Turkey's model of 'moderate' Islamism can be misleading
Murat Somer
Oct 1, 2012
What do we learn from Turkey about building democracy in a Muslim society? When an unworthy movie mocking Prophet Mohammed provoked deadly protests in many Muslim nations, only peaceful protests occurred in Turkey. What makes it different?
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Turkey in push to attract Arab investors - FT.com
Turkey in push to attract Arab investors
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and Camilla Hall in Dubai
At the centre of a Turkish bid to get hundreds of millions of dollars from the Gulf is a mound of reddish brown earth, bordered by Istanbul’s financial district, a forest, and a military range.
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By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and Camilla Hall in Dubai
At the centre of a Turkish bid to get hundreds of millions of dollars from the Gulf is a mound of reddish brown earth, bordered by Istanbul’s financial district, a forest, and a military range.
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UPDATE 1-Turkish democracy is example for Muslim world-Erdogan | Reuters
UPDATE 1-Turkish democracy is example for Muslim world-Erdogan
By Jonathon Burch
ANKARA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan trumpeted Turkey's credentials as a rising democratic power on Sunday, saying his Islamist-rooted ruling party had become an example to the Muslim world after a decade in charge.
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By Jonathon Burch
ANKARA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan trumpeted Turkey's credentials as a rising democratic power on Sunday, saying his Islamist-rooted ruling party had become an example to the Muslim world after a decade in charge.
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Making City Istanbul - Dexigner
Making City Istanbul
September 30, 2012 | by Senay Gokcen
Making City Istanbul is the last exhibition of the 5th IABR: Making City. The exhibition is part of Musibet, the main exhibition of the first Istanbul Design Biennial that opens on October 10 at Istanbul Modern.
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September 30, 2012 | by Senay Gokcen
Making City Istanbul is the last exhibition of the 5th IABR: Making City. The exhibition is part of Musibet, the main exhibition of the first Istanbul Design Biennial that opens on October 10 at Istanbul Modern.
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Turkey: a bosom friend | The Nation
Turkey: a bosom friend
September 30, 2012 |
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif called on Turkish President Abdullah Gull atAnkaraon Friday. President Gul expressed his happiness at the efforts of Mian Shahbaz to seek greater economic cooperation of his province withTurkey. The occasion marked another step forward towards improved bilateral relationship that would go on to providing fillip to the ongoing projects initiated in Punjab by Turkish firms, ranging from public transport to solid waste management system. On the sidelines of his meeting with President Gull, the CM was given the assurance of support in these sectors by Minister for Energy Taner Yildiz as well as the Chief Executive of Exim Bank.
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September 30, 2012 |
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif called on Turkish President Abdullah Gull atAnkaraon Friday. President Gul expressed his happiness at the efforts of Mian Shahbaz to seek greater economic cooperation of his province withTurkey. The occasion marked another step forward towards improved bilateral relationship that would go on to providing fillip to the ongoing projects initiated in Punjab by Turkish firms, ranging from public transport to solid waste management system. On the sidelines of his meeting with President Gull, the CM was given the assurance of support in these sectors by Minister for Energy Taner Yildiz as well as the Chief Executive of Exim Bank.
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Report: Turkish pilots executed by Syria at Russia's behest
Report: Turkish pilots executed by Syria at Russia's behest
Saudi media outlet Al-Arabiya releases classified documents stolen from Syrian regime by rebels, detailing embattled President Bashar al-Assad's plans for dealing with Turkish pilots after their aircraft was shot down in June.
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Saudi media outlet Al-Arabiya releases classified documents stolen from Syrian regime by rebels, detailing embattled President Bashar al-Assad's plans for dealing with Turkish pilots after their aircraft was shot down in June.
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Egypt's President Heads to Turkey to Build on Ties - ABC News
Egypt's President Heads to Turkey to Build on Ties
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press
CAIRO September 29, 2012 (AP)
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi travels to Turkey on Sunday to strengthen an emerging alliance between two moderate Islamist governments in a region beset by conflict and instability.
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By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press
CAIRO September 29, 2012 (AP)
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi travels to Turkey on Sunday to strengthen an emerging alliance between two moderate Islamist governments in a region beset by conflict and instability.
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Iran, Turkey vying for influence in Iraq
Iran, Turkey vying for influence in Iraq
Departure of U.S. opens door to increased control
WASHINGTON – As Turkey’s Kurdish problem becomes more serious, Ankara is looking to the Kurdish area of northern Iraq not only to help contain the attacks originating there, but also to increase its military presence as a way of impeding Iran’s growing influence, said a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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Departure of U.S. opens door to increased control
WASHINGTON – As Turkey’s Kurdish problem becomes more serious, Ankara is looking to the Kurdish area of northern Iraq not only to help contain the attacks originating there, but also to increase its military presence as a way of impeding Iran’s growing influence, said a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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The stalemate in Turkish-Israeli relations
The stalemate in Turkish-Israeli relations
By BANU ELIGUR
09/30/2012 12:27
How the rise of Turkey’s JDP party and the dominance of Sunni Islamism in the aftermath of the Arab Spring have reshaped Ankara’s foreign policy and its ties to Jerusalem.
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By BANU ELIGUR
09/30/2012 12:27
How the rise of Turkey’s JDP party and the dominance of Sunni Islamism in the aftermath of the Arab Spring have reshaped Ankara’s foreign policy and its ties to Jerusalem.
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Turkey will clear $1.3 billion IMF debt by April: Erdogan | Reuters
Turkey will clear $1.3 billion IMF debt by April: Erdogan
ANKARA | Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:46am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey will clear its remaining $1.3 billion of debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by next April, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told a ruling party congress on Sunday.
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ANKARA | Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:46am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey will clear its remaining $1.3 billion of debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by next April, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told a ruling party congress on Sunday.
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The Wall Street of Istanbul
The Truth About Istanbul — One Of The Hottest New Financial Centers In The world
Michael Kaplan | Sep. 30, 2012, 6:55 AM | 4,262 | 1
Earlier this month, Bloomberg Markets reported Istanbul is planning to build a $2.6 billion dollar financial center that would rival Dubai's.
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Michael Kaplan | Sep. 30, 2012, 6:55 AM | 4,262 | 1
Earlier this month, Bloomberg Markets reported Istanbul is planning to build a $2.6 billion dollar financial center that would rival Dubai's.
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Stuttgart to Istanbul, via Athens, by bicycle
Stuttgart to Istanbul, via Athens, by bicycle
By Costas Onishenko
My encounter with Reiner Herport in the village of Fylakio, Orestiada, just a few kilometers from Turkey and Bulgaria, was lucky, to say the least.
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By Costas Onishenko
My encounter with Reiner Herport in the village of Fylakio, Orestiada, just a few kilometers from Turkey and Bulgaria, was lucky, to say the least.
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Chinese culture shines in Istanbul - Globaltimes.cn
Chinese culture shines in Istanbul
Xinhua | 2012-9-30 16:55:52
A Chinese Culture Week themed "The Modern Silk Road" opened here on Saturday, serving attendants a feast for the eyes and appetite.
The week-long event, as part of 2012 China Culture Year, features documentaries, Mongolian art shows and Chinese cuisine, presenting China's traditional culture and the lifestyle of its ethnic minorities.
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Xinhua | 2012-9-30 16:55:52
A Chinese Culture Week themed "The Modern Silk Road" opened here on Saturday, serving attendants a feast for the eyes and appetite.
The week-long event, as part of 2012 China Culture Year, features documentaries, Mongolian art shows and Chinese cuisine, presenting China's traditional culture and the lifestyle of its ethnic minorities.
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Turkish PM Touts Ruling Party Success - ABC News
Turkish PM Touts Ruling Party Success
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey September 29, 2012 (AP)
Turkey's leader is delivering a major speech that celebrates a decade of electoral success for his ruling party and touts the rising power's regional stature and strong record of economic growth.
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By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey September 29, 2012 (AP)
Turkey's leader is delivering a major speech that celebrates a decade of electoral success for his ruling party and touts the rising power's regional stature and strong record of economic growth.
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Batumi's casinos: The Las Vegas of the Black Sea?
Batumi's casinos: The Las Vegas of the Black Sea?
By Damien McGuinness BBC News, Batumi, Georgia
Georgia's beautiful, subtropical Black Sea coast is once again drawing tourists from far and wide, and the government hopes focusing on gambling will help pull in visitors all year round.
When you are in Batumi, it is hard to believe that this was once a corrupt and crime-ridden city, cut off from the rest of the country, and run as a personal fiefdom by a power-hungry strongman.
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By Damien McGuinness BBC News, Batumi, Georgia
Georgia's beautiful, subtropical Black Sea coast is once again drawing tourists from far and wide, and the government hopes focusing on gambling will help pull in visitors all year round.
When you are in Batumi, it is hard to believe that this was once a corrupt and crime-ridden city, cut off from the rest of the country, and run as a personal fiefdom by a power-hungry strongman.
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Keano turns Turk
Keano turns Turk
Istanbul delight at new coach
By FERGUS O’SHEA
ROY Keane is ready to work in one of the roughest neighbourhoods in Istanbul.
Keano has reportedly agreed to manage a moneybags football club in TURKEY.
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Istanbul delight at new coach
By FERGUS O’SHEA
ROY Keane is ready to work in one of the roughest neighbourhoods in Istanbul.
Keano has reportedly agreed to manage a moneybags football club in TURKEY.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Turkish airline launches Istanbul-Aden flights
Turkish airline launches Istanbul-Aden flights
[29/September/2012]
SANA'A, Sep. 29 (Saba) - The Turkish airline is to launch next Tuesday its non-stop flights from Aden to Istanbul.
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[29/September/2012]
SANA'A, Sep. 29 (Saba) - The Turkish airline is to launch next Tuesday its non-stop flights from Aden to Istanbul.
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Turkey & the EU - By Andrew Stuttaford - The Corner - National Review Online
Turkey & the EU
By Andrew Stuttaford
September 29, 2012 1:23 P.M.
Andrew McCarthy has a piece on possible Turkish membership of the EU up on the home page, very well worth reading in many respects, but not least for this observation:
In Turkey, the administrators of the Kemalist governmental model — comprising Muslims who understood Islam intimately — suppressed Islam not to deny freedom of conscience but to enable it. They were trying to forge exactly the sort of secular civil society Europeans revere. They knew it could not coexist with sharia. Thus, the government assumed supervision of the country’s 80,000 mosques, vetted the imams, controlled the content of sermons and literature, and aggressively monitored the Islamic charities. The Muslims running the state realized that Islam would inevitably work against secular civil society if left to its own devices.
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By Andrew Stuttaford
September 29, 2012 1:23 P.M.
Andrew McCarthy has a piece on possible Turkish membership of the EU up on the home page, very well worth reading in many respects, but not least for this observation:
In Turkey, the administrators of the Kemalist governmental model — comprising Muslims who understood Islam intimately — suppressed Islam not to deny freedom of conscience but to enable it. They were trying to forge exactly the sort of secular civil society Europeans revere. They knew it could not coexist with sharia. Thus, the government assumed supervision of the country’s 80,000 mosques, vetted the imams, controlled the content of sermons and literature, and aggressively monitored the Islamic charities. The Muslims running the state realized that Islam would inevitably work against secular civil society if left to its own devices.
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Turkey warns Syria after mortar strike - chicagotribune.com
Turkey warns Syria after mortar strike
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey signaled it would take action if there was a repeat of a mortar strike on its territory from inside Syria.
A mortar bomb fired from Syria hit southeastern Turkey on Friday, damaging homes and workplaces in the Akcakale border area, the private Dogan news agency said.
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey signaled it would take action if there was a repeat of a mortar strike on its territory from inside Syria.
A mortar bomb fired from Syria hit southeastern Turkey on Friday, damaging homes and workplaces in the Akcakale border area, the private Dogan news agency said.
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AFP: Saudi group to set up Syrian refugee camp in Turkey
Saudi group to set up Syrian refugee camp in Turkey
(AFP) – 5 hours ago
ANKARA — A Saudi charity group will build a container city that can house 10,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey's Kilis province near the border, a Turkish official said Saturday.
The project of the Saudi National Campaign to Support Brothers in Syria is expected to be ready within a month, the official told AFP.
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(AFP) – 5 hours ago
ANKARA — A Saudi charity group will build a container city that can house 10,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey's Kilis province near the border, a Turkish official said Saturday.
The project of the Saudi National Campaign to Support Brothers in Syria is expected to be ready within a month, the official told AFP.
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Russia helps U.S., Syria establish contact, Turkey in shock
Russia helps U.S., Syria establish contact, Turkey in shock
Atul Aneja
With a little bit of help from Russia, the Americans and the Syrians have established contact with each other, sending shockwaves in Turkey, which has blamed Moscow and Beijing for the continuation of strife in Syria.
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Atul Aneja
With a little bit of help from Russia, the Americans and the Syrians have established contact with each other, sending shockwaves in Turkey, which has blamed Moscow and Beijing for the continuation of strife in Syria.
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Turkey warns Syria after mortar strike | Reuters
Turkey warns Syria after mortar strike
ISTANBUL | Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:16am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey signaled it would take action if there was a repeat of a mortar strike on its territory from inside Syria.
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ISTANBUL | Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:16am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey signaled it would take action if there was a repeat of a mortar strike on its territory from inside Syria.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Addresses UN General Assembly, 29 September 2012 Saturday 11:34
Turkish Foreign Minister Addresses UN General Assembly
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Davutoglu said UN have failed over issues such as Palestine, Azerbaijan, Syria, Cyprus and Myanmar.
NEW YORK--Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addressed the opening of the 67th UN General Assembly meetings in New York, calling for joint action in resolving international crises in many parts of the world.
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Saturday, 29 September 2012
Davutoglu said UN have failed over issues such as Palestine, Azerbaijan, Syria, Cyprus and Myanmar.
NEW YORK--Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addressed the opening of the 67th UN General Assembly meetings in New York, calling for joint action in resolving international crises in many parts of the world.
