How Paris killings could renew Kurdish flashpoint
By Ivan Watson, CNN
updated 1:48 PM EST, Thu January 10, 2013
Istanbul (CNN) -- Three Kurdish women political activists were found dead with gunshots to the head early Thursday, police in Paris said, in an unexplained act of violence that has shocked the Kurdish community. CNN's Ivan Watson explains what the impact of the killings is likely to be, and how the conflict between Kurdish nationalists and Turkey affects the rest of the world.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Let’s Talk About Istanbul
Let’s Talk About Istanbul
There’s nothing like a little truth-telling to set the pot aflame.
For nearly a decade, now, I have watched, written about, and circulated within the art scene in Istanbul. For nearly a decade, I have been convinced of its potential. I have praised Turkish artists, bought work by Turkish artists, befriended Turkish artists, collectors, and dealers. I have written for Turkish museums, for Turkish artists, for Turkish collectors. I have attended art fairs, openings, and auctions.
More:Let’s Talk About Istanbul | Cultural Affairs | ARTINFO.com
There’s nothing like a little truth-telling to set the pot aflame.
For nearly a decade, now, I have watched, written about, and circulated within the art scene in Istanbul. For nearly a decade, I have been convinced of its potential. I have praised Turkish artists, bought work by Turkish artists, befriended Turkish artists, collectors, and dealers. I have written for Turkish museums, for Turkish artists, for Turkish collectors. I have attended art fairs, openings, and auctions.
More:Let’s Talk About Istanbul | Cultural Affairs | ARTINFO.com
The charms of Ankara debated - The National
The charms of Ankara debated
Letters to the Editor
Jan 11, 2013
The aspirations of the people behind the plan for Dubai (Dubai aims to be hub of Islamic economy, January 10) are certainly magnificent. What has already been accomplished in Dubai, despite setbacks and delays, shows that a lot truly can be accomplished.
More:The charms of Ankara debated - The National
Letters to the Editor
Jan 11, 2013
The aspirations of the people behind the plan for Dubai (Dubai aims to be hub of Islamic economy, January 10) are certainly magnificent. What has already been accomplished in Dubai, despite setbacks and delays, shows that a lot truly can be accomplished.
More:The charms of Ankara debated - The National
8,500-year-old Human Bones Discovered in Istanbul
8,500-year-old Human Bones Discovered in Istanbul
2013-01-10 21:26:03
Human bones from the Neolithic period have been discovered in Pendik district of Turkish city Istanbul, local daily Radikal reported Thursday.
The excavation, directed by the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, unearthed the human bones at a spot about 50 meters away form the coast, where a village was located 8,500 years ago, according to the report.
More:8,500-year-old Human Bones Discovered in Istanbul
2013-01-10 21:26:03
Human bones from the Neolithic period have been discovered in Pendik district of Turkish city Istanbul, local daily Radikal reported Thursday.
The excavation, directed by the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, unearthed the human bones at a spot about 50 meters away form the coast, where a village was located 8,500 years ago, according to the report.
More:8,500-year-old Human Bones Discovered in Istanbul
Kurds still want more autonomy though say peace effort is sincere | Reuters
Kurds still want more autonomy though say peace effort is sincere
By Jonathon Burch and Gulsen Solaker
ANKARA | Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:23pm EST
(Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party said on Wednesday a new push to find a political solution to the long Kurdish conflict appeared to be serious but greater autonomy for the Kurds was still a main demand.
More:Kurds still want more autonomy though say peace effort is sincere | Reuters
By Jonathon Burch and Gulsen Solaker
ANKARA | Wed Jan 9, 2013 12:23pm EST
(Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party said on Wednesday a new push to find a political solution to the long Kurdish conflict appeared to be serious but greater autonomy for the Kurds was still a main demand.
More:Kurds still want more autonomy though say peace effort is sincere | Reuters
Kurdish PKK co-founder Sakine Cansiz shot dead in Paris
Kurdish PKK co-founder Sakine Cansiz shot dead in Paris
Three Kurdish women activists - including a co-founder of the militant nationalist PKK - have been found dead with gunshot wounds in a Kurdish information centre in Paris.
More:BBC News - Kurdish PKK co-founder Sakine Cansiz shot dead in Paris
Three Kurdish women activists - including a co-founder of the militant nationalist PKK - have been found dead with gunshot wounds in a Kurdish information centre in Paris.
More:BBC News - Kurdish PKK co-founder Sakine Cansiz shot dead in Paris
PKK-Ankara Talks Resume | The Majalla Magazine
PKK-Ankara Talks Resume
blog: ANATOLIAN DISPATCHES
Hugh Pope discusses why renewed Turkey-PKK contacts may shine ray of hope on a Kurdish settlement
A welcome new opportunity has opened up to settle the thirty-year conflict between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). After eighteen months of bitter clashes, the re-launch of discussions between National Intelligence Organization negotiators and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has been spurred by a mutual realization that neither side can win outright politically or militarily. In addition to an apparently broad support for peaceful negotiations from public opinion, the annual winter slow-down in fighting and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s need to secure his position before the 2014 presidential elections.
More:PKK-Ankara Talks Resume | The Majalla Magazine
blog: ANATOLIAN DISPATCHES
Hugh Pope discusses why renewed Turkey-PKK contacts may shine ray of hope on a Kurdish settlement
A welcome new opportunity has opened up to settle the thirty-year conflict between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). After eighteen months of bitter clashes, the re-launch of discussions between National Intelligence Organization negotiators and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has been spurred by a mutual realization that neither side can win outright politically or militarily. In addition to an apparently broad support for peaceful negotiations from public opinion, the annual winter slow-down in fighting and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s need to secure his position before the 2014 presidential elections.
More:PKK-Ankara Talks Resume | The Majalla Magazine
Ireland seeks to restore momentum in Turkey's EU accession
Ireland seeks to restore momentum in Turkey's EU accession
Thu 10 January 2013 05:38 GMT | 0:38 Local Time
EU term-president Ireland will accelerate Turkey’s accession process to the Union.
More:News.Az - Ireland seeks to restore momentum in Turkey's EU accession
Thu 10 January 2013 05:38 GMT | 0:38 Local Time
EU term-president Ireland will accelerate Turkey’s accession process to the Union.
More:News.Az - Ireland seeks to restore momentum in Turkey's EU accession
Istanbul's return to F1 denied
Istanbul's return to F1 denied
Istanbul: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided not to approve the Formula 1 deal in Istanbul in 2013, local Hurriyet daily news reported Wednesday.
More:Istanbul's return to F1 denied | Formula One - News | NDTVSports.com
Istanbul: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided not to approve the Formula 1 deal in Istanbul in 2013, local Hurriyet daily news reported Wednesday.
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Turkey Beating Norway as Biggest Regional Oil Driller: Energy - Bloomberg
Turkey Beating Norway as Biggest Regional Oil Driller: Energy
By Selcan Hacaoglu & Brian Swint - Jan 10, 2013 6:50 AM ET
Turkey is drilling for oil and natural gas with more rigs than any European country and plans new rules in 2013 to speed exploration of energy supplies for the fastest-growing major economy after China.
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By Selcan Hacaoglu & Brian Swint - Jan 10, 2013 6:50 AM ET
Turkey is drilling for oil and natural gas with more rigs than any European country and plans new rules in 2013 to speed exploration of energy supplies for the fastest-growing major economy after China.
More:Turkey Beating Norway as Biggest Regional Oil Driller: Energy - Bloomberg
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Turkish Premier in Niger - Good Morning Turkey | News About Turkey
Turkish Premier in Niger
Posted date: January 09, 2013 In: Headlines, Turkey, World
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is currently in Niger attended Bianou and Tande Festival on Wednesday.
Within the scope of his trip to Niger, Erdogan took part in the Turkey-Niger friendship forest and park ceremony in capital Niamey.
The forest was organized by Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA).
The festival date was brought forward due to Turkish premiers visit.
The festival started with the shows of Tuareg people who came from Agades, the largest city in northern Niger.
The Tuareg people gave Erdogan a camel as a present.
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Posted date: January 09, 2013 In: Headlines, Turkey, World
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is currently in Niger attended Bianou and Tande Festival on Wednesday.
Within the scope of his trip to Niger, Erdogan took part in the Turkey-Niger friendship forest and park ceremony in capital Niamey.
The forest was organized by Turkish International Development Agency (TIKA).
The festival date was brought forward due to Turkish premiers visit.
The festival started with the shows of Tuareg people who came from Agades, the largest city in northern Niger.
The Tuareg people gave Erdogan a camel as a present.
More:Turkish Premier in Niger - Good Morning Turkey | News About Turkey
EP Hopes Democratic Opening to Bring Successful Results in Turkey - Good Morning Turkey | News About Turkey
EP Hopes Democratic Opening to Bring Successful Results in Turkey
The European Parliament’s (EP) Turkey rapporteur, Ria Oomen-Ruijten said that she “sincerely hopes” Turkish Parliament to prepare the new constitution in the first half of this year.
