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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Monday with US President Barack Obama for talks expected to focus on NATO reinforcements in Afghanistan and Ankara's efforts to curb Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.
Manila - Britain has accepted an invitation to join an international group that would monitor peace talks between the Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim separatist rebel group, its ambassador said Tuesday. Britain joins Turkey and...
Demre, Turkey - South-west Turkey is home to the early Christian legend of St Nicholas. Nicholas is thought to have lived in the fourth century and was the Bishop of the ancient town of Myra. The town was part of the Lycian League and visitors to the...
ISTANBUL, Turkey — One day after announcing plans for 10 new nuclear sites, Iran is sending mixed messages about its membership in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Ankara, Turkey, March 3 (AP)—Turkey's military chief threatened Monday to send the armed forces into Iraq again to "teach further lessons" to Kurdish rebels and claimed that a recent incursion was a success despite harsh winter weather.
BY SHAHIN ABBASOV Amid a diplomatic chill, Azerbaijan and Turkey opened a new round of talks November 16 on an energy export price. Recent agreements on gas supplies to Bulgaria, Iran and Russia suggest that Baku is exploring alternative export routes as a means to pressure Ankara into paying significantly more for Azerbaijani natural gas.
Istanbul - Talks between Turkish officials and Dogan Yayin, Turkey's largest media group, have failed to yield a settlement over a 4.8 billion lira (3.2 billion dollar) tax fine, the group announced Wednesday. There has been no settlement reached by...
The exhibition will encompass new works in addition to those developed in his earlier series. DUBAI.- Green Art Gallery announces the opening of “Consolation”, a solo show for Turkish photographer Nazif Topçuoğlu, marking the Istanbul-based artist’s first appearance in the Middle East, in an effort to bring Turkey's exciting contemporary art to the region.
Luke and Robyn Creighton are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Anastasia Zoe Creighton. She was born at 8:13 p.m. on November 22, 2009, in Istanbul, Turkey. She weighed seven pounds, 12 ounces, and was 19 ½ inches long.
LA CRESCENTA — An Armenian Thanksgiving menu hedges closely to the American tradition, especially the generous portions of turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and cranberry sauce.
ISTANBUL -(Dow Jones)- Turkey's Bosporus Strait has reopened to shipping, officials from the Turkish Coastal Safety Agency said Tuesday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reported.
(AP:ANKARA, Turkey) Hundreds of thousands of Turkish civil servants across the country are walking off the job to demand the right to strike and higher wages.
Manila - Turkey has accepted an invitation to be part of an international group that would monitor peace talks between the Philippine government and the country's largest Muslim separatist rebel group, an official said Thursday. Britain, Japan and Sa...
ANKARA, Turkey | Turkey's government 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. The government wants to remove all restrictions on the once-banned Kurdish language, create a committee to fight discrimination, restore Kurdish names of villages and establish ...
Oil exports to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey resumed on Saturday after a week-long interruption because of sabotage to a pipeline in northern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.
Turkey has always had its share of decent folks.
