The resolution on the Armenian Genocide, long awaited by the Armenian community especially in the diaspora, and long-feared by the Turkish establishment, is set to be put to a vote on June 2. As the Mirror-Spectator goes to press before that date, it is impossible to predict here how the proceedings will unfold and what they will yield. What is possible, however, is to present the content of the resolution, based on a draft proposal leaked to the press a few days before — a draft which as such is subject to changes in the course of the actual debate — and to sketch the parameters of the political debate it has unleashed.Read Further...

Tags:Bundestag, Cem Özdemir, Ottoman Empire, AKP, CHP, Grey Wolves, Kemalists, Helmut Donat-Freiherr von Bothmer, Thomas Oppermann, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Following a series of detailed exposés of Saudi Arabia’s complicity with the so-called Islamic State, German government leaders have broken diplomatic protocol, and openly issued warnings that Riyadh must cut its ties to terrorists. ... The Turkish connection is perhaps even more insidious, given it is a member of NATO and an aspirant to membership in the European Union.Read Further...

Tags:Isis, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Putin, Sigmar Gabriel, Thomas Oppermann, BMZ Group, Necmettin Bilal Erdogan