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Foreign Relations - 2 hours 58 minutes ago
Turkey hopes to be a global power, but it has not yet become even the regional player that the ruling AKP declares it to be. Can the AKP do better, or will it be held back by its Islamist past and the conservative inclinations of its core constituents?
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Foreign Relations - 2 hours 58 minutes ago
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the White House on Monday comes at an awkward moment in U.S.-Turkey relations.
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WashingtonTV - Fri Dec 4, 4:22 pm ET
Washington, 4 December (WashingtonTV)—Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks in Ankara with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, on Friday.
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UPI - Fri Dec 4, 2:15 pm ET
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Ankara rejected a U.S. request to send more troops to Afghanistan ahead of a visit to Washington on Monday by the Turkish premier.
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Post-Bulletin - Fri Dec 4, 2:09 pm ET
In two years, Zach Sanders has been to Turkey and Poland. What he was left with wasn't much about the history of the Ottoman Empire, or even a lesson about Lech Walesa
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 1:45 pm ET
The Turkish prison conditions of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan meet international standards, the head of a parliamentary commission insisted Friday, after complaints from the jailed leader.
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Greeley Tribune - Fri Dec 4, 12:08 pm ET
One day after many people feasted on turkey and mashed potatoes in celebration of Thanksgiving, another feast of lamb and rice honored the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Members of Greeley's East Africa community celebrated the Islamic holiday on Nov. 27 with a luncheon at the East Africa Community Center in Greeley, 928 13th St., Suite 3. Eid Al-Adha is the feast of sacrifice and is celebrated ...
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New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 11:08 am ET
“Ottomania,” nostalgia for the glorious history of the Ottoman empire, has seized Turkey, partly as a reaction to the European Union’s seeming cold shoulder.
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INO News - Fri Dec 4, 10:43 am ET
(RTTNews) - Turkey's trade deficit narrowed to US$2.57 billion in October from US$5.2 billion in the previous year, the Turkish Statistical Office said Friday. Economists expected the deficit to come in at US$3 billion.
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Leesburg Today - Fri Dec 4, 10:05 am ET
Residents took time away from their turkey dinners last week to affix their names to a petition protesting a decision by the Loudoun County Courthouse's Facilities and Grounds Committee to no longer allow displays of any kind on the courthouse lawn.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 8:37 am ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s stock index , lifted by a Fitch Ratings sovereign-debt upgrade, may test its record after support at 45,000 provided a “powerful springboard” for a gain of as much as 27 percent by end-2010, said Auerbach Grayson & Co.
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OfficialWire - Fri Dec 4, 5:42 am ET
The United Nations, Denmark and drought-stricken Syria collaborated to refurbish a water treatment facility with a reverse osmosis unit. Syria, Turkey and Iraq share the 300,000-square-mile watershed of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 4:57 am ET
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Turkey Food and Drink Report Q1 2010" report to their offering.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 3:10 am ET
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan may face probing questions about whether NATO member Turkey is tilting away from the West and toward Iran when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama next week.
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INO News - Fri Dec 4, 2:25 am ET
(RTTNews) - Fitch Ratings on Thursday upgraded Turkey's long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'BB+' from 'BB-', with a stable outlook. The firm also upgraded the long-term local currency IDR to 'BB+' from 'BB', while it affirmed the short-term foreign currency IDR at 'B'.