"Turkey lags behind in the greenest countries list Saturday, September 22, 2007
Turkey ranked 70th in a list of the greenest countries in the world, according to Reader's Digest magazine, and no Turkish city made it on the list of green cities. "
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Women NGOs demand emphasis on gender equality in new constitution - Turkish Daily News Sep 22, 2007
"Women NGOs demand emphasis on gender equality in new constitution Saturday, September 22, 2007
One of the most prominent women's nongovernmental organizations in Turkey is calling for more emphasis on gender equality in the new constitution, reported the Anatolia news agency Friday."
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One of the most prominent women's nongovernmental organizations in Turkey is calling for more emphasis on gender equality in the new constitution, reported the Anatolia news agency Friday."
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Istanbul never sleeps - Turkish Daily News Sep 22, 2007
"Istanbul never sleeps Saturday, September 22, 2007
One of the biggest metropolises of the world, Istanbul certainly does not sleep. There is always traffic, people and activities in every corner, even late at night, in the city. Most people sleep in a cacophony of all kinds of music, noise, and, of course, light and shadows."
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One of the biggest metropolises of the world, Istanbul certainly does not sleep. There is always traffic, people and activities in every corner, even late at night, in the city. Most people sleep in a cacophony of all kinds of music, noise, and, of course, light and shadows."
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EU Referendum: Constitutional debate in Turkey
"Constitutional debate in Turkey
It is good to know that there are open debates about constitutional changes somewhere almost in Europe. Of course, the debates are in Turkey, a country that is unlikely ever to become part of the European Union, which is probably just as well. They might be shocked by the way matters are swept under the carpet here."
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It is good to know that there are open debates about constitutional changes somewhere almost in Europe. Of course, the debates are in Turkey, a country that is unlikely ever to become part of the European Union, which is probably just as well. They might be shocked by the way matters are swept under the carpet here."
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U.S. Department Of State Warns Congress Against Armenian Gen
"U.S. Department Of State Warns Congress Against Armenian Genocide Resolution
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WARNS CONGRESS AGAINST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION PanARMENIAN.Net 15.09.2007 15:16 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 'The United States condemnation of this tragedy is not at issue; the question is how best to facilitate reconciliation of all concerned parties with each other and with their painful and shared past,' U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said when addressing the Department of State with a report titled 'The future of the U.S.-Turkey relations."
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WARNS CONGRESS AGAINST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION PanARMENIAN.Net 15.09.2007 15:16 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 'The United States condemnation of this tragedy is not at issue; the question is how best to facilitate reconciliation of all concerned parties with each other and with their painful and shared past,' U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said when addressing the Department of State with a report titled 'The future of the U.S.-Turkey relations."
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GROWING RUSSO-TURKISH ECONOMIC TIES OVERSHADOW POLITICAL DIFFERENCES - Eurasia Daily Monitor
"GROWING RUSSO-TURKISH ECONOMIC TIES OVERSHADOW POLITICAL DIFFERENCES
By Gareth Jenkins
Friday, September 21, 2007
Despite continuing political differences, Russia is rapidly becoming one of Turkey’s most important trading partners.
According to figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), during the first six months of 2007 Turkey’s exports to Russia rose by 60.3% over the same period of 2006 to reach $2.1 billion. In 2006 annual Turkish exports to Russia stood at $3.3 billion, an increase of 36.2% over 2005."
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By Gareth Jenkins
Friday, September 21, 2007
Despite continuing political differences, Russia is rapidly becoming one of Turkey’s most important trading partners.
According to figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), during the first six months of 2007 Turkey’s exports to Russia rose by 60.3% over the same period of 2006 to reach $2.1 billion. In 2006 annual Turkish exports to Russia stood at $3.3 billion, an increase of 36.2% over 2005."
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Russia Not Only Energy Partner, Turkish Gas Pipeline Project Good - UK Minister
"Friday, September 21, 2007
EURASIA INSIGHT RUSSIA NOT ONLY ENERGY PARTNER, TURKISH GAS PIPELINE PROJECT GOOD - UK MINISTER 9/21/07 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from BBC Monitoring by Turkish news agency Anatolia
ISTANBUL (A.A) -18.09.2007 -British State Minister for Energy Malcolm Wicks said on Tuesday that he still thought Nabucco pipeline project was important and added, 'it is unthinkable for any country in the region to be bound to a single partner politically or commercially.' Wicks who is currently in Turkey told AA that he held talks with certain officials in Ankara and said he would next visit Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan."
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EURASIA INSIGHT RUSSIA NOT ONLY ENERGY PARTNER, TURKISH GAS PIPELINE PROJECT GOOD - UK MINISTER 9/21/07 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from BBC Monitoring by Turkish news agency Anatolia
ISTANBUL (A.A) -18.09.2007 -British State Minister for Energy Malcolm Wicks said on Tuesday that he still thought Nabucco pipeline project was important and added, 'it is unthinkable for any country in the region to be bound to a single partner politically or commercially.' Wicks who is currently in Turkey told AA that he held talks with certain officials in Ankara and said he would next visit Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan."
