Ankara at odds with U.N. over Kurds
UPI - 1 hour 8 minutes agoANKARA, 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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ANKARA, 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.
Record number of delegates expected May 16–19, 2010, at historic Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel.
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.
The investigation of an underground group known as Ergenekon has strained ties between a secular elite and a growing population of observant Muslims.
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.
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.
(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.
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.
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- High-ranking members of Kurdish separatist groups in Iraq are expected to surrender to Turkish authorities in the coming days as part of a reconciliation plan.
The Turkish government announced plans to develop an economic stimulus package by 2011 to encourage the use of electric vehicles by the public. Nihat Ergun, the Turkish minister of trade and industry, said lawmakers would work on legislation that would lower the taxes for electric vehicle purchases.
Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay announced Friday details of a plan to give wider rights to Kurds, including allowing them to restore Kurdish names to their towns.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A high-speed train derailed in western Turkey on Friday, news reports said. There were no reports of injuries.
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