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The European Parliament’s (EP) Turkey rapporteur, Ria Oomen-Ruijten said that she “sincerely hopes” Turkish Parliament to prepare the new constitution in the first half of this year.
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Kurdish and Turkish lawyers on trial for representing imprisoned leader | Owen Bowcott | Law | guardian.co.uk
Kurdish and Turkish lawyers on trial for representing imprisoned leader
British observers warn that private conversations between lawyers and their clients were illegally recorded
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British observers warn that private conversations between lawyers and their clients were illegally recorded
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Kaleağası says EU has to overcome classical dilemma: widening or deepening
Kaleağası says EU has to overcome classical dilemma: widening or deepening
2013 is unlikely to be miraculous for both Turkey and the European Union, but both sides have to overcome some challenges, this week's guest for Monday Talk, has said, evaluating what the new year might hold for Turkey and the EU.
More:Kaleağası says EU has to overcome classical dilemma: widening or deepening
2013 is unlikely to be miraculous for both Turkey and the European Union, but both sides have to overcome some challenges, this week's guest for Monday Talk, has said, evaluating what the new year might hold for Turkey and the EU.
More:Kaleağası says EU has to overcome classical dilemma: widening or deepening
Turkey looking to enhance energy ties with Libya - UPI.com
Turkey reviews energy ties with Libya
Published: Jan. 9, 2013 at 9:54 AM
TRIPOLI, Libya, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Turkey wants a stronger energy relationship with the Libyan government, the visiting Turkish energy minister said during talks in Tripoli.
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz met in Tripoli with Libyan Oil Minister Abdulhadi al-Arusi to discuss energy ties.
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Published: Jan. 9, 2013 at 9:54 AM
TRIPOLI, Libya, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Turkey wants a stronger energy relationship with the Libyan government, the visiting Turkish energy minister said during talks in Tripoli.
Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz met in Tripoli with Libyan Oil Minister Abdulhadi al-Arusi to discuss energy ties.
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Public bus crashes into lake in Istanbul
Public bus crashes into lake in Istanbul
ISTANBUL - Doğan News Agency
A public bus crashed into Istanbul's Küçükçekmece lake from a 50-meter-high route yesterday at 17:38 p.m., leaving 30 passengers wounded.
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ISTANBUL - Doğan News Agency
A public bus crashed into Istanbul's Küçükçekmece lake from a 50-meter-high route yesterday at 17:38 p.m., leaving 30 passengers wounded.
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Turkey agrees on a peace plan with PKK: media | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
Turkey agrees on a peace plan with PKK: media
January 09, 2013 11:32 AM
ANKARA: The Turkish government and jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan have agreed on a roadmap to end a three-decade-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, Turkish media reported Wednesday.
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January 09, 2013 11:32 AM
ANKARA: The Turkish government and jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan have agreed on a roadmap to end a three-decade-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, Turkish media reported Wednesday.
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Istanbul has achieved Sultans' dream: bid chief - FRANCE 24
Istanbul has achieved Sultans' dream: bid chief
AFP - The Istanbul bid for the 2020 Olympic Games has achieved a dream held by the Sultans who used to rule Turkey in bringing both the continents the city straddles together as one, their bid chief told AFP on Monday.
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AFP - The Istanbul bid for the 2020 Olympic Games has achieved a dream held by the Sultans who used to rule Turkey in bringing both the continents the city straddles together as one, their bid chief told AFP on Monday.
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F1 races to skip Istanbul after prime minister's decision
F1 races to skip Istanbul after prime minister's decision
ISTANBUL
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chose not to approve the Formula 1 deal that would have landed the race in Istanbul in 2013, daily Hürriyet has reported.
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ISTANBUL
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chose not to approve the Formula 1 deal that would have landed the race in Istanbul in 2013, daily Hürriyet has reported.
More:MOTORSPORTS - F1 races to skip Istanbul after prime minister's decision
Turkish newspaper reports roadmap for peace with Kurds | News | DW.DE | 09.01.2013
Turkish newspaper reports roadmap for peace with Kurds
The Turkish government and Kurdish separatists have reportedly agreed on a plan to end a conflict that has killed over 40,000 people in over thirty years. But there is controversy brewing over possible concessions.
More:Turkish newspaper reports roadmap for peace with Kurds | News | DW.DE | 09.01.2013
The Turkish government and Kurdish separatists have reportedly agreed on a plan to end a conflict that has killed over 40,000 people in over thirty years. But there is controversy brewing over possible concessions.
More:Turkish newspaper reports roadmap for peace with Kurds | News | DW.DE | 09.01.2013
Istanbul, Turkey: The Best of the City in 72 Hours or Less - SmarterTravel.com
Istanbul, Turkey: The Best of the City in 72 Hours or Less
January 8, 2013 4:03 pm by Lindsay Taub
In the past year since adding additional routes on Turkish Airlines (like nonstop service between LAX and Istanbul), Turkey has become a hub for travelers as both a stopover locale to break up travel on long-haul flights to Africa and beyond, and as destination in and of itself. Many travelers spend a couple days in the city, then head south to the beach towns like Bodrum.
More:Istanbul, Turkey: The Best of the City in 72 Hours or Less - SmarterTravel.com
January 8, 2013 4:03 pm by Lindsay Taub
In the past year since adding additional routes on Turkish Airlines (like nonstop service between LAX and Istanbul), Turkey has become a hub for travelers as both a stopover locale to break up travel on long-haul flights to Africa and beyond, and as destination in and of itself. Many travelers spend a couple days in the city, then head south to the beach towns like Bodrum.
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Turkey reaches out to public enemy number one | Europe | DW.DE | 08.01.2013
Turkey reaches out to public enemy number one
Turkey's intelligence services have held talks with jailed Kurdish PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Direct negotiations may lead to a solution to the Kurdish conflict and could end decades of fighting.
More:Turkey reaches out to public enemy number one | Europe | DW.DE | 08.01.2013
Turkey's intelligence services have held talks with jailed Kurdish PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. Direct negotiations may lead to a solution to the Kurdish conflict and could end decades of fighting.
More:Turkey reaches out to public enemy number one | Europe | DW.DE | 08.01.2013
Istanbul to rival Wembley for Euro 2020 final - Charles Sale | Mail Online
Wembley in fight with Istanbul for Euro 2020 final
By Charles Sale
PUBLISHED: 19:24 EST, 8 January 2013 | UPDATED: 20:44 EST, 8 January 2013
The contest to stage the final and semi-finals of football’s multi-venue European Championship in 2020 is already looking like a shootout between London and Istanbul.
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By Charles Sale
PUBLISHED: 19:24 EST, 8 January 2013 | UPDATED: 20:44 EST, 8 January 2013
The contest to stage the final and semi-finals of football’s multi-venue European Championship in 2020 is already looking like a shootout between London and Istanbul.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Turkey's PKK Talks - By Jake Hess | The Middle East Channel
Turkey's PKK talks
Posted By Jake Hess Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 9:27 AM Share
The resumption of talks between the Turkish government and imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has raised hopes for a solution to the Kurdish issue. An advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a Dec. 31 interview that disarmament negotiations were occurring in Imrali prison, where Ocalan is serving a life sentence. They are the first confirmed state-PKK talks since mid-2011. Nothing is known for certain about their specific content, which only the government has commented on to date. But the fact that Erdogan confirmed and took clear responsibility for the meetings has created hope for a breakthrough. A Jan. 3 visit by Kurdish parliamentarians to Imrali -- the first of its kind in the talks -- was also hailed as a historic.
More:Turkey's PKK Talks - By Jake Hess | The Middle East Channel
Posted By Jake Hess Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 9:27 AM Share
The resumption of talks between the Turkish government and imprisoned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has raised hopes for a solution to the Kurdish issue. An advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a Dec. 31 interview that disarmament negotiations were occurring in Imrali prison, where Ocalan is serving a life sentence. They are the first confirmed state-PKK talks since mid-2011. Nothing is known for certain about their specific content, which only the government has commented on to date. But the fact that Erdogan confirmed and took clear responsibility for the meetings has created hope for a breakthrough. A Jan. 3 visit by Kurdish parliamentarians to Imrali -- the first of its kind in the talks -- was also hailed as a historic.
More:Turkey's PKK Talks - By Jake Hess | The Middle East Channel
Dutch, German troops arrive in Turkey to operate NATO missiles
Dutch, German troops arrive in Turkey to operate NATO missiles
Troops from the Netherlands and Germany have arrived in Turkey to make required preparations for the arrival of NATO Patriot missiles, which will be deployed along the country’s border with Syria.
Some 30 Dutch and 20 German soldiers arrived at Incirlik Air Base in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, with the main body of European soldiers set to arrive two weeks later.
More:PressTV - Dutch, German troops arrive in Turkey to operate NATO missiles
Troops from the Netherlands and Germany have arrived in Turkey to make required preparations for the arrival of NATO Patriot missiles, which will be deployed along the country’s border with Syria.
Some 30 Dutch and 20 German soldiers arrived at Incirlik Air Base in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, with the main body of European soldiers set to arrive two weeks later.