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Turkey’s Public External Debt Reduces, 29 September 2012 Saturday 14:6
Turkey’s Public External Debt Reduces
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Turkey's public external debt in the second quarter of 2012 decreased by 4.9 percent and hit 275.8 billion lira compared to the first quarter, the report of the Turkish Treasury, published on its official website said today.
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Saturday, 29 September 2012
Turkey's public external debt in the second quarter of 2012 decreased by 4.9 percent and hit 275.8 billion lira compared to the first quarter, the report of the Turkish Treasury, published on its official website said today.
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Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim linked with AC Milan
Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim linked with AC Milan
Turkish-Football: ISTANBUL (Sept. 29, 2012) - AC Milan have been linked with Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim as a replacement for Massimiliano Allegri according to Turkish media sources.
The Serie A outfit have made a poor start to the new season, losing three out of their last five games.
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Turkish-Football: ISTANBUL (Sept. 29, 2012) - AC Milan have been linked with Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim as a replacement for Massimiliano Allegri according to Turkish media sources.
The Serie A outfit have made a poor start to the new season, losing three out of their last five games.
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Roy Keane heading to Turkey? - Sports Mole
Roy Keane heading to Turkey?
By Liam Apicella, Staff Reporter
Reports have claimed that former Manchester United captain Roy Keane is close to taking over a club in the Turkish top flight.
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By Liam Apicella, Staff Reporter
Reports have claimed that former Manchester United captain Roy Keane is close to taking over a club in the Turkish top flight.
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Damascus to Ankara: We’ll Arm Every Kurdish Man with A Rocket
Damascus to Ankara: We’ll Arm Every Kurdish Man with A Rocket
Local Editor
The United States has called for a contact with Syria at the United Nations, as Damascus told Ankara it was heading to arm Kurds, Nidal Hamade wrote in his “Friday Stance” at al-Manar Website.
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Local Editor
The United States has called for a contact with Syria at the United Nations, as Damascus told Ankara it was heading to arm Kurds, Nidal Hamade wrote in his “Friday Stance” at al-Manar Website.
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Turks unhappy with FSA insurgents in Syrian refugee camps
Turks unhappy with FSA insurgents in Syrian refugee camps
Turkish people have expressed their displeasure with the presence of the multi-national members of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern province of Hatay where Syrian refugees are settled, Press TV reports.
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Turkish people have expressed their displeasure with the presence of the multi-national members of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the southern province of Hatay where Syrian refugees are settled, Press TV reports.
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Bodrum’s second film week calls for support
Bodrum’s second film week calls for support
MUĞLA - Anatolia News Agency
The second Bodrum Turkish Films Week began Sept. 27 in the Aegean province of Bodrum, opening with a screening of “Ayaz” by director Hakan Kurşun.
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MUĞLA - Anatolia News Agency
The second Bodrum Turkish Films Week began Sept. 27 in the Aegean province of Bodrum, opening with a screening of “Ayaz” by director Hakan Kurşun.
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Turkey to help resolve Punjab energy crisis | The Nation
Turkey to help resolve Punjab energy crisis
By: Our Staff Reporter | September 29, 2012 |
Turkey to help resolve Punjab energy crisis
LAHORE – Turkish government and Exim Bank have assured Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif of cooperation and investment in energy and other development sectors in Punjab province.
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By: Our Staff Reporter | September 29, 2012 |
Turkey to help resolve Punjab energy crisis
LAHORE – Turkish government and Exim Bank have assured Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif of cooperation and investment in energy and other development sectors in Punjab province.
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ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's ruling party to hold major congress | World News | Bradenton Herald
Turkey's ruling party to hold major congress
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By SUZAN FRASER — Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's governing party is holding a major congress this weekend to pick new leaders and try to build on a decade-long record of electoral success, economic growth and a rising regional profile.
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Kurds to Pursue More Autonomy in a Fallen Syria - NYTimes.com
Kurds Prepare to Pursue More Autonomy in a Fallen Syria
By TIM ARANGO
Published: September 28, 2012
DOHUK, Iraq — Just off a main highway that stretches east of this city and slices through a moonscape of craggy hills, a few hundred Syrian Kurdish men have been training for battle, marching through scrub brush and practicing rifle drills.
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By TIM ARANGO
Published: September 28, 2012
DOHUK, Iraq — Just off a main highway that stretches east of this city and slices through a moonscape of craggy hills, a few hundred Syrian Kurdish men have been training for battle, marching through scrub brush and practicing rifle drills.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Have You Seen This? Best Death Scene Ever | ksl.com
Have You Seen This? Best Death Scene Ever
By John Clyde
September 28th, 2012 @ 1:45pm
SALT LAKE CITY — After scouring the Internet for a total of 12 seconds we have found the greatest death scene ever caught on film.
This engrossing display of raw emotion and subtlety comes from the Turkish movie "Kareteci Kiz 1973."
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By John Clyde
September 28th, 2012 @ 1:45pm
SALT LAKE CITY — After scouring the Internet for a total of 12 seconds we have found the greatest death scene ever caught on film.
This engrossing display of raw emotion and subtlety comes from the Turkish movie "Kareteci Kiz 1973."
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A Man-Made, Net-Zero Energy Island Off the Coast of Istanbul - Design - The Atlantic Cities
A Man-Made, Net-Zero Energy Island Off the Coast of Istanbul
This year Istanbul Design Week goes back to the future with a very ambitious project: HavvAda, a cutting-edge net-positive-energy residential island conceptualized by New York-based Studio Dror. Turkish developer Serdar Inan has commissioned the project, which will be unveiled in Istanbul on September 29.
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This year Istanbul Design Week goes back to the future with a very ambitious project: HavvAda, a cutting-edge net-positive-energy residential island conceptualized by New York-based Studio Dror. Turkish developer Serdar Inan has commissioned the project, which will be unveiled in Istanbul on September 29.
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Turkey blasts UN council over Syria inaction
Turkey blasts UN council over Syria inaction
Posted: Sep 28, 2012 3:40 PM EDT Updated: Sep 28, 2012 3:50 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Turkish foreign minister blasted the United Nations Security Council on Friday for its stalemate over the Syrian civil war, saying the powerful U.N. body's inability to take action "becomes a tool in the hands of despots."
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Posted: Sep 28, 2012 3:40 PM EDT Updated: Sep 28, 2012 3:50 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Turkish foreign minister blasted the United Nations Security Council on Friday for its stalemate over the Syrian civil war, saying the powerful U.N. body's inability to take action "becomes a tool in the hands of despots."
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Turkey: Risk worth taking for Syria safe zones
Turkey: Risk worth taking for Syria safe zones
By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor, New York
The UN's failure to agree a way to deal with the worsening civil war in Syria has dominated the diplomatic week at the General Assembly in New York.
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By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor, New York
The UN's failure to agree a way to deal with the worsening civil war in Syria has dominated the diplomatic week at the General Assembly in New York.
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Can Erdogan Make Room for Women in the AKP Congress? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Can Erdogan Make Room for Women in the AKP Congress?
By: Meral Tamer posted on Friday, Sep 28, 2012
The [Justice and Development Party’s (AKP)] Fourth General Congress on Sunday is important in many respects. It has vital importance for Turkey’s future. We will all watch it carefully and assess it according to our own priorities.
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By: Meral Tamer posted on Friday, Sep 28, 2012
The [Justice and Development Party’s (AKP)] Fourth General Congress on Sunday is important in many respects. It has vital importance for Turkey’s future. We will all watch it carefully and assess it according to our own priorities.
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Istanbul, An Enchanting Paradise - For Cats
Istanbul, An Enchanting Paradise - For Cats
DIE WELT/Worldcrunch
ISTANBUL - Mornings around nine, when shop owners on Galip Dede Street open their doors, dozens of cats appear out of nowhere. They know it’s breakfast time. Not right away: the men first have to unpack new merchandise, stock the shelves, and check the till.
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DIE WELT/Worldcrunch
ISTANBUL - Mornings around nine, when shop owners on Galip Dede Street open their doors, dozens of cats appear out of nowhere. They know it’s breakfast time. Not right away: the men first have to unpack new merchandise, stock the shelves, and check the till.
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The New Germans: Three Children of Immigrants Share their Stories - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Immigrant Children's Complicated Search for Identity
By Daryl Lindsey
One thing unites Khuê Pham, Özlem Topçu and Alice Bota: They are German citizens and the children of migrants in a country that has long struggled to define its relationship with foreigners. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, they describe the alienation of being first-generation Germans, but also their new role as their home becomes more cosmopolitan.
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By Daryl Lindsey
One thing unites Khuê Pham, Özlem Topçu and Alice Bota: They are German citizens and the children of migrants in a country that has long struggled to define its relationship with foreigners. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, they describe the alienation of being first-generation Germans, but also their new role as their home becomes more cosmopolitan.
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Excerpt from 'We New Germans' - SPIEGEL ONLINE
My Home, No Home
Two generations of Turkish immigrants at the Ford plant in Cologne, Germany: Alien in Germany and foreign in Turkey.Zoom
As children of immigrants, many second-generation Germans have trouble feeling at home in the country. When they travel to the countries of their parents' origin, they may have an understanding of the culture, but they still feel alien. In a modern, globalized world, is the idea of calling a place "home" even fitting? It's time for a new approach.
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Two generations of Turkish immigrants at the Ford plant in Cologne, Germany: Alien in Germany and foreign in Turkey.Zoom
As children of immigrants, many second-generation Germans have trouble feeling at home in the country. When they travel to the countries of their parents' origin, they may have an understanding of the culture, but they still feel alien. In a modern, globalized world, is the idea of calling a place "home" even fitting? It's time for a new approach.
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Turkey to promote exports in service industries - MarketWatch
Turkey to promote exports in service industries
By Emre Peker
ISTANBUL--Turkey will take steps to promote exports in service-related industries in an effort to boost sales abroad and attract more foreign cash as it seeks to triple its $780 billion economy in the next decade, Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan said Friday.
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By Emre Peker
ISTANBUL--Turkey will take steps to promote exports in service-related industries in an effort to boost sales abroad and attract more foreign cash as it seeks to triple its $780 billion economy in the next decade, Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan said Friday.
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Holland Film Meeting, NPP launch with upbeat mood despite film funding questions | News | Screen
Holland Film Meeting, NPP launch with upbeat mood despite film funding questions
28 September, 2012 | By Geoffrey Macnab
Sister event Netherlands Film Festival opened with Nono, The Zig Zag Kid [pictured]; River Phoenix’s last film finally unveiled.
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28 September, 2012 | By Geoffrey Macnab
Sister event Netherlands Film Festival opened with Nono, The Zig Zag Kid [pictured]; River Phoenix’s last film finally unveiled.
More:Holland Film Meeting, NPP launch with upbeat mood despite film funding questions | News | Screen
There are Countries who Do Not Want to See an End to PKK Terror, 28 September 2012 Friday 11:50
There are Countries who Do Not Want to See an End to PKK Terror
Friday, 28 September 2012
Erdogan stressed Western countries did not want to solve the problem of PKK terror.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there were countries which did not want to see an end to PKK terror.
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Friday, 28 September 2012
Erdogan stressed Western countries did not want to solve the problem of PKK terror.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there were countries which did not want to see an end to PKK terror.
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Turkey’s Syria problem | openDemocracy
Turkey’s Syria problem
Christopher Phillips , 28 September 2012
Turkey’s cooperation with the Gulf states, reportedly establishing a secret shared command centre in southern Turkey to coordinate rebel attacks, may be designed to contain the influence of others and control which groups get arms. But Turkey’s recent regional resurgence in the Middle East is at risk of drowning in the Syrian quagmire.
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Christopher Phillips , 28 September 2012
Turkey’s cooperation with the Gulf states, reportedly establishing a secret shared command centre in southern Turkey to coordinate rebel attacks, may be designed to contain the influence of others and control which groups get arms. But Turkey’s recent regional resurgence in the Middle East is at risk of drowning in the Syrian quagmire.
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Turkish Cypriots wary of new ‘religious school’ - Cyprus Mail
Turkish Cypriots wary of new ‘religious school’
By Alexia Saoulli Published on September 28, 2012
A POTENTIALLY illegitimate religious school, with teachers imported from mainland Turkey, has opened its doors to students in the occupied areas, the Cyprus News Agency reported (CNA) yesterday.
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By Alexia Saoulli Published on September 28, 2012
A POTENTIALLY illegitimate religious school, with teachers imported from mainland Turkey, has opened its doors to students in the occupied areas, the Cyprus News Agency reported (CNA) yesterday.
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BKP says British Bases in Cyprus could spark war
BKP says British Bases in Cyprus could spark war
• Friday, 28 September, 2012
THE TURKISH CYPRIOT United Cyprus Party (BKP) expressed its frustration at the continued presence of British bases in Cyprus, reports daily Afrika.
BKP’s ‘foreign affairs secretary’ Salih Rustu stated that Cyprus is in danger of having a war breaking up due to the existence of the British sovereign base in the island, as a result of the various developments taking place in Middle East, especially Syria.
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• Friday, 28 September, 2012
THE TURKISH CYPRIOT United Cyprus Party (BKP) expressed its frustration at the continued presence of British bases in Cyprus, reports daily Afrika.
BKP’s ‘foreign affairs secretary’ Salih Rustu stated that Cyprus is in danger of having a war breaking up due to the existence of the British sovereign base in the island, as a result of the various developments taking place in Middle East, especially Syria.
More:BKP says British Bases in Cyprus could spark war
Turkey's Trade Deficit Narrows - WSJ.com
Turkey's Trade Deficit Narrows
BY YELIZ CANDEMIR
ISTANBUL—Turkey's trade gap narrowed more than expected in August, boosted by a jump in gold exports, as the country found new markets to replace recession-bound Europe and to help trim its troubling current-account deficit.
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BY YELIZ CANDEMIR
ISTANBUL—Turkey's trade gap narrowed more than expected in August, boosted by a jump in gold exports, as the country found new markets to replace recession-bound Europe and to help trim its troubling current-account deficit.
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Turkey: Project Finance
Turkey: Project Finance
September 2012
Turkey is experiencing a period of major investment in energy and infrastructure, with government incentives being offered for renewable energy projects. This highly active sector is attracting many lawyers and our research identifies nine practitioners who are considered to be “at the top of their game”.
