Syria raises tension with Turkey in new border move
President Bashar al-Assad increases military patrols along frontier to dissuade Turkey from intervening in domestic unrest
Syrian officials have ordered military units to increase patrols near the restive Turkish border in what amounts to a warning to its increasingly irate northern neighbour not to establish a buffer zone inside Syria.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
by Nadia Alkahzrajie - Thursday August 18, 2011 2:59 pm
Like no other jilted capital Istanbul engulfs visitors with its razzled charms, the musk of rose petal tinged with rancid fish-heads the prelude to your renewed affections. Important things have happened in this city of minarets; here the past isn’t so much a passive resident but a restless dervish whirling down the backstreets off Taxsim square, where men smoke the hookah and sip coffee as thick and loamy as compost.
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by Nadia Alkahzrajie - Thursday August 18, 2011 2:59 pm
Like no other jilted capital Istanbul engulfs visitors with its razzled charms, the musk of rose petal tinged with rancid fish-heads the prelude to your renewed affections. Important things have happened in this city of minarets; here the past isn’t so much a passive resident but a restless dervish whirling down the backstreets off Taxsim square, where men smoke the hookah and sip coffee as thick and loamy as compost.
More:Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Foodepedia
Turkey strikes Kurd rebels in Iraq for third night | Reuters
Turkey strikes Kurd rebels in Iraq for third night
ANKARA | Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq in a third consecutive night of airstrikes, military headquarters said on Saturday, adding that the planes had all returned safely to their bases.
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ANKARA | Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq in a third consecutive night of airstrikes, military headquarters said on Saturday, adding that the planes had all returned safely to their bases.
More:Turkey strikes Kurd rebels in Iraq for third night | Reuters
Factbox: What is the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)? | Reuters
Factbox: What is the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)?
Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:32pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey launched an air and artillery assault on Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq overnight after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said he had lost patience with separatists fighting in southeastern Turkey.
More:Factbox: What is the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)? | Reuters
Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:32pm EDT
(Reuters) - Turkey launched an air and artillery assault on Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq overnight after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said he had lost patience with separatists fighting in southeastern Turkey.
More:Factbox: What is the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)? | Reuters
Turkey’s double-standard policy on Syria - Tehran Times
Turkey’s double-standard policy on Syria
Mojtaba Sadeghian
On Line: 19 August 2011 17:17
The Turkish military’s recent massive attacks on Kurdish separatists have raised the question of why Turkey is criticizing the Syrian government for its crackdown on armed terrorists.
In response to PKK terrorist attacks in which several militants were killed, the Turkish armed forces have conducted extensive operations against PKK bases in southern Turkey and northern Iraq over the past month.
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Mojtaba Sadeghian
On Line: 19 August 2011 17:17
The Turkish military’s recent massive attacks on Kurdish separatists have raised the question of why Turkey is criticizing the Syrian government for its crackdown on armed terrorists.
In response to PKK terrorist attacks in which several militants were killed, the Turkish armed forces have conducted extensive operations against PKK bases in southern Turkey and northern Iraq over the past month.
More:Turkey’s double-standard policy on Syria - Tehran Times
AFP: Turkey says it hit 85 Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq
Turkey says it hit 85 Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq
(AFP) – 4 hours ago
ANKARA — Turkish planes carried out two raids in Iraq on Friday and bombarded 85 Kurdish rebel targets, the army announced on Saturday, without giving any possible casualty figures.
Turkey resumed its bombing of positions held by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Iraq mountains after a break of more than a year following an attack on Wednesday in southeast Turkey in which nine members of the Turkish security forces were killed.
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(AFP) – 4 hours ago
ANKARA — Turkish planes carried out two raids in Iraq on Friday and bombarded 85 Kurdish rebel targets, the army announced on Saturday, without giving any possible casualty figures.
Turkey resumed its bombing of positions held by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Iraq mountains after a break of more than a year following an attack on Wednesday in southeast Turkey in which nine members of the Turkish security forces were killed.
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Ramadan in Turkey: Where relaxed fasting rules meet religiosity and tradition | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
Ramadan in Turkey: Where relaxed fasting rules meet religiosity and tradition
Hugo Massa
Throughout these last two weeks of Ramadan, the travel section will look at Ramadan in a number of countries around the world. This is the first in our little mini-series on the different experiences of Ramadan.
Ramadan is a month of celebrations in every Muslim country in the world. Yet one notices differences in cultural and religious practices during the holy month from one region to another.
More:Ramadan in Turkey: Where relaxed fasting rules meet religiosity and tradition | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
Hugo Massa
Throughout these last two weeks of Ramadan, the travel section will look at Ramadan in a number of countries around the world. This is the first in our little mini-series on the different experiences of Ramadan.
Ramadan is a month of celebrations in every Muslim country in the world. Yet one notices differences in cultural and religious practices during the holy month from one region to another.
