| Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
| Golf tourism in Antalya |
Golf tourism in Antalya
Speaking at the 2012 Turkey Tourism Summit, the head of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) Ümit Boyner emphasized once again an important aspect in tourism.
There was an increase in the number of tourists visiting Turkey in 2011, however, the number of high-income tourists has dropped, as well as average spending per person. In her speech, Boyner justifiably highlighted that the reason why the typical “high-income” tourist was not coming to Turkey must be well analyzed.
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| Turkish opposition blasts new government spy bill | Reuters |
Turkish opposition blasts new government spy bill
By Jonathon Burch
ANKARA | Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:25pm EST
(Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition accused the prime minister on Tuesday of trying to tighten his grip on the security services with a proposed law that would curb the powers of the judiciary to investigate senior intelligence officials.
More:Turkish opposition blasts new government spy bill | Reuters
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| Greek Patriarch to give speech in Turkish Parliament |
Greek Patriarch to give speech in Turkish Parliament
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew is to give a speech in Turkish Parliament next wek in the framework of the new constutition. The speech will be the first such occasion in the history of the Turkish Republic.
More:RIGHTS - Greek Patriarch to give speech in Turkish Parliament
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| Infamous Turkish Rape Case Still Fuels Outrage 8 Years Later | Europe | English |
Infamous Turkish Rape Case Still Fuels Outrage 8 Years Later
Dorian Jones | Istanbul, Turkey
Human-rights groups are expressing outrage about controversial decisions by Turkey's judiciary in a few high-profile rape cases. One involves a Turkish appeals court reducing the prison sentences of more than 20 men convicted of having sex with a 12-year-old girl. The case is at the European Court of Human Rights and has become the focal point of growing anger.
More:Infamous Turkish Rape Case Still Fuels Outrage 8 Years Later | Europe | English
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| Turkish Stocks: Dogan, Turk Telekom, Vakifbank, Yapi Kredi - Businessweek |
Turkish Stocks: Dogan, Turk Telekom, Vakifbank, Yapi Kredi
February 14, 2012, 11:36 AM EST
By Benjamin Harvey
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s benchmark ISE National 100 Index dropped 1.5 percent to 59,662.13 at the close in Istanbul.
The following stocks were active. Stock symbols are in parentheses.
More:Turkish Stocks: Dogan, Turk Telekom, Vakifbank, Yapi Kredi - Businessweek
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| “The US Congress Should Return On The Issue Of Turkey-Armenia Protocols In A Potential Congressional Debate Over A Future “Genocide Resolution”” |
“The US Congress Should Return On The Issue Of Turkey-Armenia Protocols In A Potential Congressional Debate Over A Future “Genocide Resolution””
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:26
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The US Congress should return on the issue of Turkey-Armenia protocols in a potential congressional debate over a future “genocide resolution”, said Jim Zanotti, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs in the US Congressional Research Service’s last report on “Turkey: Background and US Relations” issue.
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| Turkish Airlines Makes Passengers Their Sweethearts | The Daily Meal |
Turkish Airlines Makes Passengers Their Sweethearts
Flying on Turkish Airlines equals extra romance this Valentine’s Day
Rarely does flying on an airplane increase feelings of love and romance. But this Valentine’s Day, Turkish Airlines is giving their passengers a reason to see things through rose-colored glasses.
The airline will offer a special Valentine’s Day menu to all Economy, Comfort Class, and Business Class passengers flying out of Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago to or from Istanbul through Feb. 16. The most enticing part might just be the cute pink and purple cupcakes dotted with little sugar hearts, or maybe it’s the complimentary chocolates.
More:Turkish Airlines Makes Passengers Their Sweethearts | The Daily Meal
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| Turkey - Dozens Arrested in 30 Cities - NYTimes.com |
Turkey: Dozens Arrested in 30 Cities
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 13, 2012
The police rounded up dozens of people on Monday in a nationwide crackdown on people suspected of supporting a Kurdish rebel group, the Kurdistan Workers Party, officials said. The police said that up to 109 people had been detained in simultaneous raids in 30 cities, including 42 in Istanbul.
