Ankara at odds with U.N. over Kurds
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 6:33 pm ETANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Ankara will not abide by international law when considering the return of Kurds from refugee camps in northern Iran, interior officials said.
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Former first lady's clothes mirror Turkey's journey
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 7:55 am ETAn evening gown slit discreetly from the neck to the navel worn by Turkey's former first lady Mevhibe Inonu is on show in an Istanbul exhibition, tracing how her style helped define the image of the young Turkish Republic.
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EU presses Turkey on trade pact linked to Cyprus
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 2:55 pm ETThe European Union urged Turkey Thursday to open its ports to Greek Cypriot vessels, ahead of a summit that may turn up pressure on Ankara over its refusal to comply with the terms of a trade pact with the bloc.
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Ankara weighs human rights bill for Kurds
UPI - Fri Nov 20, 2:14 pm ETANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Measures under consideration in the Turkish government deal with discrimination and human rights for the Kurdish minority community, the interior minister said.
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Cyprus warns EU members it will block Turkey
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 6:11 am ETAthens/Nicosia - Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias on Thursday threatened to block Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union in an upcoming summit unless Ankara opens its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus. The Greek Cypriot presid...
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Turkey and the Kurds
New York Times - Tue Nov 24, 12:38 am ETTurkey’s plan to grant long-denied rights to its Kurdish minority, despite opposition from nationalist politicians, is a show of courage and good sense.
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Soul-Searching in Turkey After a Gay Man Is Killed
New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 1:03 am ETAhmet Yildiz was shot last year outside his apartment in Istanbul, in what may have been the first “honor killing” of a gay man to gain public attention.
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Turkey: Government Launches PR Offensive on Kurdish Question
EurasiaNet - Tue Nov 24, 5:05 pm ETBY NICHOLAS BIRCH Turkey's political leaders are taking to the road to explain their plans to end a 25-year Kurdish war to the people. The PR offensive is opening amid rising political tensions and dwindling hopes of a multi-party accord on the initiative.
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Turkey may launch new incursion in Iraq
WashingtonTV - Wed Nov 25, 4:37 am ETAnkara, Turkey, March 3 (AP)—Turkey's military chief threatened Monday to send the armed forces into Iraq again to "teach further lessons" to Kurdish rebels and claimed that a recent incursion was a success despite harsh winter weather.
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Turkey, media group fail to settle tax dispute
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 4:56 am ETIstanbul - Talks between Turkish officials and Dogan Yayin, Turkey's largest media group, have failed to yield a settlement over a 4.8 billion lira (3.2 billion dollar) tax fine, the group announced Wednesday. There has been no settlement reached by...
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Azerbaijan: Baku Sees Turkey as Tough Customer on Gas Exports
EurasiaNet - Tue Nov 24, 5:06 pm ETBY SHAHIN ABBASOV Amid a diplomatic chill, Azerbaijan and Turkey opened a new round of talks November 16 on an energy export price. Recent agreements on gas supplies to Bulgaria, Iran and Russia suggest that Baku is exploring alternative export routes as a means to pressure Ankara into paying significantly more for Azerbaijani natural gas.
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Turkish Bosporus Strait Reopens To Shipping - IHA
Nasdaq - Tue Nov 24, 6:02 am ETISTANBUL -(Dow Jones)- Turkey's Bosporus Strait has reopened to shipping, officials from the Turkish Coastal Safety Agency said Tuesday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reported.
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Turkish civil servants protest government
INO News - Wed Nov 25, 3:56 am ET(AP:ANKARA, Turkey) Hundreds of thousands of Turkish civil servants across the country are walking off the job to demand the right to strike and higher wages.
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Armenia, Turkey, and the terrible truth or Obama, Erdogan, and December 7
Online Journal - Thu Nov 26, 12:39 am ETTurkey has always had its share of decent folks.
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Turkey demands Israel deliver drones
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 10:59 am ETANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Turkey has warned Israeli defense contractors to deliver on 10 promised drone aircraft in 50 days or the deal may be canceled.
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Turkey eyes stimulus for electric cars
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 11:03 am ETANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The Turkish government announced plans to develop an economic stimulus package by 2011 to encourage the use of electric vehicles by the public.
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Turkish Kurd refugees hoping to return from Iraq
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