Mitsubishi Electric Strengthens Air Conditioning Business in Turkey
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 19, 2014--
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today it is to acquire its Turkish air conditioning distributor, Klima Plus, through its local subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric Turkey A. . The move will see Klima Plus shares move over to Mitsubishi Electric in a purchase agreement as it looks to bolster its presence in the Turkish air conditioning market.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
'Cash box’ crops up in Turkey’s Africa opening - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
'Cash box’ crops up in Turkey’s Africa opening
Somalia stands out among the countries where Turkey has sought to employ “soft power” as part of its “active” foreign policy. Public conscience is easy to mobilize for Somalia, a country that has become synonymous with hunger, and that is what Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took advantage of on Aug. 19, 2011, when he landed in Mogadishu on a humanitarian aid mission as Turks back home resisted their own hunger during the Ramadan fast. The timing was poignant and coupled with intense publicity about Erdogan being the first foreign leader to visit Somalia in a number of years. Turkey’s Red Crescent and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), backed by a number of civil groups, embarked on such an extensive aid campaign that international actors could not help but wonder, “What are the Turks after?”
More:'Cash box’ crops up in Turkey’s Africa opening - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Somalia stands out among the countries where Turkey has sought to employ “soft power” as part of its “active” foreign policy. Public conscience is easy to mobilize for Somalia, a country that has become synonymous with hunger, and that is what Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took advantage of on Aug. 19, 2011, when he landed in Mogadishu on a humanitarian aid mission as Turks back home resisted their own hunger during the Ramadan fast. The timing was poignant and coupled with intense publicity about Erdogan being the first foreign leader to visit Somalia in a number of years. Turkey’s Red Crescent and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), backed by a number of civil groups, embarked on such an extensive aid campaign that international actors could not help but wonder, “What are the Turks after?”
More:'Cash box’ crops up in Turkey’s Africa opening - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Prosecutor decides not to sue woman for showing shoebox to Erdoğan - CİHAN
Prosecutor decides not to sue woman for showing shoebox to Erdoğan
TR_ISTA - 19.02.2014 18:57:28
The Akhisar Prosecutor's Office has decided not to file a lawsuit against a woman who showed a shoebox to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from the balcony of her house in Manisa in reaction to a graft scandal that became public on Dec. 17, deeming that she was exercising her right to freedom of expression.
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TR_ISTA - 19.02.2014 18:57:28
The Akhisar Prosecutor's Office has decided not to file a lawsuit against a woman who showed a shoebox to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from the balcony of her house in Manisa in reaction to a graft scandal that became public on Dec. 17, deeming that she was exercising her right to freedom of expression.
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Turkey Promises Orthodox Policy at Private Central Bank Meeting - Businessweek
Turkey Promises Orthodox Policy at Private Central Bank Meeting
By Onur Ant February 19, 2014
Turkey’s central bank promised economists that its policy is becoming simpler and more predictable, according to two people who attended a private meeting in Ankara today.
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By Onur Ant February 19, 2014
Turkey’s central bank promised economists that its policy is becoming simpler and more predictable, according to two people who attended a private meeting in Ankara today.
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Turkey spoils emerging market story as politics go haywire - Telegraph
Turkey spoils emerging market story as politics go haywire
No country so rudely exposes the illusions behind the $8 trillion stampede into emerging markets more than Turkey
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No country so rudely exposes the illusions behind the $8 trillion stampede into emerging markets more than Turkey
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European Court of Human Rights finds Turkey guilty in three cases
European Court of Human Rights finds Turkey guilty in three cases
STRASBOURG
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Turkey in three separate cases, it announced yesterday, upholding complaints brought against the country on the grounds that human rights were violated.
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STRASBOURG
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Turkey in three separate cases, it announced yesterday, upholding complaints brought against the country on the grounds that human rights were violated.
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Eurobarometer data - CİHAN
Eurobarometer data
TR_ISTA - 19.02.2014 12:00:59
Eurobarometer is a series of public opinion surveys conducted regularly on behalf of the European Commission. According to Eurobarometer data published in December 2013, Europeans' trust of European institutions is declining.
Almost one in two Europeans doesn't trust the European Union. The EU conjures up a positive image for only 31 percent of Europeans, and 66 percent of them think their voice doesn't count when the EU takes important decisions. The percentage of people who don't believe their voice counts is particularly high in Greece and Cyprus.
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TR_ISTA - 19.02.2014 12:00:59
Eurobarometer is a series of public opinion surveys conducted regularly on behalf of the European Commission. According to Eurobarometer data published in December 2013, Europeans' trust of European institutions is declining.
