China, Turkey signs currency swap deal
By SELCAN HACAOGLU
The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey — China and Turkey on Tuesday set aside differences on how to deal with the raging violence in Syria and signed a three-year currency swap deal worth $1.6 billion (€1.2 billion) to enable bilateral trade in local currencies.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival Debuts at Egyptian Theater on March 1-4 - PR Newswire - sacbee.com
Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival Debuts at Egyptian Theater on March 1-4
By The Los Angeles Turkish American Association
Published: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 6:35 am
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The First Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival will host Turkey's top films and directors from March 1 to 4 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The festival will unspool five award-winning features including Semih Kaplanoglu's "Honey," winner of the Best Film Award at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. There will also be Q&As and a short film competition, culminating with a red carpet and awards ceremony on Sunday, March 4.
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By The Los Angeles Turkish American Association
Published: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 6:35 am
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The First Los Angeles Turkish Film Festival will host Turkey's top films and directors from March 1 to 4 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The festival will unspool five award-winning features including Semih Kaplanoglu's "Honey," winner of the Best Film Award at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. There will also be Q&As and a short film competition, culminating with a red carpet and awards ceremony on Sunday, March 4.
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Italy: Turkish Hezbollah illegal-immigration cell busted - Adnkronos Security
Italy: Turkish Hezbollah illegal-immigration cell busted
last update: February 21, 13:53
The arrests in the city of Terni were made after police served 41 search warrants.
The Sunni Muslim terror group is unrelated to the Shia Lebanese organisation with the same name.
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last update: February 21, 13:53
The arrests in the city of Terni were made after police served 41 search warrants.
The Sunni Muslim terror group is unrelated to the Shia Lebanese organisation with the same name.
More:Italy: Turkish Hezbollah illegal-immigration cell busted - Adnkronos Security
Turkish Central Bank Retains Policy Rate At Record Low
Turkish Central Bank Retains Policy Rate At Record Low
(RTTNews.com) - Turkey's central bank on Tuesday decided to maintain its policy interest rate at a record low of 5.75 percent, amid heightened inflationary pressures. The decision was in line with economists' expectations.
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(RTTNews.com) - Turkey's central bank on Tuesday decided to maintain its policy interest rate at a record low of 5.75 percent, amid heightened inflationary pressures. The decision was in line with economists' expectations.
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Tourism potential of Dagestan presented in Istanbul - RIA «Dagestan» - Republican information agency
Tourism potential of Dagestan presented in Istanbul
Tourism potential of Dagestan presented in Istanbul
Venera Gamzatova 21 February, 2012 16:52
Makhachkala, February 21, 2012. The Agency for Tourism of the Republic of Dagestan took part in the international tourist exhibition EMITT, held annually in early February in Istanbul which is considered one of the largest in the world tourism industry. The Agency head Anatoly Karibov led Dagestan delegation, the press service of the Agency reports.
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Tourism potential of Dagestan presented in Istanbul
Venera Gamzatova 21 February, 2012 16:52
Makhachkala, February 21, 2012. The Agency for Tourism of the Republic of Dagestan took part in the international tourist exhibition EMITT, held annually in early February in Istanbul which is considered one of the largest in the world tourism industry. The Agency head Anatoly Karibov led Dagestan delegation, the press service of the Agency reports.
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China's Avic, Turkish Hema to sign $1 bln deal-Turkish energy ministry | Reuters
China's Avic, Turkish Hema to sign $1 bln deal-Turkish energy ministry
ISTANBUL | Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:07am EST
Feb 21 (Reuters) - China's Avic International and Turkey's Hema Endustri, a Turkish engineering manufacturing company, will sign a $1 billion deal for power plant and coal production equipment, the Turkish energy ministry said on Tuesday.
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ISTANBUL | Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:07am EST
Feb 21 (Reuters) - China's Avic International and Turkey's Hema Endustri, a Turkish engineering manufacturing company, will sign a $1 billion deal for power plant and coal production equipment, the Turkish energy ministry said on Tuesday.