More:PressTV - Dutch, German troops arrive in Turkey to operate NATO missiles
Turkcell Climbs to 5-Year High on Dividend Bets: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
Turkcell Climbs to 5-Year High on Dividend Bets: Istanbul Mover
By Taylan Bilgic - Jan 8, 2013 11:35 AM ET
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TCELL) climbed to the highest level in almost five years amid speculation that Turkey’s biggest mobile-phone company may pay the first dividend since 2010 this year.
More:Turkcell Climbs to 5-Year High on Dividend Bets: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
By Taylan Bilgic - Jan 8, 2013 11:35 AM ET
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TCELL) climbed to the highest level in almost five years amid speculation that Turkey’s biggest mobile-phone company may pay the first dividend since 2010 this year.
More:Turkcell Climbs to 5-Year High on Dividend Bets: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
Can Istanbul Save Damien Hirst? (Can Damien Hirst Save Istanbul?) | Cultural Affairs | ARTINFO.com
Can Istanbul Save Damien Hirst? (Can Damien Hirst Save Istanbul?)
For Damien Hirst, there may be. The answer will come momentarily, with the first-ever exhibition of his work in Istanbul, opening this Friday at Portakal Art and Culture House.
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For Damien Hirst, there may be. The answer will come momentarily, with the first-ever exhibition of his work in Istanbul, opening this Friday at Portakal Art and Culture House.
More:Can Istanbul Save Damien Hirst? (Can Damien Hirst Save Istanbul?) | Cultural Affairs | ARTINFO.com
Tents catch fire at Syrian refugee camp in Turkey; 2 children die
Tents catch fire at Syrian refugee camp in Turkey; 2 children die
By The Associated Press January 8, 2013 10:01 AM
ANKARA, Turkey - Officials say a fire at a camp for Syrian refugees in Turkey has killed two children and injured four other people.
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By The Associated Press January 8, 2013 10:01 AM
ANKARA, Turkey - Officials say a fire at a camp for Syrian refugees in Turkey has killed two children and injured four other people.
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Syrian refugees in Turkish camp to vote in taste of democracy | Reuters
Syrian refugees in Turkish camp to vote in taste of democracy
ANKARA | Tue Jan 8, 2013 8:06am EST
(Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians living in a refugee camp in southern Turkey will hold elections this month to select camp leaders and an administrative council in an exercise Turkey said was aimed at introducing democracy to Syrian citizens.
More:Syrian refugees in Turkish camp to vote in taste of democracy | Reuters
ANKARA | Tue Jan 8, 2013 8:06am EST
(Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians living in a refugee camp in southern Turkey will hold elections this month to select camp leaders and an administrative council in an exercise Turkey said was aimed at introducing democracy to Syrian citizens.
More:Syrian refugees in Turkish camp to vote in taste of democracy | Reuters
Earthquake measuring 6.2 shakes northwestern Turkey, Greek islands in Aegean Sea | Fox News
Earthquake measuring 6.2 shakes northwestern Turkey, Greek islands in Aegean Sea
Published January 08, 2013
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's seismology center says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has hit an area off Turkey's Aegean coast.
The earthquake was felt in Istanbul and neighboring regions, but there was no immediate report of any damage.
More:Earthquake measuring 6.2 shakes northwestern Turkey, Greek islands in Aegean Sea | Fox News
Published January 08, 2013
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's seismology center says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has hit an area off Turkey's Aegean coast.
The earthquake was felt in Istanbul and neighboring regions, but there was no immediate report of any damage.
More:Earthquake measuring 6.2 shakes northwestern Turkey, Greek islands in Aegean Sea | Fox News
BBC News - Kurdish PKK rebels 'killed in south-east Turkey clash'
Kurdish PKK rebels 'killed in south-east Turkey clash'
PKK fighters (archive image from 2007) The PKK has been active for nearly 30 years
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Twelve PKK Kurdish separatist rebels and a soldier have been reported killed in a clash at an outpost in south-eastern Turkey.
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PKK fighters (archive image from 2007) The PKK has been active for nearly 30 years
Continue reading the main story
Twelve PKK Kurdish separatist rebels and a soldier have been reported killed in a clash at an outpost in south-eastern Turkey.
More:BBC News - Kurdish PKK rebels 'killed in south-east Turkey clash'
Monday, January 07, 2013
Van Gogh exhibition wows visitors in Istanbul, Ankara
Van Gogh exhibition wows visitors in Istanbul, Ankara
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The Van Gogh Alive Digital Arts Exhibit, which was on display in Turkey for the 100th anniversary of the pharmaceutical company Abdi İbrahim, was visited by 215,000 people in Istanbul and Ankara.
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ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The Van Gogh Alive Digital Arts Exhibit, which was on display in Turkey for the 100th anniversary of the pharmaceutical company Abdi İbrahim, was visited by 215,000 people in Istanbul and Ankara.
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Turkey makes game-changing move on Kurdish problem
Turkey makes game-changing move on Kurdish problem
By Murat Yetkin
Monday, 07 January 2013
The Turkish government has made a game-changing move on the country’s chronic Kurdish problem by letting two Kurdish-origin members of Parliament visit the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, at his İmralı island prison on Jan. 3 following a number of contacts with him by Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
More:Turkey makes game-changing move on Kurdish problem
By Murat Yetkin
Monday, 07 January 2013
The Turkish government has made a game-changing move on the country’s chronic Kurdish problem by letting two Kurdish-origin members of Parliament visit the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, at his İmralı island prison on Jan. 3 following a number of contacts with him by Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
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APA - Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 152,000
Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 152,000
Baku-APA. A total of 152,051 Syrian refugees are currently taking shelter in Turkey after fleeing clashes in their country, a Turkish official statement said Monday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Turkey has set up five tent cities in Hatay, two in Sanliurfa, three in Gaziantep and one each in Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman and one container city in Kilis, according to the statement issued by the Turkish Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD).
More:APA - Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 152,000
Baku-APA. A total of 152,051 Syrian refugees are currently taking shelter in Turkey after fleeing clashes in their country, a Turkish official statement said Monday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Turkey has set up five tent cities in Hatay, two in Sanliurfa, three in Gaziantep and one each in Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman and one container city in Kilis, according to the statement issued by the Turkish Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD).
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Race to host 2020 Olympics intensifies for Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul | Sport | guardian.co.uk
Race to host 2020 Olympics intensifies for Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul
The three cities vying to host the 2020 Olympics submitted their official candidature files to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne on Monday, marking the start of eight months of intensive campaigning.
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The three cities vying to host the 2020 Olympics submitted their official candidature files to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne on Monday, marking the start of eight months of intensive campaigning.
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Wyndham opens first of two hotels in Istanbul - Business Traveller
Wyndham opens first of two hotels in Istanbul
Published: 07/01/2013 - Filed under: News »
Wyndham Hotel Group has opened the first of two hotels in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
The 210-room new-build Wyndham Istanbul Kalamis Marina is located on the Asian side of the city, and features free wifi, five restaurants and cafes, 14 meeting rooms including a 750-capacity ballroom, and spa facilities with sauna, hammam and Turkish baths.
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Published: 07/01/2013 - Filed under: News »
Wyndham Hotel Group has opened the first of two hotels in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
The 210-room new-build Wyndham Istanbul Kalamis Marina is located on the Asian side of the city, and features free wifi, five restaurants and cafes, 14 meeting rooms including a 750-capacity ballroom, and spa facilities with sauna, hammam and Turkish baths.
More:Wyndham opens first of two hotels in Istanbul - Business Traveller
KUNA : Snow storm forces cancellation of tens of flights in Istanbul - Communications - 07/01/2013
Snow storm forces cancellation of tens of flights in Istanbul
07/01/2013 | 11:27 PM | World News
ANKARA, Jan 7 (KUNA) -- Turkish authorities Monday cancelled tens of domestic and international flights in Istanbul Airport due to snow storms in northern and centeral Turkey for the second day running.
Turkish Airlines, the national carrier, said in a statement it cancelled 35 domestic flights and other international flights due to bad weather.
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07/01/2013 | 11:27 PM | World News
ANKARA, Jan 7 (KUNA) -- Turkish authorities Monday cancelled tens of domestic and international flights in Istanbul Airport due to snow storms in northern and centeral Turkey for the second day running.
Turkish Airlines, the national carrier, said in a statement it cancelled 35 domestic flights and other international flights due to bad weather.
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BBC Sport - Olympics: Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid submit 2020 bid files
Olympics: Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid submit 2020 bid files
Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid have handed over their bid files to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics to the International Olympic Committee.
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Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid have handed over their bid files to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics to the International Olympic Committee.
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Turkey ponders building gas terminal as energy demand rises | Middle East | BDlive
Turkey ponders building gas terminal as energy demand rises
by Orhan Coskun, January 07 2013, 05:37 | 0 Comment(s)
ALGIERS — Turkey will discuss building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with Qatar on its Aegean coast to help meet rising domestic needs and as Turkey’s role as an energy supplier to Europe grows, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Saturday.
