Turkish parliament speaker rejects Rivlin invite
By JPOST.COM STAFF 01/25/2012 08:56
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin [file] By Courtesy: Knesset Channel
A month and a half after Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin invited him to Israel, his Turkish counterpart Cemil Çiçek officially turned down the invitation to visit the Jewish state, Turkish daily Hurriyet reported Wednesday.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
French Senate’s bias as well as ignorance
French Senate’s bias as well as ignorance
Wed 25 January 2012 06:06 GMT | 1:06 Local Time
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Cem Oguz
by Cem Oguz, head of the Turkish Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The bill approved yesterday by the French Senate that criminalizes the Armenian killings during the 1915 deportation as genocide reminded of an interesting episode that took place in 2007 in Belgium.
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Wed 25 January 2012 06:06 GMT | 1:06 Local Time
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by Cem Oguz, head of the Turkish Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The bill approved yesterday by the French Senate that criminalizes the Armenian killings during the 1915 deportation as genocide reminded of an interesting episode that took place in 2007 in Belgium.
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Demand Solutions Opens Global Office in Istanbul | EON: Enhanced Online News
Demand Solutions Opens Global Office in Istanbul
Office in Turkey Marks 47th Worldwide
January 24, 2012 08:18 AM Eastern Time
ST. LOUIS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Demand Management, Inc., a leading global provider of supply chain management software, announced expansion of its international presence to include Turkey with a new office in Istanbul.
“Demand Solutions expansive network gives companies the opportunity to manage their supply chain from a global perspective”
“Demand Solutions expansive network gives companies the opportunity to manage their supply chain from a global perspective,” said Bill Harrison, president of Demand Management, Inc. “Demand Management has a 26 year heritage of delivering affordable supply chain systems to businesses across the world. Companies in Turkey now have an opportunity to benefit from this legacy and realize the supply chain efficiencies and cost savings that thousands of other Demand Solutions users have experienced around the globe.”
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Office in Turkey Marks 47th Worldwide
January 24, 2012 08:18 AM Eastern Time
ST. LOUIS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Demand Management, Inc., a leading global provider of supply chain management software, announced expansion of its international presence to include Turkey with a new office in Istanbul.
“Demand Solutions expansive network gives companies the opportunity to manage their supply chain from a global perspective”
“Demand Solutions expansive network gives companies the opportunity to manage their supply chain from a global perspective,” said Bill Harrison, president of Demand Management, Inc. “Demand Management has a 26 year heritage of delivering affordable supply chain systems to businesses across the world. Companies in Turkey now have an opportunity to benefit from this legacy and realize the supply chain efficiencies and cost savings that thousands of other Demand Solutions users have experienced around the globe.”
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Istanbul, corner Dizengoff
Istanbul, corner Dizengoff
Turkish musician Cem Mansur, who is conducting the Haifa Symphony Orchestra this week, talks about his Tel Aviv roots and classical music in Turkey.
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Turkish musician Cem Mansur, who is conducting the Haifa Symphony Orchestra this week, talks about his Tel Aviv roots and classical music in Turkey.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Council of Europe Criticizes Turkey's Judiciary | Europe | English
Council of Europe Criticizes Turkey's Judiciary
Dorian Jones | Istanbul
The criticism comes as two of the main opposition parties claim the government is using the judiciary to silence opposition in the country.
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Dorian Jones | Istanbul
The criticism comes as two of the main opposition parties claim the government is using the judiciary to silence opposition in the country.
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Can Turkey Be A Model For The Arab World? : NPR
Can Turkey Be A Model For The Arab World?
January 24, 2012
The Turkish economy is booming and changes to the constitution have expanded rights for women and minorities. Washington Post columnist Jackson Diehl argues that while the Turkish government has its shortcomings, it could become a model for Islamic governments throughout the Middle East.
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January 24, 2012
The Turkish economy is booming and changes to the constitution have expanded rights for women and minorities. Washington Post columnist Jackson Diehl argues that while the Turkish government has its shortcomings, it could become a model for Islamic governments throughout the Middle East.
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Turkey first Muslim country to show Shoah
Turkey first Muslim country to show Shoah
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012
TORONTO – On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Turkey will become the first Muslim country to show Claude Lanzmann’s documentary, Shoah, on television.
Turkish state television will begin airing the nine-hour documentary on its TRT station on Jan. 26.
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012
TORONTO – On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Turkey will become the first Muslim country to show Claude Lanzmann’s documentary, Shoah, on television.
Turkish state television will begin airing the nine-hour documentary on its TRT station on Jan. 26.
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Turkey: Global Gender Gap Study Finds Turkish Women Still Stuck | EurasiaNet.org
Turkey: Global Gender Gap Study Finds Turkish Women Still Stuck
January 24, 2012 - 4:49pm, by Yigal Schleifer
The World Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap study was released this week and contains mostly sobering numbers regarding the status of women in Turkish political and economic life. Turkey's position in the study -- at 122 out of 135 countries surveyed -- was up slightly compared to last year, when the country came in at 126. Still, the ranking places Turkey in between Syria and Egypt and well below several of its other neighbors. Looking at the study's trend lines, while women's political participation in Turkey has been slowly inching up over the last several years, their participation in economic life has been slowly eroding.