More:Turkey - Dozens Arrested in 30 Cities - NYTimes.com
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| Exclusive: Turkey sticks with Iran oil after Saudi talks | Reuters |
Exclusive: Turkey sticks with Iran oil after Saudi talks
By Humeyra Pamuk and Evrim Ergin
DUBAI/ISTANBUL | Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:14am EST
(Reuters) - Turkey has no plans to cut its imports of Iranian oil, remaining a rare loyal customer of Tehran despite rising pressure from international sanctions and initial signals it may buy more Saudi oil, Turkish and Saudi sources told Reuters.
More:Exclusive: Turkey sticks with Iran oil after Saudi talks | Reuters
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| Turkey welcomes formation of Council of Ministers, Izetbegovic in Ankara this week :: EMG :: SEE news |
Turkey welcomes formation of Council of Ministers, Izetbegovic in Ankara this week
14. February 2012. | 10:11
Source: Fena
During the visit, Izetbegovic will talk to president of Turkey Abdullah Gül, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu, Deputy Turkish Prime Minister Ali Babacan, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Cattle Breeding Mehdi Eker and other Turkish officials.
More:Turkey welcomes formation of Council of Ministers, Izetbegovic in Ankara this week :: EMG :: SEE news
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| Balkans: The Inquisition Visits Turkey |
The Inquisition Visits Turkey
February 14, 2014: More riots erupted nation-wide after the Greek government ratified (February 12) another Euro-zone debt agreement. An estimated 80,000 demonstrators marched in Athens. The demonstrations turned violent and the violence continued through February 13. A group calling itself the Black Bloc confronted riot cops. Several dozen buildings in Athens were burned.
More:Balkans: The Inquisition Visits Turkey
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| Curator of the 13th Istanbul Biennial |
Curator of the 13th Istanbul Biennial
Published by Ozgur Tore
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 13:49
The 13th Istanbul Biennial, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and sponsored by Koç Holding, is set for the autumn of 2013, under the curatorship of Fulya Erdemci.
Fulya ErdemciFulya Erdemci, who is currently Director of SKOR | Foundation For Art and Public Domain in Amsterdam, will curate the 13th Istanbul Biennial in 2013.
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| Turkish Police Target Alleged Backers of Kurdish Rebel Group « VOA Breaking News |
Turkish Police Target Alleged Backers of Kurdish Rebel Group
Posted Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 10:35 am
Turkish news reports say police have launched a nationwide crackdown on union leaders and activists with alleged links to an outlawed Kurdish rebel group in the country's southeast.
More:Turkish Police Target Alleged Backers of Kurdish Rebel Group « VOA Breaking News
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| Turkish police detain 200 in crackdown - World news - Europe - msnbc.com |
Turkish police detain 200 in crackdown
By SELCAN HACAOGLU
updated 2/13/2012 3:21:14 PM ET
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish troops killed at least four Kurdish rebels in a clash in the country's southeast on Monday as police thwarted at least two attacks by suspected rebels and detained up to 200 people in a separate nationwide crackdown, officials and reports said.
More:Turkish police detain 200 in crackdown - World news - Europe - msnbc.com
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| "A Turkish Christmas Story" by My Life: Exchanged -- GazetteXtra |
A Turkish Christmas Story
By HALEY DROZDOWICZ Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 3:12 a.m.
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Alright, so before I get into the Christmas festivities that occurred here, I’m going to cover a few other things that happened so I can put all the Christmas events together. So first, during the third week of December, I went to Zumba for the first time. It’s not very popular here, and explaining what it was to my host mom was quite difficult, but those that know it, love it. There are free classes in a part of the town called Guzelbahçe (translates into “beautiful garden”) given Monday and Tuesday nights.