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EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms
EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA – 10 hours ago
ISTANBUL (AP) — If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can't talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey's campaign to join the European Union — an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous.
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By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA – 10 hours ago
ISTANBUL (AP) — If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can't talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey's campaign to join the European Union — an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous.
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Record Bank Bonds Spur Loan Growth Easing Risk of Recession: Turkey Credit - Bloomberg
Record Bank Bonds Spur Loan Growth Easing Risk of Recession: Turkey Credit
By Sibel Akbay - Feb 21, 2012 12:46 PM ET
Turkish banks are increasing bond sales to a record this year, helping to sustain the growth in lending that’s keeping the economy out of recession.
Just two years ago, banks didn’t sell any bonds. So far in 2012, they’ve issued the equivalent of $4 billion, four times the amount a year ago, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Akbank TAS (AKBNK), the biggest by market value, said Feb. 17 it plans to raise the equivalent of as much as $1.5 billion of foreign bonds, triple its single sale in 2011. Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS (GARAN), the No. 2 lender, issued 1 billion liras ($600 million) of local bonds last month yielding 11 percent.
More:Record Bank Bonds Spur Loan Growth Easing Risk of Recession: Turkey Credit - Bloomberg
By Sibel Akbay - Feb 21, 2012 12:46 PM ET
Turkish banks are increasing bond sales to a record this year, helping to sustain the growth in lending that’s keeping the economy out of recession.
Just two years ago, banks didn’t sell any bonds. So far in 2012, they’ve issued the equivalent of $4 billion, four times the amount a year ago, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Akbank TAS (AKBNK), the biggest by market value, said Feb. 17 it plans to raise the equivalent of as much as $1.5 billion of foreign bonds, triple its single sale in 2011. Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS (GARAN), the No. 2 lender, issued 1 billion liras ($600 million) of local bonds last month yielding 11 percent.
More:Record Bank Bonds Spur Loan Growth Easing Risk of Recession: Turkey Credit - Bloomberg
EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms - CBS News
EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms
(AP) ISTANBUL — If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can't talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey's campaign to join the European Union — an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous.
More:EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms - CBS News
(AP) ISTANBUL — If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can't talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey's campaign to join the European Union — an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous.
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The Netherlands And Turkey: 400 Years Of Diplomatic Relations
The Netherlands And Turkey: 400 Years Of Diplomatic Relations
Source: Government of the Netherlands
Published Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 07:28
The Netherlands and Turkey are commemorating the 400th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year. The first major event in this connection is the exhibition ‘Rembrandt and his contemporaries – The Golden Age of Dutch Art’ in Istanbul’s Sakip Sabancı Museum. The exhibition was opened this evening by President Gül of Turkey and the Dutch foreign minister, Uri Rosenthal.
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Source: Government of the Netherlands
Published Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 07:28
The Netherlands and Turkey are commemorating the 400th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year. The first major event in this connection is the exhibition ‘Rembrandt and his contemporaries – The Golden Age of Dutch Art’ in Istanbul’s Sakip Sabancı Museum. The exhibition was opened this evening by President Gül of Turkey and the Dutch foreign minister, Uri Rosenthal.
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Uighur protests as China's Xi visits Turkey | Reuters
UPDATE 2-Uighur protests as China's Xi visits Turkey
By Tulay Karadeniz
ANKARA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Activists from China's Muslim Uighur minority burnt Chinese flags in Ankara on Tuesday as China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping began talks with Turkish officials on regional issues.
More:UPDATE 2-Uighur protests as China's Xi visits Turkey | Reuters
By Tulay Karadeniz
ANKARA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Activists from China's Muslim Uighur minority burnt Chinese flags in Ankara on Tuesday as China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping began talks with Turkish officials on regional issues.