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by Orhan Coskun, January 07 2013, 05:37 | 0 Comment(s)
ALGIERS — Turkey will discuss building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with Qatar on its Aegean coast to help meet rising domestic needs and as Turkey’s role as an energy supplier to Europe grows, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Saturday.
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Ankara's Achilles' Heel - Qantara.de
Turkey's Syria PolicyAnkara's Achilles' Heel
The Syrian conflict is exposing the limitations of aspiring regional power Turkey, as the West repeatedly urges leaders in Ankara to exercise military restraint. Turkish public opinion is also putting the brakes on a possible intervention in neighbouring Syria. By Thomas Seibert
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The Syrian conflict is exposing the limitations of aspiring regional power Turkey, as the West repeatedly urges leaders in Ankara to exercise military restraint. Turkish public opinion is also putting the brakes on a possible intervention in neighbouring Syria. By Thomas Seibert
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KCR and the Istanbul model | Newspaper | DAWN.COM
KCR and the Istanbul model
From the Newspaper | 16 hours ago
I HAVE read with interest Mr Hussain’s letter about “KCR and Montreal Model” (Jan 3). I too have visited Montreal several times during official assignments at the ICAO.
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From the Newspaper | 16 hours ago
I HAVE read with interest Mr Hussain’s letter about “KCR and Montreal Model” (Jan 3). I too have visited Montreal several times during official assignments at the ICAO.
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50 shades of Turkish censorship
50 shades of Turkish censorship
EMRAH GÜLER ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
In what amounts to a set of one irony after another, Turkey is freeing hundreds of books from decades of exclusion while simultaneously threatening to ban two world classics
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EMRAH GÜLER ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
In what amounts to a set of one irony after another, Turkey is freeing hundreds of books from decades of exclusion while simultaneously threatening to ban two world classics
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Turkey seeks more Maghreb resources for diversification
Turkey seeks more Maghreb resources for diversification
ALGERIS / TRIPOLI
Turkey renews a crucial LNG deal with Algeria, demanding additional capacity for private buyer. The country is also considering petrol trade with the North African country and oil search in recovering Libya. Energy Minister Taner Yıldız invites Qataris to build an gas facility in Turkey
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ALGERIS / TRIPOLI
Turkey renews a crucial LNG deal with Algeria, demanding additional capacity for private buyer. The country is also considering petrol trade with the North African country and oil search in recovering Libya. Energy Minister Taner Yıldız invites Qataris to build an gas facility in Turkey
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Just ignore Ankara's first impressions - The National
Just ignore Ankara's first impressions
Florian Neuhof
Jan 7, 2013
The rolling hills around Ankara were draped in grey as The National drove into town, while nightfall kept the visual exposure to Turkey's capital to a minimum on the way from the airport.
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Florian Neuhof
Jan 7, 2013
The rolling hills around Ankara were draped in grey as The National drove into town, while nightfall kept the visual exposure to Turkey's capital to a minimum on the way from the airport.
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Turkey defiant on concessions to Kurds - FT.com
Turkey defiant on concessions to Kurds
By David O’Byrne in Istanbul
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, at the weekend ruled out the possibility of his government making big concessions in talks with the jailed Kurdish separatist leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
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By David O’Byrne in Istanbul
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, at the weekend ruled out the possibility of his government making big concessions in talks with the jailed Kurdish separatist leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
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İstanbul on alert as heavy snow begins | General | World Bulletin
İstanbul on alert as heavy snow begins
Upon meteorologists' warnings, Turkish Airlines (THY) has cancelled a total of 40 flights, eight of which are international flights.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Heavy snow began to fall in İstanbul on Monday following days of warnings from meteorologists, with the first snowfall hitting the city's Anatolian side in the early hours of Monday and beginning to blanket other areas around 10:00 a.m.
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Upon meteorologists' warnings, Turkish Airlines (THY) has cancelled a total of 40 flights, eight of which are international flights.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Heavy snow began to fall in İstanbul on Monday following days of warnings from meteorologists, with the first snowfall hitting the city's Anatolian side in the early hours of Monday and beginning to blanket other areas around 10:00 a.m.
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Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo submitting 2020 Summer Olympics bid files 8 months before vote - The Washington Post
Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo submitting 2020 Summer Olympics bid files 8 months before vote
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, January 7, 7:56 AM
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Olympics moved into a crucial phase Monday with the three candidate cities submitting their bid plans to the IOC.
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By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, January 7, 7:56 AM
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Exactly eight months before the vote, the race for the 2020 Olympics moved into a crucial phase Monday with the three candidate cities submitting their bid plans to the IOC.
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Turkish Author Breaks Ground with New Book about Kurdistan
Turkish Author Breaks Ground with New Book about Kurdistan
06/01/2013 22:10:00 By HEMIN KHOSHNAW
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – What is it about the title of her new book, Kurdistan: Our New Neighbor, that has earned Turkish author and journalist Simla Yerlikaya reproach, and even accusations of treachery to the homeland?
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06/01/2013 22:10:00 By HEMIN KHOSHNAW
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – What is it about the title of her new book, Kurdistan: Our New Neighbor, that has earned Turkish author and journalist Simla Yerlikaya reproach, and even accusations of treachery to the homeland?
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Dutch Patriot missiles shipped to boost Turkish air defenses amid threat from Syrian civil war | Fox News
Dutch Patriot missiles shipped to boost Turkish air defenses amid threat from Syrian civil war
DE PEEL AIR BASE, Netherlands – The Dutch military is shipping its Patriot missiles to fellow NATO member Turkey to boost its air defenses amid the escalating war in neighboring Syria.
The two Dutch batteries are part of a NATO contingent of Patriot missiles that intercept incoming ballistic missiles. Two U.S. and two German batteries are also being deployed to other parts of southern Turkey.
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DE PEEL AIR BASE, Netherlands – The Dutch military is shipping its Patriot missiles to fellow NATO member Turkey to boost its air defenses amid the escalating war in neighboring Syria.
The two Dutch batteries are part of a NATO contingent of Patriot missiles that intercept incoming ballistic missiles. Two U.S. and two German batteries are also being deployed to other parts of southern Turkey.
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Sunday, January 06, 2013
Ankara continues efforts to join EU - The Sofia Globe
Ankara continues efforts to join EU
Posted Jan 6 2013 by Dorian Jones of VOANews in CEE, EU, News
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Ankara has issued a strong attack on the European Union (EU) for what it calls a “bigoted” assessment of Turkey in its report on EU membership requirements published in October. In response, Turkey drew up its own report released this week to counter Brussels’. Despite the current acrimony, Ankara is expressing hopes its membership bid will get back on track with Ireland taking over the EU presidency.
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Posted Jan 6 2013 by Dorian Jones of VOANews in CEE, EU, News
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Ankara has issued a strong attack on the European Union (EU) for what it calls a “bigoted” assessment of Turkey in its report on EU membership requirements published in October. In response, Turkey drew up its own report released this week to counter Brussels’. Despite the current acrimony, Ankara is expressing hopes its membership bid will get back on track with Ireland taking over the EU presidency.
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Turkey's EU membership is not a 'given': Swedish FM | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
Turkey's EU membership is not a 'given': Swedish FM
January 06, 2013 02:27 PM
By Fulya Ozerkan
IZMIR, Turkey: Turkey's prospect of joining the European Union at the end of a lengthy process is not a certainty, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told AFP Sunday, saying efforts would have to be made by both Ankara and Brussels.
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January 06, 2013 02:27 PM
By Fulya Ozerkan
IZMIR, Turkey: Turkey's prospect of joining the European Union at the end of a lengthy process is not a certainty, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told AFP Sunday, saying efforts would have to be made by both Ankara and Brussels.
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Gold seized at Istanbul airport was allegedly for Iran: Voice of Russia
Gold seized at Istanbul airport was allegedly for Iran
An A300 owned by the Turkish ULS Cargo firm was detained due to some missing documents.
Earlier, Turkish media speculated that the plane was actually flying from Algeria, and not to the United Arab Emirates, but possibly to Iran in breach of international sanctions against that country.
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An A300 owned by the Turkish ULS Cargo firm was detained due to some missing documents.
Earlier, Turkish media speculated that the plane was actually flying from Algeria, and not to the United Arab Emirates, but possibly to Iran in breach of international sanctions against that country.
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Turkey's Erdogan rules out amnesty for Kurdish militants | Reuters
Turkey's Erdogan rules out amnesty for Kurdish militants
By Ece Toksabay
ISTANBUL | Sun Jan 6, 2013 7:35am EST
(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ruled out a general amnesty for Kurdish militants on Sunday but said intelligence agents would continue to talk to the rebels' jailed leader in a bid to end a near three-decade insurgency.
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By Ece Toksabay
ISTANBUL | Sun Jan 6, 2013 7:35am EST
(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ruled out a general amnesty for Kurdish militants on Sunday but said intelligence agents would continue to talk to the rebels' jailed leader in a bid to end a near three-decade insurgency.