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Relations With Yerevan
"Relations With Yerevan Published: 9/21/2007
BY SAMI KOHEN MILLIYET- The border between Turkey and Armenia has been closed since 1993. Ankara cut all its relations with Armenia after the newly independent state occupied Karabagh in a conflict with Azerbaijan. Since then, the border has been closed and there has been no contact or trade between Turkey and Armenia. But you can find lots of Turkish products at stores in Armenia, reaching there indirectly, through Georgia. The issue of opening the border and normalizing relations has been brought up from time to time by non-governmental organizations. The issue was discussed at a conference last year on the economic and social impact opening the border would have. A later study was discussed during a meeting jointly organized by the ARI movement in Istanbul and the Armenian International Political Research Group (AIPRG). The focus was on the economic benefit of opening the border, but political factors stalling normalization were also discussed."
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BY SAMI KOHEN MILLIYET- The border between Turkey and Armenia has been closed since 1993. Ankara cut all its relations with Armenia after the newly independent state occupied Karabagh in a conflict with Azerbaijan. Since then, the border has been closed and there has been no contact or trade between Turkey and Armenia. But you can find lots of Turkish products at stores in Armenia, reaching there indirectly, through Georgia. The issue of opening the border and normalizing relations has been brought up from time to time by non-governmental organizations. The issue was discussed at a conference last year on the economic and social impact opening the border would have. A later study was discussed during a meeting jointly organized by the ARI movement in Istanbul and the Armenian International Political Research Group (AIPRG). The focus was on the economic benefit of opening the border, but political factors stalling normalization were also discussed."
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Fed rate cut ‘hurts Turkish exports’
"Fed rate cut ‘hurts Turkish exports’
The Fed’s decision to cut a benchmark interest rate in order to ease the turmoil within the credit markets has negatively affected Turkish exporters due to declining exchange rates, according to a statement from Aegean Union of Exporters (EİB)."
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The Fed’s decision to cut a benchmark interest rate in order to ease the turmoil within the credit markets has negatively affected Turkish exporters due to declining exchange rates, according to a statement from Aegean Union of Exporters (EİB)."
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PM tells envoys: EU must let Turkey in
"PM tells envoys: EU must let Turkey in
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the European Union must allow Turkey to join in order to avoid becoming an 'address for the clash of civilizations' and warned the West that the spread of Islamophobia offended the world's Muslims. Erdoğan, addressing foreign ambassadors in Ankara at iftar, the dinner that breaks the day-long fast observed during Ramadan, on Wednesday evening, also rejected that his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) was a 'religiously oriented.' He said the party would consider such a label an 'insult' and insisted that the AK Party is a 'conservative democratic party.'"
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the European Union must allow Turkey to join in order to avoid becoming an 'address for the clash of civilizations' and warned the West that the spread of Islamophobia offended the world's Muslims. Erdoğan, addressing foreign ambassadors in Ankara at iftar, the dinner that breaks the day-long fast observed during Ramadan, on Wednesday evening, also rejected that his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) was a 'religiously oriented.' He said the party would consider such a label an 'insult' and insisted that the AK Party is a 'conservative democratic party.'"
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Patriarch’s speech postponed under US Armenian pressure
"Patriarch’s speech postponed under US Armenian pressure
A theological center at Georgetown University has indefinitely postponed a presentation by Patriarch Mesrob II (Mutafyan), the spiritual leader of Turkey's Armenian Orthodox community, citing 'logistical conflicts' as the reason."
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A theological center at Georgetown University has indefinitely postponed a presentation by Patriarch Mesrob II (Mutafyan), the spiritual leader of Turkey's Armenian Orthodox community, citing 'logistical conflicts' as the reason."
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Time for change in Turkish-US ties - Turkish Daily News Sep 21, 2007
"Time for change in Turkish-US ties Friday, September 21, 2007
Semih Idiz
Talking at Atlantic Council in Washington recently, Nicholas Burns, the US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, signaled the need for a new page in relations with Turkey.
Those relations soured seriously due to differences over the US invasion of Iraq, and subsequent developments in Northern Iraq, not the least of which is the fact that the region has become a haven for separatist Kurdish terrorism that targets this country."
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Semih Idiz
Talking at Atlantic Council in Washington recently, Nicholas Burns, the US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, signaled the need for a new page in relations with Turkey.
Those relations soured seriously due to differences over the US invasion of Iraq, and subsequent developments in Northern Iraq, not the least of which is the fact that the region has become a haven for separatist Kurdish terrorism that targets this country."
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The two 'Turkey crises' the EU just had - Turkish Daily News Sep 21, 2007
"The two 'Turkey crises' the EU just had Friday, September 21, 2007
Mehmet Ali Birand
BRUSSELS -We were so wrapped up in our own problems that we failed to see what went on around us. So much seems to have happened in the meanwhile."
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Mehmet Ali Birand
BRUSSELS -We were so wrapped up in our own problems that we failed to see what went on around us. So much seems to have happened in the meanwhile."
