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ANKARA- Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) Istanbul Deputy Emin Sirin criticized President Ahmet Necdet Sezer for inviting the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputies without their spouses, to the reception he will give at the Cankaya presidential

Government officials deny any rift with Washington over Iraq and say the first installment of $8.5-billion loan may come by the end of this month, as the procedure for the delivery of money has been completed Turkey officially appoints Ambassador Osman

Analysts believe that regional powers have intensified their struggle for influence in the region since the United States established military presence here to back its anti-terror campaign in neighboring Afghanistan. Kadyr Toktogulov BISHKEK -

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ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday filed a complaint against the leader of the Young Party (GP) Cem Uzan on charges of insulting the prime minister during a speech. GP leader, a member of the Uzan family, made a speech on the Star

ANKARA - The "Interior Ministry and Provinces Exhibition" opened yesterday through a ceremony attended by Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The exhibition was on display at Ankara's "Provinces

The top official of the U.S. military says Washington is engaged in talks with Turkey and other countries, a process that could take some time, and notes the final decision is going to be a 'political' one ANKARA - The top U.S. military official said

'This news -- the death of Izzetbegovic, is the loss of not only a person whose distinguished personality has written history but also the loss of a personality who has enlightened our thinking,' PM Erdogan says ANKARA - Turkish leaders expressed

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Editorial by Ilnur Cevik20 October 2003, Were we motivated to send troops to Iraq simply because we wanted to appease Washington? Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says we do not insist on sending our troops to Iraq and adds that if the United

ANKARA - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, who made a speech in Formentor Forum in Mallorca, said on Friday that Spain was a very good friend of Turkey and they surely supported Turkey's accession to the European Union (EU). According to a news

'If the Iraqi people say, 'We don't want anybody,' there's nothing else we can do,' Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying. 'If wanted, we'll go, if not wanted, we won't go. We haven't made a definite decision' ANKARA - Prime

SARAJEVO - Turkey's prime minister made a brief visit to Sarajevo on Saturday to visit Bosnia's ailing former president, Alija Izetbegovic, who has been hospitalized with broken ribs and other health problems. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on

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OCT 10 Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul urges the United States to stop criticism by some members of the Iraqi Governing Council against Turkish plans to send peacekeepers to Iraq and accuses council members of using Turkey to score domestic political

'The resistance from within Iraq, against Turkish troops, has turned out to be stronger than the Americans expected. Now they are considering seriously if Turkish troops would complicate their job in Iraq' Fatma Demirelli ANKARA - Turkey has agreed it

While CHP is heading for the general meeting, Dervis' breaking his silence mounted the rumors saying that Devis had goals for the future. Dervis, in his previous remarks, said that he backed CHP leader Deniz Baykal and he would have no attempts to

When they were set up in 1951 by Adnan Menderes, the former prime minister who was hanged by the military a decade later, the schools were meant for the training of imams, or Muslim preachers. In 1973 they were expanded to provide general education and

ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Friday that his government would effectively implement reforms passed to bring Turkish laws into line with standards of the European Union, which it aspires to join. Reforms have shown Turkey's will