More:"A Turkish Christmas Story" by My Life: Exchanged -- GazetteXtra
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| Match fixing trial starts in Turkey |
Match fixing trial starts in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -Thousands of Fenerbahce fans shouted slogans outside a Turkish court house in support of 93 suspects, including the club's jailed president, as the opening hearing into their match-fixing case began Tuesday.
More:Match fixing trial starts in Turkey - - SI.com
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| State TV: Clash in southeastern Turkey kills 10 rebels, 2 soldiers - 680News |
State TV: Clash in southeastern Turkey kills 10 rebels, 2 soldiers
The Associated Press Feb 14, 2012 02:24:00 AM
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's state-run television says 10 Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers have died in a clash in the country's southeast.
TRT television says Tuesday the troops, reinforced from the air with helicopter gunships, attacked the rebels along the Iraqi border in an area close to the town of Uludere in Sirnak province on Thursday night. It says four soldiers were also wounded in the clash.
More:State TV: Clash in southeastern Turkey kills 10 rebels, 2 soldiers - 680News
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| Monday, February 13, 2012 |
| Remarks Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu After Their Meeting |
Remarks Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu After Their Meeting
Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Treaty Room
Washington, DC
February 13, 2012
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon, everyone. And let me say what a great delight it is for me to welcome my friend and colleague for intensive negotiations and discussions over a range of issues that are of importance to both of us. I am always pleased to have time to meet with Minister Davutoglu because of what the United States and Turkey are working on together, the values that we share, and the commitment to a peaceful, prosperous future, not only for the Turkish and American people but for people everywhere.
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| Tourism event in Istanbul attracts global companies |
Tourism event in Istanbul attracts global companies
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
A visitor checks a stall from Turkey’s Konya province at EMITT in Istanbul.
The East Mediterranean International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (EMITT), ranked as the fifth largest tourism exhibition in the world, brought together more than 4,500 participants and 114,000 visitors from all over the world, exceeding last year’s record, according to a top executive of the organizing company.
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| Turkish westerns, wastes of space, and tips from Mom | Bleader |
Turkish westerns, wastes of space, and tips from Mom
Posted by Ben Sachs on Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Spectacle may be an odd word to describe productions as evidently cheap as Yilmaz Güney’s, which abound with slapdash editing and bare-bones sets. Yet the films I saw at Doc Films's Güney series this Saturday afternoon—Bride of the Earth (1968) and The Hungry Wolves (1969)—conveyed a mythic sense of landscape and story, often using one to reinforce the other. Violent crowd-pleasers in the spaghetti western mold, both took place in desolate, godforsaken regions of Turkey that proved ideal backdrops for the elemental conflicts of cowboy movies (I assumed that Güney exaggerated the desolation of these settings, but given my general ignorance about rural Turkey in the 1960s, I may be wrong). The Hungry Wolves was particularly inventive in its use of snowy tundras, a sharp contrast from the deserts and mountains of most westerns: in one scene, Güney, playing a Clint Eastwood-style badass, shoots down bandits from the inside of an igloo!
More:Turkish westerns, wastes of space, and tips from Mom | Bleader
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| Eren Buğlalılar, "Turkey: The Honduras of the Middle East for a New Contra War" |
Turkey: The Honduras of the Middle East for a New Contra War
by Eren Buğlalılar
We all know it from the movies of Costa-Gavras: once "the leaders of the free world" start visiting your country frequently, carnage won't be far behind.
Nowadays, the capital city of Turkey, Ankara, looks very much like the set of a Costa-Gavras movie (except, of course, what we really want to see happens off-camera). First, James Cartwright, then Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, came to Turkey on the 16th of May 2011, when the imperialists were preparing to invade Libya. He visited the NATO base in İzmir which would become the general headquarters directing the massacres of Libyan people. Then, in July 2011, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CIA Director David Petraeus showed up in Ankara. They were followed by US Vice President Joe Biden and US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta, who paid us a visit in December 2011.