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Sale of Migros to be finalised by March-Koc CEO | Consumer Products & Retail | Reuters
"Sale of Migros to be finalised by March-Koc CEO Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:44am EDT
ISTANBUL, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Koc Holding's (KCHOL.IS: Quote, Profile, Research) sale of supermarket chain Migros (MIGRS.IS: Quote, Profile, Research) will be completed by next March, Koc CEO Bulent Bulgurlu said on Friday."
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ISTANBUL, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Koc Holding's (KCHOL.IS: Quote, Profile, Research) sale of supermarket chain Migros (MIGRS.IS: Quote, Profile, Research) will be completed by next March, Koc CEO Bulent Bulgurlu said on Friday."
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Erotic Art, Cuban Drawings Boost Galleries in Turkey's `Soho'
"Erotic Art, Cuban Drawings Boost Galleries in Turkey's `Soho' By Lucy Birmingham
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- American art collector Edward Brogan, a financial consultant based in Tokyo, came to Turkey to check out the Istanbul biennial and bought Cuban art at a local gallery. ``It's the way the art world is working now,'' said Brogan. ``If it's good art, it doesn't matter where it's located.''"
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Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- American art collector Edward Brogan, a financial consultant based in Tokyo, came to Turkey to check out the Istanbul biennial and bought Cuban art at a local gallery. ``It's the way the art world is working now,'' said Brogan. ``If it's good art, it doesn't matter where it's located.''"
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JTW News - Existence of the PKK Terrorism in Iraq and the US
"Existence of the PKK Terrorism in Iraq and the US Friday , 21 September 2007
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According to American law, PKK is a terrorist organization which is not different than Al-Qaeda. And also, British Preventing Terrorism Act recognizes PKK as one of the most cruel terrorist organizations, and forbids supporting PKK and being a member of PKK. In London, wearing a t-shirt which has colors of PKK on it is a sufficient cause to be sent to prison. According to laws of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and other members of European Union, PKK is a terrorist organization too; it is maintenance to terrorism and a crime to support PKK. Similarly, on 8 August 2007, Iraqi Prime Minister Al Maliki was in Ankara and explained that PKK is a terrorist organization and it is not different than Al Qaeda in plain and precise terms."
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According to American law, PKK is a terrorist organization which is not different than Al-Qaeda. And also, British Preventing Terrorism Act recognizes PKK as one of the most cruel terrorist organizations, and forbids supporting PKK and being a member of PKK. In London, wearing a t-shirt which has colors of PKK on it is a sufficient cause to be sent to prison. According to laws of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and other members of European Union, PKK is a terrorist organization too; it is maintenance to terrorism and a crime to support PKK. Similarly, on 8 August 2007, Iraqi Prime Minister Al Maliki was in Ankara and explained that PKK is a terrorist organization and it is not different than Al Qaeda in plain and precise terms."
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Burns advises Turkey to talk to Iraq on PKK
"Burns advises Turkey to talk to Iraq on PKK Ankara should establish 'political dialogue' with Iraqi officials in order to get them to acknowledge on a fundamental level that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is a terrorist organization that has launched attacks on Turkey from Iraqi soil, a top US diplomat visiting Turkey said on Thursday."
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Telekom Turk Ankara won 62nd “Lido delle Rose” Tournament - RosetoSportiva(.it)
"Telekom Turk Ankara won 62nd “Lido delle Rose” Tournament
Friday 21 September 2007
Turkish first league team of Telekom Ankara grabbed Lido delle Rose Tournament 2007 defeating in a three-team tournament italian Serie A team, Sutor Montegranaro and the croatian Sibenka Sebenico. Led by its bench depth and its USA players, power forward Michael Wright, playmaker Khalid El Amin and center Erwin Dudey turkish could overcame easily “young” Sebenico in its first day of event than defeated 94-86 Montegranaro in a qualitative and intensive match."
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Friday 21 September 2007
Turkish first league team of Telekom Ankara grabbed Lido delle Rose Tournament 2007 defeating in a three-team tournament italian Serie A team, Sutor Montegranaro and the croatian Sibenka Sebenico. Led by its bench depth and its USA players, power forward Michael Wright, playmaker Khalid El Amin and center Erwin Dudey turkish could overcame easily “young” Sebenico in its first day of event than defeated 94-86 Montegranaro in a qualitative and intensive match."
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Turkey, EU on collision course over reform plans - Turkish Daily News Sep 21, 2007
"Turkey, EU on collision course over reform plans Friday, September 21, 2007
Gareth Jones
ANKARA - Reuters
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), boosted by a big election win in July, has vowed to speed up plans to join the European Union, but its reluctance to push key reforms may put it on a collision course with Brussels."
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Gareth Jones
ANKARA - Reuters
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), boosted by a big election win in July, has vowed to speed up plans to join the European Union, but its reluctance to push key reforms may put it on a collision course with Brussels."
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Carbon monoxide alarm for smokers - Turkish Daily News Sep 21, 2007
"Carbon monoxide alarm for smokers Friday, September 21, 2007
Research carried out in İzmir's Çeşme district on 400 smokers has revealed carbon monoxide (CO) levels in smokers is at over 20 ppm."
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Research carried out in İzmir's Çeşme district on 400 smokers has revealed carbon monoxide (CO) levels in smokers is at over 20 ppm."
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