More:Ramadan in Turkey: Where relaxed fasting rules meet religiosity and tradition | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
Turkish security forces kill 4 PKK rebels - People's Daily Online
Turkish security forces kill 4 PKK rebels
(Xinhua)
17:18, August 19, 2011
ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces killed four rebels of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in the eastern and southeastern Turkey late Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Friday.
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(Xinhua)
17:18, August 19, 2011
ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces killed four rebels of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in the eastern and southeastern Turkey late Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Friday.
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Furnishing an Ottoman kitchen
Furnishing an Ottoman kitchen
Friday, August 19, 2011
NIKI GAMM
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The kitchen in an Ottoman palace or mansion would traditionally be located away from the living quarters to minimize the possibility of an entire house going up in flames and to allow people from outside to come and go
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Friday, August 19, 2011
NIKI GAMM
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The kitchen in an Ottoman palace or mansion would traditionally be located away from the living quarters to minimize the possibility of an entire house going up in flames and to allow people from outside to come and go
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Cyprus riles Turkey with oil and gas exploration plans | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 19.08.2011
Cyprus riles Turkey with oil and gas exploration plans
Cyprus' plans to begin exploratory drilling for oil and gas reserves in the east Mediterranean has angered Turkey. Turkish Cypriots in northern Cyprus have strongly objected to the move.
More:Cyprus riles Turkey with oil and gas exploration plans | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 19.08.2011
Cyprus' plans to begin exploratory drilling for oil and gas reserves in the east Mediterranean has angered Turkey. Turkish Cypriots in northern Cyprus have strongly objected to the move.
More:Cyprus riles Turkey with oil and gas exploration plans | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 19.08.2011
Design Ateliers Set Up Shop in Istanbul - NYTimes.com
Design Ateliers Set Up Shop in Istanbul
Monique Jaques for The New York Times
Serdar-I Ekrem Street near the Galata Tower; designers have followed artists to the Galata neighborhood.
By ROBYN ECKHARDT
ON an unseasonably warm day last winter the tap-tap of a jeweler’s hammer mingled with the clink of espresso cups in Istanbul’s Galata neighborhood. Just a few strides from the neo-bohemians idling at tables outside the cafe-cum-boutique Mavra, the jewelry designer Janset Bilgin hunched over a workbench in her tiny atelier fusing silver, gray labradorite and strips of silk into a bold, chunky necklace.
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Monique Jaques for The New York Times
Serdar-I Ekrem Street near the Galata Tower; designers have followed artists to the Galata neighborhood.
By ROBYN ECKHARDT
ON an unseasonably warm day last winter the tap-tap of a jeweler’s hammer mingled with the clink of espresso cups in Istanbul’s Galata neighborhood. Just a few strides from the neo-bohemians idling at tables outside the cafe-cum-boutique Mavra, the jewelry designer Janset Bilgin hunched over a workbench in her tiny atelier fusing silver, gray labradorite and strips of silk into a bold, chunky necklace.
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Hotel Review - House Hotel Bosphorus, in Istanbul - NYTimes.com
Hotel Review: House Hotel Bosphorus, in Istanbul
Katie Parla
Room at the House Hotel, a new boutique choice on the European side of Istanbul.
By KATIE PARLA
Published: August 19, 2011
Most hotels on the Bosporus are luxury affairs set in magnificent, palatial complexes. But the 23-room House Hotel Bosphorus, which opened in May, offers a fresh and accessible boutique alternative, with an inviting and elegant atmosphere and rooms starting at 199 euros, about $278 at $1.40 to the euro.
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Katie Parla
Room at the House Hotel, a new boutique choice on the European side of Istanbul.
By KATIE PARLA
Published: August 19, 2011
Most hotels on the Bosporus are luxury affairs set in magnificent, palatial complexes. But the 23-room House Hotel Bosphorus, which opened in May, offers a fresh and accessible boutique alternative, with an inviting and elegant atmosphere and rooms starting at 199 euros, about $278 at $1.40 to the euro.
More:Hotel Review - House Hotel Bosphorus, in Istanbul - NYTimes.com
New Syrian National Council convening Saturday in Istanbul | The Cable
New Syrian National Council convening Saturday in Istanbul
Posted By Josh Rogin Friday, August 19, 2011 - 3:22 PM Share
Hundreds of representatives of the Syrian opposition are converging on Istanbul tomorrow to formally inaugurate the Syrian National Council, which will put itself forward as the official representative of the Syrian revolution.
More:New Syrian National Council convening Saturday in Istanbul | The Cable
Posted By Josh Rogin Friday, August 19, 2011 - 3:22 PM Share
Hundreds of representatives of the Syrian opposition are converging on Istanbul tomorrow to formally inaugurate the Syrian National Council, which will put itself forward as the official representative of the Syrian revolution.
More:New Syrian National Council convening Saturday in Istanbul | The Cable
CD offers women’s songs to listeners
CD offers women’s songs to listeners
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Friday, August 19, 2011
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Istanbul Municipality’s cultural division has produced a new album featuring 11 songs from legendary women of the city.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Istanbul Municipality’s cultural division has produced a new album featuring 11 songs from legendary women of the city.