More:UPDATE 2-Uighur protests as China's Xi visits Turkey | Reuters
Turkey's Calik media assets being evaluated separately-sources | Reuters
Turkey's Calik media assets being evaluated separately-sources
ISTANBUL | Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:56am EST
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Turkey-based Calik Holding's media assets, ATV television and Sabah newspaper, which it is in the process of selling, are being evaluated separately, two sources close to the process told Reuters.
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ISTANBUL | Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:56am EST
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Turkey-based Calik Holding's media assets, ATV television and Sabah newspaper, which it is in the process of selling, are being evaluated separately, two sources close to the process told Reuters.
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Greek Patriarch makes history in Turkish Parliament
Greek Patriarch makes history in Turkish Parliament
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Syriac Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation head Kuryakos Ergün speak at Turkish Parliament, demanding equal treatment and rights for Turkey’s non-muslim communities
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ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Syriac Mor Gabriel Monastery Foundation head Kuryakos Ergün speak at Turkish Parliament, demanding equal treatment and rights for Turkey’s non-muslim communities
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Turkey looks to strengthen ties with China's vibrant economy|Xi is visit to Ireland|chinadaily.com.cn
Turkey looks to strengthen ties with China's vibrant economy
Updated: 2012-02-21 08:08
By Zhao Shengnan (China Daily)
BEIJING - Turkey would like to strengthen ties with China, a country it sees as sharing a positive economic outlook as well as many global concerns in the United Nations and G20, the Turkish ambassador said ahead of Vice-President Xi Jinping's visit to his country on Monday.
More:Turkey looks to strengthen ties with China's vibrant economy|Xi is visit to Ireland|chinadaily.com.cn
Updated: 2012-02-21 08:08
By Zhao Shengnan (China Daily)
BEIJING - Turkey would like to strengthen ties with China, a country it sees as sharing a positive economic outlook as well as many global concerns in the United Nations and G20, the Turkish ambassador said ahead of Vice-President Xi Jinping's visit to his country on Monday.
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A New Strategic Role for Cyprus | International Affairs Review
A New Strategic Role for Cyprus
The discovery of massive gas reserves off the coast of Cyprus threatens to destabilize the entire region.
By Robert Ellis
Contributor
February 21, 2012
The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean has for centuries been the cat’s paw of foreign powers, including the United States. But now, with the discovery of vast deposits of natural gas, the tables have turned. The strategic balance of power has shifted and is a threat to stability in the region.
More:A New Strategic Role for Cyprus | International Affairs Review
The discovery of massive gas reserves off the coast of Cyprus threatens to destabilize the entire region.
By Robert Ellis
Contributor
February 21, 2012
The island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean has for centuries been the cat’s paw of foreign powers, including the United States. But now, with the discovery of vast deposits of natural gas, the tables have turned. The strategic balance of power has shifted and is a threat to stability in the region.
More:A New Strategic Role for Cyprus | International Affairs Review
Ozel: How the Iran Standoff Looks From Turkey - Bloomberg
Ozel: How the Iran Standoff Looks From Turkey
How the Iran Nuclear Standoff Looks from Turkey
For two neighbors who don’t trust each other and for centuries were engaged in fierce strategic and religious competition, it is remarkable that Sunni Turkey and Shiite Iran haven’t gone to war over their border since 1639. As Turkish leaders walk a diplomatic tightrope over U.S.-led efforts to pressure Iran into abandoning a suspected nuclear-weapons program, their overriding priority is to keep it that way.
More:Ozel: How the Iran Standoff Looks From Turkey - Bloomberg
How the Iran Nuclear Standoff Looks from Turkey
For two neighbors who don’t trust each other and for centuries were engaged in fierce strategic and religious competition, it is remarkable that Sunni Turkey and Shiite Iran haven’t gone to war over their border since 1639. As Turkish leaders walk a diplomatic tightrope over U.S.-led efforts to pressure Iran into abandoning a suspected nuclear-weapons program, their overriding priority is to keep it that way.
