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The European Union risks sending a dangerous signal to the Muslim world if Turkey membership negotiations collapse, Ankara's chief negotiator with Brussels warned on Thursday.Ali Babacan said the consequence of a breakdown of negotiations would be &qu...
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul launched an initiative Thursday to promote greater dialogue between cultures and religions, an issue which gained urgency after the Mohammed cartoons controversy. The...
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Turkey agreed Tuesday to send troops to Lebanon to monitor a tense cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, becoming the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties with Israel to do so.The decision was an important boost to efforts to deploy an expanded U....
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Two people were killed and 10 were injured on Sunday in an explosion at a cafe in southeast Turkey, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.It said 10 other people were injured in the blast and taken to nearby hospitals in Van province. The cause of the ...
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Turkey was forced to accept sixth place in the 15th World Basketball Championship after suffering a 56-64 defeat at the hands of France.Turkey gradually fought back in the third and forth periods but failed to cut the point deficit below four points.Engin...
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The Turkish government will ask parliament Friday to approve a motion authorizing the deployment of peacekeeping troops to Lebanon, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said. The motion will be sent to parliament in a little while today and it will be discussed ...
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Turkey has won its 5th-8th place classification match at the FIBA World Championships with a hard-fought 95-84 overtime victory over Lithuania - which included an earthquake nearby.Scores were locked at 75-75 at the end of an up-and-down regulation time, ...
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Turkey's government said on Tuesday it wanted parliament to meet on Sept. 5 to approve sending troops to join a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon.The United States, Israel and Lebanon have urged Ankara to take part in the peacekeeping force. NATO member ...
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The Turkish national basketball team was badly beaten by Olympic gold winner Argentina on Tuesday in their quarter-final match at the 15th World Basketball Championship, losing the match 58-83.Turkey's '12-Giant Men' barely managed to keep the impressive ...
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Turkey, the only Muslim member of NATO and a country with close ties to both Israel and Arab states, moved closer Monday to agreeing to send troops to Lebanon, while Italy approved 2,500 troops in a boost to an expanded international force.The Italian dep...
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A bomb blast killed three people and wounded dozens in the coastal city Antalya on Monday in a second day of attacks on Turkish tourist resorts apparently designed to scare off foreigners and hit the economy."Nothing in Turkey will be as it was befor...
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Turkey successfully hosted another international organization of paramount importance for the country. An audience of thousands, local and international, gathered in Istanbul on Sunday for the country’s second Formula-1.An audience of two billion fr...
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The victory was the 25 year old Brazilian's first in the top flight. The second Istanbul Formula 1 Grand Prix has been taken out by unheralded Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, who held off his more famous rivals to take the chequered flag Sunday.Massa was abl...
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Four separate bombs at a popular Turkish coastal resort and in the country's largest city Istanbul wounded at least 27 people, including 10 British tourists, authorities said on Monday.Ten Britons and 11 Turks were wounded when their minibus blew up on on...
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Turkey is undertaking monitoring and observation missions in southern Lebanon to assess the situation and minimize risks before making any decision regarding Turkey’s contribution to an international peace force proposed to be deployed to the area. ...
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The Turkish national basketball team has suffered its first defeat in the 15th World Basketball Championship held in Japan against Greece on Thursday.Turkey lost 76-69 in the match which decided the top spot in Group C. Today's defeat means that Turkey fi...
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The Turkish national basketball team has defeated Qatar 76-69 at WorldBasket '06 in Japan.On Wednesday Turkey claimed its fourth successive win at WorldBasket '06 with a comfortable victory over Qatar.Turkey, without its veteran captain Ibrahim Kutluay an...
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Leandro Barbosa missed two free throws with six seconds left Tuesday and Turkey escaped with a 73-71 win over Brazil at the world championships.Barbosa had converted two free throws 20 seconds earlier to pull Brazil, which had trailed for most of the game...
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While Jenson Button lines up as a race winner for the first time in Turkey this weekend, the main spotlight is back on Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher.The Formula One title battle has reached a decisive phase, with five races remaining and the only...
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Ender Arkan scored two dramatic free throws with 17 seconds left on the clock to hand wild-card entry Turkey a morale boosting 76-74 victory over Lithuania in the World Basketball Championships on Saturday.While Arkan was the hero, former New Orleans Horn...