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September 2012
Turkey is experiencing a period of major investment in energy and infrastructure, with government incentives being offered for renewable energy projects. This highly active sector is attracting many lawyers and our research identifies nine practitioners who are considered to be “at the top of their game”.
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Shopping: A Turkish delight - Analysis - DNA
Shopping: A Turkish delight
Seema Mustafa
Unlike the last time around when there were no direct flights to Turkey, this time the journey was made in six and a half hours flat, courtesy Turkish Airlines. Bad seats, good service, decent food and a fare of movies to choose from; it was all said and done, a happy flight. And landed you straight in Istanbul where the entire world seemed to have collected, with tourists pouring out of every crack in the woodwork. But unlike India and many other countries where the shopkeepers fawn over the western travellers, in Turkey there was no such display of servility. Some bargaining, not too much, with a ‘take it if you like it” approach descending suddenly into the “get out, don’t waste our time” attitude for hard core window shoppers.
More:Shopping: A Turkish delight - Analysis - DNA
Seema Mustafa
Unlike the last time around when there were no direct flights to Turkey, this time the journey was made in six and a half hours flat, courtesy Turkish Airlines. Bad seats, good service, decent food and a fare of movies to choose from; it was all said and done, a happy flight. And landed you straight in Istanbul where the entire world seemed to have collected, with tourists pouring out of every crack in the woodwork. But unlike India and many other countries where the shopkeepers fawn over the western travellers, in Turkey there was no such display of servility. Some bargaining, not too much, with a ‘take it if you like it” approach descending suddenly into the “get out, don’t waste our time” attitude for hard core window shoppers.
More:Shopping: A Turkish delight - Analysis - DNA
Turkish well misses Dadas shale, has shallower shows - Oil & Gas Journal
Turkish well misses Dadas shale, has shallower shows
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HOUSTON, Sept. 26
09/26/2012
By OGJ editors
Anatolia Energy Corp., Calgary, said the Guvenir-1 well in Turkey found no evidence of the Silurian Dadas shale but intersected a younger section with hydrocarbon shows.
Operated by Calik Enerji of Turkey, the well went to a TD of 1,956 m on the Antep license in southeastern Turkey (OGJ Online, Aug. 16, 2012). It is the first well drilled in an unexplored basin that covers 845,418 gross acres at the intersection of two major hydrocarbon systems.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 26
09/26/2012
By OGJ editors
Anatolia Energy Corp., Calgary, said the Guvenir-1 well in Turkey found no evidence of the Silurian Dadas shale but intersected a younger section with hydrocarbon shows.
Operated by Calik Enerji of Turkey, the well went to a TD of 1,956 m on the Antep license in southeastern Turkey (OGJ Online, Aug. 16, 2012). It is the first well drilled in an unexplored basin that covers 845,418 gross acres at the intersection of two major hydrocarbon systems.
More:Turkish well misses Dadas shale, has shallower shows - Oil & Gas Journal
How much more will violence escalate in Turkey? | euronews, world news
How much more will violence escalate in Turkey?
27/09 15:19 CET
Turkey is suffering from escalating violence. Each week dozens of security force personnel are being killed and sent home in coffins, further deteriorating the situation. According to some experts Turkey’s reaction to this escalation is critical for the future of the Kurdish issue.
More:How much more will violence escalate in Turkey? | euronews, world news
27/09 15:19 CET
Turkey is suffering from escalating violence. Each week dozens of security force personnel are being killed and sent home in coffins, further deteriorating the situation. According to some experts Turkey’s reaction to this escalation is critical for the future of the Kurdish issue.
More:How much more will violence escalate in Turkey? | euronews, world news
Travel: Istanbul’s Dazzling Architecture | Style&Design | TIME.com
John Cavacas
John Cavacas
Istanbul makes all the latest travel hot lists, for good reason. Domed mosques, topped with fairy-tale minarets, anchor scores of neighborhood squares where prayer calls echo down cobbled lanes. Boats of every size navigate the Bosporus Strait, where old men crowd bridges to drop fishing lines and gossip, while along the shores, cafés serve thimbles of thick Turkish coffee.
More:Travel: Istanbul’s Dazzling Architecture | Style&Design | TIME.com
John Cavacas
Istanbul makes all the latest travel hot lists, for good reason. Domed mosques, topped with fairy-tale minarets, anchor scores of neighborhood squares where prayer calls echo down cobbled lanes. Boats of every size navigate the Bosporus Strait, where old men crowd bridges to drop fishing lines and gossip, while along the shores, cafés serve thimbles of thick Turkish coffee.
More:Travel: Istanbul’s Dazzling Architecture | Style&Design | TIME.com
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Another slice of TURKEY - Times LIVE
Another slice of TURKEY
Loraine Maritz | 27 September, 2012 18:08
‘MOST of my treasured memories of travel are recollections of sitting,” said the Canadian writer Robert Thomas Allen. When I think back of my most recent trip it is the memory of swinging in a hammock that comes to mind — a hammock filled with plump kelim cushions in the shade of a chestnut tree.
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Loraine Maritz | 27 September, 2012 18:08
‘MOST of my treasured memories of travel are recollections of sitting,” said the Canadian writer Robert Thomas Allen. When I think back of my most recent trip it is the memory of swinging in a hammock that comes to mind — a hammock filled with plump kelim cushions in the shade of a chestnut tree.
More:Another slice of TURKEY - Times LIVE
Wives of German Salafists Pursue Road to 'Paradise' - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Inside the Structured World Of Salafists' Wives
By Özlem Gezer and Barbara Hardinghaus
Salafist men wear beards, hand out copies of the Koran and cause headaches for Germany's domestic intelligence agency. But how do the women feel? SPIEGEL spends a weekend with two veiled women and learns about their vision of a perfect world.
Saliha and Reyhana stop at a kebab shop on the Bornheimer Strasse in Bad Godesberg. "Can we pray here?" Saliha asks.
"Sure, okay," says an employee.
The two women walk into the shop and unroll a makeshift prayer rug on the floor. The employee continues putting away chairs. It's 9 p.m., and he wants to close. Saliha uses the compass on her iPhone to determine the direction of Mecca.
More:Wives of German Salafists Pursue Road to 'Paradise' - SPIEGEL ONLINE
By Özlem Gezer and Barbara Hardinghaus
Salafist men wear beards, hand out copies of the Koran and cause headaches for Germany's domestic intelligence agency. But how do the women feel? SPIEGEL spends a weekend with two veiled women and learns about their vision of a perfect world.
Saliha and Reyhana stop at a kebab shop on the Bornheimer Strasse in Bad Godesberg. "Can we pray here?" Saliha asks.
"Sure, okay," says an employee.
The two women walk into the shop and unroll a makeshift prayer rug on the floor. The employee continues putting away chairs. It's 9 p.m., and he wants to close. Saliha uses the compass on her iPhone to determine the direction of Mecca.
More:Wives of German Salafists Pursue Road to 'Paradise' - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Incident: Pegasus B738 at Istanbul on Sep 24th 2012, go-around due to runway not clear
Incident: Pegasus B738 at Istanbul on Sep 24th 2012, go-around due to runway not clear
By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Sep 27th 2012 13:54Z, last updated Thursday, Sep 27th 2012 14:06Z
A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-CCP performing flight PC-159 from Gaziantep to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (Turkey) with 158 passengers and 6 crew, was on final approach to Sabiha Gokcen's runway 06 about 7.5nm from touchdown, when the crew reported on tower and were instructed to continue the approach. At that time another aircraft was being towed across the runway with clearance by the tower, but did not vacate the runway until TC-CCP descended through 1000 feet AGL prompting the tower to instruct flight PC-159 to go around at 23:40L (20:40Z). The aircraft went around from about 900 feet, positioned for another approach and landed safely on runway 06 about 12 minutes later.
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By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Sep 27th 2012 13:54Z, last updated Thursday, Sep 27th 2012 14:06Z
A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-CCP performing flight PC-159 from Gaziantep to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (Turkey) with 158 passengers and 6 crew, was on final approach to Sabiha Gokcen's runway 06 about 7.5nm from touchdown, when the crew reported on tower and were instructed to continue the approach. At that time another aircraft was being towed across the runway with clearance by the tower, but did not vacate the runway until TC-CCP descended through 1000 feet AGL prompting the tower to instruct flight PC-159 to go around at 23:40L (20:40Z). The aircraft went around from about 900 feet, positioned for another approach and landed safely on runway 06 about 12 minutes later.
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Where to eat in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar | Travel | guardian.co.uk
Where to eat in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar
Visitors come to the Grand Bazaar for the shopping, but they should make a point of staying for the food – the market makes an atmospheric backdrop for great restaurants where locals eat
More:Blog: Where to eat in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar | Travel | guardian.co.uk
Visitors come to the Grand Bazaar for the shopping, but they should make a point of staying for the food – the market makes an atmospheric backdrop for great restaurants where locals eat
More:Blog: Where to eat in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar | Travel | guardian.co.uk
Turkish Sugar Company Fire in Ankara Forces Evacuation of Staff - Bloomberg
Turkish Sugar Company Fire in Ankara Forces Evacuation of Staff
By Selcan Hacaoglu - Sep 27, 2012 9:59 AM ET
Staff were evacuated from the headquarters of Turkey’s state-owned sugar company, Turkiye Seker Fabrikalari AS, after a fire broke out, the Anatolia news agency said.
The fire, described as minor, started in a cafeteria on the top floor of the building in Ankara today, the state-run agency said. Some kitchen personnel suffered smoke inhalation, it said.
More:Turkish Sugar Company Fire in Ankara Forces Evacuation of Staff - Bloomberg
By Selcan Hacaoglu - Sep 27, 2012 9:59 AM ET
Staff were evacuated from the headquarters of Turkey’s state-owned sugar company, Turkiye Seker Fabrikalari AS, after a fire broke out, the Anatolia news agency said.
The fire, described as minor, started in a cafeteria on the top floor of the building in Ankara today, the state-run agency said. Some kitchen personnel suffered smoke inhalation, it said.
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Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Finance & Business
Too soon to cheer Turkey’s soft landing
It’s too soon to cheer Turkey’s soft landing. After two years of near double digit GDP growth which ended in double digit inflation, Ankara has managed to apply the brakes on the economy without tipping it into a recession. Yet Turkey’s vulnerability to external shocks hasn’t shrunk with the current account deficit.
Growth has slowed. Turkey’s government now expects just over 3% this year, well below the last decade’s 5% average rate. However, a sharp slowdown in domestic demand has been cushioned by rising exports to the Middle East. The energy importer’s current account deficit has narrowed from 10% of GDP in 2011 to around 8% this year.
More:Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Finance & Business
It’s too soon to cheer Turkey’s soft landing. After two years of near double digit GDP growth which ended in double digit inflation, Ankara has managed to apply the brakes on the economy without tipping it into a recession. Yet Turkey’s vulnerability to external shocks hasn’t shrunk with the current account deficit.
Growth has slowed. Turkey’s government now expects just over 3% this year, well below the last decade’s 5% average rate. However, a sharp slowdown in domestic demand has been cushioned by rising exports to the Middle East. The energy importer’s current account deficit has narrowed from 10% of GDP in 2011 to around 8% this year.
More:Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Finance & Business
Turkcell Superonline Bridges Europe, Asia and Middle East to Turn Istanbul Into an Internet Hub
Turkcell Superonline Bridges Europe, Asia and Middle East to Turn Istanbul Into an Internet Hub
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. ADS
ISTANBUL, September 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Turkcell Superonline, the 100% subsidiary company of Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and technology company in Turkey, announces that it has turned Istanbul into an internet hub, lifting the boundaries between countries and initiating the "internet without a visa" era through direct access agreements.
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Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. ADS
ISTANBUL, September 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Turkcell Superonline, the 100% subsidiary company of Turkcell (NYSE: TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and technology company in Turkey, announces that it has turned Istanbul into an internet hub, lifting the boundaries between countries and initiating the "internet without a visa" era through direct access agreements.
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Financial Times: Ankara’s unexpected burden
Financial Times: Ankara’s unexpected burden
“The Turks have been dragged into the conflict in a way that they were not expecting,” says a senior international diplomat.
Just three or four years ago, the vaunted strength of Turkey’s foreign policy was good relations with nearby countries. It prided itself particularly on ties with Syria and Mr Assad. But, officials say, they have had to rip up such talking points. Today, relations with neighbours to the south and east are toxic – with Syria but also with Iran, and with Iraq, which this year declared Turkey a “hostile state”. Turkey is also deeply frustrated with its old allies to the west, particularly the US, which declined to back a push for a buffer zone in Syria during highly charged debates at Nato and the UN.
More:Syrian TV - Financial Times: Ankara’s unexpected burden
“The Turks have been dragged into the conflict in a way that they were not expecting,” says a senior international diplomat.
Just three or four years ago, the vaunted strength of Turkey’s foreign policy was good relations with nearby countries. It prided itself particularly on ties with Syria and Mr Assad. But, officials say, they have had to rip up such talking points. Today, relations with neighbours to the south and east are toxic – with Syria but also with Iran, and with Iraq, which this year declared Turkey a “hostile state”. Turkey is also deeply frustrated with its old allies to the west, particularly the US, which declined to back a push for a buffer zone in Syria during highly charged debates at Nato and the UN.
More:Syrian TV - Financial Times: Ankara’s unexpected burden
Verbund CEO says no plans to exit Turkey -paper | Reuters
Verbund CEO says no plans to exit Turkey -paper
VIENNA, Sept 27 | Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:54pm IST
(Reuters) - Austrian energy group Verbund has no current plans to get out of Turkey, its chief executive told a newspaper, following a Reuters report that it was in talks to sell part or all of its business there to Germany's E.ON.
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VIENNA, Sept 27 | Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:54pm IST
(Reuters) - Austrian energy group Verbund has no current plans to get out of Turkey, its chief executive told a newspaper, following a Reuters report that it was in talks to sell part or all of its business there to Germany's E.ON.
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Gambia and Turkey agree to work together on expanding tourism | Travel News
Gambia and Turkey agree to work together on expanding tourism
By Travel News · September 27, 2012 · No comments
The governments of Gambia and Turkey have agreed to expand cooperation to develop tourism in both states.
