501 Stories, most recent news story added 34 minutes ago
ANKARA, 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.
Turkey’s plan to grant long-denied rights to its Kurdish minority, despite opposition from nationalist politicians, is a show of courage and good sense.
BY 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.
BY 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.
ISTANBUL -(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.
(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.
ANKARA, Turkey | Turkey's government Friday announced new measures aimed at reconciling with minority Kurds and ending a 25-year-old insurgency, but there was no mention of the sweeping amnesty sought by Kurdish rebels. The government wants to remove all restrictions on the once-banned Kurdish language, create a committee to fight discrimination, restore Kurdish names of villages and establish ...
ANKARA, 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.
Directors of the Global Spa Summit (GSS) today announced that the fourth annual Summit will be held from May 16--19, 2010, at the historic Çıragan Palace Kempinski Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Attended by top spa, hospitality, and wellness executives from around the world, this year's invitation-only Summit is expected to attract a record number of delegates, representing 40 different countries.
Turkey and Israel Tuesday pledged commitment to improve ties as an Israeli minister held talks in Ankara, the first since the Jewish state's war in Gaza poisoned ties between the two regional allies.
Israel's trade minister Monday began a visit to Turkey to mend strained relations, saying Ankara could help resolve the conflict between Israel and Syria.
Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Turkish.
(RTTNews) - Israel's Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer Monday arrived in the Turkish capital of Ankara on a visit aimed at mending the recently soured relations between the two countries.
WASHINGTON — Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has been named chairman of the American-Turkish Council, which largely promotes defense trade between Ankara and Washington.
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Washington backs Turkish efforts to control Kurdish guerrillas as part of a broader counter-terrorism effort, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara said.
An Iraqi official says a bomb has damaged a pipeline exporting crude to Turkey, temporarily cutting deliveries. Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said late Tuesday that an explosion targeting the pipeline forced a halt in deliveries to the Turkish port of Ceyhan late Saturday.
