http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ en-US Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:38:12 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rss.aspx Hurriyet Daily News RSS Generator http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/westphalian-principles-remembered-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13064&NewsCatID=425 Why did Russia, along with China, veto on Saturday a United Nations resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/westphalian-principles-remembered-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13064 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-opens-its-doors-to-all-syrians-fleeing-regime--.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13091&NewsCatID=409 Reacting to the Russian and Chinese veto to a United Nations Security Council resolution to stop the killings of civilians by Syrian ... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-opens-its-doors-to-all-syrians-fleeing-regime--.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13091 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/elizabeth-ii-marks-60-years-on-throne.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13103&NewsCatID=351 Queen Elizabeth celebrated 60 years on the throne yesterday to become the second British monarch to reach that milestone. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/elizabeth-ii-marks-60-years-on-throne.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13103 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cappadocias-jewelries-receiving-great-demand.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13104&NewsCatID=376 A jewelry production center in the central Anatolian region, produces different types of jewelry using stones such as turquoise, lapis, emerald, amber, amethyst, onyx. Tourists show more interest in turquoise Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cappadocias-jewelries-receiving-great-demand.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13104 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bring-your-own-bag-for-discounted-bread.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13105&NewsCatID=377 A bakery in the central Anatolian province of Eskişehir is rewarding environmentally friendly customers by selling its bread at a discount to those who bring in their own shopping bags. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bring-your-own-bag-for-discounted-bread.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13105 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nine-year-old-girl-gets-six-organ-transplant.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13106&NewsCatID=373 A nine-year-old girl is making what doctors described as a remarkable recovery Feb. 5, days after surgeons transplanted six of her organs in a groundbreaking medical procedure. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nine-year-old-girl-gets-six-organ-transplant.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13106 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/green-tea-drinkers-show-less-disability.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13107&NewsCatID=373 Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile and independent than their peers over time, according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/green-tea-drinkers-show-less-disability.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13107 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/abbas-to-lead-unity-government.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13108&NewsCatID=352 Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agree at a meeting in Qatar to name Palestinian President Abbas as head of an interim government that would prepare for presidential and parliamentary elections for Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and West Bank, which is ruled by Fatah. The deal doesn’t specify when the elections will be held Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/abbas-to-lead-unity-government.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13108 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/norway-mass-killer-shows-no-remorse.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13109&NewsCatID=351 Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway, said yesterday his massacre was necessary to prevent his country’s cultural destruction. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/norway-mass-killer-shows-no-remorse.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13109 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cold-snap-death-toll-passes-300.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13110&NewsCatID=351 The deadly cold snap that has gripped Europe for more than a week wrought more havoc across the continent Feb. 5, pushing the death toll past 300. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cold-snap-death-toll-passes-300.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13110 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/putin-promises-russians-bigger-say-in-politics-daily.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13111&NewsCatID=353 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for a third term as president, yesterday promised Russians a bigger say in politics amid the growing public discontent with his dominance of power. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/putin-promises-russians-bigger-say-in-politics-daily.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13111 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/banvit-seeks-berth-in-eurocup-quarterfinal.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13113&NewsCatID=366 Turkey’s Banvit visits Buducnost tonight, hoping to win a berth in the quarterfinals of the Eurocup. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/banvit-seeks-berth-in-eurocup-quarterfinal.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13113 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ottoman-masterpieces-to-be-auctioned-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13116&NewsCatID=385 The largest Ottoman masterpiece auction in the last 10 years will be held on Feb 18... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ottoman-masterpieces-to-be-auctioned-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13116 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/balkan-tale-travels-world-in-an-exhibit.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13118&NewsCatID=385 Aerides Bath in Athens will unveil a traveling photography exhibition, featuring the unique Ottoman works in the Balkans, on Feb. 10. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/balkan-tale-travels-world-in-an-exhibit.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13118 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/reed-flute-master-celebrates-40th-year.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13119&NewsCatID=383 Turkish reed flute player and musicologist Kudsi Ergüner’s 60th birthday and the 40th anniversary of his collaboration with UNESCO was celebrated on Feb. 5 at a ceremony held at UNESCO’s Turkey center in Paris. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/reed-flute-master-celebrates-40th-year.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13119 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/lighting-revamped-for-ben-affleck-movie.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13120&NewsCatID=381 Hollywood actor and director Ben Affleck, who shot some scenes of his latest film “Argo” in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, disliked the museum’s lighting. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/lighting-revamped-for-ben-affleck-movie.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13120 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-director-cancels-trip-to-tehran.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13122&NewsCatID=381 Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has canceled his trip to Tehran allegedly due to his father’s illness, Tehran Times cited festival organizers as saying Feb. 5. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-director-cancels-trip-to-tehran.