The agreement – signed by tourism officials from both nations – seeks to recognise the importance of tourism to develop economic development in the countries. The two nations also agreed to use tourism as a means to develop stronger ties.
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By Travel News · September 27, 2012 · No comments
The governments of Gambia and Turkey have agreed to expand cooperation to develop tourism in both states.
The agreement – signed by tourism officials from both nations – seeks to recognise the importance of tourism to develop economic development in the countries. The two nations also agreed to use tourism as a means to develop stronger ties.
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Turkish bonds hit by inflation fears | Reuters
Turkish bonds hit by inflation fears
ISTANBUL, Sept 27 | Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:22am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish bond yields remained near their highest levels this month on Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said natural gas prices would be raised before the winter, raising concerns about inflation.
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ISTANBUL, Sept 27 | Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:22am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish bond yields remained near their highest levels this month on Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said natural gas prices would be raised before the winter, raising concerns about inflation.
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Former Turkish PM: Ankara may have no need for EU - Trend.Az
Former Turkish PM: Ankara may have no need for EU
Former Turkish PM: Ankara may have no need for EU
27 September 2012, 15:07 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 27 / Trend M. Aliyev /
If the EU does not change its attitude towards Turkey, Ankara will not need the European Union, Turkish former Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz told media at the international conference 'Bridge laying' in Baku today.
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Former Turkish PM: Ankara may have no need for EU
27 September 2012, 15:07 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 27 / Trend M. Aliyev /
If the EU does not change its attitude towards Turkey, Ankara will not need the European Union, Turkish former Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz told media at the international conference 'Bridge laying' in Baku today.
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Unfair Ratings by International Agencies Cost Turkey A Fortune , 27 September 2012 Thursday 10:47
Unfair Ratings by International Agencies Cost Turkey A Fortune
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Turkey could attract some $32 billion of additional investments if the rating agencies were fair, the finance minister says. The agencies are ‘a political weapon,’ adds a report
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Thursday, 27 September 2012
Turkey could attract some $32 billion of additional investments if the rating agencies were fair, the finance minister says. The agencies are ‘a political weapon,’ adds a report
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Syrian internally displaced languish in squalor at Turkey's border - CNN.com
Syrian internally displaced languish in squalor at Turkey's border
By Ivan Watson, CNN
Northern Syria (CNN) -- On the northern edge of this war-torn country, barely a hundred meters from the Turkish border, thousands of desperate Syrians slept in the dirt.
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By Ivan Watson, CNN
Northern Syria (CNN) -- On the northern edge of this war-torn country, barely a hundred meters from the Turkish border, thousands of desperate Syrians slept in the dirt.
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Turkey's Erdogan signals talks with Kurdish militants possible | Reuters
Turkey's Erdogan signals talks with Kurdish militants possible
By Daren Butler
ISTANBUL | Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:19am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan signaled that new talks with Kurdish militants might be possible with his government facing an upsurge in separatist violence in the country's southeast.
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By Daren Butler
ISTANBUL | Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:19am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan signaled that new talks with Kurdish militants might be possible with his government facing an upsurge in separatist violence in the country's southeast.
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‘Kneading’ time to relax in inviting, intriguing Istanbul | The Jakarta Post
‘Kneading’ time to relax in inviting, intriguing Istanbul
Gama Harjono, Contributor, Istanbul | Travel | Thu, September 27 2012, 9:56 AM
Let’s say my idea of Istanbul was rather a simple one. You know, a bustling old town with grand mosques and a few grander minarets thrown in to please visitors in search of the exotic.
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Gama Harjono, Contributor, Istanbul | Travel | Thu, September 27 2012, 9:56 AM
Let’s say my idea of Istanbul was rather a simple one. You know, a bustling old town with grand mosques and a few grander minarets thrown in to please visitors in search of the exotic.
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Golf: U.S. now chasing Europe in Ryder Cup - by Ron Kroichick
The U.S. won 12 times and tied once from 1959 through '83. Europe is 8-4-1 since then, including victories in four of the past five Ryder Cups. This year's European team features four of the top five players in the world ranking (McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Justin Rose).
Granted, the American team includes 11 of the top 17 players in this week's ranking. The wider point: The U.S. didn't invent golf, it's hardly the only country to play at a high level and, based on recent history, it really shouldn't be favored in the matches at Medinah, outside Chicago (starting Friday)
In trying to identify reasons for the U.S. struggles, it's logical to start with Woods. He has played on only one triumphant Ryder Cup team in his career, in 1999 - he was recovering from knee surgery when the Americans won in 2008 - and his overall record is a pedestrian 13-14-2.
The most compelling reason to pick Europe this week: Some of Woods' teammates bring even worse track records. Most notably, Phil Mickelson (11-17-6) and Jim Furyk (8-15-4) need to reverse their Ryder Cup history if captain Davis Love III wants to walk away a winner. Love made a salient point in his news conference Wednesday, suggesting Europe's surge the past 30 years really saved this event. It barely registered in the consciousness of U.S. sports fans in the '60s and '70s, in part because their team always won.
Then, thanks mostly to the abundant skill and abiding passion of Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer, the Europeans started winning - and creating good theater every two years.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/sports/kroichick/article/U-S-now-chasing-Europe-in-Ryder-Cup-3897610.php#ixzz27esiVH3D
Read more: U.S. now chasing Europe in Ryder Cup - SFGate
Granted, the American team includes 11 of the top 17 players in this week's ranking. The wider point: The U.S. didn't invent golf, it's hardly the only country to play at a high level and, based on recent history, it really shouldn't be favored in the matches at Medinah, outside Chicago (starting Friday)
In trying to identify reasons for the U.S. struggles, it's logical to start with Woods. He has played on only one triumphant Ryder Cup team in his career, in 1999 - he was recovering from knee surgery when the Americans won in 2008 - and his overall record is a pedestrian 13-14-2.
The most compelling reason to pick Europe this week: Some of Woods' teammates bring even worse track records. Most notably, Phil Mickelson (11-17-6) and Jim Furyk (8-15-4) need to reverse their Ryder Cup history if captain Davis Love III wants to walk away a winner. Love made a salient point in his news conference Wednesday, suggesting Europe's surge the past 30 years really saved this event. It barely registered in the consciousness of U.S. sports fans in the '60s and '70s, in part because their team always won.
Then, thanks mostly to the abundant skill and abiding passion of Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer, the Europeans started winning - and creating good theater every two years.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/sports/kroichick/article/U-S-now-chasing-Europe-in-Ryder-Cup-3897610.php#ixzz27esiVH3D
Read more: U.S. now chasing Europe in Ryder Cup - SFGate
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Turkey on trial - The Irish Times - Thu, Sep 27, 2012
Turkey on trial
A seismic shift or a tremor?
THE DEEPLY political decision of a Turkish court last week to jail 324 serving and retired army personnel for plotting to overthrow the government in 2003 marked an important, qualitative shift in the dynamic of the country’s political history. Since Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first election a decade ago he has struggled to rein in the army whose historic predominance in politics – both authoritarian and resolutely secularist – he does appear to have broken.
More:Turkey on trial - The Irish Times - Thu, Sep 27, 2012
A seismic shift or a tremor?
THE DEEPLY political decision of a Turkish court last week to jail 324 serving and retired army personnel for plotting to overthrow the government in 2003 marked an important, qualitative shift in the dynamic of the country’s political history. Since Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first election a decade ago he has struggled to rein in the army whose historic predominance in politics – both authoritarian and resolutely secularist – he does appear to have broken.
More:Turkey on trial - The Irish Times - Thu, Sep 27, 2012
Turkey: Is Prime Minister Erdogan Trying to Bury the Military? | World | TIME.com
Turkey’s Massive Military Trial Opens Old Wounds and New Anxieties
Claims of procedural and evidentiary anomalies in a huge trial of coup plotters raise criticism of the Erdogan administration. Is the Prime Minister trying too hard to bury the military — and Turkish secularism?
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Claims of procedural and evidentiary anomalies in a huge trial of coup plotters raise criticism of the Erdogan administration. Is the Prime Minister trying too hard to bury the military — and Turkish secularism?
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Turkey woos Kuwaiti tourists, investments
Turkey woos Kuwaiti tourists, investments – Trade relations ‘very strong’
KUWAIT: Turkish Ambassador to Kuwait Umit Yalcin held a press conference yesterday at the International Fair Ground in Mishrif to speak about the facilities provided to foreign investors in Turkey and the situation in the country in general. This conference is coinciding with the ongoing Kuwait International Property show held from Sept 24 to 29, at Hall No 8 of the Fair Ground. Turkey is booming and investments are increasing annually. “Privatization was successfully ushered in over the few past years, and foreign investments play a key role in privatization. Also, the number of tourists has risen to touch 32 million last year and is increasing every year,” Umit Yalcin told the conference.
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KUWAIT: Turkish Ambassador to Kuwait Umit Yalcin held a press conference yesterday at the International Fair Ground in Mishrif to speak about the facilities provided to foreign investors in Turkey and the situation in the country in general. This conference is coinciding with the ongoing Kuwait International Property show held from Sept 24 to 29, at Hall No 8 of the Fair Ground. Turkey is booming and investments are increasing annually. “Privatization was successfully ushered in over the few past years, and foreign investments play a key role in privatization. Also, the number of tourists has risen to touch 32 million last year and is increasing every year,” Umit Yalcin told the conference.
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Turkey Lira and the Euro
Turkey Lira and the Euro
Currencies / Forex Trading Sep 26, 2012 - 11:06 AM
By: Nick_Dockerty
After hitting a low of 2.1725 at the beginning of August the euro has rallied against the Turkish lira in the past few weeks. The euro climbed to 2.3650 on September 17 but as scepticism surrounding the latest eurozone debt solution has re-surfaced among investors it has retreated since with one euro buying 2.3183 on September 25.
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Currencies / Forex Trading Sep 26, 2012 - 11:06 AM
By: Nick_Dockerty
After hitting a low of 2.1725 at the beginning of August the euro has rallied against the Turkish lira in the past few weeks. The euro climbed to 2.3650 on September 17 but as scepticism surrounding the latest eurozone debt solution has re-surfaced among investors it has retreated since with one euro buying 2.3183 on September 25.
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Nicosia enjoys Turkish boom
Nicosia enjoys Turkish boom
NİCOSİA - Anatolia News Agency
The Turkish Cypriot prime minister has said that his government plans to increase investments as part of a two-year economic program for 2013-2015.
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NİCOSİA - Anatolia News Agency
The Turkish Cypriot prime minister has said that his government plans to increase investments as part of a two-year economic program for 2013-2015.
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Packaging Europe - Tetra Pak invests €25 million in Turkish packaging material plant
Tetra Pak invests €25 million in Turkish packaging material plant
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, marking its 40th year of operations in Turkey, inaugurates a new laminator at its packaging material factory in Izmir, Turkey. The new VT laminator will increase production capacity by 20%, delivering innovative packages with shorter lead time to customers in the Turkey and Caucasus, and enabling export to the region.
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Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, marking its 40th year of operations in Turkey, inaugurates a new laminator at its packaging material factory in Izmir, Turkey. The new VT laminator will increase production capacity by 20%, delivering innovative packages with shorter lead time to customers in the Turkey and Caucasus, and enabling export to the region.
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Turkey's Hattat, China's Harbin plan $250 million plant | Reuters
Turkey's Hattat, China's Harbin plan $250 million plant
ISTANBUL | Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:19pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkey's Hattat Holding and China's Harbin Electric (1133.HK) will invest $250 million in building a factory in northwest Turkey to manufacture power plant equipment, Hattat's chairman said.
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ISTANBUL | Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:19pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkey's Hattat Holding and China's Harbin Electric (1133.HK) will invest $250 million in building a factory in northwest Turkey to manufacture power plant equipment, Hattat's chairman said.
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French student goes on trial in Turkey on terrorism charges | euronews, world news
French student goes on trial in Turkey on terrorism charges
Human rights groups are demanding that Turkey revise its anti-terrorism laws after a teenager was arrested at a Labour Day rally and now faces 32 years in jail.
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Human rights groups are demanding that Turkey revise its anti-terrorism laws after a teenager was arrested at a Labour Day rally and now faces 32 years in jail.
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Long wait of Syrian refugees for Turkish shelter
Long wait of Syrian refugees for Turkish shelter
September 26, 2012
Prisoners of their homeland's conflict, Syrian refugees have been crammed for weeks in shelters in a border village just meters away from the Turkish border waiting for a green light to cross.
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September 26, 2012
Prisoners of their homeland's conflict, Syrian refugees have been crammed for weeks in shelters in a border village just meters away from the Turkish border waiting for a green light to cross.
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Turkish Army Morale at Risk Over Jailed Generals, PKK Fight
Turkish Army Morale at Risk Over Jailed Generals, PKK Fight (Ankara, Turkey)
Wednesday September 26, 2012, 12:19 PM
SELCAN HACAOGLU
Associated Press
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ANKARA, Turkey — The conviction of hundreds of Turkish officers for plotting a coup has dealt a blow to the army at a time when it's facing an onslaught by Kurdish militants and tensions on the Syrian border.
A court last week sentenced 324 serving and retired army personnel, including top generals, to as much as 20 years in prison for plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2003. The defendants pleaded not guilty, saying some of the evidence was faked, and have begun the process of appealing the verdict.
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Greek, Turkish coastguard vessels collide in Aegean: Athens
Greek, Turkish coastguard vessels collide in Aegean: Athens
ATHENS - Agence France-Presse
A Greek and a Turkish coastguard vessel have collided in the Aegean Sea, the Greek foreign ministry said today, adding that a complaint would be made to Ankara over the issue.
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ATHENS - Agence France-Presse
A Greek and a Turkish coastguard vessel have collided in the Aegean Sea, the Greek foreign ministry said today, adding that a complaint would be made to Ankara over the issue.
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Turkey could strike at PKK in Iraq - World News | IOL News | IOL.co.za
Turkey could strike at PKK in Iraq
September 26 2012 at 09:01pm
By Reuters
Istanbul - Turkey's military has the capability to launch a sustained operation against a Kurdish militant base in Iraq and believes that the group's members are also receiving training in Syria and Iran, the head of the armed forces said in a rare interview.
