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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Global Spa Leaders and Visionaries to Convene in Istanbul, Turkey, for 2010 Global Spa Summit
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 2:01 am ETRecord number of delegates expected May 16–19, 2010, at historic Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel.
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Turkey's public sector unions to stage 24 hour strike
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 5:41 am ETIstanbul - 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...
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Libya, Turkey drop visa restrictions
UPI - Tue Nov 24, 8:48 am ETTRIPOLI, Libya, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Turkey and Libya will end visa requirements between the two countries, their leaders say.
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In Turkey, Trial Casts Wide Net of Mistrust
New York Times - Sat Nov 21, 10:38 pm ETThe investigation of an underground group known as Ergenekon has strained ties between a secular elite and a growing population of observant Muslims.
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Bomb cuts Iraqi oil pipeline deliveries to Turkey
Boston Globe - Wed Nov 25, 2:48 am ETAn Iraqi official says a bomb has damaged a pipeline exporting crude to Turkey, temporarily cutting deliveries.
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Turkey announces plans for Kurdish rights
NBC26 Green Bay - Fri Nov 13, 9:36 am ETANKARA, 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.
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Turkish Bosporus Strait Closed Due To Poor Visibility - IHA
Nasdaq - Wed Nov 18, 4:02 am ETISTANBUL -(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.
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Turkey cancels nuke plant tender
INO News - Fri Nov 20, 10:41 am ET(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.
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Turkey sticks to nuclear power plan
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 8:47 am ETTurkey 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.
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Ankara expects top PKK members soon
UPI - Mon Nov 16, 3:49 pm ETANKARA, 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.
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Turkey Eyes Stimulus For Electric Cars
OfficialWire - Mon Nov 23, 11:42 am ETThe 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.
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Turkey details plan to improve Kurdish rights
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 13, 2:06 pm ETTurkish 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.
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Reports: High-speed train derails in western Turkey, no immediate reports of injuries
Sun-Sentinel - Fri Nov 13, 6:34 am ETANKARA, 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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Wednesday's Champions League Scores
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Nov 25, 4:11 pm ET(Home teams listed first) Group Stage Group A Bordeaux (France) 2, Juventus (Italy) 0 Bayern Munich (Germany) 1, Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 0 Group B CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2, Wolfsburg (Germany) 1 Manchester United (England) 0, Besiktas (Turkey) 1 Group C Real Madrid (Spain) 1, FC Zurich (Switzerland) 0 AC Milan (Italy) 1, Marseille (France) 1 Group D FC Porto (Portugal) 0, Chelsea (England) 1 APOEL ...
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Islamism 2.0
Jewish World Review - Wed Nov 25, 5:52 am EThttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com | To borrow a computer term, if Ayatollah Khomeini, Osama bin Laden, and Nidal Hasan represent Islamism 1.0, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (the prime minister of Turkey), Tariq Ramadan (a Swiss intellectual), and Keith Ellison (a U.S. congressman) represent Islamism 2.0. The former kill more people but the latter pose a greater threat to Western ...
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Turkish Kurd refugees hoping to return from Iraq
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PKK militant leader talks to AFPTV about peace talks with Turkey
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