russia. The other nations referenced in Ezekiel 38

are identified below, with the original Hebrew translation listed first, followed byits modern day equivalent: Magog, Meshech, and Tubal = Russia

Persia = IranCush = EthiopiaPut = LibyaGomer = TurkeyBeth-togarmah= Turkey, Armenia, and the Turkish-speaking people of Asia

Minor According to God, Russia will mobilize a coalition that includes these nations in

the latter days...... UNQUOTE.

http://brittgillette.com/WordPress/?p=98


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SEE EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 38 AND

39 QUOTE : ....The Bible warns Iran (Persia), withRussia ('Magog'), and a coalition of allies (including Turkey and Sudan) will go to war,and will attack and will invade Israel. In Ezekiel 38-39 the Bible warns this coming warbetween Iran (Persia) and Israel will take place sometime afterIsrael has been re-gathered into Her land as a nation (which was fulfilled on May 14, 1948) ... this propheticwar has never yet taken place ... the only time in history Persia (Iran) has ever gone to waragainst Israel was to help Israel throw off the yoke of the Byzantine Empire around 614

AD. The Bible warns the US will NOTdefend Israel. According to the Bible, Israel muststand alone ... with God. For when this coming war does finally start, the United States(for reasons yet unknown) will be unable or unwilling to help Israel defendherself. Although the Bible warns the invading armies will be ultimately destroyed byGod, it will be a devastating war for both Israel and the whole world. Bible scholars aredivided as to whether this coming war is part of the prophetic battle of Armageddon orwill just precede the battle of Armageddon in order to prepare the path for the coming

Antichrist (a coming 'world leader' who will enforce a 'peace plan' upon Israel). Allpeople of the world should be sitting on the edge of their seats with white knuckleswatching this terrible prophecy slowly start to unfold ...UNQUOTE.

http://www.alphanewsdaily.com/Warning%206%20Russia%20Iran%20Invasion.html


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QUOTE : ... Many people will simply yawn and ignore these Bible prophecies and theheadlines we are now seeing ... yet, God does NOTfulfill His prophecies orprophetic warnings in secret, but so all the world can see. For instance, for manyyears a number of Bible prophecy teachers and scholars have been warning the onepiece of the puzzle missing was for TURKEY(a NATO ally-nation) to turn towardRussia and Iran and against Israel (as this prophecy predicts.) The world has waitedover 2,500 years to see the headlines we are now seeing. This prophetic war betweenIran and Israel has neveryet taken place ... and it is very much a part of the coming"Apocalypse" and Armageddon scenario. God has been warning and preparingthis generation for this coming war for well over 10 years ... and the headlinesconcerning this coming war can now be found almost daily all around theworld. God is trying to get our attention and to draw those who are His back to Him

before it is too late. With open arms and with tears of joy God promises to welcomeand to shelter and comfort ALL who will come to Him before these events take place(orbefore their earthly bodies die) ... yet, the Bible warns God will not mourn, norhave mercy, on those who reject and ignore and mock His Word and His warnings......UNQUOTE.

http://www.alphanewsdaily.com/Warning%206%20Russia%20Iran%20Invasion.html


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REUTERS , QUOTE : .... "NATO should go in with the recognition and acknowledgement that Libyabelongs to the Libyans, not for the distribution of its underground resources and wealth," he added.

Several NATO nations, led by France, Britain and the United States, have taken part in air attacks onLibya launched on Sunday.

But NATO as an organisation, which takes all decisions by consensus, has been divided on whether totake part.

Turkey has spoken against intervention in Libya and has called for an immediate ceasefire. Turkeyearlier blocked alliance agreement on helping to enforce a no-fly zone.

"Our Libyan brothers possess every means to build a strong, stable, peaceful future. The Libyanpeople should be given this opportunity before the operation turns into an occupation. Theopportunity must be created for Libyans to make their own decisions," Erdogan said.

Envoys from the 28 NATO nations were due to meet later on Monday to agree how to implement anarms embargo, which would involve use of alliance aircraft and ships to prevent weapons reachingGaddafi's forces.