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September 26 2012 at 09:01pm
By Reuters
Istanbul - Turkey's military has the capability to launch a sustained operation against a Kurdish militant base in Iraq and believes that the group's members are also receiving training in Syria and Iran, the head of the armed forces said in a rare interview.
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Turkey's Kurdish Calculus - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Turkey's Kurdish Calculus
Soner Cagaptay
Wall Street Journal
September 25, 2012
Ankara is re-embracing its old allies in Washington at the expense of Tehran and Damascus.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has made a bloody comeback in Turkey. According to a recent report by the International Crisis Group, PKK-related violence has killed some 700 people since the summer of 2011. This deadly toll recalls the horrors of the 1990s, when thousands of civilians were killed in PKK terror attacks and a brutal war in eastern Turkey between the government and Kurdish militants.
More:Turkey's Kurdish Calculus - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Soner Cagaptay
Wall Street Journal
September 25, 2012
Ankara is re-embracing its old allies in Washington at the expense of Tehran and Damascus.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has made a bloody comeback in Turkey. According to a recent report by the International Crisis Group, PKK-related violence has killed some 700 people since the summer of 2011. This deadly toll recalls the horrors of the 1990s, when thousands of civilians were killed in PKK terror attacks and a brutal war in eastern Turkey between the government and Kurdish militants.
More:Turkey's Kurdish Calculus - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Turkey moves to block Internet access to anti-Islam film - The Washington Post
Turkey moves to block Internet access to anti-Islam film
By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 7:40 AM
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities say they have obtained a court order to block Internet access to an anti-Islam movie that has enraged Muslims.
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By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 7:40 AM
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities say they have obtained a court order to block Internet access to an anti-Islam movie that has enraged Muslims.
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Turkish FM Meets High-Ranking Diplomats in New York, 26 September 2012 Wednesday 11:36
Turkish FM Meets High-Ranking Diplomats in New York
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held talks with several high-ranking diplomats in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly meetings.
Having a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Turkish FM Davutoglu later had meetings with European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Union of Comoros Foreign Minister Mohamed Beqri in New York.
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held talks with several high-ranking diplomats in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly meetings.
Having a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Turkish FM Davutoglu later had meetings with European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Union of Comoros Foreign Minister Mohamed Beqri in New York.
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Zorlu plans $1 bln energy investment in Turkey over 2 years | Reuters
Zorlu plans $1 bln energy investment in Turkey over 2 years
By Evrim Ergin
ISTANBUL, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Turkish energy company Zorlu Enerji is planning investments of some $1 billion in Turkey's energy sector in the next two years and could issue stock or make a disposal to finance the plan, its general manager said.
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By Evrim Ergin
ISTANBUL, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Turkish energy company Zorlu Enerji is planning investments of some $1 billion in Turkey's energy sector in the next two years and could issue stock or make a disposal to finance the plan, its general manager said.
More:Zorlu plans $1 bln energy investment in Turkey over 2 years | Reuters
Northern Cyprus to outline new gas exploration plan-Eroglu | Reuters
Northern Cyprus to outline new gas exploration plan-Eroglu
By Daniel Bases
NEW YORK, Sept 25 | Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:19pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu said on Tuesday he would present a new plan to the U.N. secretary-general for gas explorations surrounding the divided island, resources that could change its economic landscape.
More:Northern Cyprus to outline new gas exploration plan-Eroglu | Reuters
By Daniel Bases
NEW YORK, Sept 25 | Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:19pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu said on Tuesday he would present a new plan to the U.N. secretary-general for gas explorations surrounding the divided island, resources that could change its economic landscape.
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Greece will back Turkey’s bid for visa-free travel across the EU countries
Greece will back Turkey’s bid for visa-free travel across the EU countries
Balkans Business News Correspondent - 26.09.2012
Greece will back Turkey’s bid for visa-free travel across the European Union countries, because tourists from the neighboring country support Greece’s economy, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni has said.
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Balkans Business News Correspondent - 26.09.2012
Greece will back Turkey’s bid for visa-free travel across the European Union countries, because tourists from the neighboring country support Greece’s economy, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni has said.
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Turkey's Erdogan to consolidate grip as ruling party renews | Reuters
Turkey's Erdogan to consolidate grip as ruling party renews
By Nick Tattersall and Can Sezer
KONYA, Turkey | Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:38am EDT
(Reuters) - Surveying the street lights sparkling like jewels on the plain below, Tahir Akyurek looks back with satisfaction on his first eight years as mayor of this central Turkish city.
More:Turkey's Erdogan to consolidate grip as ruling party renews | Reuters
By Nick Tattersall and Can Sezer
KONYA, Turkey | Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:38am EDT
(Reuters) - Surveying the street lights sparkling like jewels on the plain below, Tahir Akyurek looks back with satisfaction on his first eight years as mayor of this central Turkish city.
More:Turkey's Erdogan to consolidate grip as ruling party renews | Reuters
Turks prefer Gul over Erdogan for president: poll | Reuters
Turks prefer Gul over Erdogan for president: poll
(Reuters) - Turks would prefer to see incumbent Abdullah Gul as their next president if they had to choose between him and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
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(Reuters) - Turks would prefer to see incumbent Abdullah Gul as their next president if they had to choose between him and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
More:Turks prefer Gul over Erdogan for president: poll | Reuters
Germany outlines new law allowing circumcision - Yahoo! News
Germany outlines new law allowing circumcision
Reuters – 16 hrs ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Justice Ministry has outlined a planned new law that will allow the circumcision of infant boys and end months of legal uncertainty after a local court banned the practice.
The ruling in June by a district court in Cologne outraged Muslims and Jews and sparked an emotional debate in the country, leaving an embarrassed government to promise legislation by the autumn protecting the right to circumcise.
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Reuters – 16 hrs ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Justice Ministry has outlined a planned new law that will allow the circumcision of infant boys and end months of legal uncertainty after a local court banned the practice.
The ruling in June by a district court in Cologne outraged Muslims and Jews and sparked an emotional debate in the country, leaving an embarrassed government to promise legislation by the autumn protecting the right to circumcise.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
United Nations News Centre - At UN session, Cyprus leader calls on Turkey to cease ‘gunboat diplomacy’
At UN session, Cyprus leader calls on Turkey to cease ‘gunboat diplomacy’
25 September 2012 – President Demetris Christofias of the Republic of Cyprus today called on Turkish Cypriot leaders to return to talks to reunite the divided island and accused Turkey of provocative behaviour, gunboat diplomacy and trying to alter the country’s ethnic make-up.
More:United Nations News Centre - At UN session, Cyprus leader calls on Turkey to cease ‘gunboat diplomacy’
25 September 2012 – President Demetris Christofias of the Republic of Cyprus today called on Turkish Cypriot leaders to return to talks to reunite the divided island and accused Turkey of provocative behaviour, gunboat diplomacy and trying to alter the country’s ethnic make-up.
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Istanbul's luckiest lottery kiosk feeds Turkish appetite for numbers game | World news | guardian.co.uk
Istanbul's luckiest lottery kiosk feeds Turkish appetite for numbers game
Lottery booth continues to generate high number of winners more than 80 years after owner struck it rich in new year draw
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Lottery booth continues to generate high number of winners more than 80 years after owner struck it rich in new year draw
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Soner Cagaptay: Turkey's Kurdish Calculus - WSJ.com
Turkey's Kurdish Calculus
Ankara re-embraces its old allies in Washington, at the expense of Tehran and Damascus.
By SONER CAGAPTAY
The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has made a bloody comeback in Turkey. According to a recent report by the International Crisis Group, PKK-related violence has killed some 700 people since the summer of 2011. This deadly toll recalls the horrors of the 1990s, when thousands of civilians were killed in PKK terror attacks and a brutal war in eastern Turkey between the government and Kurdish militants.
More:Soner Cagaptay: Turkey's Kurdish Calculus - WSJ.com
Ankara re-embraces its old allies in Washington, at the expense of Tehran and Damascus.
By SONER CAGAPTAY
The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, has made a bloody comeback in Turkey. According to a recent report by the International Crisis Group, PKK-related violence has killed some 700 people since the summer of 2011. This deadly toll recalls the horrors of the 1990s, when thousands of civilians were killed in PKK terror attacks and a brutal war in eastern Turkey between the government and Kurdish militants.
More:Soner Cagaptay: Turkey's Kurdish Calculus - WSJ.com
Report: 7 killed in Turkey explosion - Businessweek
Report: 7 killed in Turkey explosion
Posted on September 25, 2012
ISTANBUL (AP) — A blast ripped through a vehicle carrying Turkish security forces in an eastern province on Tuesday, killing six of them as well as a civilian walking in the road, media reported.
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Posted on September 25, 2012
ISTANBUL (AP) — A blast ripped through a vehicle carrying Turkish security forces in an eastern province on Tuesday, killing six of them as well as a civilian walking in the road, media reported.
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In Turkey, Religious Schools Gain a Foothold
In Turkey, Religious Schools Gain a Foothold
Dorian Jones
September 25, 2012
ISTANBUL — As parents wait to collect their children from Mehmet Akif Middle School, one father appears deeply concerned. Recent announcements regarding newly Islamized curricula — ostensibly for training imams and other clerics — caught many parents by surprise.
More:In Turkey, Religious Schools Gain a Foothold
Dorian Jones
September 25, 2012
ISTANBUL — As parents wait to collect their children from Mehmet Akif Middle School, one father appears deeply concerned. Recent announcements regarding newly Islamized curricula — ostensibly for training imams and other clerics — caught many parents by surprise.
More:In Turkey, Religious Schools Gain a Foothold
Former player rants against women’s lack of understanding of football
Former player rants against women’s lack of understanding of football
ISTANBUL
Former Fenerbahçe and FC Köln defender Ümit Özat went on a rant against women during a television show late yesterday night, claiming females have a lack of understanding of football while arguing with presenter Simge Fıstıkoğlu.
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ISTANBUL
Former Fenerbahçe and FC Köln defender Ümit Özat went on a rant against women during a television show late yesterday night, claiming females have a lack of understanding of football while arguing with presenter Simge Fıstıkoğlu.
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Talks failed due to Christofias, Talat says
Talks failed due to Christofias, Talat says
Talks on a solution to Cyprus’ decades-old problem failed during the tenure of Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat due to the ambivalent attitude of Greek Cypriot counterpart Demetris Christofias, according to the north’s former leader.
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Talks on a solution to Cyprus’ decades-old problem failed during the tenure of Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat due to the ambivalent attitude of Greek Cypriot counterpart Demetris Christofias, according to the north’s former leader.
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Syrian Rebel Groups Fired from Turkey
Syrian Rebel Groups Fired from Turkey
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army acknowledged that Ankara has fired rebel groups from Turkish soil.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior commander of the so-called Free Syrian Army acknowledged that Ankara has fired rebel groups from Turkish soil.
More:Fars News Agency :: Syrian Rebel Groups Fired from Turkey
Turkey accused of using school system for 'campaign of Islamisation' - The National
Turkey accused of using school system for 'campaign of Islamisation'
Thomas Seibert
Sep 25, 2012
ISTANBUL // Summer holidays are over but having to be back in class is not the reason why Sidar Kardogan, a 16-year-old high school student in Istanbul, is angry.
More:Turkey accused of using school system for 'campaign of Islamisation' - The National
Thomas Seibert
Sep 25, 2012
ISTANBUL // Summer holidays are over but having to be back in class is not the reason why Sidar Kardogan, a 16-year-old high school student in Istanbul, is angry.
More:Turkey accused of using school system for 'campaign of Islamisation' - The National
Turkey to begin Russia gas contract talks in new year | Energy & Oil | Reuters
Turkey to begin Russia gas contract talks in new year
Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:44am GMT
ISTANBUL, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Turkey will begin talks with Russia in the new year on transferring a further 4 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas contracts to the private sector after the initial transfer of 6 bcm of gas imports, Turkey's energy minister said on Tuesday.
More:Turkey to begin Russia gas contract talks in new year | Energy & Oil | Reuters
Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:44am GMT
ISTANBUL, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Turkey will begin talks with Russia in the new year on transferring a further 4 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas contracts to the private sector after the initial transfer of 6 bcm of gas imports, Turkey's energy minister said on Tuesday.
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Turkey follows situation around so-called "Armenian genocide" law in France - Trend.Az
Turkey follows situation around so-called "Armenian genocide" law in France
Turkey follows situation around so-called "Armenian genocide" law in France
25 September 2012, 17:52 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.25 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva /
Turkey is following the situation around possible reconsideration of the adoption of the law on the so-called "Armenian genocide" in France, which envisages criminal punishment for denying the so-called "Armenian genocide," Anadolu agency quotes Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis as saying on Tuesday.
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Turkey follows situation around so-called "Armenian genocide" law in France
25 September 2012, 17:52 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.25 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva /
Turkey is following the situation around possible reconsideration of the adoption of the law on the so-called "Armenian genocide" in France, which envisages criminal punishment for denying the so-called "Armenian genocide," Anadolu agency quotes Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis as saying on Tuesday.
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Turkey to Extend Mandate for Ground Incursion Into Northern Iraq - Businessweek
Turkey to Extend Mandate for Ground Incursion Into Northern Iraq
By Selcan Hacaoglu on September 25, 2012
Turkey’s Cabinet sought approval from parliament to extend a mandate for ground troops to be sent into Iraq to fight Kurdish militants, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said.
More:Turkey to Extend Mandate for Ground Incursion Into Northern Iraq - Businessweek
By Selcan Hacaoglu on September 25, 2012
Turkey’s Cabinet sought approval from parliament to extend a mandate for ground troops to be sent into Iraq to fight Kurdish militants, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said.
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Doctors to Get Kurdish Course in Diyarbakır, 25 September 2012 Tuesday 9:50
Doctors to Get Kurdish Course in Diyarbakır
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Students of medicine at Dicle University in the eastern province of Diyarbakır will be able to take Kurdish language classes starting in the upcoming academic year.