More:Ozel: How the Iran Standoff Looks From Turkey - Bloomberg
Travel: Golfing in Turkey - Scotland - Scotsman.com
Travel: Golfing in Turkey
By MINTY CLINCH
Published on Tuesday 21 February 2012 00:00
WHERE once there was virgin, sprawling coastline, Turkey now hosts grand, all-inclusive resorts and immaculate courses that suit the golf tourist to a tee
TWENTY years ago, Belek was an inconsequential stretch of scrub and dunes on uncharted Anatolian coast. Nowadays it is a full-blown holiday paradise, its boulevards enhanced by fake classical ruins, its 17km seafront lined with huge hotels.
More:Travel: Golfing in Turkey - Scotland - Scotsman.com
By MINTY CLINCH
Published on Tuesday 21 February 2012 00:00
WHERE once there was virgin, sprawling coastline, Turkey now hosts grand, all-inclusive resorts and immaculate courses that suit the golf tourist to a tee
TWENTY years ago, Belek was an inconsequential stretch of scrub and dunes on uncharted Anatolian coast. Nowadays it is a full-blown holiday paradise, its boulevards enhanced by fake classical ruins, its 17km seafront lined with huge hotels.
More:Travel: Golfing in Turkey - Scotland - Scotsman.com
BOOKS - Istanbul supplement in Chinese magazine
Istanbul supplement in Chinese magazine
SHANGAI - Anatolia News Agency
The China edition of National Geographic Traveler, one of the biggest culture and travel magazines in the world, published a supplement that promoted Istanbul.
The China edition of National Geographic Traveler, one of the biggest culture and travel magazines in the world, published a supplement that promoted Istanbul.
The 21-page supplement included observations of a Chinese citizen living in the Turkish metropolis and spoke about traditional Ottoman and Turkish cultures. Chinese teacher Ging Yang has been living in Istanbul since 2007.
More:BOOKS - Istanbul supplement in Chinese magazine
SHANGAI - Anatolia News Agency
The China edition of National Geographic Traveler, one of the biggest culture and travel magazines in the world, published a supplement that promoted Istanbul.
The China edition of National Geographic Traveler, one of the biggest culture and travel magazines in the world, published a supplement that promoted Istanbul.
The 21-page supplement included observations of a Chinese citizen living in the Turkish metropolis and spoke about traditional Ottoman and Turkish cultures. Chinese teacher Ging Yang has been living in Istanbul since 2007.
More:BOOKS - Istanbul supplement in Chinese magazine
Istanbul capital of foreign investment
Istanbul capital of foreign investment
ISTANBUL-Hürriyet Daily News
Foreign investment in Istanbul increased by 110.77 percent in 2011 from a year earlier, according to a study released by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO). At the same time, the total number of foreign investors increased by 52.4 percent.
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ISTANBUL-Hürriyet Daily News
Foreign investment in Istanbul increased by 110.77 percent in 2011 from a year earlier, according to a study released by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO). At the same time, the total number of foreign investors increased by 52.4 percent.
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Remembering Istanbul
Remembering Istanbul
Monday, 20 February 2012 23:17
JJ Valaya’s dramatics was the perfect end to WIFW, says D Kaushik
It took him just five hours to transport everything from the streets of Istanbul to the ramp.
From traditional music to artistes from the region, JJ Valaya appeared to have almost everything that could give the walk a feel and look of Istanbul. And also help his guests be part of the collection that had highlighted the weaving techniques, craft and history of the region.
More:PRemembering Istanbul
Monday, 20 February 2012 23:17
JJ Valaya’s dramatics was the perfect end to WIFW, says D Kaushik
It took him just five hours to transport everything from the streets of Istanbul to the ramp.
From traditional music to artistes from the region, JJ Valaya appeared to have almost everything that could give the walk a feel and look of Istanbul. And also help his guests be part of the collection that had highlighted the weaving techniques, craft and history of the region.
More:PRemembering Istanbul
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