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Saturday, January 05, 2013
Plan for Istanbul game still up in air
Plan for Istanbul game still up in air
Date
January 6, 2013
THE businessman hoping to organise the Gallipoli centenary clash in Istanbul says financial support from the Turkish government is all but guaranteed and all he now needs is approval from the AFL.
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January 6, 2013
THE businessman hoping to organise the Gallipoli centenary clash in Istanbul says financial support from the Turkish government is all but guaranteed and all he now needs is approval from the AFL.
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Police bus accident in Istanbul injures 12 officers
Police bus accident in Istanbul injures 12 officers
ISTANBUL - Doğan News Agency
A police bus rolled over due to fog this morning on the TEM motorway in Şişli’s Maslak neighborhood, injuring 12 officers, two of them seriously.
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ISTANBUL - Doğan News Agency
A police bus rolled over due to fog this morning on the TEM motorway in Şişli’s Maslak neighborhood, injuring 12 officers, two of them seriously.
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Postcard from Istanbul: Objects of desire
Postcard from Istanbul: Objects of desire
Date
January 5, 2013
Lindy Percival
In the first of an occasional series from afar, Lindy Percival enters Orhan Pamuk's literary labyrinth.
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Date
January 5, 2013
Lindy Percival
In the first of an occasional series from afar, Lindy Percival enters Orhan Pamuk's literary labyrinth.
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Friday, January 04, 2013
2 more Syrian generals defected to Turkey | Ya Libnan | World News Live from Lebanon
2 more Syrian generals defected to Turkey
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Two more generals of the Syrian Army, 13 colonels, six lieutenant colonels and 68 soldiers defected to Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday.
According to the agency, all servicemen were sent to a military camp Apaydin, located in Turkey.
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Two more generals of the Syrian Army, 13 colonels, six lieutenant colonels and 68 soldiers defected to Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday.
According to the agency, all servicemen were sent to a military camp Apaydin, located in Turkey.
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Religian: The shrinking church: Congregations look for solutions as they face declines in membership, attendance
When Joyce Gibbs began attending Zion Lutheran in Phillipsburg, Kan., in 1954, the congregation had to set up extra chairs in the aisle during worship services. In 1964 a new building was constructed to accommodate the rapidly growing congregation.
“We were really a thriving congregation. We had good attendance, an active junior and senior Luther League, a couples group ...,” said Gibbs, who lives in rural Phillipsburg, with a population of about 2,500.
Today, Zion's average attendance has dwindled to about 50 and Sunday school is now a one-room class with a handful of mixed-aged youth. Lorna Paulus, the pastor who divides her time between Zion and nearby St. John Lutheran Church in Kensington, Kan., attributes the decline to several factors, including the loss of industry in the town, elderly members who have died and lack of young families coming up behind them.
What we're seeing is not just a backlash against hymnals and potlucks. Nearly every U.S. Christian denomination has seen membership declines in the past two years, including Southern Baptists, who seemed invincible in the '70s, '80s and '90s.
And in 2012 the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life reported for the first time that the number of Americans identifying as Protestant dipped below half, to 48 percent. Only Roman Catholics seem to be hanging on, which experts attribute to a growing Latino population.
Read more: The Lutheran | The shrinking church: Congregations look for solutions as they face declines in membership, attendance
“We were really a thriving congregation. We had good attendance, an active junior and senior Luther League, a couples group ...,” said Gibbs, who lives in rural Phillipsburg, with a population of about 2,500.
Today, Zion's average attendance has dwindled to about 50 and Sunday school is now a one-room class with a handful of mixed-aged youth. Lorna Paulus, the pastor who divides her time between Zion and nearby St. John Lutheran Church in Kensington, Kan., attributes the decline to several factors, including the loss of industry in the town, elderly members who have died and lack of young families coming up behind them.
What we're seeing is not just a backlash against hymnals and potlucks. Nearly every U.S. Christian denomination has seen membership declines in the past two years, including Southern Baptists, who seemed invincible in the '70s, '80s and '90s.
And in 2012 the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life reported for the first time that the number of Americans identifying as Protestant dipped below half, to 48 percent. Only Roman Catholics seem to be hanging on, which experts attribute to a growing Latino population.
Read more: The Lutheran | The shrinking church: Congregations look for solutions as they face declines in membership, attendance
Istanbul, Antalya top in Turkish tourism list
Istanbul, Antalya top in Turkish tourism list
ISTANBUL/ANTALYA- Anatolia News Agency
Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, and Antalya, the heart of the sun-and-sea tourism in the country attract some 80 percent of tourists to Turkey despite ongoing efforts to diversify destinations
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ISTANBUL/ANTALYA- Anatolia News Agency
Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, and Antalya, the heart of the sun-and-sea tourism in the country attract some 80 percent of tourists to Turkey despite ongoing efforts to diversify destinations
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Burgeoning art scene in Istanbul despite little state funding - The National
Burgeoning art scene in Istanbul despite little state funding
Tahira Yaqoob
Jan 4, 2013
But huzun, the Arabic-derived Turkish word used by the Nobel-prizewinning novelist to describe that sense of spiritual loss and longing, could be the key to the city's rebirth.
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Tahira Yaqoob
Jan 4, 2013
But huzun, the Arabic-derived Turkish word used by the Nobel-prizewinning novelist to describe that sense of spiritual loss and longing, could be the key to the city's rebirth.
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Turkey's Kurds have a window for reconciliation - The National
Turkey's Kurds have a window for reconciliation
National Editorial
Jan 4, 2013
Ask anyone who hails from Turkey's Anatolian heartland to self-identify, and more often than not, the answer will be a proud "I am Turkish." Ask the same question of a man from Turkey's south-east, and you will probably get a very different answer. "I," he will say, "am Kurdish."
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National Editorial
Jan 4, 2013
Ask anyone who hails from Turkey's Anatolian heartland to self-identify, and more often than not, the answer will be a proud "I am Turkish." Ask the same question of a man from Turkey's south-east, and you will probably get a very different answer. "I," he will say, "am Kurdish."
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Istanbul still in running for F1 race this season - Autoweek
Istanbul still in running for F1 race this season
By: Quentin Spurring on January 4, 2013
If Formula One is to add a 20th race to the 2013 schedule to replace the postponed race in New Jersey, it appears that race will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
More:Istanbul still in running for F1 race this season - Autoweek
By: Quentin Spurring on January 4, 2013
If Formula One is to add a 20th race to the 2013 schedule to replace the postponed race in New Jersey, it appears that race will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
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ANKARA, Turkey: US troops arrive in Turkey for Patriot missiles - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com
US troops arrive in Turkey for Patriot missiles
By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey -- U.S. troops have started to arrive in Turkey to man Patriot missiles meant to protect the NATO ally from potential Syrian warheads, the U.S. military said Friday.
The United States, Germany and the Netherlands are each deploying two batteries of the U.S.-built defense system to boost ally Turkey's air defenses against any spillover from Syria's nearly 2-year civil war. The Patriot systems are expected to become operational later this month.
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By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey -- U.S. troops have started to arrive in Turkey to man Patriot missiles meant to protect the NATO ally from potential Syrian warheads, the U.S. military said Friday.
The United States, Germany and the Netherlands are each deploying two batteries of the U.S.-built defense system to boost ally Turkey's air defenses against any spillover from Syria's nearly 2-year civil war. The Patriot systems are expected to become operational later this month.
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Ankara denies reports on Turkish pilots in Syria - Politics - 04/01/2013
Ankara denies reports on Turkish pilots in Syria
ANKARA, Jan 4 (KUNA) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday dismissed reports that Turkish pilots were arrested while attempting to infiltrate into Syria.
"We find such manipulative reports in the media quite odd. But we find it even stranger that the opposition party is making all these statements that put the Armed Forces in a difficult position," Davutoglu told a joint news conference with visiting Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Law Kasiviswanathan Shanmugan.
"No Turkish military officer is in Syria right now," Davutoglu added. "Our statement is clear. We ask the people of Turkey to be aware of these manipulations." The Turkish foreign minister blasted parliament opposition for submitting a request based on untrue reports.
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ANKARA, Jan 4 (KUNA) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday dismissed reports that Turkish pilots were arrested while attempting to infiltrate into Syria.
"We find such manipulative reports in the media quite odd. But we find it even stranger that the opposition party is making all these statements that put the Armed Forces in a difficult position," Davutoglu told a joint news conference with visiting Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Law Kasiviswanathan Shanmugan.
"No Turkish military officer is in Syria right now," Davutoglu added. "Our statement is clear. We ask the people of Turkey to be aware of these manipulations." The Turkish foreign minister blasted parliament opposition for submitting a request based on untrue reports.
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Turkey’s Energy Challenges » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Turkey’s Energy Challenges
by DANIEL WAGNER AND GIORGIO CAFIERO
Ankara will soon be confronted with some difficult foreign policy decisions that could affect its long-term energy interests. The discovery of vast reserves of natural gas off the coasts of Cyprus and Israel could oblige Turkey to resolve longstanding disputes with its neighbours.