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13122 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greece-holds-key-debt-talks-amid-eu-threats.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13124&NewsCatID=344 French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel voices once again that debt-hit Greece’s time is running up as the county carries hard talks for historic austerity measures. Greek unions call for nationwide strike Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greece-holds-key-debt-talks-amid-eu-threats.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13124 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/china-bans-airlines-from-emission-rule.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13127&NewsCatID=344 China said yesterday it has barred the country’s airlines from joining a European Union scheme to charge for carbon emissions from flights into and out of Europe and prohibit airlines from charging customers extra because of the EU plan. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/china-bans-airlines-from-emission-rule.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13127 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria-central-bank-head-says-will-defend-currency.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13130&NewsCatID=346 Syria’s central bank will intervene to prop up its currency - which has plunged under the mounting pressure of sanctions and violence - and has the reserves to back that strategy, Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA cited governor Adib Mayaleh as saying yesterda Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria-central-bank-head-says-will-defend-currency.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13130 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/romania-awaits-technocrat-premier-as-emil-boc-quits.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13132&NewsCatID=344 Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned to ‘defuse political and social tension.’ President Basescu will designate a new premier to form a new government. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/romania-awaits-technocrat-premier-as-emil-boc-quits.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13132 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-auto-sales-down-34-percent-from-last-year.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13136&NewsCatID=344 Due to factors like the hike in the special consumption tax in 2011, the rise in car... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-auto-sales-down-34-percent-from-last-year.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13136 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/relations-with-france-remain-on-thin-ice-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13138&NewsCatID=412 Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. Several Turkish figures came out after French lawmakers took ... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/relations-with-france-remain-on-thin-ice-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13138 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/government-set-to-sell-out-stake-in-petkim-by-march.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13139&NewsCatID=345 Turkey has set a 4 p.m. deadline on March 20 for final bids to buy the state’s 10.3 percent stake in local chemicals producer Petkim Petrokimya Holding, according to an announcement in the Official Gazette. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/government-set-to-sell-out-stake-in-petkim-by-march.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13139 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-meaning-of-a-chinese-turkish-freeway-in-oman-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13140&NewsCatID=400 Motorways do not often inspire. The recent exception came traveling on one through Oman: a new 130-kilometer highway ... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-meaning-of-a-chinese-turkish-freeway-in-oman-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13140 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/usak-releases-energy-security-report-today.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13141&NewsCatID=344 Ankara-based International Strategic Research Organization (USAK) will release its energy infrastructure report today at a conference with the participation of senior Energy Ministry officials and prominent academics. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/usak-releases-energy-security-report-today.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13141 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-race-for-piety-will-be-our-end--.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13143&NewsCatID=405 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan uttered such a statement last week that it left us all in shambles. He said, 'We will raise religious generations.' Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-race-for-piety-will-be-our-end--.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13143 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/malatya-municipality-to-rebuild-armenian-shrine.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13144&NewsCatID=339 Following a meeting with Armenian Patriarchate officials, Malatya Municipality... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/malatya-municipality-to-rebuild-armenian-shrine.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13144 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/erdogan-fuels-secret-agenda-debate-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13145&NewsCatID=416 An issue held against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by those who are uneasy about its Islamist ... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/erdogan-fuels-secret-agenda-debate-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13145 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/committee-demands-uludere-uav-footage.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13146&NewsCatID=339 The head of a parliamentary commission charged with investigating the Uludere incident said they wanted to examine the footage taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the botched air strike that resulted in the deaths of 34 civilians in December 2011. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/committee-demands-uludere-uav-footage.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13146 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/train-crash-case-to-be-dropped-after-years.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13148&NewsCatID=341 A criminal court is expected today to drop the case of a train accident which killed 41 and injured and nearly 100 people in 2004 due to statue of limitations. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/train-crash-case-to-be-dropped-after-years.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13148 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria-affair-as-seen-from-ankara-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13151&NewsCatID=409 Following the country’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on Feb. 5 during the Security Conference in Munich, Turkish President Abdullah Gül ... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syria-affair-as-seen-from-ankara-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13151 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/number-of-tent-residents-decrease-to-7500-in-van.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13152&NewsCatID=341 Following the last relocation of tent resident into container houses, the number of people living in tents has been lowered to 7,500 and is expected to decrease soon, Van Gov. Münir Karaloğlu said. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/number-of-tent-residents-decrease-to-7500-in-van.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13152 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/swiss-probe-on-bagis-for-genocide-nix.