The Guardian published an article entitled ‘Iran's acceleration of its nuclear program angers the west’. According to its author, western capitals have reacted angrily to an announcement by Iran that it is installing more advanced centrifuges in a uranium-enrichment plant, with the aim of accelerating its nuclear programme. According to the Hurriyet Daily News, the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, is leading efforts to establish a leftist umbrella party, hoping to gain the support of leftist and socialist groups and other pro-Kurdish politicians. However, some politicians within the party, criticizing the tight schedule, have doubts about such a move.
The same news agency published an article headlined ‘Turkey, Israel to hold new round of talks’. It claims that signs that Israel is preparing to offer some sort of apology to Turkey in the aftermath of the Mavi Marmara incident are strengthening. The Israeli and Turkish sides are expected to hold a new round of talks this week. “No date has been scheduled yet but the meeting will take place before July 27,” the Turkish member of the U.N. panel, Özdem Sanberk, told the Hürriyet Daily News on Monday. “The negotiations might resume in a couple of days,” he said. Meanwhile, increasing incidents of violence against women haveprompted President Abdullah Gül to call for an extensive investigation of the issue as a government minister announces plans for the electronic monitoring of offenders. The Presidency’s press office announced on Tuesday that Gül had appointed the State Audit Board, or DDK, to extensively investigate cases of violence against women. The statement said the DDK had been ordered to investigate all aspects of the situation, “including the quality of legal, administrative and other services regarding the issue and the efficiency of such services.”
PressTV news agency reports that the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, stresses the importance of adopting a new stance towards the culture of book reading in Iran. In a meeting
with officials of Iran's major public libraries on Wednesday, the Leader pointed to Iran's long history of publishing books, but expressed disappointment at the current figures of book publication and reading in the country.
