Turkey's Erdogan Seeks Broader Intelligence Agency Powers
Bill Would Give Spy Agency Unrestricted Record Access, More Legal Protection
By
Joe Parkinson
ISTANBUL—Turkey's government submitted a draft law designed to give sweeping additional powers to its intelligence services, its latest move to expand executive control over key institutions ahead of pivotal elections.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Ankara police granted permission for ‘general searches’
Ankara police granted permission for ‘general searches’
ANKARA
Ankara’s 10th Criminal Court of Peace has granted the police permission to conduct 15 days of “general searches,” meaning officers can search individuals, vehicles or private documents at will in a bid to prevent “potential crimes” in the city.
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ANKARA
Ankara’s 10th Criminal Court of Peace has granted the police permission to conduct 15 days of “general searches,” meaning officers can search individuals, vehicles or private documents at will in a bid to prevent “potential crimes” in the city.
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Obama and Erdogan Discuss Normalization - Middle East - News - Israel National News
Obama and Erdogan Discuss Turkey-Israel Normalization
U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish PM Erdogan discuss "the importance" of Turkey and Israel normalizing their relations.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish PM Erdogan discuss "the importance" of Turkey and Israel normalizing their relations.
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Obstacles remain in preserving non-recognized minority languages in Turkey - CİHAN
Obstacles remain in preserving non-recognized minority languages in Turkey
TR_ISTA - 20.02.2014 19:14:59
Feb. 21 marks the annual International Mother Language Day, which promotes linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism, but some minority communities suffer various political, legal and social obstacles in transmitting their languages to their youth while others do not.
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TR_ISTA - 20.02.2014 19:14:59
Feb. 21 marks the annual International Mother Language Day, which promotes linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism, but some minority communities suffer various political, legal and social obstacles in transmitting their languages to their youth while others do not.
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Report on violence against women represents tip of the iceberg, expert says, 20 February 2014
Report on violence against women represents tip of the iceberg, expert says
20 February 2014
Independent Communications Network (Bianet), an Istanbul-based NGO and news portal, announced that violence against women in Turkey increased in 2013 compared to the previous year.
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20 February 2014
Independent Communications Network (Bianet), an Istanbul-based NGO and news portal, announced that violence against women in Turkey increased in 2013 compared to the previous year.
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The ‘gray wolf’ threat to Erdogan and the AKP - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
The ‘gray wolf’ threat to Erdogan and the AKP
During the first weeks of the Gezi protests in June 2013, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan organized five major “Respect the National Will” rallies. I was watching one of them with a group of “ultranationalist” friends. They belong to the Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP. Many of them had supported the Gezi protests. As we were watching Erdogan’s rally, all of a sudden Erdogan said, “I want to thank my brothers from the MHP.”
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During the first weeks of the Gezi protests in June 2013, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan organized five major “Respect the National Will” rallies. I was watching one of them with a group of “ultranationalist” friends. They belong to the Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP. Many of them had supported the Gezi protests. As we were watching Erdogan’s rally, all of a sudden Erdogan said, “I want to thank my brothers from the MHP.”
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The large Jewish debt to Turkey - Opinion Israel News | Haaretz
The large Jewish debt to Turkey
Israelis do not remember that in the year of the expulsion, 1492, the country that opened its gates to the exiles from Spain - without constructing prison facilities for them - was Ottoman Turkey.
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Israelis do not remember that in the year of the expulsion, 1492, the country that opened its gates to the exiles from Spain - without constructing prison facilities for them - was Ottoman Turkey.
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SEMİH İDİZ - Turkey takes another step backwards
Turkey takes another step backwards
By signing the new Internet law President Abdullah Gül has not only gone against a strong body of domestic and international pubic opinion, but has also disregarded warnings from the EU, whose criteria on democracy and freedoms he has ostensibly been plugging.
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By signing the new Internet law President Abdullah Gül has not only gone against a strong body of domestic and international pubic opinion, but has also disregarded warnings from the EU, whose criteria on democracy and freedoms he has ostensibly been plugging.
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Energy: Key to EU-Turkish relations? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Energy: Key to EU-Turkish relations?
EU member states must realise that getting Turkey to adopt EU regulations is in their strategic interest too.
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EU member states must realise that getting Turkey to adopt EU regulations is in their strategic interest too.
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Turkey quits EXPO 2015, shocking Italy
Turkey quits EXPO 2015, shocking Italy
ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News
Italy is left bewildered after Turkey abruptly pulls out of next year’s expo in Milan, amid rumors of either Turkish anger at Rome’s failure to endorse İzmir’s Expo 2020 bid or a lack of finances
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ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News
Italy is left bewildered after Turkey abruptly pulls out of next year’s expo in Milan, amid rumors of either Turkish anger at Rome’s failure to endorse İzmir’s Expo 2020 bid or a lack of finances
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EU should prepare Turkish Cypriots for membership
EU should prepare Turkish Cypriots for membership
Nami said that the current resolution process that started in Cyprus is different than the preceding ones due to a number of factors.
Nami said that the current resolution process that started in Cyprus is different than the preceding ones due to a number of factors.
BRUSSELS - Foreign Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Ozdil Nami asked the European Union on Wednesday to prepare TRNC for the post-resolution period.