The new courses came about in response to complaints from Diyarbakır residents and doctors appointed to the province, Dicle University general secretary Professor Sabri Eyigün said.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Students of medicine at Dicle University in the eastern province of Diyarbakır will be able to take Kurdish language classes starting in the upcoming academic year.
The new courses came about in response to complaints from Diyarbakır residents and doctors appointed to the province, Dicle University general secretary Professor Sabri Eyigün said.
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Turkish film Battle of 2 Empires out Thursday | GulfNews.com
Turkish film Battle of 2 Empires out Thursday
Battle of 2 Empires – Fetih 1453 narrates the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople
By: Jumana Al Tamimi, Associate Editor
Published: 09:56 September 25, 2012
The sounds of battle echo around the movie theatre. The dead and blood are everywhere — but the end of this film is full of joy. Control of the city of Constantinople has been wrested by the ottoman Turks from the Byzantine Empire, and as the conquering Sultan enters the church where people have taken refuge, he tells them: “My religion says you are free to practice your worshipping”.
More:Turkish film Battle of 2 Empires out Thursday | GulfNews.com
Battle of 2 Empires – Fetih 1453 narrates the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople
By: Jumana Al Tamimi, Associate Editor
Published: 09:56 September 25, 2012
The sounds of battle echo around the movie theatre. The dead and blood are everywhere — but the end of this film is full of joy. Control of the city of Constantinople has been wrested by the ottoman Turks from the Byzantine Empire, and as the conquering Sultan enters the church where people have taken refuge, he tells them: “My religion says you are free to practice your worshipping”.
More:Turkish film Battle of 2 Empires out Thursday | GulfNews.com
Turkey's Net Holding signs deal on north Cypriot airport tender | Reuters
Turkey's Net Holding signs deal on north Cypriot airport tender
ISTANBUL, Sept 25 | Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:44pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkish tourism company Net Holding said on Tuesday it had signed a preliminary accord with IC Ictas and Limak Insaat on taking part in a tender to operate Ercan Airport in northern Cyprus.
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ISTANBUL, Sept 25 | Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:44pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkish tourism company Net Holding said on Tuesday it had signed a preliminary accord with IC Ictas and Limak Insaat on taking part in a tender to operate Ercan Airport in northern Cyprus.
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Charm of six yards drapes Turkish fashionistas - India - DNA
Charm of six yards drapes Turkish fashionistas
Published: Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012, 15:38 IST
By Aylin Gunsam | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA
For Indians, wardrobe begins with a sari and the six yards dominates majority dressing sense among Indian women. What is more interesting is the fact that now it is draping the international fashion scene garnering more and more supporters in the West, especially in Turkey.
More:Charm of six yards drapes Turkish fashionistas - India - DNA
Published: Tuesday, Sep 25, 2012, 15:38 IST
By Aylin Gunsam | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA
For Indians, wardrobe begins with a sari and the six yards dominates majority dressing sense among Indian women. What is more interesting is the fact that now it is draping the international fashion scene garnering more and more supporters in the West, especially in Turkey.
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Will Turkey's Military Finally Get Its Act Together? - NYTimes.com
Turkey’s Military Politics
By ANDREW FINKEL
ISTANBUL — A Turkish court’s conviction on Friday of 325 senior military officers for plotting to overthrow the state has left me with mixed feelings. Like many Turks, I’ve been pondering a host of questions: Was this justice or revenge? Is this the final curtain on a military that for decades believed it knew better than the elected politicians? Or was the 21-month courtroom drama the latest show trial, manipulated by a government that itself entertains delusions of grandeur?
More:Will Turkey's Military Finally Get Its Act Together? - NYTimes.com
By ANDREW FINKEL
ISTANBUL — A Turkish court’s conviction on Friday of 325 senior military officers for plotting to overthrow the state has left me with mixed feelings. Like many Turks, I’ve been pondering a host of questions: Was this justice or revenge? Is this the final curtain on a military that for decades believed it knew better than the elected politicians? Or was the 21-month courtroom drama the latest show trial, manipulated by a government that itself entertains delusions of grandeur?
More:Will Turkey's Military Finally Get Its Act Together? - NYTimes.com
Monday, September 24, 2012
The curtain rises: Turkey’s opera and ballet season
The curtain rises: Turkey’s opera and ballet season
ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency
The State Opera and Ballet (DOB) will open its new season with a program announced at a press conference by DOB general director Rengim Gökmen
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ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency
The State Opera and Ballet (DOB) will open its new season with a program announced at a press conference by DOB general director Rengim Gökmen
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A call from where the law does not exist
A call from where the law does not exist
Mustafa Balbay Prison Number 1, Lower Ward F-3, Silivri/Istanbul
What was experienced on Tuesday, Sept. 18 during the Ergenekon trial, provided a summary of the point to which our justice has reached. (The Ergenekon case is an alleged ultra nationalist shadowy gang accused of planning to topple the government by staging a coup, initially by spreading chaos and mayhem.) That day, conditions in the hearing hall were made that much worse when it was announced that no written papers, including petitions, were to be exchanged between defendants and their lawyers. They first had to be seen by the judge and then passed over to the parties.
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Mustafa Balbay Prison Number 1, Lower Ward F-3, Silivri/Istanbul
What was experienced on Tuesday, Sept. 18 during the Ergenekon trial, provided a summary of the point to which our justice has reached. (The Ergenekon case is an alleged ultra nationalist shadowy gang accused of planning to topple the government by staging a coup, initially by spreading chaos and mayhem.) That day, conditions in the hearing hall were made that much worse when it was announced that no written papers, including petitions, were to be exchanged between defendants and their lawyers. They first had to be seen by the judge and then passed over to the parties.
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Expert to reflect Fikret Mualla’s life on screen
Expert to reflect Fikret Mualla’s life on screen
WASHINGTON - Anatolia News Agency
The life of Turkish contemporary painter Fikret Mualla will be brought to the big screen by a Turkish digital effects expert.
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WASHINGTON - Anatolia News Agency
The life of Turkish contemporary painter Fikret Mualla will be brought to the big screen by a Turkish digital effects expert.
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Turkish delight for Obama and Putin
Turkish delight for Obama and Putin
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
Turkish companies are waiting support from customs in bringing traditional Turkish treats into Russia in order to “offer Turkish delight to Obama and Putin,” said Zekeriya Mete, the head of an exporters’ union. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Food Moscow Fair, Mete said Turkey should demand “positive discrimination” from Russia in the food sector because of the fuel and nuclear ties between the two countries.
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ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
Turkish companies are waiting support from customs in bringing traditional Turkish treats into Russia in order to “offer Turkish delight to Obama and Putin,” said Zekeriya Mete, the head of an exporters’ union. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Food Moscow Fair, Mete said Turkey should demand “positive discrimination” from Russia in the food sector because of the fuel and nuclear ties between the two countries.
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The Netherlands: : Riot ensues after Dutch teen mistakenly invites 30,000 to birthday on Facebook
A Dutch teenager forgets to mark her birthday party 'private' on Facebook, leading to 30,000 being invited and a riot, local media says.
Read more: Video: Riot ensues after Dutch teen mistakenly invites 30,000 to birthday on Facebook - The Globe and Mail
Read more: Video: Riot ensues after Dutch teen mistakenly invites 30,000 to birthday on Facebook - The Globe and Mail
Opponents of Turkey's extra years in class cite attack on secular schooling - The National
Opponents of Turkey's extra years in class cite attack on secular schooling
Thomas Seibert
Sep 25, 2012
ISTANBUL // Summer holidays are over but having to be back in class is not the reason why Sidar Kardogan, a 16-year-old high school student in Istanbul, is angry.
Along with some other students, Sidar recently spent a day handing out leaflets criticising the government's education policy. A poster with a picture of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and slogans against Mr Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was taped to their booth on Istiklal Caddesi, a popular shopping street in central Istanbul.
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Thomas Seibert
Sep 25, 2012
ISTANBUL // Summer holidays are over but having to be back in class is not the reason why Sidar Kardogan, a 16-year-old high school student in Istanbul, is angry.
Along with some other students, Sidar recently spent a day handing out leaflets criticising the government's education policy. A poster with a picture of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and slogans against Mr Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was taped to their booth on Istiklal Caddesi, a popular shopping street in central Istanbul.
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RES announces Turkish wind plant | Construction News | The Construction Index
RES announces Turkish wind plant
UK-based RES Energy is set to construct a 48MW wind energy plant in the Black Sea province of Samsun.
RES Anatolia has acquired a licence for the wind farm in Havza. Construction is planned to start early in 2014 for operation in 2016. The company is planning to develop further solar and wind farms in Turkey and to grow its portfolio by 50MW to 100MW every year over the next 10 years.
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UK-based RES Energy is set to construct a 48MW wind energy plant in the Black Sea province of Samsun.
RES Anatolia has acquired a licence for the wind farm in Havza. Construction is planned to start early in 2014 for operation in 2016. The company is planning to develop further solar and wind farms in Turkey and to grow its portfolio by 50MW to 100MW every year over the next 10 years.
More:RES announces Turkish wind plant | Construction News | The Construction Index
Anadolu Efes, Ford Oto, Tofas Fall on Tax Rises: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
Anadolu Efes, Ford Oto, Tofas Fall on Tax Rises: Istanbul Mover
By Aydan Eksin - Sep 24, 2012 10:11 AM ET
Anadolu Efes Biracilik & Malt Sanayii AS (AEFES), Turkey’s biggest brewer, carmakers Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (TOASO), Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (FROTO) and distributor Dogus Otomotiv Servis & Ticaret AS (DOAS) fell after the government increased taxes on alcoholic beverages and cars.
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By Aydan Eksin - Sep 24, 2012 10:11 AM ET
Anadolu Efes Biracilik & Malt Sanayii AS (AEFES), Turkey’s biggest brewer, carmakers Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS (TOASO), Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS (FROTO) and distributor Dogus Otomotiv Servis & Ticaret AS (DOAS) fell after the government increased taxes on alcoholic beverages and cars.
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Istanbul’s techno-park to make $10 bln annually
Istanbul’s techno-park to make $10 bln annually
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
The initials of Turkey’s assertive technology park, which promises an annual $10 billion defense and non-defense business volume, will be inaugurated in a few months. The site will offer its local and foreign residents tax advantages
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ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
The initials of Turkey’s assertive technology park, which promises an annual $10 billion defense and non-defense business volume, will be inaugurated in a few months. The site will offer its local and foreign residents tax advantages
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Turkey: Ankara’s unexpected burden - FT.com
Turkey: Ankara’s unexpected burden
By Daniel Dombey
Opposition to Assad has left an emerging powerhouse increasingly at odds with neighbours and global allies
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By Daniel Dombey
Opposition to Assad has left an emerging powerhouse increasingly at odds with neighbours and global allies
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Morsy in Ankara next week | Egypt Independent
Morsy in Ankara next week
MENA
Mon, 24/09/2012 - 19:37
Turkey has invited President Mohamed Morsy to Ankara early next week, diplomatic sources said on Monday. The goal of the visit would be to discuss improving bilateral relations and aligning the two nations’ positions on regional and international issues, especially in regards to Palestine and Syria.
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MENA
Mon, 24/09/2012 - 19:37
Turkey has invited President Mohamed Morsy to Ankara early next week, diplomatic sources said on Monday. The goal of the visit would be to discuss improving bilateral relations and aligning the two nations’ positions on regional and international issues, especially in regards to Palestine and Syria.
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England hope to host Euro 2020 final if Istanbul awarded Olympics | Football | insidethegames.biz
England hope to host Euro 2020 final if Istanbul awarded Olympics
Monday, 24 September 2012
By Andrew Warshaw
wembley stadium_24-09-123September 24 - The English Football Association (FA) will propose Wembley Stadium to host the semi-finals and final of the 2020 European Championship if UEFA President Michel Platini's plan to hold the tournament across Europe comes to fruition, FA chairman David Bernstein revealed today.
More:England hope to host Euro 2020 final if Istanbul awarded Olympics | Football | insidethegames.biz
Monday, 24 September 2012
By Andrew Warshaw
wembley stadium_24-09-123September 24 - The English Football Association (FA) will propose Wembley Stadium to host the semi-finals and final of the 2020 European Championship if UEFA President Michel Platini's plan to hold the tournament across Europe comes to fruition, FA chairman David Bernstein revealed today.
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Turkish hospital gives Syrian refugees a place to heal - PhotoBlog
Turkish hospital gives Syrian refugees a place to heal
Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images
Wounded Syrian refugees are cared for at Reynhali State Hospital, just a few miles from the Syrian border in Reynhali, Turkey. As the conflict in Syria intensifies, ambulances continue to carry sick and wounded people from the border every day, although the hospital capacity is only 200 beds. The problem is not only capacity but where the Syrian refugees should go after treatment. Most of them will wait for a solution to the Syrian crisis at refugee camps.
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Katarina Pleskot Kollarova/ ISIFA via Getty Images
Wounded Syrian refugees are cared for at Reynhali State Hospital, just a few miles from the Syrian border in Reynhali, Turkey. As the conflict in Syria intensifies, ambulances continue to carry sick and wounded people from the border every day, although the hospital capacity is only 200 beds. The problem is not only capacity but where the Syrian refugees should go after treatment. Most of them will wait for a solution to the Syrian crisis at refugee camps.
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West, Turkey spar over aid for Syrians
West, Turkey spar over aid for Syrians
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
With an increasing burden on its back due to the influx of Syrian refugees, the government is having a hard time convincing world powers to provide international aid. Ankara has requested cash assistance, but the West seems reluctant
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ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
With an increasing burden on its back due to the influx of Syrian refugees, the government is having a hard time convincing world powers to provide international aid. Ankara has requested cash assistance, but the West seems reluctant
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Greece denies reports of selling consulate building
Greece denies reports of selling consulate building
ISTANBUL
The Greek Embassy in Ankara has denied recent reports suggesting that the Greek consulate building in İzmir was now on the market due to the Aegean country’s struggling economy.
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ISTANBUL
The Greek Embassy in Ankara has denied recent reports suggesting that the Greek consulate building in İzmir was now on the market due to the Aegean country’s struggling economy.