Erdogan was due to chair a meeting in Ankara later on Monday to discuss the situation in Libya withTurkish ministers and military commanders, diplomatic sources said.

Turkey had business ties worth some $15.3 billion with Libya before the uprising against Gaddafibegan a month ago, mostly in construction. In November last year, Erdogan accepted the MuammarGaddafi human rights award. (Writing by Simon Cameron-Moore; Editing by Jon Hemming......UNQUOTE.

http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE72K0RV20110321?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0


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By Nicolas Cheviron BUYUKECELI, Monday 21 March 2011(AFP)

QUOTE : .... -- Amid global alarm over the nuclear crisis inJapan, Turkey -- which is also quake-prone -- is going ahead

with plans to build its first nuclear plant. "Here is a small corner of paradise. We do not want their nuclear

plant," said Yuksel Sahin from a hilltop, pointing to the end ofthe narrow valley of Akkuyu in the southern province of Mersinnear the Mediterranean.

Turkey tried for nearly four decades to build a nuclear plant

here. But the plans were repeatedly thwarted due to oppositionfrom neighbouring countries, a challenge fromenvironmentalists as well as a cash crunch..... UNQUOTE.

http://www.mysinchew.com/node/54984


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mySINCHEW.COM , Nicholas Cheviron , 21MARCH,2011

QUOTE : .... Among some unused barracks for the future workers of the plant andconcrete blocks, only a brand new pier stands as proof that the site was not abandoned.

Plans for the long-stalled power project finally took off in May 2010 with theconstruction entrusted to Russia.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently repeated his determination toimplement the project just before leaving for a trip to Moscow.

"We cannot abandon the joint projects due to earthquakes," said Erdogan, who also saidthe previous day that the work for the plant could begin within weeks. Akkuyu wouldbe "an example for the rest of the world", he said.

In Buyukeceli, the village closest to Akkuyu, where the former inhabitants of the smallvalley currently live, the appearance of the first Russian technicians early this monthsowed fears.

"If the Japanese could not (ensure the safety of nuclear power), do you believe that the

Russians are going to do it?" an old farmer asked, sitting in the main village cafe. "Now, Japan is a threat to the world. Two reactors exploded and the world is in danger.

And meanwhile, the Russians will build a plant in Akkuyu," said the man, sporting awizened sunburnt face...... UNQUOTE.



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QUOTE : ....At a nearby table, a domino player added: "Here too, thesame thing will happen. There is no difference" with Japan, he predicted,noting that the region is part of a seismic zone.

More than 140 people died in a 1998 earthquake that struck Adana, only250 kilometers east of Akkuyu.

Pinar Aksogan, an activist from Greenpeace Mediterranean, said the areawas a high-risk zone.

"The license to build a nuclear in Akkuyu was awarded in 1973. At thattime it was estimated that there was no seismic danger there. But in 1999it became clear that there is a fault zone within 25 kilometers of Akkuyu,"she said.

For Ozeren Sinan, a seismologist at Istanbul Technical University, themain danger lies rather in the possibility of a tsunami that might be

created by the extensive overlap of tectonic plates in the south of Creteand Cyprus. "If an earthquake occurs... in the overlapping area, it can cause a large

tsunami in the Aegean Sea and throughout the Eastern Mediterraneanbasin," he said.....UNQUOTE.



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21 MARCH,2011 , SAHIN ALPAY , TODAYS ZAMAN :

QUOTE : ... The peoples uprisings in Tunisia, followed by Egypt, have opened theroad to democratization in the Arab world. The collapse of authoritarian Arabregimes promises to change the regional and global balances in favor of peace anddemocracy. The establishment of democracy in Egypt, the most important countryin that part of the world, is expected to play a key role in the spread of democracy

to the entire Middle East. Egypt, indeed, has the potential to play a model role because it possesses, alongwith basic political institutions, business, professional and intellectual elites, andperhaps more importantly young generations who demand freedom that canfacilitate a swift transition to democracy. The revolution of the masses gathered inCairos Tahrir Square that on Feb. 11 toppled the police regime of Hosni Mubarakhas been greeted with great joy and jubilation among liberals and democrats all

over the world, but perhaps nowhere as widely as in Turkey. Closer relations andcooperation between a democratic Egypt and Turkey are certain to have a positiveimpact not only on the political and economic development of the entire MiddleEast, but also on peace and stability in that region.....UNQUOTE.