More:Eren Buğlalılar, "Turkey: The Honduras of the Middle East for a New Contra War"
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| Clinton deplores Syrian escalation, welcomes Tunis talks |
Clinton deplores Syrian escalation, welcomes Tunis talks
By Lachlan Carmichael (AFP) – 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday lashed out at an escalating Syrian military crackdown as she welcomed a fresh chance to put international pressure on Damascus at talks soon in Tunis.
Clinton also said at a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that Washington would work with Ankara to tackle Syria's humanitarian problems, and obtain the entry of emergency supplies.
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| More than four hundred years of Ottoman art to be presented at Sotheby's sale |
More than four hundred years of Ottoman art to be presented at Sotheby's sale
Iznik Polychrome Dish Depicting a Peacock, originating from Turkey, circa 1580, est: £30,000 – 50,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced its forthcoming sale of a private collection of Ottoman art, “An Eye for Opulence: Art of the Ottoman Empire”, which will take place on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 during ‘Turkish and Islamic Week: Classical to Contemporary’. The single owner sale will comprise a broad selection of works across a variety of media, spanning more than four hundred years of Ottoman art from the 15th to the 19th century. In addition to Iznik ceramics, manuscripts, silverware, decorative arts and textiles, the sale will also include a number of European paintings and Turqueries, reflecting artistic exchanges between the Ottoman Empire and Europe, and the West’s fascination with the 'exoticism' of the Ottoman court. Comprising 254 lots, this important private collection is estimated to realise in excess of £3.5 million.
More:More than four hundred years of Ottoman art to be presented at Sotheby's sale
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| Restaurant income spent on the poor |
Restaurant income spent on the poor
SAKARYA - Anatolia News Agency
A relief fund in the northwestern province of Sakarya is using the profits that it earns from its restaurant to meet the needs of the poor.
The restaurant opened by the Sakarya Culture and Social Relief Foundation (SAKVA) serves meals cooked with ingredients donated by benefactors to the poor every afternoon. Between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. the restaurant serves meals for 5 Turkish Liras, and the needy are served free meals in the afternoon.
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| How Turkey could beat EU in farm subsidy game |
How Turkey could beat EU in farm subsidy game
An axiom in any explanation of Turkey’s success in skirting the worst of the 2007-08 global recession and its European overhang is that Turkey got a head start. The banking closures, consolidation and regulation embraced during the 2001 crisis inoculated Turkey against the contagion to come six years later. This is a simplified generalization, of course, but it’s certainly a big part of the story.
More:DAVID JUDSON - How Turkey could beat EU in farm subsidy game
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| Dozens Arrested in Turkey Anti-terror Probe | Europe | English |
Dozens Arrested in Turkey Anti-terror Probe
Dorian Jones | Istanbul
Turkish police have arrested about 100 people in a new nationwide operation targeting union leaders and activists because of alleged links to Kurdish rebels. The operation was part of a wider legal offensive against the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK), a union regarded by the authorities in Ankara as the political wing of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
More:Dozens Arrested in Turkey Anti-terror Probe | Europe | English
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| EU goal is good for Turkey, and its neighbours - The National |
EU goal is good for Turkey, and its neighbours
National Editorial
Feb 12, 2012
Turkey has grown richer, more stable and more influential in recent years, while the European Union is gripped by a debt crisis which has weakened the euro and toppled governments.
More:EU goal is good for Turkey, and its neighbours - The National
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| Istanbul market traders told to quieten down or lose their pitch | World news | guardian.co.uk |
Istanbul market traders told to quieten down or lose their pitch
Turkish city's stallholders voice anger over new gentrifying law that bans long tradition of shouting their wares to passersby
"White butterflies! Only three lira!" The trader at the weekly street market in the conservative Fatih district of Istanbul has few qualms about broadcasting the merits of his wares – but he is breaking the law.