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January 24, 2012 - 4:49pm, by Yigal Schleifer
The World Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap study was released this week and contains mostly sobering numbers regarding the status of women in Turkish political and economic life. Turkey's position in the study -- at 122 out of 135 countries surveyed -- was up slightly compared to last year, when the country came in at 126. Still, the ranking places Turkey in between Syria and Egypt and well below several of its other neighbors. Looking at the study's trend lines, while women's political participation in Turkey has been slowly inching up over the last several years, their participation in economic life has been slowly eroding.
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31.4 million visited Turkey in 2011
31.4 million visited Turkey in 2011
Written by Ozgur Tore
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:38
Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry announced December statistics of tourist arrivals.
According to the report, a total of 1.194.729 tourists visited Turkey in December 2011; an increase of 2.47% compare to December 2010.
31.456.076 tourists visited Turkey between January and December 2011. It shows that Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry is successful last year to surpass its targets and recorded a 9.86 percent increase in tourist arrivals in 2011 compare to a year earlier.
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Written by Ozgur Tore
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:38
Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry announced December statistics of tourist arrivals.
According to the report, a total of 1.194.729 tourists visited Turkey in December 2011; an increase of 2.47% compare to December 2010.
31.456.076 tourists visited Turkey between January and December 2011. It shows that Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry is successful last year to surpass its targets and recorded a 9.86 percent increase in tourist arrivals in 2011 compare to a year earlier.
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Gwynne Dyer: The Armenian massacres and the French presidential elections | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com
Gwynne Dyer: The Armenian massacres and the French presidential elections
French president Nicolas Sarkozy sucks up to Armenians just in time for elections.
By Gwynne Dyer, January 24, 2012
I go to France quite often, but after this article is published, I may be liable to arrest if I set foot in the country.
The French parliament has just passed a bill, proposed by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party, that will make it a crime to question whether the Armenian massacres in eastern Turkey in 1915 qualified as a genocide. Sarkozy will doubtless sign it into law next month, just in time for the presidential elections.
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy sucks up to Armenians just in time for elections.
By Gwynne Dyer, January 24, 2012
I go to France quite often, but after this article is published, I may be liable to arrest if I set foot in the country.
The French parliament has just passed a bill, proposed by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party, that will make it a crime to question whether the Armenian massacres in eastern Turkey in 1915 qualified as a genocide. Sarkozy will doubtless sign it into law next month, just in time for the presidential elections.
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Q+A: Mehmet Okur
Q+A: Mehmet Okur
The Turkish big man dishes on his move from Salt Lake to New York.
by Kyle Stack / @KyleStack
Mehmet Okur isn’t Brook Lopez. However, the Nets’ current starting center has taken the place of the team’s injured former starting center to become one of point guard Deron Williams’ primary targets. With Lopez out until at least mid-February as he recovers from surgery on his non-displaced stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot, Okur will hold down the 5-spot for awhile yet.
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The Turkish big man dishes on his move from Salt Lake to New York.
by Kyle Stack / @KyleStack
Mehmet Okur isn’t Brook Lopez. However, the Nets’ current starting center has taken the place of the team’s injured former starting center to become one of point guard Deron Williams’ primary targets. With Lopez out until at least mid-February as he recovers from surgery on his non-displaced stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot, Okur will hold down the 5-spot for awhile yet.
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Turkey Istanbul Bosphorus
Escape up the Bosphorus
JAMES BLICK
Last updated 05:00 25/01/2012
We wait on the edge of Istanbul for the number 150 to Garipce. The bus, when it comes, is an old one like from my childhood. And it complains constantly as we lurch through the folding hills above the Bosphorus. Occasionally the land parts and we glimpse the mercurial strait of wind-tossed water below, dividing Europe and Asia and coursing between Istanbul and the Black Sea.
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JAMES BLICK
Last updated 05:00 25/01/2012
We wait on the edge of Istanbul for the number 150 to Garipce. The bus, when it comes, is an old one like from my childhood. And it complains constantly as we lurch through the folding hills above the Bosphorus. Occasionally the land parts and we glimpse the mercurial strait of wind-tossed water below, dividing Europe and Asia and coursing between Istanbul and the Black Sea.
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How will Armenian genocide bill affect France-Turkey relations? - CNN.com
How will Armenian genocide bill affect France-Turkey relations?
January 24, 2012 -- Updated 1021 GMT (1821 HKT)
(CNN) -- Turkey's fraught relationship with France is set to erode further after the French Senate passed controversial legislation criminalizing any public denial of what the bill calls the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 -- a description Turkey has rejected.