Almost one in two Europeans doesn't trust the European Union. The EU conjures up a positive image for only 31 percent of Europeans, and 66 percent of them think their voice doesn't count when the EU takes important decisions. The percentage of people who don't believe their voice counts is particularly high in Greece and Cyprus.
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Nissan Qashqai from Sunderland to Istanbul, day one | Autocar
Nissan Qashqai from Sunderland to Istanbul, day one
by Richard Bremner
18 February 2014
The Nissan Qashqai is Britain’s most produced car. It is regularly in the nation’s top 10 best-sellers and the latest version, just out, has been designed and engineered in Britain too.
So this is a car that needs a thorough test, and it’s certainly going to get one over the next fortnight, because Autocar is driving an example to Istanbul and back.
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by Richard Bremner
18 February 2014
The Nissan Qashqai is Britain’s most produced car. It is regularly in the nation’s top 10 best-sellers and the latest version, just out, has been designed and engineered in Britain too.
So this is a car that needs a thorough test, and it’s certainly going to get one over the next fortnight, because Autocar is driving an example to Istanbul and back.
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Aydın Doğan files complaint against three newspapers for defamation
Aydın Doğan files complaint against three newspapers for defamation
ISTANBUL
Doğan Holding’s honorary chairman Aydın Doğan has filed complaints against three newspapers over reports of phone call recordings leaked to social media, in which his name was also mentioned.
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ISTANBUL
Doğan Holding’s honorary chairman Aydın Doğan has filed complaints against three newspapers over reports of phone call recordings leaked to social media, in which his name was also mentioned.
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155 European cities join Bloomberg ideas contest
155 European cities join Bloomberg ideas contest
February 19, 2014 08:57 GMT
Unemployment, energy efficiency and obesity are the top concerns targeted by some 155 European cities competing to out-innovate each other in a lucrative contest launched by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
His foundation gave an update Wednesday on its first-time European contest. The application deadline was Jan. 31.
Bloomberg Philanthropies says the cities span 28 countries and include 19 capitals, from Dublin, Ireland, to Ankara (AHN'-kuh-ruh), Turkey. There also are plenty of smaller cities: Nearly half the applicants are home to 250,000 or fewer people.
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February 19, 2014 08:57 GMT
Unemployment, energy efficiency and obesity are the top concerns targeted by some 155 European cities competing to out-innovate each other in a lucrative contest launched by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
His foundation gave an update Wednesday on its first-time European contest. The application deadline was Jan. 31.
Bloomberg Philanthropies says the cities span 28 countries and include 19 capitals, from Dublin, Ireland, to Ankara (AHN'-kuh-ruh), Turkey. There also are plenty of smaller cities: Nearly half the applicants are home to 250,000 or fewer people.
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Heavy fog shuts two Turkish straits to shipping traffic - chicagotribune.com
Heavy fog shuts two Turkish straits to shipping traffic
Reuters
2:24 a.m. CST, February 19, 2014
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Heavy fog on Wednesday forced the closure of Turkey's Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, vital routes for Russian oil and other commodities, to shipping traffic, agent GAC said.
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Reuters
2:24 a.m. CST, February 19, 2014
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Heavy fog on Wednesday forced the closure of Turkey's Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, vital routes for Russian oil and other commodities, to shipping traffic, agent GAC said.
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Cyprus negotiators to visit Ankara and Athens on February 27
Cyprus negotiators to visit Ankara and Athens on February 27
This is the first time such meetings will take place, in the context of the Cyprus peace talks.
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE
• Wednesday, 19 February, 2014
The UN-led peace talks, which resumed last week after they were suspended more than a year ago, continue tomorrow with a meeting of the negotiators of the two side, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Kutlet Osersay.
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This is the first time such meetings will take place, in the context of the Cyprus peace talks.
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE
• Wednesday, 19 February, 2014
The UN-led peace talks, which resumed last week after they were suspended more than a year ago, continue tomorrow with a meeting of the negotiators of the two side, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Kutlet Osersay.
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Former lawyer of prosecutor Öz dies in car accident - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news
Former lawyer of prosecutor Öz dies in car accident
19 February 2014 /TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL
The lawyer who used to represent former graft prosecutor Zekeriya Öz -- who was removed from his post in Bakırköy Courthouse in İstanbul in a massive overhaul of the judiciary by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in early January -- died in hospital following a car accident in İstanbul on Wednesday.