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35th Istanbul Jewelry Show October -- Number One Jewelry Fair Establishing the Bridge Between Europe & Middle East - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee
35th Istanbul Jewelry Show October -- Number One Jewelry Fair Establishing the Bridge Between Europe & Middle East
By UBM Rotaforte
Published: Monday, Sep. 24, 2012 - 5:07 am
ISTANBUL, Sept. 24, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Istanbul Jewelry Show October, 35th Istanbul International Jewellery, Watch and Equipment Fair organized by UBM Rotaforte, will be held from 4 to 7 October 2012 in Hall 1 & Hall 2 of Istanbul Fair Center (CNR Expo). For 4 days, gold jewelry, diamond jewelry, all kinds of precious and semi-precious stones & pearls, silver jewelry, mountings, watches & clocks, machinery & equipments, packaging, display units, security devices, softwares will be displayed just for industry professionals.
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By UBM Rotaforte
Published: Monday, Sep. 24, 2012 - 5:07 am
ISTANBUL, Sept. 24, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Istanbul Jewelry Show October, 35th Istanbul International Jewellery, Watch and Equipment Fair organized by UBM Rotaforte, will be held from 4 to 7 October 2012 in Hall 1 & Hall 2 of Istanbul Fair Center (CNR Expo). For 4 days, gold jewelry, diamond jewelry, all kinds of precious and semi-precious stones & pearls, silver jewelry, mountings, watches & clocks, machinery & equipments, packaging, display units, security devices, softwares will be displayed just for industry professionals.
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Turkish shares down after tax hikes on autos, fuel | Reuters
Turkish shares down after tax hikes on autos, fuel
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:59am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish shares fell on Monday, led lower by automotive and drinks companies, after those sectors were hit by new taxes imposed by the government which is struggling to keep its borrowing down.
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ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:59am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish shares fell on Monday, led lower by automotive and drinks companies, after those sectors were hit by new taxes imposed by the government which is struggling to keep its borrowing down.
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Iran Strike Could Destabilize Caucasus, Energy Transits | Atlantic Sentinel
Iran Strike Could Destabilize Caucasus, Energy Transits
Nick Ottens, September 24, 2012
If Israel, unilaterally or with support from the United States, attacks Iran to disrupt its nuclear program, it could have the unintended consequence of destabilizing the Caucasus and emboldening Russia.
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Nick Ottens, September 24, 2012
If Israel, unilaterally or with support from the United States, attacks Iran to disrupt its nuclear program, it could have the unintended consequence of destabilizing the Caucasus and emboldening Russia.
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RPT-Turkey clips military's wings in landmark verdict | Reuters
RPT-Turkey clips military's wings in landmark verdict
By Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The jailing of hundreds of Turkish army officers including top generals accused of plotting to topple Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan underscored how far he has come in gaining control of the country's once all-powerful military.
More:RPT-Turkey clips military's wings in landmark verdict | Reuters
By Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The jailing of hundreds of Turkish army officers including top generals accused of plotting to topple Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan underscored how far he has come in gaining control of the country's once all-powerful military.
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Ankara: Army should not interfere in politics - Trend.Az
Ankara: Army should not interfere in politics
Ankara: Army should not interfere in politics
24 September 2012, 10:04 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.24 / Trend /
Army should not interfere in the country's politics in any case, Anadolu agency quotes Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Besir Atalay as saying on Monday.
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Ankara: Army should not interfere in politics
24 September 2012, 10:04 (GMT+05:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.24 / Trend /
Army should not interfere in the country's politics in any case, Anadolu agency quotes Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Besir Atalay as saying on Monday.
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President: UN to prepare document on Cyprus talks
President: UN to prepare document on Cyprus talks
• Monday, 24 September, 2012
President Christofias has said that the UN will be preparing a document on the convergences and divergences in talks to reach a solution of the island’s political problem and the UN Secretary General’s next efforts, noting that the paper would presented to the two sides in Cyprus.
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• Monday, 24 September, 2012
President Christofias has said that the UN will be preparing a document on the convergences and divergences in talks to reach a solution of the island’s political problem and the UN Secretary General’s next efforts, noting that the paper would presented to the two sides in Cyprus.
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Turkish banking watchdog sees no domestic risk to sector growth | Reuters
Turkish banking watchdog sees no domestic risk to sector growth
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:24pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkey's BDDK banking regulator chairman Mukim Oztekin said on Monday the watchdog did not see any near-term risk to the banking sector's growth from the domestic market.
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ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:24pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkey's BDDK banking regulator chairman Mukim Oztekin said on Monday the watchdog did not see any near-term risk to the banking sector's growth from the domestic market.
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Turkey pro-Kurd party urges talks to end Kurdish conflict | Reuters
Turkey pro-Kurd party urges talks to end Kurdish conflict
By Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:00am EDT
(Reuters) - The head of Turkey's main Kurdish party has called for talks between the government and Kurdish militants to prevent a further escalation of violence which she said could undermine efforts to draw up a new, more liberal constitution.
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By Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:00am EDT
(Reuters) - The head of Turkey's main Kurdish party has called for talks between the government and Kurdish militants to prevent a further escalation of violence which she said could undermine efforts to draw up a new, more liberal constitution.
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Turkey's Babacan says Halkbank secondary offering | Reuters
Turkey's Babacan says Halkbank secondary offering
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:30pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkey's planned secondary public offering for state-run lender Halkbank may be for up to a 24 percent stake and it could be held in the coming months given the right market conditions, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said on Monday.
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ISTANBUL, Sept 24 | Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:30pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkey's planned secondary public offering for state-run lender Halkbank may be for up to a 24 percent stake and it could be held in the coming months given the right market conditions, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said on Monday.
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Turkey invests in poultry manure potential to produce electricity
Turkey invests in poultry manure potential to produce electricity
//24 Sep 2012
A €8.6 million biogas facility is to be established in Bandırma, one of the leading poultry centres in the Turkish province of Balıkesir. It will produce energy from the manure of the 2.5 million chickens in the vicinity.
More:World Poultry - News: Turkey invests in poultry manure potential to produce electricity
//24 Sep 2012
A €8.6 million biogas facility is to be established in Bandırma, one of the leading poultry centres in the Turkish province of Balıkesir. It will produce energy from the manure of the 2.5 million chickens in the vicinity.
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Turkish divers rescue blow-up sex doll from sea | Reuters
Turkish divers "rescue" blow-up sex doll from sea
ISTANBUL | Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:38pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish rescue workers retrieved an inflatable sex doll from the Black Sea after police were notified by panicked residents who mistook it for a woman's body floating offshore, Milliyet newspaper reported on Sunday.
More:Turkish divers rescue blow-up sex doll from sea | Reuters
ISTANBUL | Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:38pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish rescue workers retrieved an inflatable sex doll from the Black Sea after police were notified by panicked residents who mistook it for a woman's body floating offshore, Milliyet newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Both sides would win from Cyprus unification: U.N. envoy | Reuters
Both sides would win from Cyprus unification: U.N. envoy
By Michele Kambas
NICOSIA | Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:49am EDT
(Reuters) - The UN mediator on Cyprus, seeking to end a four-decade diplomatic deadlock, said Greek and Turkish sides now had strong economic reasons to agree a reunification that could help ease debt problems and speed exploitation of disputed gas fields.
More:Both sides would win from Cyprus unification: U.N. envoy | Reuters
By Michele Kambas
NICOSIA | Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:49am EDT
(Reuters) - The UN mediator on Cyprus, seeking to end a four-decade diplomatic deadlock, said Greek and Turkish sides now had strong economic reasons to agree a reunification that could help ease debt problems and speed exploitation of disputed gas fields.
More:Both sides would win from Cyprus unification: U.N. envoy | Reuters
What's New at the Senior Center: Ride the Turkey Train to Scenic Lake Winnipesaukee - Needham, MA Patch
What's New at the Senior Center: Ride the Turkey Train to Scenic Lake Winnipesaukee
A look at some of the new and upcoming events hosted by the COA.
By Becca Manning
Submitted by Sherry Jackson, Needham COA Associate Director
The Friends of the Needham Elderly’s next trip is coming up on Monday, Oct. 15 and will include a two-hour scenic trip by train around Lake Winnipesaukee while enjoying a full turkey dinner with all the fixin's. The day will start with a visit to the Christmas Tree Shop and end with a stop at Apple Hill Farms—a perfect fall adventure.
More:What's New at the Senior Center: Ride the Turkey Train to Scenic Lake Winnipesaukee - Needham, MA Patch
A look at some of the new and upcoming events hosted by the COA.
By Becca Manning
Submitted by Sherry Jackson, Needham COA Associate Director
The Friends of the Needham Elderly’s next trip is coming up on Monday, Oct. 15 and will include a two-hour scenic trip by train around Lake Winnipesaukee while enjoying a full turkey dinner with all the fixin's. The day will start with a visit to the Christmas Tree Shop and end with a stop at Apple Hill Farms—a perfect fall adventure.
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RasGas delivers 41st cargo to Turkey | RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) | AMEinfo.com
RasGas delivers 41st cargo to Turkey
Leading business groups from across Saudi Arabia meet international solar experts at the 2nd Annual Solar Arabia Summit, Riyadh, to facilitate the Kingdom's National Energy Plan. Saudi Arabian leaders turn to international solar... »
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has delivered a spot cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to EgeGaz in Turkey. The fully loaded cargo was supplied on board RasGas' long term chartered Q-Flex vessel, 'Al Sahla' to Aliaga Terminal in Turkey.
More:RasGas delivers 41st cargo to Turkey | RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) | AMEinfo.com
Leading business groups from across Saudi Arabia meet international solar experts at the 2nd Annual Solar Arabia Summit, Riyadh, to facilitate the Kingdom's National Energy Plan. Saudi Arabian leaders turn to international solar... »
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has delivered a spot cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to EgeGaz in Turkey. The fully loaded cargo was supplied on board RasGas' long term chartered Q-Flex vessel, 'Al Sahla' to Aliaga Terminal in Turkey.
More:RasGas delivers 41st cargo to Turkey | RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) | AMEinfo.com
Ukrainian swims from Turkey to Cyprus and back: Voice of Russia
Ukrainian swims from Turkey to Cyprus and back
Sep 23, 2012 13:14 Moscow Time
On Saturday Ukrainian swimmer Oleg Sofyanik successfully completed his next super marathon swim along the route Turkey-Cyprus-Turkey, finishing on the beach of the city of Gazipasa.
More:Ukrainian swims from Turkey to Cyprus and back: Voice of Russia
Sep 23, 2012 13:14 Moscow Time
On Saturday Ukrainian swimmer Oleg Sofyanik successfully completed his next super marathon swim along the route Turkey-Cyprus-Turkey, finishing on the beach of the city of Gazipasa.
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Traditional Turkish cuisine is easier than you think (with recipes) | al.com
Traditional Turkish cuisine is easier than you think (with recipes)
Published: Friday, September 21, 2012, 8:03 AM Updated: Friday, September 21, 2012, 8:11 AM
Special to the Press-Register By Special to the Press-Register
Stuffed eggplant is a traditional Turkish dish that makes a beautiful presentation at the table. And it's delicious as well. (Photo courtesy of Vikki Finch)
After weeks and weeks of yakking about it, my friend Gulsum and I finally got together for an afternoon of cooking – Turkish style, and what a delicious afternoon it turned out to be.
More:Traditional Turkish cuisine is easier than you think (with recipes) | al.com
Published: Friday, September 21, 2012, 8:03 AM Updated: Friday, September 21, 2012, 8:11 AM
Special to the Press-Register By Special to the Press-Register
Stuffed eggplant is a traditional Turkish dish that makes a beautiful presentation at the table. And it's delicious as well. (Photo courtesy of Vikki Finch)
After weeks and weeks of yakking about it, my friend Gulsum and I finally got together for an afternoon of cooking – Turkish style, and what a delicious afternoon it turned out to be.
More:Traditional Turkish cuisine is easier than you think (with recipes) | al.com
Disgraced tycoon Nadir faces UK jail after 17 years on run - Chicago Tribune
Disgraced tycoon Nadir faces UK jail after 17 years on run
August 22, 2012|Peter Griffiths | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot tycoon Asil Nadir, who jumped bail in 1993, was finally convicted in a British court on Wednesday of plundering millions from his old company to buy antiques, race horses and country houses.
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August 22, 2012|Peter Griffiths | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot tycoon Asil Nadir, who jumped bail in 1993, was finally convicted in a British court on Wednesday of plundering millions from his old company to buy antiques, race horses and country houses.
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Turkey's Middle East and Asia charm offensive - Politics & Economics - ArabianBusiness.com
Turkey's Middle East and Asia charm offensive
By Massoud A. Derhally
Sunday, 23 September 2012 9:14 AM
Once dubbed the sick man of Europe, modern-day Turkey — unlike the Ottoman Empire from which it emerged — is anything but ailing. Just a few years ago, neighbouring European countries were bitterly debating the country’s accession to the European Union. The country’s eligibility was questioned by European states because of the rising force of political Islam and whether that was compatible with the goals of the EU and whether the interests of the two could ever be aligned.
More:Turkey's Middle East and Asia charm offensive - Politics & Economics - ArabianBusiness.com
By Massoud A. Derhally
Sunday, 23 September 2012 9:14 AM
Once dubbed the sick man of Europe, modern-day Turkey — unlike the Ottoman Empire from which it emerged — is anything but ailing. Just a few years ago, neighbouring European countries were bitterly debating the country’s accession to the European Union. The country’s eligibility was questioned by European states because of the rising force of political Islam and whether that was compatible with the goals of the EU and whether the interests of the two could ever be aligned.
More:Turkey's Middle East and Asia charm offensive - Politics & Economics - ArabianBusiness.com
Turkish soldier killed, 4 wounded in PKK attack - FOCUS Information Agency
Turkish soldier killed, 4 wounded in PKK attack
23 September 2012 | 04:40 | FOCUS News Agency
Ankara. One soldier of Turkish security forces was killed and four others wounded in an attack staged by the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey on Saturday, Xinhua reported.
A large group of PKK militants raided Sehit Mehmet Gendarmerie Station in Nazimiye town of Tunceli province from three different points with rocket launchers and long barreled weapons on Saturday evening, leaving one Turkish soldier dead and four others wounded, according to the report.