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by DANIEL WAGNER AND GIORGIO CAFIERO
Ankara will soon be confronted with some difficult foreign policy decisions that could affect its long-term energy interests. The discovery of vast reserves of natural gas off the coasts of Cyprus and Israel could oblige Turkey to resolve longstanding disputes with its neighbours.
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Attorney for Turkish Victims of Former Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General Joris Demmink's Alleged Crimes Applauds Letter from Congress Expressing Concern to Turkish Ambassador About Pedophilia Investigation
Attorney for Turkish Victims of Former Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General Joris Demmink's Alleged Crimes Applauds Letter from Congress Expressing Concern to Turkish Ambassador About Pedophilia Investigation
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the 113th United States Congress convenes on January 3, Adele van der Plas, Managing Director of the Bakker Schut Foundation and attorney for Turkish victims of former Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General Joris Demmink's alleged pedophilia crimes, issued the following statement:
"Congressmen Ted Poe (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) have courageously expressed 'serious concern' to Turkey's Ambassador to the U.S. Namik Tan about the investigation into alleged pedophilia crimes committed by former Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General Joris Demmink. The 113th Session of the United States Congress must continue to raise the concerns of these members of the Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus and investigate whether the Dutch and Turkish governments have covered up Demmink's alleged crimes.
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AMSTERDAM, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the 113th United States Congress convenes on January 3, Adele van der Plas, Managing Director of the Bakker Schut Foundation and attorney for Turkish victims of former Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General Joris Demmink's alleged pedophilia crimes, issued the following statement:
"Congressmen Ted Poe (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) have courageously expressed 'serious concern' to Turkey's Ambassador to the U.S. Namik Tan about the investigation into alleged pedophilia crimes committed by former Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General Joris Demmink. The 113th Session of the United States Congress must continue to raise the concerns of these members of the Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus and investigate whether the Dutch and Turkish governments have covered up Demmink's alleged crimes.
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Turkey: Military Will Keep Fighting Rebel Kurds - ABC News
Turkey: Military Will Keep Fighting Rebel Kurds
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey January 4, 2013 (AP)
Turkey will press ahead with military operations against autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels even as Turkish officials hold talks with the rebels' jailed leader to end the 28-year-old conflict, officials said Friday.
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By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey January 4, 2013 (AP)
Turkey will press ahead with military operations against autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels even as Turkish officials hold talks with the rebels' jailed leader to end the 28-year-old conflict, officials said Friday.
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Turkish ruling party says progress made in Kurdish rebel talks | Reuters
Turkish ruling party says progress made in Kurdish rebel talks
ANKARA | Fri Jan 4, 2013 7:26am EST
Jan 4 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have made "important progress" in talks with jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan aimed at ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people over three decades, a senior ruling party official said on Friday.
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ANKARA | Fri Jan 4, 2013 7:26am EST
Jan 4 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have made "important progress" in talks with jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan aimed at ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people over three decades, a senior ruling party official said on Friday.
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Istanbul's Oldest Brothel Faces Closure Threat - Bianet
Istanbul's Oldest Brothel Faces Closure Threat
Several sex workers assembled by the gates of Zürafa Street, Istanbul's oldest venue for brothels, to protest the closure six brothels in the red light district.
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Several sex workers assembled by the gates of Zürafa Street, Istanbul's oldest venue for brothels, to protest the closure six brothels in the red light district.
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Cyprus problem takes a back seat - Cyprus Mail
Cyprus problem takes a back seat
By Stefanos Evripidou Published on December 30, 2012
IF YOU’RE reading this, it’s highly likely the world did not end on December 21 as the doomsayers predicted, which should be good news to most.
However, if the Mayans were right, and we all just fell off the cosmic cliff, congratulations! Not only have you entered the seventh dimension, you also managed to take a copy of the Sunday Mail with you. Either that or you nabbed it free in the online ether world.
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By Stefanos Evripidou Published on December 30, 2012
IF YOU’RE reading this, it’s highly likely the world did not end on December 21 as the doomsayers predicted, which should be good news to most.
However, if the Mayans were right, and we all just fell off the cosmic cliff, congratulations! Not only have you entered the seventh dimension, you also managed to take a copy of the Sunday Mail with you. Either that or you nabbed it free in the online ether world.
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Dominic Sandbrook's Istanbul - Telegraph
Dominic Sandbrook's Istanbul
9:52AM GMT 04 Jan 2013
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WHY ISTANBUL? I’ve loved Istanbul ever since my student backpacker days. It was once the capital of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, and I don’t think anywhere has such intoxicating reminders of past glories or such a rich atmosphere of cultural diversity. And the basic geography of the place is just extraordinary: the mosques rising above the Golden Horn, the ferries on the Bosporus, ploughing between Europe and Asia, the castles guarding the entrance to the Black Sea.
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9:52AM GMT 04 Jan 2013
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WHY ISTANBUL? I’ve loved Istanbul ever since my student backpacker days. It was once the capital of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, and I don’t think anywhere has such intoxicating reminders of past glories or such a rich atmosphere of cultural diversity. And the basic geography of the place is just extraordinary: the mosques rising above the Golden Horn, the ferries on the Bosporus, ploughing between Europe and Asia, the castles guarding the entrance to the Black Sea.
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Scotch mist across İstanbul | General | World Bulletin
Scotch mist across İstanbul
Officials in meteorology say fog will be dispersed by noon by the advent of wind in İstanbul.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Thick fog has caused disruptions across İstanbul, creating difficulties for traffic on slippery roads and halting marine traffic in the Marmara region.
Fog, which was particularly dense in hillside areas, slowed down the traffic as the visibility was significantly reduced.
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Officials in meteorology say fog will be dispersed by noon by the advent of wind in İstanbul.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Thick fog has caused disruptions across İstanbul, creating difficulties for traffic on slippery roads and halting marine traffic in the Marmara region.
Fog, which was particularly dense in hillside areas, slowed down the traffic as the visibility was significantly reduced.
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Taqa signs $12bn coal plant deal with Turkey - The National
Taqa signs $12bn coal plant deal with Turkey
Florian Neuhof
Jan 4, 2013
The UAE and Turkey signed an agreement yesterday that will see the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, known as Taqa, spearhead the massive project.
More:Taqa signs $12bn coal plant deal with Turkey - The National
Florian Neuhof
Jan 4, 2013
The UAE and Turkey signed an agreement yesterday that will see the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, known as Taqa, spearhead the massive project.
More:Taqa signs $12bn coal plant deal with Turkey - The National
Turkey's Energy Challenges - Analysis Eurasia Review
Turkey’s Energy Challenges – Analysis
By: INEGMA
January 4, 2013
By Daniel Wagner and Giorgio Cafiero
Turkey has managed to maintain impressive growth rates over the past decade in spite of a lack of indigenous sources of energy. Ankara has pursued a foreign policy aimed at diversifying the country’s energy imports while simultaneously positioning itself as a major energy hub. Turkey’s geostrategic position makes achieving this dual objective challenging, but it has managed to strike a balance between being assertive and deferential in acquiring and managing its energy supply. While the Turkish government’s power to influence events in the region is of course limited, it will be compelled to make some difficult foreign policy decisions in the near term that could substantially impact its long-term energy interests.
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By: INEGMA
January 4, 2013
By Daniel Wagner and Giorgio Cafiero
Turkey has managed to maintain impressive growth rates over the past decade in spite of a lack of indigenous sources of energy. Ankara has pursued a foreign policy aimed at diversifying the country’s energy imports while simultaneously positioning itself as a major energy hub. Turkey’s geostrategic position makes achieving this dual objective challenging, but it has managed to strike a balance between being assertive and deferential in acquiring and managing its energy supply. While the Turkish government’s power to influence events in the region is of course limited, it will be compelled to make some difficult foreign policy decisions in the near term that could substantially impact its long-term energy interests.
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Thursday, January 03, 2013
TAHA ÖZHAN - Turkey’s Kurdish problem
Turkey’s Kurdish problem
Modern Turkey emerged out of a project of radical identity construction. It was a project that aimed to build a state out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire that would be a secular state, constructed directly on references to ethnic roots and with the goal of Westernization. In the end, what came out of this demographic engineering project was a neurotic social and political structure. Like other nation-building projects in our region, Turkey’s nation building also subjugated certain groups in the new state.
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Modern Turkey emerged out of a project of radical identity construction. It was a project that aimed to build a state out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire that would be a secular state, constructed directly on references to ethnic roots and with the goal of Westernization. In the end, what came out of this demographic engineering project was a neurotic social and political structure. Like other nation-building projects in our region, Turkey’s nation building also subjugated certain groups in the new state.
More:TAHA ÖZHAN - Turkey’s Kurdish problem
Turkish Insurers Rise on Government Incentives: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
Turkish Insurers Rise on Government Incentives: Istanbul Mover
By Taylan Bilgic - Jan 3, 2013 11:23 AM ET
Turkish insurance companies advanced for a second day in Istanbul as government incentives to encourage savings through private pension plans came into effect with the start of 2013.
Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik AS (ANHYT) led gains, surging 12 percent to 4.85 liras at the close, its biggest advance since November 2008 and the highest level since Aug. 3. Yapi Kredi Sigorta AS (YKSGR), which is being split into life and non-life units for sale by parent Yapi & Kredi Bankasi AS, climbed 2.1 percent to 16.80 liras.
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By Taylan Bilgic - Jan 3, 2013 11:23 AM ET
Turkish insurance companies advanced for a second day in Istanbul as government incentives to encourage savings through private pension plans came into effect with the start of 2013.
Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik AS (ANHYT) led gains, surging 12 percent to 4.85 liras at the close, its biggest advance since November 2008 and the highest level since Aug. 3. Yapi Kredi Sigorta AS (YKSGR), which is being split into life and non-life units for sale by parent Yapi & Kredi Bankasi AS, climbed 2.1 percent to 16.80 liras.
More:Turkish Insurers Rise on Government Incentives: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
Turkey's Energy Sector Looking To Supply Developing World -
Turkey's Energy Sector Looking To Supply Developing World
ISTANBUL - Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency, has offered some notable insights into the future of global energy markets. His presentation of the “World Energy Outlook 2012” report that focused on "energy efficiency" will undoubtedly be studied closely by the Turkish Industry & Business Association (TÜSÄ°AD).
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ISTANBUL - Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency, has offered some notable insights into the future of global energy markets. His presentation of the “World Energy Outlook 2012” report that focused on "energy efficiency" will undoubtedly be studied closely by the Turkish Industry & Business Association (TÜSÄ°AD).
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French Economy: France borrows at record low rates
France borrowed about 8 billion euros ($10.6 billion) at record low rates on Thursday, the country's debt agency said, in its first long term bond auction of 2013 in a sign that investors are still looking past a fragile French economy and recent downgrades by credit agencies.
The sale continued a particularly good stretch seen by the government in 2012 when France borrowed at rates lower than ever, despite slowing growth and the country's loss of its top notch rating from agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
"For the benchmark 10-year debt that is of particular interest, the French rates continue their downward trend," said Rene Defossez, bond strategist at Natixis.
The agency said it sold 3.53 billion euros in bonds to mature in October 2022 at an average rate of 2.07 percent, down from 2.22 percent at a similar sale in October.
This was the lowest rate on record paid by France paid for 10-year debt.
Read more: France borrows at record low rates - FRANCE 24
The sale continued a particularly good stretch seen by the government in 2012 when France borrowed at rates lower than ever, despite slowing growth and the country's loss of its top notch rating from agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's.
"For the benchmark 10-year debt that is of particular interest, the French rates continue their downward trend," said Rene Defossez, bond strategist at Natixis.
The agency said it sold 3.53 billion euros in bonds to mature in October 2022 at an average rate of 2.07 percent, down from 2.22 percent at a similar sale in October.
This was the lowest rate on record paid by France paid for 10-year debt.
Read more: France borrows at record low rates - FRANCE 24
Turkish Kurd deputies meet jailed militant leader Ocalan: lawmaker | Reuters
Turkish Kurd deputies meet jailed militant leader Ocalan: lawmaker
By Seyhmus Cakan
DIYARBAKIR | Thu Jan 3, 2013 1:36pm EST
(Reuters) - Two Kurdish lawmakers made a rare visit to Abdullah Ocalan at his island prison on Thursday, signaling that Turkey is negotiating with the influential militant leader over ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands over three decades.
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By Seyhmus Cakan
DIYARBAKIR | Thu Jan 3, 2013 1:36pm EST
(Reuters) - Two Kurdish lawmakers made a rare visit to Abdullah Ocalan at his island prison on Thursday, signaling that Turkey is negotiating with the influential militant leader over ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands over three decades.
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Tunisian Embassy in Ankara Demands Extradition of Former Regime Figure - Tunisia Live : Tunisia Live
Tunisian Embassy in Ankara Demands Extradition of Former Regime Figure
Farah Samti | 03 January 2013 | 1 Comment
Saida Agrebi
The Tunisian Embassy in Ankara officially demanded that Turkish authorities extradite former president of the Association of Tunisian Mothers Saida Agrebi, according to a press release by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She, a former member of the ousted RCD ruling party and vice-president of the World Family Organization, attended an international conference in Ankara this week.
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Farah Samti | 03 January 2013 | 1 Comment
Saida Agrebi
The Tunisian Embassy in Ankara officially demanded that Turkish authorities extradite former president of the Association of Tunisian Mothers Saida Agrebi, according to a press release by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She, a former member of the ousted RCD ruling party and vice-president of the World Family Organization, attended an international conference in Ankara this week.
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Turkey inks $12 billion energy project with UAE - The Economic Times
Turkey inks $12 billion energy project with UAE
ANKARA: Turkey signed on Thursday an agreement with the United Arab Emirates for the development of coal fields in southern Turkey to generate electricity.
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ANKARA: Turkey signed on Thursday an agreement with the United Arab Emirates for the development of coal fields in southern Turkey to generate electricity.
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ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's ex-military chief testifies on coup role - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com
Turkey's ex-military chief testifies on coup role
By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's former military chief testified in court Thursday about his role in ousting an Islamic-led government in the 1990s, as Turkey pressed to confront its past and make generals account for their decades of intervention in government affairs.
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By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's former military chief testified in court Thursday about his role in ousting an Islamic-led government in the 1990s, as Turkey pressed to confront its past and make generals account for their decades of intervention in government affairs.
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The Turkish administration: No woman, no try
The Turkish administration: No woman, no try
By Murat Yetkin
Thursday, 03 January 2013
Murat Yetkin
It was good of Turkish President Abdullah Gül to convene heads of the executive, legislative and judicial powers over a new years’ lunch in the Çankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara on Jan. 2. He had done that before but this year it had additional meaning since Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan has begun a debate on the relevance of separation of powers.
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By Murat Yetkin
Thursday, 03 January 2013
Murat Yetkin
It was good of Turkish President Abdullah Gül to convene heads of the executive, legislative and judicial powers over a new years’ lunch in the Çankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara on Jan. 2. He had done that before but this year it had additional meaning since Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan has begun a debate on the relevance of separation of powers.
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Our EU presidency can make a real impact by helping Turkey to join the union - European, Business - Independent.ie
Our EU presidency can make a real impact by helping Turkey to join the union
Thursday January 03 2013
THE poor Israelis are already getting a little bit bothered that we have assumed the EU presidency this week.
The normally sane 'Jerusalem Post' dismissed Ireland as "perhaps Israel's harshest critic inside the European Union" in an article published yesterday on our presidency.
More:Our EU presidency can make a real impact by helping Turkey to join the union - European, Business - Independent.ie
Thursday January 03 2013
THE poor Israelis are already getting a little bit bothered that we have assumed the EU presidency this week.
The normally sane 'Jerusalem Post' dismissed Ireland as "perhaps Israel's harshest critic inside the European Union" in an article published yesterday on our presidency.
More:Our EU presidency can make a real impact by helping Turkey to join the union - European, Business - Independent.ie
In Turkey, feeding the Syrian refugees no one counts - The Washington Post
Turkish villagers take in Syrian refugees that humanitarian groups don’t serve
By Carol Morello, Published: January 2
DAVUTPASA, Turkey — It was dinnertime at the dilapidated four-room house where at least 75 members of the Jasem family have been living since they fled the flooded cave in Syria where they first sought shelter when their village was shelled, and Hasnan Jasem was planning to serve potatoes and bread. Nothing else, just potatoes and bread.
More:In Turkey, feeding the Syrian refugees no one counts - The Washington Post
By Carol Morello, Published: January 2
DAVUTPASA, Turkey — It was dinnertime at the dilapidated four-room house where at least 75 members of the Jasem family have been living since they fled the flooded cave in Syria where they first sought shelter when their village was shelled, and Hasnan Jasem was planning to serve potatoes and bread. Nothing else, just potatoes and bread.
More:In Turkey, feeding the Syrian refugees no one counts - The Washington Post
Istanbul can host the greatest show on earth
Istanbul can host the greatest show on earth
HUGO ROSEMONT
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The competition to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games is heating up. While the ‘Host City elections’ of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can be very unpredictable, Istanbul should have an excellent chance of winning when the final decision is made in September. It has the vision, the enthusiasm and the political support that is needed to host the Games.
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HUGO ROSEMONT
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The competition to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games is heating up. While the ‘Host City elections’ of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can be very unpredictable, Istanbul should have an excellent chance of winning when the final decision is made in September. It has the vision, the enthusiasm and the political support that is needed to host the Games.
More:CONTRIBUTOR - Istanbul can host the greatest show on earth
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
China Sunergy opens factory in Istanbul: pv-magazine
China Sunergy opens factory in Istanbul
02. January 2013
China Sunergy Co. (CSUN) has opened a solar facility in Istanbul, Turkey with Turkish partner Seul Energy Investment Corp. The first 150MW solar module line will begin production this month.