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19 February 2014 /TODAYSZAMAN.COM, İSTANBUL
The lawyer who used to represent former graft prosecutor Zekeriya Öz -- who was removed from his post in Bakırköy Courthouse in İstanbul in a massive overhaul of the judiciary by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in early January -- died in hospital following a car accident in İstanbul on Wednesday.
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‘Cyprus can no longer afford to remain divided’ (updated) | Cyprus Mail
‘Cyprus can no longer afford to remain divided’ (updated)
THE CHIEF negotiators for the two sides, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Kudret Ozersay are expected to simultaneously visit Ankara and Athens on February 27 as part of the new peace process.
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THE CHIEF negotiators for the two sides, Andreas Mavroyiannis and Kudret Ozersay are expected to simultaneously visit Ankara and Athens on February 27 as part of the new peace process.
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Turkey's Gul approves law tightening Internet controls | Reuters
Turkey's Gul approves law tightening Internet controls
By Nick Tattersall
ISTANBUL Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:07pm EST
(Reuters) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a new law tightening control of the Internet on Tuesday in a move bolstering embattled Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan but raising concerns about free speech.
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By Nick Tattersall
ISTANBUL Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:07pm EST
(Reuters) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a new law tightening control of the Internet on Tuesday in a move bolstering embattled Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan but raising concerns about free speech.
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Gulen’s shadowy network is a formidable enemy - FT.com
Gulen’s shadowy network is a formidable enemy
By Bill Park
Illegal wiretaps and press leaks are being turned against Erdogan’s former allies, says Bill Park
The anti-corruption swoops by Turkish police on December 17, which netted 52 suspects including the sons of three government ministers, has provoked a serious political crisis. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister whose son Bilal would have been caught up in an aborted second round of arrests, has declared war on what he calls a “parallel state” of police officers, lawyers and officials determined to bring him and his government down.
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By Bill Park
Illegal wiretaps and press leaks are being turned against Erdogan’s former allies, says Bill Park
The anti-corruption swoops by Turkish police on December 17, which netted 52 suspects including the sons of three government ministers, has provoked a serious political crisis. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister whose son Bilal would have been caught up in an aborted second round of arrests, has declared war on what he calls a “parallel state” of police officers, lawyers and officials determined to bring him and his government down.
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Erdogan claims victory in battle against corruption probe - FT.com
Erdogan claims victory in battle against corruption probe
By Daniel Dombey in Ankara
Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory on Tuesday in his battle against an anti-corruption investigation he has depicted as a coup attempt on a day that a controversial new internet bill was signed into law.
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By Daniel Dombey in Ankara
Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory on Tuesday in his battle against an anti-corruption investigation he has depicted as a coup attempt on a day that a controversial new internet bill was signed into law.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
65 military pilots leave Turkey’s Air Force
65 military pilots leave Turkey’s Air Force
Ankara. 65 military pilots, who had the required thirteen years of service, have retired from the Turkish Air Force, NTV reported.
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Ankara. 65 military pilots, who had the required thirteen years of service, have retired from the Turkish Air Force, NTV reported.
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As purge continues in police force, court grants stay of execution - CİHAN
As purge continues in police force, court grants stay of execution
TR_ISTA - 18.02.2014 17:58:21
As over 600 more police officers were reassigned in the provinces of Ankara and Antalya on Tuesday as part of a sweeping purge that has been continuing since a graft probe -- in which four former Cabinet ministers are also involved -- became public on Dec. 17, 2013, a court in İstanbul has granted a stay of execution for a police officer reassigned to another post in early January.
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TR_ISTA - 18.02.2014 17:58:21
As over 600 more police officers were reassigned in the provinces of Ankara and Antalya on Tuesday as part of a sweeping purge that has been continuing since a graft probe -- in which four former Cabinet ministers are also involved -- became public on Dec. 17, 2013, a court in İstanbul has granted a stay of execution for a police officer reassigned to another post in early January.
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Hometown U : Bringing the tables of Istanbul to the screen | ADN.com
Bringing the tables of Istanbul to the screen
Posted by UAAblog
Posted: February 18, 2014 - 10:27 am
Last Friday Dr. Zeynep Kilic, an assistant professor of sociology at UAA, was putting the finishing touches on a grant proposal that could pave the way for her next sociological research project, a documentary film exploring food and cultural identity in her native Turkey.
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Posted by UAAblog
Posted: February 18, 2014 - 10:27 am
Last Friday Dr. Zeynep Kilic, an assistant professor of sociology at UAA, was putting the finishing touches on a grant proposal that could pave the way for her next sociological research project, a documentary film exploring food and cultural identity in her native Turkey.
More:Hometown U : Bringing the tables of Istanbul to the screen | ADN.com
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