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Nami said that the current resolution process that started in Cyprus is different than the preceding ones due to a number of factors.
Nami said that the current resolution process that started in Cyprus is different than the preceding ones due to a number of factors.
BRUSSELS - Foreign Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Ozdil Nami asked the European Union on Wednesday to prepare TRNC for the post-resolution period.
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Some in Turkey feel less free now that women are free to wear headscarves | Public Radio International
Some in Turkey feel less free now that women are free to wear headscarves
February 19, 2014 · 5:45 PM EST
Almost immediately after coming into power, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he would work to end a long-standing ban on wearing Islamic headscarves in schools and government buildings.
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February 19, 2014 · 5:45 PM EST
Almost immediately after coming into power, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he would work to end a long-standing ban on wearing Islamic headscarves in schools and government buildings.
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Obama, Turkish leader discuss Mideast conflicts - The Washington Post
Obama, Turkish leader discuss Mideast conflicts
By Associated Press, Published: February 19
TOLUCA, Mexico — The White House says President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH’-jehp TY’-ihp UR’-doh-wahn) have discussed Mideast conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Israel.
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By Associated Press, Published: February 19
TOLUCA, Mexico — The White House says President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH’-jehp TY’-ihp UR’-doh-wahn) have discussed Mideast conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Israel.
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MURAT YETKİN - Turkey, lies and videotape
Turkey, lies and videotape
The videotape in question nowadays is a security camera recording from June 1, 2013. It shows the bus and tramway stops region of the Kabataş ferry station on the European side of Istanbul. It was shot when the Gezi protests had started to gain momentum and many young people were taking to the streets.
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The videotape in question nowadays is a security camera recording from June 1, 2013. It shows the bus and tramway stops region of the Kabataş ferry station on the European side of Istanbul. It was shot when the Gezi protests had started to gain momentum and many young people were taking to the streets.
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MURAT YETKİN - Second round kicks off in Turkish file-fights
Second round kicks off in Turkish file-fights
When I say file, you can take it as the voice or video files, besides the ones on paper, legally or illegally obtained.
On the one hand, the leaked files could be regarded as ways of knowing at least parts of the truth nowadays, when further limits to the right to knowledge are attempted through laws like the recent one on the Internet.
More:MURAT YETKİN - Second round kicks off in Turkish file-fights
When I say file, you can take it as the voice or video files, besides the ones on paper, legally or illegally obtained.
On the one hand, the leaked files could be regarded as ways of knowing at least parts of the truth nowadays, when further limits to the right to knowledge are attempted through laws like the recent one on the Internet.
More:MURAT YETKİN - Second round kicks off in Turkish file-fights
All flights suspended at İstanbul airport due to dense fog - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news
All flights suspended at İstanbul airport due to dense fog
All flights in and out of İstanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport have been suspended due to dense fog, which paralyzed public transportation and air traffic on Wednesday.
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All flights in and out of İstanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport have been suspended due to dense fog, which paralyzed public transportation and air traffic on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Turkey’s Hundred Years of Identity Crisis « ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
Turkey’s Hundred Years of Identity Crisis
With Turkey in a year of elections that could determine its general direction for a decade or more, the core issue at stake is that of Turkey’s mixed secular, national and Islamic identity.
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With Turkey in a year of elections that could determine its general direction for a decade or more, the core issue at stake is that of Turkey’s mixed secular, national and Islamic identity.
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Turkish president loses Twitter followers - The Washington Post
Turkish president loses Twitter followers
By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, February 19, 4:10 AM
ANKARA, Turkey — Media reports say close to 80,000 people have stopped following Turkey’s president on Twitter after he signed a controversial bill increasing government controls over the Internet into law.
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By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, February 19, 4:10 AM
ANKARA, Turkey — Media reports say close to 80,000 people have stopped following Turkey’s president on Twitter after he signed a controversial bill increasing government controls over the Internet into law.
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Turkish central bank signals no more rate hikes for now -economists | Reuters
Turkish central bank signals no more rate hikes for now -economists
ISTANBUL Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:26pm IST
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank told economists on Wednesday it expects average funding costs to hover at around 10 percent for the foreseeable future, signalling it has no plans to hike interest rates further in the short term.
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ISTANBUL Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:26pm IST
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank told economists on Wednesday it expects average funding costs to hover at around 10 percent for the foreseeable future, signalling it has no plans to hike interest rates further in the short term.
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‘Ultra-luxe' Trump Home by Dorya to debut in Istanbul - 2014-02-19 14:29:14 | Furniture Today
‘Ultra-luxe' Trump Home by Dorya to debut in Istanbul
Upholstery, case goods line also will be in High Point
Cindy W. Hodnett -- Furniture Today, February 19, 2014
ISTANBUL — Trump Home by Dorya will be launched internationally on Feb. 27 during a gala at the manufacturer's flagship store in this Turkish capital.
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Upholstery, case goods line also will be in High Point
Cindy W. Hodnett -- Furniture Today, February 19, 2014
ISTANBUL — Trump Home by Dorya will be launched internationally on Feb. 27 during a gala at the manufacturer's flagship store in this Turkish capital.
More:‘Ultra-luxe' Trump Home by Dorya to debut in Istanbul - 2014-02-19 14:29:14 | Furniture Today
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