I am not a major fan of the conservative Turkish newsapaper "Zaman," but I was amused to read in its English-language web site that an American citizen is among the 20,000 applicants for political asylum in Turkey. Zaman said that the paper work for the unnamed American citizen has yet to be completed. The conservative daily added that citizens of Israel, Greece, Burundi, China, Russia, Iran, Ghana, Burma and Belgium have also requested asylum. The article did not mention the ethnic origin of the American citizen. Zaman is arguably one of the most anti-American/Western newspapers in Turkey. But, it is ironically one of the few besides the English-language "Turkish Daily News" which has an English-language web site. Turkey's most reliable newspaper "Hurriyet" has also recently started an English-language web site.
The English-language web site for Zaman is http://www.zaman.com
The web site for the Turkish Daily News is http://www.turkishdailynews.com
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