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• Flooding kills at least 38 in southeast Turkey

  Created: Friday, 03 November 2006 03:49 Author: AP

  Authorities recovered the bodies of 16 more flood victims in southeast region on Thursday, increasing the death toll in the past two days to 38, the state-owned Anatolia news agency reported.At least seven children were among the bodies recovered Thursday...

• 92-year-old Turkish archaeologist to be tried for saying head scarves linked to sex rites

  Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2006 06:47 Author: AP

  A 92-year-old retired archaeologist will stand trial in Turkey for claiming that Islamic-style head scarves date back more than 5,000 years — several millennia before the birth of Islam — and were worn by priestesses who initiated young men to...

• Turkey ranked eighth in world with its tourism income of $18.2 bln

  Created: Monday, 30 October 2006 16:32 Author: TurkishDailyNews

  Turkey's sun, sea and historic treasures earned the country the world's fastest growth rate in the world last year, beating both China and the United States with a total of $18.2 billion in tourism income it was revealed on Sunday in a report by t...

• Up to 140 injured in Kazakh oilfield brawl

  Created: Monday, 23 October 2006 06:55 Author: Reuters

  Up to 140 people were injured in a mass brawl on Friday between Kazakh and Turkish workers at an oil production facility in western Kazakhstan, the joint venture operating the facility and Kazakh media said.Tengizchevroil, a joint venture led by U.S. oil ...

• Turkish prime minister rushed to hospital - not in danger

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:57 Author: DPA

  Turkish Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan was rushed to hospital Tuesday morning but doctors said he was merely suffering from low blood sugar levels and there was no risk to his life.Erdogan was travelling to parliament to address party colleagues whe...

• Citigroup Buying Stake in Turkish Bank

  Created: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 02:55 Author: AP

  Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy a 20 percent stake in the Turkish bank Akbank for about $3.1 billion.Citigroup said Akbank is a full-service retail, commercial, corporate and private bank in Turkey, with assets of $35.8 billion, making it...

• Turkey may be waiting at Europe's door for 20 more years

  Created: Monday, 16 October 2006 04:16 Author: The Times

  The timetable for Turkey to join the EU appeared to slip yesterday when José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, gave his most pessimistic view of the country’s progress towards membership since formal talks began a year ago...

• Chirac says sorry to Turkey for bill

  Created: Monday, 16 October 2006 04:13 Author: Reuters

  French leader Jacques Chirac has told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan he is sorry French lawmakers approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenians were victims of genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks."Chirac called me and told me he was s...

• Orhan Pamuk wins 2006 Nobel prize for literature

  Created: Thursday, 12 October 2006 13:06 Author: Reuters

  Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk won the 2006 Nobel prize for Literature in a decision some critics called politically charged. "I am very glad and honoured. I am very pleased," the Turkish writer told Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet newspaper when a...

• French in Armenia 'genocide' row - Turkish protests in Ankara

  Created: Thursday, 12 October 2006 09:10 Author: BBC

  The French parliament has adopted a bill making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered "genocide" at the hands of the Turks, infuriating Turkey.The bill, which provides for a year in jail and a heavy fine, still needs approval from the Senat...

• Turkish Airlines flight headed from Tirana to Istanbul hijacked

  Created: Wednesday, 04 October 2006 13:48 Author: Hurriyet

  A Turkish Airlines plane headed from the Albanian capital Tirana to Istanbul was hijacked yesterday by Turkish citizen Hakan Ekinci in a dramatic incident in which no one was killed or injured. The flight, which took off yesterday late afternoon from Tira...

• Turkish president says Christian leaders must avoid statements offending Muslims

  Created: Sunday, 01 October 2006 13:47 Author: AP

  Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said Christian leaders should avoid making statements that could offend Muslims, saying the world was going through sensitive times.Although Sezer did not make any direct reference to Pope Benedict XVI, his remarks cle...

• Kurdish PKK Declares Halt to Attacks Against Turkey

  Created: Sunday, 01 October 2006 07:21 Author: Bloomberg

  The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, will halt attacks against targets in Turkey in a move designed to end two decades of hostilities with the Turkish military, the group said.The cease-fire will come into force tomorrow, the PKK said in a statement ...

• Iraqi President Talabani Threatens Turkey with Supporting Illegal Forces

  Created: Wednesday, 27 September 2006 03:36 Author: Cihan

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani had harsh criticism for Turkey for interfering with Iraq's domestic affairs.Talabani threatened Turkey in an interview to be aired on National Public Radio on Tuesday, and stated that Iraq could make problems for Turkey,...

• Senior Turkish general warns against fundamentalism

  Created: Tuesday, 26 September 2006 03:59 Author: NTVMSNBC

  Turkey needs to be on the alert against a rising tide of religious fundamentalism, the commander of the country�s land forces said Monday.Speaking at the opening educational year at the Land War Academy, General Ilker Basbug warned that the threat ...

• Twelve injured in explosion in eastern Turkey

  Created: Saturday, 23 September 2006 15:49 Author: Reuters

  Twelve people, including three policemen, were injured when a bomb in a truck exploded in front of a police building in the eastern Turkish city of Igdir, police officials said on Saturday.The truck had been parked in front of the building, the officials ...

• Turkey grounds Iranian VIP plane

  Created: Thursday, 21 September 2006 05:42 Author: New Anatolian

  A military plane carrying Iranian officials, including several ministers, deputies and journalists, was asked to land in Istanbul early Wednesday as it lacked the necessary permission to fly in Turkish airspace, creating a row between Tehran and Ankara.On...

• Turkey trip seen as chance for Pope to make amends

  Created: Monday, 18 September 2006 15:31 Author: Reuters

  Pope Benedict should use a planned trip to Turkey in November to rebuild ties with the Muslim world, badly strained by his comments that portrayed Islam as a religion tainted by violence, analysts say.Some say Benedict should even rethink his opposition t...

• Police launch search as Turkish bomb toll rises

  Created: Wednesday, 13 September 2006 09:18 Author: Reuters

  Turkish police set up checkpoints on roads leading out of Diyarbakir on Wednesday in a major search operation for those behind a bomb explosion that killed 11 people, five of them children.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast late ...

• Explosion in Diyarbakir killed 11, five of them children

  Created: Tuesday, 12 September 2006 15:34 Author: Turkeygrid

  A bomb blast in southeast city of Turkey, Diyarbakır killed 11 people. 5 of the victims are children. At least 16 people injured. Some of the casualties were in a serious condition and were being operated on, officials at the hospital said. Explosion...