More:CD offers women’s songs to listeners - Hurriyet Daily News
Friday, August 19, 2011
Gas flows from Iran to Turkey resume - UPI.com
Gas flows from Iran to Turkey resume
Published: Aug. 19, 2011 at 7:39 AM
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Iranian natural gas shipments through a pipeline to Turkey have resumed after deliveries were interrupted by Kurdish rebels, an Iranian official said.
More:Gas flows from Iran to Turkey resume - UPI.com
Published: Aug. 19, 2011 at 7:39 AM
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Iranian natural gas shipments through a pipeline to Turkey have resumed after deliveries were interrupted by Kurdish rebels, an Iranian official said.
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Turkish Bursaspor football team's soccer summoned by police | Turkey | Trend
Turkish Bursaspor football team's soccer summoned by police
[19.08.2011 17:34]
Turkish Bursaspor football team's soccer summoned by police
Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.19 / Trend /
Today Turkish Bursaspor football team soccer of Brazilian origin Gokcek Vederson was summoned to police department due to a match-fixing case, the Sabah newspaper reported.
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[19.08.2011 17:34]
Turkish Bursaspor football team's soccer summoned by police
Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.19 / Trend /
Today Turkish Bursaspor football team soccer of Brazilian origin Gokcek Vederson was summoned to police department due to a match-fixing case, the Sabah newspaper reported.
More:Turkish Bursaspor football team's soccer summoned by police | Turkey | Trend
PKK Responds to Turkish Strikes with New Attacks | Europe | English
PKK Responds to Turkish Strikes with New Attacks
VOA News | VOA News
Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) launched new attacks against Turkish soldiers as Turkey vowed to keep up the pressure on the terror group.
PKK rebels struck at least two military positions in Siirt province in southern Turkey on Thursday. Turkish media reported the attacks killed at least two soldiers and wounded three civilians.
More:PKK Responds to Turkish Strikes with New Attacks | Europe | English
VOA News | VOA News
Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) launched new attacks against Turkish soldiers as Turkey vowed to keep up the pressure on the terror group.
PKK rebels struck at least two military positions in Siirt province in southern Turkey on Thursday. Turkish media reported the attacks killed at least two soldiers and wounded three civilians.
More:PKK Responds to Turkish Strikes with New Attacks | Europe | English
Turkey calls for change in Syria, but not Assad's resignation - The National
Turkey calls for change in Syria, but not Assad's resignation
Thomas Seibert
Aug 19, 2011
ISTANBUL // Turkey's political and military leadership yesterday called for "democratic change" in Syria, one day after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, issued his strongest criticism yet of the Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad by comparing him to the Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi.
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Thomas Seibert
Aug 19, 2011
ISTANBUL // Turkey's political and military leadership yesterday called for "democratic change" in Syria, one day after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, issued his strongest criticism yet of the Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad by comparing him to the Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi.
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Dimming the Red Lights in Turkey - NYTimes.com
Dimming the Red Lights in Turkey
Anna Louie Sussman for The New York Times
The unsavory, garbage-strewn pathway to the city's sex district.
By ANNA LOUIE SUSSMAN
Published: August 19, 2011
On a Sunday afternoon earlier this summer, hundreds of Turkish men disappeared down a short alleyway just a five-minute walk from the Istanbul Modern art museum. Some flicked prayer beads around their fingers. The younger ones arrived in small groups, flashing nervous grins and smoothing their hair down with spit. They strode by a pile of garbage bags holding wadded-up tissues and cigarette butts before reaching a metal gate that separated the alley from their destination: Kadem Street, a narrow cul-de-sac and one of the country’s few remaining red-light districts.
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Anna Louie Sussman for The New York Times
The unsavory, garbage-strewn pathway to the city's sex district.
By ANNA LOUIE SUSSMAN
Published: August 19, 2011
On a Sunday afternoon earlier this summer, hundreds of Turkish men disappeared down a short alleyway just a five-minute walk from the Istanbul Modern art museum. Some flicked prayer beads around their fingers. The younger ones arrived in small groups, flashing nervous grins and smoothing their hair down with spit. They strode by a pile of garbage bags holding wadded-up tissues and cigarette butts before reaching a metal gate that separated the alley from their destination: Kadem Street, a narrow cul-de-sac and one of the country’s few remaining red-light districts.
More:Dimming the Red Lights in Turkey - NYTimes.com
Turkey Turns up Heat on Syria - International Business Times
Turkey Turns up Heat on Syria
August 17, 2011 10:44 AM EDT
Turkey has delivered its strongest warning to Syria yet as it made a fresh call on Wednesday for an immediate end to operations, signaling that the failure to do so would lead to serious unspecified steps.
More:Turkey Turns up Heat on Syria - International Business Times
August 17, 2011 10:44 AM EDT
Turkey has delivered its strongest warning to Syria yet as it made a fresh call on Wednesday for an immediate end to operations, signaling that the failure to do so would lead to serious unspecified steps.
More:Turkey Turns up Heat on Syria - International Business Times
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