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23 September 2012 | 04:40 | FOCUS News Agency
Ankara. One soldier of Turkish security forces was killed and four others wounded in an attack staged by the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey on Saturday, Xinhua reported.
A large group of PKK militants raided Sehit Mehmet Gendarmerie Station in Nazimiye town of Tunceli province from three different points with rocket launchers and long barreled weapons on Saturday evening, leaving one Turkish soldier dead and four others wounded, according to the report.
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Turkey’s Honour Killings: Problematising Patriarchy | The Platform
Turkey’s Honour Killings: Problematising Patriarchy
The rise in honour killings in Turkey points to a patriarchal need to control women, where women straddle structures that can either reinforce or challenge gender norms
In March 2011, 19-year-old Hatice Firat’s body was discovered by Turkish police in the Southern province of Mersin, Turkey. Hatice had been tracked down and stabbed more than 40 times by her brother, Mahsun Firat, after she had allegedly run away with her boyfriend in February. According to Hatice’s family, her killing was necessary in order to cleanse the family of her “dishonourable act” and “reclaim” their honour.
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The rise in honour killings in Turkey points to a patriarchal need to control women, where women straddle structures that can either reinforce or challenge gender norms
In March 2011, 19-year-old Hatice Firat’s body was discovered by Turkish police in the Southern province of Mersin, Turkey. Hatice had been tracked down and stabbed more than 40 times by her brother, Mahsun Firat, after she had allegedly run away with her boyfriend in February. According to Hatice’s family, her killing was necessary in order to cleanse the family of her “dishonourable act” and “reclaim” their honour.
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Pact to buy more buses from Turkey: CM - thenews.com.pk
Pact to buy more buses from Turkey:
PUNJAB Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif will visit Turkey, Britain and Germany by the end of this month.
According to a handout issued on Saturday, during his visit, the chief minister would hold discussions with the leadership of these countries regarding cooperation and investment in various sectors of Punjab.
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PUNJAB Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif will visit Turkey, Britain and Germany by the end of this month.
According to a handout issued on Saturday, during his visit, the chief minister would hold discussions with the leadership of these countries regarding cooperation and investment in various sectors of Punjab.
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Turkey deploys heavy weapons to Syrian border: TV | Reuters
Turkey deploys heavy weapons to Syrian border: TV
ISTANBUL | Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:29pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey's military deployed armored vehicles and heavy weaponry to the border with Syria on Saturday, near a crossing that has seen intense fighting between rebels and government forces, local media said.
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ISTANBUL | Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:29pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey's military deployed armored vehicles and heavy weaponry to the border with Syria on Saturday, near a crossing that has seen intense fighting between rebels and government forces, local media said.
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Turkish 'Fetih 1453' premieres in Cairo - Film - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online
Turkish 'Fetih 1453' premieres in Cairo
At the Golden Stars launch, Monday, historical epic 'Fetih 1453' proves to be more than just entertainment, as its message is a tool of Turkish soft power
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At the Golden Stars launch, Monday, historical epic 'Fetih 1453' proves to be more than just entertainment, as its message is a tool of Turkish soft power
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Rebels Move Command From Turkey to Syria - NYTimes.com
Rebels Move Command From Turkey to Syria
By ANNE BARNARD and HANIA MOURTADA
Published: September 22, 2012
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Commanders of the Free Syrian Army, the umbrella group for fighters opposing President Bashar al-Assad, said Saturday that they had moved their headquarters from Turkey into “liberated areas” inside Syria, in what would be a major step forward for the organization as it tries to coordinate and control disparate groups of rebels.
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By ANNE BARNARD and HANIA MOURTADA
Published: September 22, 2012
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Commanders of the Free Syrian Army, the umbrella group for fighters opposing President Bashar al-Assad, said Saturday that they had moved their headquarters from Turkey into “liberated areas” inside Syria, in what would be a major step forward for the organization as it tries to coordinate and control disparate groups of rebels.
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Desperate Syrians cross a hazardous border to Turkey - The Washington Post
Desperate Syrians cross a hazardous border to Turkey
View Photo Gallery — Syrian refugee children stand in a hall of the Altinozu camp in Hatay city, located on the border with their violence-racked homelandon Sept. 18, 2012. More photos: Syrian refugees flock to Turkey and Jordan
By William Booth, Saturday, September 22, 9:55 AM
ATMEH, Syria — These are the ways a Syrian gets into Turkey: Legally, with a passport. Bleeding, in an ambulance. Or without papers, in a heart-pounding dash at night through a field of cucumbers, as Turkish border guards shout curses and fire shots in the air and smugglers shove their clients through a gap in the barbed wire fence, hissing “Hurry, hurry, hurry.”
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View Photo Gallery — Syrian refugee children stand in a hall of the Altinozu camp in Hatay city, located on the border with their violence-racked homelandon Sept. 18, 2012. More photos: Syrian refugees flock to Turkey and Jordan
By William Booth, Saturday, September 22, 9:55 AM
ATMEH, Syria — These are the ways a Syrian gets into Turkey: Legally, with a passport. Bleeding, in an ambulance. Or without papers, in a heart-pounding dash at night through a field of cucumbers, as Turkish border guards shout curses and fire shots in the air and smugglers shove their clients through a gap in the barbed wire fence, hissing “Hurry, hurry, hurry.”
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Turkey’s miscarriage of justice - The Washington Post
Turkey’s miscarriage of justice
By Dani Rodrik, Published: September 21
Dani Rodrik is a professor of international political economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
After a patently sham trial, a Turkish court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to more than 300 military officers convicted of planning a coup, code-named Sledgehammer, in 2003.
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By Dani Rodrik, Published: September 21
Dani Rodrik is a professor of international political economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
After a patently sham trial, a Turkish court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to more than 300 military officers convicted of planning a coup, code-named Sledgehammer, in 2003.
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Turkish PM: Ban criticism of Muslims worldwide
Turkish PM: Ban criticism of Muslims worldwide
'West hasn't recognized Islamophobia as a crime against humanity'
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erodgan, who just days ago said a movie that “insults religions” and “prophets” is not protected by freedom of speech, now is insisting that international bodies pass laws making criticism of Islam a crime.
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'West hasn't recognized Islamophobia as a crime against humanity'
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erodgan, who just days ago said a movie that “insults religions” and “prophets” is not protected by freedom of speech, now is insisting that international bodies pass laws making criticism of Islam a crime.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Dr. Josef Olmert: Israel and Turkey -- It's Time for Netanyahu to Apologize
Israel and Turkey -- It's Time for Netanyahu to Apologize
Posted: 09/21/2012 2:33 pm
PM Erdogan of Turkey stated a few days ago, that a "wealthy Jew" came to see him recently with a message from PM Netanyahu urging the Turks to mend fences with Israel and put an end to the feud starting with the Mavi Marmara incident. Regrettably, nine Turks, members of a subversive Muslim organization with well-documented terror connections, were killed by Israeli naval commandos Trying to prevent their ship from breaking the Israeli naval blockade on Hamas-ruled Gaza. Apparently, the meeting did not bring about the result desired by Netanyahu, and in the absence of an Israeli apology, the relations between the two once undeclared strategic allies remain near frozen. According to Israeli press reports, the envoy was the well-respected American Jewish leader Ronald Lauder
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Posted: 09/21/2012 2:33 pm
PM Erdogan of Turkey stated a few days ago, that a "wealthy Jew" came to see him recently with a message from PM Netanyahu urging the Turks to mend fences with Israel and put an end to the feud starting with the Mavi Marmara incident. Regrettably, nine Turks, members of a subversive Muslim organization with well-documented terror connections, were killed by Israeli naval commandos Trying to prevent their ship from breaking the Israeli naval blockade on Hamas-ruled Gaza. Apparently, the meeting did not bring about the result desired by Netanyahu, and in the absence of an Israeli apology, the relations between the two once undeclared strategic allies remain near frozen. According to Israeli press reports, the envoy was the well-respected American Jewish leader Ronald Lauder
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Turkish white goods exports benefit from Europe slowdown | Reuters
Turkish white goods exports benefit from Europe slowdown
ISTANBUL, Sept 21 | Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:48pm IST
(Reuters) - Cash-strapped Europeans seeking lower-priced products helped boost Turkish exports of white goods such as fridges and washing machines by 13 percent in the first eight months of this year, an industry body said.
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ISTANBUL, Sept 21 | Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:48pm IST
(Reuters) - Cash-strapped Europeans seeking lower-priced products helped boost Turkish exports of white goods such as fridges and washing machines by 13 percent in the first eight months of this year, an industry body said.
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Hundreds Convicted in Turkish Military Coup Trial - WSJ.com
Hundreds Convicted in Turkish Coup Trial
BY EMRE PEKER
ISTANBUL—A Turkish court found more than 300 active and retired military officers guilty of plotting to overthrow the government, in a sign that the judiciary is joining a government-led effort to strip the armed forces of political influence.
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BY EMRE PEKER
ISTANBUL—A Turkish court found more than 300 active and retired military officers guilty of plotting to overthrow the government, in a sign that the judiciary is joining a government-led effort to strip the armed forces of political influence.
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Turkish court sentences 322 military officers to jail | Reuters
Turkish court sentences 322 military officers to jail
(Reuters) - A Turkish court sentenced more than 300 military officers to jail on Friday for plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan almost a decade ago, ending a trial that underscored civilian dominance over the once all-powerful military.
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(Reuters) - A Turkish court sentenced more than 300 military officers to jail on Friday for plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan almost a decade ago, ending a trial that underscored civilian dominance over the once all-powerful military.
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Afghan refugees settle in Ankara park
Afghan refugees settle in Ankara park
Friday, 21 September 2012
By Reuters
As Turkey builds prefabricated camps for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees crossing from Syria to Turkey, a park in Turkey’s capital Ankara has become home for hundreds of Afghan refugees.
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Friday, 21 September 2012
By Reuters
As Turkey builds prefabricated camps for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees crossing from Syria to Turkey, a park in Turkey’s capital Ankara has become home for hundreds of Afghan refugees.
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Sumitomo to Build $516 Million Tire Plant in Turkey - Bloomberg
Sumitomo to Build $516 Million Tire Plant in Turkey
By Ali Berat Meric and Selcan Hacaoglu - Sep 21, 2012 5:43 AM ET
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (5110), which sells its products under the Dunlop brand, signed a deal with Petlas Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS to build a tire factory in Turkey.
Sumitomo, Japan’s third-largest tiremaker, and Petlas will invest $516 million in the factory in Cankiri, north of Ankara, said Ilker Ayci, chairman of the country’s Investment Support & Promotion Agency.
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By Ali Berat Meric and Selcan Hacaoglu - Sep 21, 2012 5:43 AM ET
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (5110), which sells its products under the Dunlop brand, signed a deal with Petlas Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS to build a tire factory in Turkey.
Sumitomo, Japan’s third-largest tiremaker, and Petlas will invest $516 million in the factory in Cankiri, north of Ankara, said Ilker Ayci, chairman of the country’s Investment Support & Promotion Agency.
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Turkish military officers sentenced for plotting coup Eds: Adds details | EUROPE ONLINE
LEAD: Turkish military officers sentenced for plotting coup Eds: Adds details
Europe
21.09.2012
Istanbul (dpa) - A Turkish court on Friday sentenced three retired army generals to 20 years each in jail for planning a coup against the government, local media reported.
Several other former officers were sentenced to 18 years in prison each. Charges were dropped against 34 people who had initially been detained as part of the investigation.
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Europe
21.09.2012
Istanbul (dpa) - A Turkish court on Friday sentenced three retired army generals to 20 years each in jail for planning a coup against the government, local media reported.
Several other former officers were sentenced to 18 years in prison each. Charges were dropped against 34 people who had initially been detained as part of the investigation.
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Turkey: officers convicted of plotting coup
Turkey: officers convicted of plotting coup
September 21, 2012 15:08 GMT
Eds: Updates with details
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish state TV says a court has convicted three former military officers of plotting to overthrow the government in a case that has jailed hundreds of active and retired military officers and has helped curtail the Turkish military's hold on politics.
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September 21, 2012 15:08 GMT
Eds: Updates with details
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish state TV says a court has convicted three former military officers of plotting to overthrow the government in a case that has jailed hundreds of active and retired military officers and has helped curtail the Turkish military's hold on politics.
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Straddling Europe, Middle East, Turkey's view is from eye of storm - The Globe and Mail
Straddling Europe, Middle East, Turkey's view is from eye of storm
PATRICK MARTIN
It’s been called a model of a moderate Islamist government; it’s also been called neo-Ottoman.
Certainly, not since Ottoman days has Turkey’s government been so internationally oriented, have its diplomats, investments and businesses been so far flung.
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PATRICK MARTIN
It’s been called a model of a moderate Islamist government; it’s also been called neo-Ottoman.
Certainly, not since Ottoman days has Turkey’s government been so internationally oriented, have its diplomats, investments and businesses been so far flung.
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Turkey's Isbank to issue 400 mln lira worth of bonds | Reuters
Turkey's Isbank to issue 400 mln lira worth of bonds
ISTANBUL, Sept 21 | Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:54pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkish lender Isbank will issue a 300 million lira ($167 million) 173-day bond and a 100 million lira 376-day bond, the bank said in a statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange on Friday
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ISTANBUL, Sept 21 | Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:54pm IST
(Reuters) - Turkish lender Isbank will issue a 300 million lira ($167 million) 173-day bond and a 100 million lira 376-day bond, the bank said in a statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange on Friday
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Turkish court sentences alleged military coup-plotters - CNN.com
Turkish court sentences alleged military coup-plotters
By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNN
updated 11:40 AM EDT, Fri September 21, 2012
Istanbul (CNN) -- The first group of more than 300 suspects accused of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government were sentenced Friday to up two decades behind bars, according to the country's semi-official Anatolia news agency.
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By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNN
updated 11:40 AM EDT, Fri September 21, 2012
Istanbul (CNN) -- The first group of more than 300 suspects accused of plotting to overthrow the Turkish government were sentenced Friday to up two decades behind bars, according to the country's semi-official Anatolia news agency.
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