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13154&NewsCatID=338 The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Switzerland’s ambassador to Turkey yesterday after Zurich’s public prosecutor launched a preliminary inquiry into Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bağış after he recently denied the Armenian “genocide” while visiting the canto Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/swiss-probe-on-bagis-for-genocide-nix.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13154 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-egypt-ties-strained-over-ngo-prosecutions.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13155&NewsCatID=359 The row between the US and Egypt deepens after Egypt’s military rulers say they would put 19 Americans and two dozen others on trial for aiding protests that have swept the country for more than a year Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-egypt-ties-strained-over-ngo-prosecutions.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13155 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israel-undecided-on-attacking-iran.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13156&NewsCatID=359 U.S. President Barack Obama said yesterday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has the Middle East on edge. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/israel-undecided-on-attacking-iran.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13156 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraqi-crisis-deepens-with-immunity-lift.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13157&NewsCatID=352 Iraq’s Shiite-led government wants to bring charges against a member of the Sunni-backed bloc, a lawmaker said yesterday, the latest step in a political crisis that erupted just after the United States completed its military withdrawal from the violence-wracked nation. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraqi-crisis-deepens-with-immunity-lift.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13157 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/scores-under-rubble-as-5-dead-in-pakistan.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13158&NewsCatID=356 Rescue workers struggled to reach dozens of people trapped in the rubble of a factory that collapsed in an eastern Pakistani city yesterday, killing at least five, officials said. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/scores-under-rubble-as-5-dead-in-pakistan.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13158 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/crowd-trouble-mars-fener-besiktas-derby.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13159&NewsCatID=362 Fenerbahçe beat Beşiktaş in the big game of Spor Toto Super League match day 25, but the game was overshadowed by crowd troubles in and outside the stadium. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/crowd-trouble-mars-fener-besiktas-derby.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13159 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/france-russia-strike-mutual-low-blows.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13161&NewsCatID=359 Russia yesterday condemned as borderline 'hysteria' the angry Western reaction to its veto of a U.N. resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown on protesters Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/france-russia-strike-mutual-low-blows.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13161 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/contador-loses-title-in-latest-blow-for-cycling.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13162&NewsCatID=371 Three-time Tour de France champion rider Alberto Contador is stripped of his 2010 title and banned for two years in the latest in a long line of scandals in cycling Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/contador-loses-title-in-latest-blow-for-cycling.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13162 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-kurds-aim-to-establish-federal-state.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13164&NewsCatID=352 More than 10 Syrian opposition Kurdish parties have called for the establishment of a “Kurdish federal state” in Syria Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-kurds-aim-to-establish-federal-state.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13164 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-closes-damascus-embassy-amid-violence.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13166&NewsCatID=359 The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all U.S. diplomats out of Syria Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-closes-damascus-embassy-amid-violence.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13166 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/seoul-nuke-talks-to-resume.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13167&NewsCatID=344 Turkey and South Korea will soon resume talks about constructing a nuclear power plant in Turkey. The presidents of the two countries will meet in the upcoming days to settle key differences that caused the parties to halt talks in 2010. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/seoul-nuke-talks-to-resume.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13167 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/group-lobbies-to-get-hate-crimes-in-charter.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13168&NewsCatID=338 A platform of 60 civic groups representing minorities, gays, and human rights organizations, met with the Constitution Conciliation Commission yesterday Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/group-lobbies-to-get-hate-crimes-in-charter.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13168 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gulf-nations-determined-to-shift-investments-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13169&NewsCatID=344 Investors from Gulf countries are looking for opportunities to shift funds from various countries to Turkey amid the European sovereign debt crisis and regional turmoil in the Middle East and northern Africa, said the top executive of a Bahrain-based lender yesterday. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gulf-nations-determined-to-shift-investments-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13169 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/e-education-project-kicks-off-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13170&NewsCatID=341 Turkey’s government launched yesterday its long-awaited education project to gradually replace traditional blackboards and textbooks with electronic boards and tablet PCs over the next four years. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/e-education-project-kicks-off-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13170 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/parties-to-hold-crisis-talks-over-internal-rules-draft-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13173&NewsCatID=338 Representatives of the four parties in Parliament were scheduled to meet today in an effort to end a row over amendments to Parliament’s internal rules Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/parties-to-hold-crisis-talks-over-internal-rules-draft-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13173 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/senior-ruling-party-exec-reveals-intl-conspiracy.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13175&NewsCatID=338 Bülent Gedikli, deputy chairman of the ruling party, claims that many names, including US writer Paul Auster and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, are part of a ‘Neocon-Ergenekon brotherhood’ against the government Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/senior-ruling-party-exec-reveals-intl-conspiracy.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13175 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-leader-slams-government-in-article-for-washington-post.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13176&NewsCatID=338 Turkey’s main opposition leader castigated the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in an open letter to the Washington Post yesterday Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-leader-slams-government-in-article-for-washington-post.aspx?pageID=238&nid=13176