http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist-238751-turkeys-lessons-for-egypt.html


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21 MARCH,2011 , SAHIN ALPAY , TODAYS ZAMAN :

QUOTE : .... The two countries, both with Sunni Muslim majorities, share, despitesignificant differences, many commonalities in their culture and history. Egypt througha popular uprising recently toppled a roughly 60-year-old authoritarian regime and isnow setting out on the course of establishing a full-fledged democracy. There may belessons for Egypt to be drawn from Turkeys achievements and failures in its roughly 60-

year-long struggle to consolidate democracy. Reforms in Turkey towards establishing the rule of law date back to the mid-19th

century, and those towards instituting constitutional rule to the early 20th centuryOttoman Empire. Transition to multiparty politics took place as early as 1950, andduring the last decade Turkey has been adopting reforms towards accession to theEuropean Union. Through this long and drawn-out process of democratization Turkeymay be said to have come a considerable way in establishing the rules and institutions ofa liberal democracy. It has, however, still not been able to consolidate democratic rule. Ithas held 15 free and fair parliamentary elections since 1950 and is about to hold another

one soon. But it is still hoped that the Parliament to be elected on June 12 will adopt aconstitution that will finally secure both representative government and humanrights......UNQUOTE .

http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist-238751-turkeys-lessons-for-egypt.html


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By ASSOCIATED PRESS, CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA ,20/02.2011 , MSNBC,

QUOTE : .... ISTANBUL, Turkey As Egypt erupted a few weeks ago, one fellowMuslim country insistently urged President Hosni Mubarak to respond to populardemands. That country was Turkey.

The call was a sign of Turkey's growing confidence and stature in the Middle Eastand beyond. Hobbled by economic and political chaos just a decade ago, Turkey isincreasingly taking on the role of regional model, mediator and leader, with a solideconomy and an evolving democracy. It has sought to balance many of the forcesthat shape, and shake, the region: The East and the West, Israel and Iran, religionand secularism.

Top stories: Turmoil in the Middle East As elections approach in June, results of a new Associated Press-GfK poll suggest

that Turkey's government will pursue a path of relative pragmatism, despite fearsof the influence of Islam on the state.

Turkey still aspires to join the European Union, but that once-strong vision appearsto have faded. The poll shows that 52 percent of respondents want Turkey to stayin NATO, and 50 percent want to join the European Union. Yet 42 percent have anunfavorable view of the EU, reflecting frustration with a process that has stalledpartly because of European opposition and the slow pace of Turkishreform....UNQUOTE

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41691003/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/


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By ASSOCIATED PRESS, CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA ,20/02.2011 , MSNBC,

QUOTE : ... Turkey still aspires to join the European Union, but that once-strongvision appears to have faded. The poll shows that 52 percent of respondents wantTurkey to stay in NATO, and 50 percent want to join the European Union. Yet 42percent have an unfavorable view of the EU, reflecting frustration with a processthat has stalled partly because of European opposition and the slow pace of

Turkish reform. Views of individual European nations are positively acid. Only 16 percent of

respondents held a favorable view of Germany, and that was high. Other favorableviews were at 12 percent for Italy, 11 percent for Spain, 9 percent for the Britain, 6percent for France and just 5 percent for neighboring Greece, a traditionalantagonist. European leaders fared just as badly, with French President NicolasSarkozy scoring a positive rating of 4 percent.

"This dream of a rosy-pink Europe, once so powerful that even our most anti-Western thinkers and politicians secretly believed in it, has now faded," Turkey'sNobel laureate, author Orhan Pamuk, wrote in an essay published in The Guardiannewspaper in December. "This may be because Turkey is no longer as poor as itonce was. Or it could be because it is no longer a peasant society ruled by its army,but a dynamic nation with a strong civil society......UNQUOTE.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41691003/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/


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EZEKIEL CHAPTERS 38 AND 39 Bible Prophecy