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02. January 2013
China Sunergy Co. (CSUN) has opened a solar facility in Istanbul, Turkey with Turkish partner Seul Energy Investment Corp. The first 150MW solar module line will begin production this month.
More:China Sunergy opens factory in Istanbul: pv-magazine
Turkey Real Estate Companies Fall on Home Taxes: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
Turkey Real Estate Companies Fall on Home Taxes: Istanbul Mover
By Taylan Bilgic - Jan 2, 2013 8:30 AM ET
Turkish real estate investment trusts slumped after the government raised value-added taxes on sales of new homes.
Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (EKGYO) led declines on the Istanbul Stock Exchange National Reits Index (XGMYO), dropping 2.6 percent to 3.04 liras at 3:20 p.m. in Istanbul. The index dropped 1.5 percent, the only of 21 Turkey industry gauges tracked by Bloomberg to fall on the day. The Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 (XU100) added 1.1 percent to 79,050.82, a record high on a closing basis.
More:Turkey Real Estate Companies Fall on Home Taxes: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
By Taylan Bilgic - Jan 2, 2013 8:30 AM ET
Turkish real estate investment trusts slumped after the government raised value-added taxes on sales of new homes.
Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (EKGYO) led declines on the Istanbul Stock Exchange National Reits Index (XGMYO), dropping 2.6 percent to 3.04 liras at 3:20 p.m. in Istanbul. The index dropped 1.5 percent, the only of 21 Turkey industry gauges tracked by Bloomberg to fall on the day. The Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 (XU100) added 1.1 percent to 79,050.82, a record high on a closing basis.
More:Turkey Real Estate Companies Fall on Home Taxes: Istanbul Mover - Bloomberg
To End Kurdish Conflict, Turkey Calls on Archenemy - NYTimes.com
To End Kurdish Conflict, Turkey Calls on Archenemy
By HARVEY MORRIS
LONDON — Turkish intelligence agents have been making the short hop from Istanbul across the Sea of Marmara to the prison Island of Imrali in recent weeks for talks with a jailed Kurdish separatist leader who was once Turkey’s most wanted man.
More:To End Kurdish Conflict, Turkey Calls on Archenemy - NYTimes.com
By HARVEY MORRIS
LONDON — Turkish intelligence agents have been making the short hop from Istanbul across the Sea of Marmara to the prison Island of Imrali in recent weeks for talks with a jailed Kurdish separatist leader who was once Turkey’s most wanted man.
More:To End Kurdish Conflict, Turkey Calls on Archenemy - NYTimes.com
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
With Some Advice From the Dutch, Istanbul Tries To Get More Bike-Friendly | Green Prophet
Julia Harte | January 1st, 2013
The occasional bicycle rack can be found near pedestrian promenades in Istanbul, such as the one pictured above on the Asian side of the city.
But the city’s heavy traffic and reckless drivers discourage many would-be bicycle commuters. Developing a more bike-friendly Istanbul was the goal of BikeLab Istanbul, a workshop held in late December and sponsored by sustainable transport advocate EMBARQ TÜRKİYE, Dutch urban design company YARD 9, and the Dutch consulate in Istanbul.
More:With Some Advice From the Dutch, Istanbul Tries To Get More Bike-Friendly | Green Prophet
Tamie Adaya: Turkish Delight: The Wonders Of Istanbul
Turkish Delight: The Wonders Of Istanbul
Posted: 01/01/2013 7:00 am
I fall head over heels in love with Istanbul each time I visit. The people, the history, the food, the joie de vivre & architecture are all irresistible.
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Posted: 01/01/2013 7:00 am
I fall head over heels in love with Istanbul each time I visit. The people, the history, the food, the joie de vivre & architecture are all irresistible.
More:Tamie Adaya: Turkish Delight: The Wonders Of Istanbul
Turkey, jailed Kurd leader discuss disarmament: report | Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Turkey, jailed Kurd leader discuss disarmament: report
Published on 31 December 2012 - 8:53am
Turkey's intelligence agency has discussed the issue of disarmament with the jailed Kurdish leader in a bid to bring an end to the nearly three-decade old insurgency, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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Published on 31 December 2012 - 8:53am
Turkey's intelligence agency has discussed the issue of disarmament with the jailed Kurdish leader in a bid to bring an end to the nearly three-decade old insurgency, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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ISTANBUL 2020 ENDS YEAR ON ECONOMIC HIGH
ISTANBUL 2020 ENDS YEAR ON ECONOMIC HIGH
12/31/2012
Istanbul; 31 December 2012: Istanbul’s offer of a secure financial base for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been reinforced this week with the announcement that the Istanbul Stock Exchange has exceeded 78,000 points for the first time in its history - ending the year at a close of day record of 78,208.44.
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12/31/2012
Istanbul; 31 December 2012: Istanbul’s offer of a secure financial base for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been reinforced this week with the announcement that the Istanbul Stock Exchange has exceeded 78,000 points for the first time in its history - ending the year at a close of day record of 78,208.44.
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Hot Destinations 2013: Finding the Locals’ Istanbul
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We can do better than the old cliche of Istanbul as “East meets West.” Instead, Courtney Crockett seeks out the vibrant local experience–the real hamam culture, Türk kahvehane and the hidden corners of the Grand Bazaar.
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We can do better than the old cliche of Istanbul as “East meets West.” Instead, Courtney Crockett seeks out the vibrant local experience–the real hamam culture, Türk kahvehane and the hidden corners of the Grand Bazaar.
More:Travel News You Can Use – Hot Destinations 2013: Finding the Locals’ Istanbul
Turkey, jailed Kurdish militant discuss disarmament - paper - swissinfo
Turkey, jailed Kurdish militant discuss disarmament - paper
Dec 31, 2012 - 08:03
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish intelligence officials have discussed the prospect of Kurdish militants disarming in talks with their jailed leader aimed at ending a conflict which has killed more than 40,000 people, a newspaper said on Monday.
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Dec 31, 2012 - 08:03
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish intelligence officials have discussed the prospect of Kurdish militants disarming in talks with their jailed leader aimed at ending a conflict which has killed more than 40,000 people, a newspaper said on Monday.
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23 Hospitalized in Istanbul Hotel over Gas Poisoning
23 Hospitalized in Istanbul Hotel over Gas Poisoning
TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 23 people were hospitalized due to gas poisoning after a leak at a hotel in Istanbul early on Monday.
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TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 23 people were hospitalized due to gas poisoning after a leak at a hotel in Istanbul early on Monday.
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Turkey prepares its own EU progress report for first time
Turkey prepares its own EU progress report for first time
ISTANBUL
Turkey’s European Union Ministry has shared the first progress report that the country has ever prepared on its own, Anatolia news agency reported today.
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ISTANBUL
Turkey’s European Union Ministry has shared the first progress report that the country has ever prepared on its own, Anatolia news agency reported today.
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A good year in Turkish cinema, but for who?
A good year in Turkish cinema, but for who?
EMRAH GÜLER
Turkish movies have been winning awards at major international film festivals from Berlin and Montreal to Sarajevo and Dubai throughout the year. Box Office numbers show that seven out of the 10 top-grossing movies are Turkish. However, the fact is that none of the movies that brought crowds to theaters are award-winners
More:CINEMA-TV - A good year in Turkish cinema, but for who?
EMRAH GÜLER
Turkish movies have been winning awards at major international film festivals from Berlin and Montreal to Sarajevo and Dubai throughout the year. Box Office numbers show that seven out of the 10 top-grossing movies are Turkish. However, the fact is that none of the movies that brought crowds to theaters are award-winners
More:CINEMA-TV - A good year in Turkish cinema, but for who?
Erdogan tells Syrian refugees’ victory is near | The New Age Online
Erdogan tells Syrian refugees’ victory is near
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian refugees on Sunday that victory over the "tyrant" President Bashar al-Assad was at hand.
"I can see it clearly that the help of God is near," Erdogan said in televised remarks at Turkey's Akcakale refugee camp in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa.
More:Erdogan tells Syrian refugees’ victory is near | The New Age Online
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian refugees on Sunday that victory over the "tyrant" President Bashar al-Assad was at hand.
"I can see it clearly that the help of God is near," Erdogan said in televised remarks at Turkey's Akcakale refugee camp in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa.
More:Erdogan tells Syrian refugees’ victory is near | The New Age Online
Port Said receives 479 Syrian refugees on Turkish ship | Egypt Independent
Port Said receives 479 Syrian refugees on Turkish ship
Egypt Independent
Tue, 01/01/2013 - 18:49
Major General Ahmed Naguib Sharaf, head of the Port Said harbors authority, said that 479 Syrian refugees arrived in Egypt Tuesday on board the Turkish Shop Nissos Rodos.
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Egypt Independent
Tue, 01/01/2013 - 18:49
Major General Ahmed Naguib Sharaf, head of the Port Said harbors authority, said that 479 Syrian refugees arrived in Egypt Tuesday on board the Turkish Shop Nissos Rodos.
More:Port Said receives 479 Syrian refugees on Turkish ship | Egypt Independent
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