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January 24, 2012 -- Updated 1021 GMT (1821 HKT)
(CNN) -- Turkey's fraught relationship with France is set to erode further after the French Senate passed controversial legislation criminalizing any public denial of what the bill calls the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 -- a description Turkey has rejected.
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Threat of Sanctions: Erdogan Slams 'Racist' France Over Genocide Bill - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Erdogan Slams 'Racist' France Over Genocide Bill
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Jan. 10 photo).Zoom
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Jan. 10 photo).
The French Senate has passed a bill making the denial of genocide -- including the massacre of Armenians in 1915 -- a crime. The Turkish reaction has been furious. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced what he called a "racist and discriminatory" attitude towards Turkey.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Jan. 10 photo).Zoom
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Jan. 10 photo).
The French Senate has passed a bill making the denial of genocide -- including the massacre of Armenians in 1915 -- a crime. The Turkish reaction has been furious. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced what he called a "racist and discriminatory" attitude towards Turkey.
More:Threat of Sanctions: Erdogan Slams 'Racist' France Over Genocide Bill - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Turkey warns Iraq against fomenting sectarian unrest
Turkey warns Iraq against fomenting sectarian unrest
ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraqi authorities on Tuesday that Turkey will not remain silent if they start a sectarian conflict in neighbouring Iraq.
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ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraqi authorities on Tuesday that Turkey will not remain silent if they start a sectarian conflict in neighbouring Iraq.
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Turkey’s Dogus Buys Maya Residence Offices, Gym, HT Reports - Bloomberg
Turkey’s Dogus Buys Maya Residence Offices, Gym, HT Reports
By Benjamin Harvey - Jan 24, 2012 2:00 AM ET
Dogus Holding AS bought the shops, sports and commercial spaces in Istanbul’s Maya Residences complex, extending billionaire owner Ferit Sahenk’s reach into the sports and entertainment field, Haberturk reported.
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By Benjamin Harvey - Jan 24, 2012 2:00 AM ET
Dogus Holding AS bought the shops, sports and commercial spaces in Istanbul’s Maya Residences complex, extending billionaire owner Ferit Sahenk’s reach into the sports and entertainment field, Haberturk reported.
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Turkish Airlines To Negotiate LOT Polish Airlines Purchase-Report | Fox Business
Turkish Airlines To Negotiate LOT Polish Airlines Purchase-Report
Published January 24, 2012
WARSAW – Turkish Airlines (THYAO.IS) has expressed interest in negotiating the purchase of LOT Polish Airlines from the Polish government, Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reports Tuesday, citing a Polish treasury ministry spokeswoman.
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Published January 24, 2012
WARSAW – Turkish Airlines (THYAO.IS) has expressed interest in negotiating the purchase of LOT Polish Airlines from the Polish government, Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reports Tuesday, citing a Polish treasury ministry spokeswoman.
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Turkish Yields Hit 5-Week Low on Debt Sale, JPMorgan Upgrade - Businessweek
Turkish Yields Hit 5-Week Low on Debt Sale, JPMorgan Upgrade
January 24, 2012, 8:12 AM EST
By Selcuk Gokoluk
Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish two-year bond yields retreated to the lowest in more than five weeks as the Treasury paid the least to borrow at an auction since October and JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded local bonds.
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January 24, 2012, 8:12 AM EST
By Selcuk Gokoluk
Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish two-year bond yields retreated to the lowest in more than five weeks as the Treasury paid the least to borrow at an auction since October and JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded local bonds.
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Turkish film highlights gay honor killing
Turkish film highlights gay honor killing
By SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press – 5 hours ago
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Shortly after telling his parents he was gay, Ahmet Yildiz was gunned down inside his car by his father in Istanbul. It was Turkey's first officially recognized gay "honor killing."
An award-winning film partly inspired by Yildiz's story, which opened in dozens of cinemas across Turkey last week, is putting the spotlight on gays in a Muslim country that is seeking European Union membership but remains influenced by conservative and religious values.
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By SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press – 5 hours ago
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Shortly after telling his parents he was gay, Ahmet Yildiz was gunned down inside his car by his father in Istanbul. It was Turkey's first officially recognized gay "honor killing."
An award-winning film partly inspired by Yildiz's story, which opened in dozens of cinemas across Turkey last week, is putting the spotlight on gays in a Muslim country that is seeking European Union membership but remains influenced by conservative and religious values.
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Turkish December Tourist Arrivals Rose 2.5 Percent on Year - Bloomberg
Turkish December Tourist Arrivals Rose 2.5 Percent on Year
By Ali Berat Meric - Jan 24, 2012 3:46 AM ET
The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey rose 2.5 percent in December from a year earlier.
About 1.19 million visitors arrived in the month, up from 1.17 million in the same month of 2010, the Tourism Ministry in Ankara said on its website today.
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By Ali Berat Meric - Jan 24, 2012 3:46 AM ET
The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey rose 2.5 percent in December from a year earlier.
About 1.19 million visitors arrived in the month, up from 1.17 million in the same month of 2010, the Tourism Ministry in Ankara said on its website today.
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