More:Istanbul market traders told to quieten down or lose their pitch | World news | guardian.co.uk
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| Turkish banks' loans growth continues to decline | Reuters |
Turkish banks' loans growth continues to decline
ISTANBUL | Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:34am EST
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Growth in Turkish bank loans slowed to less than 26 percent year-on-year at the beginning of February, adding to signs to a gradual economic slowdown after a year of unorthodox monetary policy by the central bank aiming at preventing overheating.
More:Turkish banks' loans growth continues to decline | Reuters
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| Turkey Arrests Scores Over Suspected Kurdish Rebel Links |
Turkey Arrests Scores Over Suspected Kurdish Rebel Links
February 13, 2012
Turkish police have reportedly detained some 100 people in a nationwide crackdown on alleged supporters of Kurdish rebels.
State-run Turkish media said the arrests were made in at least nine cities and that police were also searching the offices of at least three trade unions in the capital, Ankara.
More:Turkey Arrests Scores Over Suspected Kurdish Rebel Links
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| Petkim, Dutch company APM Terminals sign agreement - Trend |
Petkim, Dutch company APM Terminals sign agreement
13 February 2012, 16:58 (GMT+04:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.13 / Trend A.Taghiyeva /
Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim and Dutch company APM Terminals signed an agreement to build a container port with capacity of 1.5 million TEU in the Aliaga complex on Monday, Petkim said.
More:Petkim, Dutch company APM Terminals sign agreement - Trend
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| Turkey Current Account Gap Narrowed to $6.6 Billion in December - Businessweek |
Turkey Current Account Gap Narrowed to $6.6 Billion in December
February 13, 2012, 6:49 AM EST
By Ali Berat Meric
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s current-account gap narrowed for the second-straight month on an annual basis in December, bolstering the government’s argument that the worst is over for a deficit that weakened the lira the most among global currencies last year.
More:Turkey Current Account Gap Narrowed to $6.6 Billion in December - Businessweek
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| Turkish officials aided Kurdish militants, prosecutor says | Reuters |
Turkish officials aided Kurdish militants, prosecutor says
By Daren Butler
ISTANBUL | Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:30pm IST
(Reuters) - A Turkish investigation of links between Kurdish activists and militants has uncovered evidence of state officials aiding the separatists, a prosecutor said on Monday, fuelling speculation about a power struggle within the security apparatus.
More:Turkish officials aided Kurdish militants, prosecutor says | Reuters
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| Commentary: The Coming Mediterranean Energy War | The National Interest |
The Coming Mediterranean Energy War
Julia Damianova
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February 13, 2012
A significant gas find offshore has propelled hopes for brighter future in the Mediterranean. For the Republic of Cyprus, it came as a blessing amid the deteriorating Eurozone crisis. The rating agencies had downgraded the Greek-populated southern part of the island four times in 2011 to its current Standard & Poor's rating of BB- because of unhealthy links with the defaulting Greek financial system.
More:Commentary: The Coming Mediterranean Energy War | The National Interest
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| Turkey, KSA to set up energy working group |
Turkey, KSA to set up energy working group
Saudi Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Al-Naimi (second, from left) and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz (second, from right), along with other senior officials, during a meeting in Riyadh Saturday.RIYADH – Turkey and Saudi Arabia agreed to set up working group on energy after Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz met with Saudi Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Al-Naimi Saturday.
More:Saudi Gazette - Turkey, KSA to set up energy working group
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| Turkey : Turkey to conclude FTA with Malaysia by June - Textile News Turkey |
Turkey to conclude FTA with Malaysia by June
February 13, 2012 (Turkey)
Turkey is quite positive about concluding the ongoing talks with Malaysia on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by June this year, making Malaysia the first ASEAN country to have an FTA with Turkey.
More:Turkey : Turkey to conclude FTA with Malaysia by June - Textile News Turkey
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