TURKEY - NATIONAL
Symbols of authority attacked over bayram weekend
A large crowd attacked a police station and two 17-year-old boys attacked AKP offices in the Southeast over the weekend.
1 Comment 2009-11-29
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TURKEY - NATIONAL
Three soldiers arrested in ‘Cage’ case
ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires
Two colonels and one lieutenant colonel were arrested Friday, increasing the number of arrested soldiers to 11 in the “Cage” case, according to daily Radikal.
Comment 2009-11-29
Hacı Bekir, the country's oldest confectionery maker at 232 years, continue's to be a favorite for Turks at any time of the year, but especially at bayram. Hacı Bekir, the country's oldest confectionery maker at 232 years, continue's to be a favorite for Turks at any time of the year, but especially at bayram.
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Emergency services across Turkey have had another busy holiday weekend with road travellers and amateur butchers requiring their attention and life-saving skills. Emergency services across Turkey have had another busy holiday weekend with road travellers and amateur butchers requiring their attention and life-saving skills.
Emergency responders recover a car from a ravine on Saturday. Five people were injured on their way to Canakkale from Izmir when their car rolled off the road. Anatolia news agency photo |
As the Feast of the Sacrifice comes this year again, Muslims in Turkey are increasingly switching their focus from backyard sacrifices to providing international charitable aid. As the Feast of the Sacrifice comes this year again, Muslims in Turkey are increasingly switching their focus from backyard sacrifices to providing international charitable aid.
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Starting Friday, children are expected to be on the streets collecting sweets from neighbors during Kurban Bayram, the Feast of the Sacrifice – with one exception. Starting Friday, children are expected to be on the streets collecting sweets from neighbors during Kurban Bayram, the Feast of the Sacrifice – with one exception.
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Tuğçe Dedeoğlu, a former citizen of Kazakhstan, is happily married in Turkey and loves Istanbul so much that she cannot imagine living anywhere else in the world other than this city. |
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TURKEY - POLITICS
Swine flu does not exist, says Bahçeli
ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires
“I do not believe in the swine flu,” said MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli on Saturday, even though the Health Ministry's Web site says more than 160 people have died from the illness.
2 Comments 2009-11-29
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Iraq resumes oil exports to Turkey after pipeline sabotage
BAGHDAD - Agence France Presse
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.
Comment 2009-11-29
TURKEY - NATIONAL
Five family members killed in house collapse: officials
ANKARA - Agence France Presse
Five members of the same family have been killed and four others injured when the roof of their house collapsed in a village in the southern Turkish province of Kilis.
Comment 2009-11-28
TURKEY
FM says Turkey willing to help Iran integrate into international community
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey attached importance to Iran's integration to the international community.
2 Comments 2009-11-27
TURKEY
PM criticizes court's ruling on university entrance exams
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Prime Minister Erdoğan has criticized the top court’s ruling that nixed the Higher Education Board's decision to change the current weighting system applied to university entrance exams.
7 Comments 2009-11-27
TURKEY
Contradictory statements continue on swine flu vaccine
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The prime minister and the health minister have once again given opposite statements regarding the urgency and necessity of the swine flu vaccine.
4 Comments 2009-11-27
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Turkey’s Kurdish move linked to EU accession
TURKEY - POLITICS
‘Signs’ of democratic initiative in Diyarbakır
CULTURE - ARTS
Audrey Bakx on the international stage
GÜL DEMIR and NIKI GAMM
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Audrey Bakx considers herself a European and from an early age she has been interested in art.
Comment 2009-11-27
CULTURE
An expatriate Thanksgiving
CULTURE - MUSIC
‘We do not want to ideologize our traumas’
CULTURE - ARTS
Literature days to come to Istanbul
SPORTS
Beşiktaş travels to Sivas in high spirit
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Defending Turkcell Super League champion Beşiktaş is at the top of its form now and wants to add Sivasspor to its long list of victims.
Comment 2009-11-26
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Angry at Turkey, energy-rich Azerbaijan may spurn West
Michael Mainville
BAKU - Agence France-Presse
Anger at Turkey is running deep in Azerbaijan and tensions are threatening Western interests in an area of great strategic importance.
15 Comments 2009-11-28
TURKEY - NATIONAL
Safety, health warnings for the bayram weekend
Daily News with wires
With 352 deaths and more than 5,000 accidents in five years, Turkish authorities are warning drivers to be more careful on the roads during this weekend’s Kurban Bayram.
1 Comment 2009-11-28
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Look inside before looking outside to face challenges
CEYLAN YEGİNSU
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The recent visit from a “corporate Sufi” to a women entrepreneur association brought great inspiration to many powerful Turkish businesswomen.
Comment 2009-11-27
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Mountain of applications stark evidence of unemployment
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet
A staff-hiring exam held by state-owned Halkbank has revealed the drastic unemployment picture magnified by the global crisis in Turkey.
1 Comment 2009-11-26
ECONOMIC REVIEW - SECTORS
Crawling period for Internet over as the market matures
3 Comments 2009-11-27
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Business may disperse black clouds in Turk-Israeli ties
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Tax talks fail, Doğan heads to court
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Shopping center turnover in Turkey to spike
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Manavgat to sell water to Libya
REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
Palestinians urge US to raise pressure on Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank – From wire dispatches
Palestinians appeal to the United States to raise pressure on Israel, saying an Israeli plan to halt new construction in the West Bank is insincere.
Comment 2009-11-26
REGIONSCAPE - VOLGA
Envoy: Russia, Belarus war games no threat to NATO
REGIONSCAPE - KURA - ARAS
Proposal to cancel parliamentary elections hits road block in Azerbaijan
REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
Lebanon gives Hezbollah right to use arms against Israel
REGIONSCAPE - DANUBE
Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11
INTERNATIONAL
Mumbai commemorates anniversary of attacks
MUMBAI, India – The Associated Press
Black-clad commandos rappel down a building and Mumbai's police show off their new gear in what was intended as a reassuring display of force a year after a terror attack across the city killed 166 people.
Comment 2009-11-26
INTERNATIONAL
Obama sends hajj, Eid greetings to Muslims
WASHINGTON – Agence France-Presse
President Barack Obama sends greetings on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.
3 Comments 2009-11-26
INTERNATIONAL
Philippine massacre probe focuses on Arroyo ally
AMPATUAN, Philippines – The Associated Press
Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, say they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders.
Comment 2009-11-25
INTERNATIONAL
Philippines declares emergency as massacre toll hits 46
INTERNATIONAL
Berlusconi due in Belarus amid warming ties with West
INTERNATIONAL
Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams
INTERNATIONAL
Armenia threatens Azerbaijan with Karabakh recognition
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