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After a decade of being silenced, a group called Saturday Mothers has renewed its protests against Turkey's treatment of ethnic Kurds. The group was emboldened by the state's prosecution of high-level military and government officials, who the protesters say are responsible for the disappearances of their relatives in the 1990s.
Istanbul, Turkey, will be celebrated as a European Capital of Culture in 2010 with year-long special events, renovations of major landmarks, the opening of new museums and exhibitions, and performances by artists from around the world.
(RTTNews) - Monday, a report by the Turkish statistical office TurkStat announced that industrial production dropped 8.6% year-on-year in September, faster than the 6.3% fall in the preceding month. Economists had expected a more moderate 7.5% fall.
Burhan Ozbilici/The Associated PressPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran participates in a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday.Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that...
Brief snatches of color -- a washing line, a passing car -- break up the mass of rubble that was Agdam.
Wednesday night in the International House was different than usual. Instead of the traditional Culture Night, the I-House decided to focus on one country in particular, Turkey, in a Cultural Expressions night. The different format made it possible to look at the specific history and religions that made Turkish culture what it is today.
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Turkey's diplomatic efforts with its neighbors will pressure the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party to end its militancy, the Turkish president said.
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey raised $1.2 billion by selling three power grids as it seeks to raise revenue and hand responsibility for developing the electricity network to non- government companies.
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- More than 100 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, surrendered to the Turkish forces so far this year, military numbers show.
Plastic surgeon Dr. Grant Stevens recently traveled to Istanbul, Turkey to present the findings of his study on the safety of combining breast enhancement with a tummy tuck in Los Angeles.
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Iran’s enriched uranium could be shipped to Turkey as a means of easing U.S. and European concerns over the Persian Gulf country’s nuclear ambitions, the head of the United Nations ’ nuclear watchdog agency said.
The Armenian Assembly of America is the largest Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public understanding and awareness of Armenian issues. It is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.
Turkey is ready to oversee a new stage of secret peace talks between Israel and Syria, resuming a role it had played until last year, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday.
Wabtec Corp. said its Vapor Rail unit has signed a contract valued at about $30 million to supply electric, sliding plug doors for 440 subway cars to be built by Hyundai Rotem for the Marmaray project in Istanbul, Turkey.
ISTANBUL -(Dow Jones)- Turkish automotive sales fell 36% on the year in October to 21,033 vehicles, the Automotive Distributors' Association said Wednesday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reports.
Decades of simmering tensions between Turkey and its large Kurdish population have recently shown clear signs of relaxing, a change that was on visual display at this month's Golden Orange Film Festival in the Mediterranean city of Antalya.
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