The Iranian news agency Press-TV writes that Turkey hails Iraq's power-sharing deal. “The basic principle we advocate is that the new Iraqi government should be comprehensive -- all Iraqi groups should be represented. It is good that all the parties are included in the model for the new Iraqi government,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
More news published by PressTV is that the Druze leader hails Iran's support. The leader of Lebanon's Druze community has hailed Iran as a longtime partner, which has always supported the country and criticized US policies in the Middle East. "Iran provided Lebanon with substantial aid even during the 33-day war with Israel in 2006," Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said.
Meanwhile, the US says that talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany should take place in central Europe.
The major Turkish news agency Hurriyet writes that an Azerbaijani court has lifted charges against a journalist. The court decided on Thursday to lift the libel and terrorism charges against newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev after the European Court of Human Rights in April slammed the detention as a breach of his human rights, lawyer Elchin Sadikhov told Agence France-Presse.
In neighbouring Georgia, public school principals are under fire for student protests, reports Hurriyet. Principals of several public schools in Tbilisi were forced to resign after 12th-grade students from their schools participated in a protest rally on Tuesday to demand the cancellation of newly-introduced graduation exams. Several hundred high school students gathered at the Facebook-generated rally outside Parliament before marching to the Education Ministry building, protesting plans to carry out exams at the end of the current school year.
In Turkey, the authorities are calling for more a orderly sacrifice this year. In an effort to avoid scenes that have damaged Turkey’s image abroad, authorities are warning municipalities and individuals to sacrifice animals more professionally during this year’s Kurban Bayram holiday. At the same time, the Turkish Consumers’ Union has warned breeders to beware of speculators trying to raise prices just before the festival by claiming that there has been a decrease in the number of animals in Turkey.
escalating tension between two student groups of opposing politicalMore news about Turkey published by Hurriyet is that nationalist violence is spreading to Istanbul's Marmara University. Exams at Istanbul’s Marmara University Communications faculty were cancelled on Friday due to views, news site CNNTürk reports. A fight between the two groups allegedly erupted after one hung photographs of a student killed this week at Dumlupınar University, in the Central Anatolian province of Kütahya, following a fight between Kurdish and Turkish nationalist students.
