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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.
Former Utah Valley University basketball standout Ryan Toolson is off to a good start in his professional debut in Turkey. Toolson is averaging 19.3 points through the first six games for Pinar Karsiy
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The choice of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as European Union president means Turkey is less likely to be accepted, a Turkish leader says.
Istanbul - Some of Turkey's largest public sector unions are to stage a one-day strike to protest against the government's labour policies, it was announced Tuesday. The strike - to last all Wednesday - is expected to affect schools, hospitals and pu...
TRIPOLI, Libya, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Turkey and Libya will end visa requirements between the two countries, their leaders say.
An Iraqi official says a bomb has damaged a pipeline exporting crude to Turkey, temporarily cutting deliveries.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's government on 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.
Washington - US President Barack Obama doled out the first pardon of his tenure on Wednesday, sparing a turkey from Thanksgiving Day dinner plates in a long-standing White House tradition. Courage, you are hereby pardoned, Obama said in a brief, al...
ISTANBUL -(Dow Jones)- Turkey's Bosporus Strait has been closed to tanker traffic due to poor visibility caused by dense fog, an official from the Turkish Coastal Safety Agency said Wednesday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reports.
Turkey has given Israeli contractors 50 days to fulfil a long-delayed deal for the delivery of 10 drone aircraft for the Turkish army, Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul was quoted as saying Saturday.
Turkcell , the leading technology and communications company in Turkey, announced today that its Chief Executive, Sureyya Ciliv, was last night named CEO of the Year at the prestigious 'World Communication Awards' for 2009.
(AP:ANKARA, Turkey) Turkish energy officials say they have canceled a tender to construct the country's first nuclear power plant. The Friday decision by the state electricity company comes after a court recently ruled against the tender's pricing and the location of the proposed plant.
ISTANBUL -- Few here doubt that the case began with something threatening: in June 2007, 27 hand grenades and fuses were found in the attic of a house in an Istanbul slum. Investigators claimed they were stashed there by an ultranationalist retired officer and they were later linked to an elaborate coup plot.
Turkey is determined to build a nuclear power plant and will launch a new project to replace a failed tender, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying Saturday.
If you don't recognize the name Navid Negahban, you'll definitely recognize his work. Born in Mashhad, Iran, Navid fell in love with acting at an early age. He lived in Turkey and Germany before moving to the US, honing his acting chops along the way.
Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.
