27/Jun 2008 | Dolmabah e faces 5-star 'suffocation' | Claims that the Swissotel The Bosphorus and the Ritz Carlton are damaging Dolmabah e Palace are plausible, says Ertu rul G nay, the culture and tourism minister. G nay says he wishes Turkey was rich e... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Tekel acquisition challenged in court | Tekel acquisition challenged in court British American Tobacco Plc's $1.72 billion acquisition of Turkey's state cigarette maker, Tekel, faces a legal challenge, daily Vatan reported Friday. Turkey's ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Musical magic enlightens the world of the blind | ANKARA - Turkish Daily News The countdown for the establishment of a library for the blind in Ankara has started thanks to a German Embassy aid project offered in cooperation with the International Fo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Guide to the 647th annual K rkp nar oil wrestling matches | The summit of oil wrestling in Turkey will take place for the 647th time this coming week and culminate on July 6 with the final match that will be held between the heavyweight wrestlers. The roar of ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | First music library needs attention | Borusan Music Library, Turkey s first private music library that has been open since 1997 situated in the heart of the cultural and artistic center of Istanbul, T nel, contains 7,000 books and 7,200 m... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Badem phenomena: Stay away, if you love it | D D M Turkish Daily News A marine research foundation has launched a project to help save a Mediterranean seal found recently in the seaside resort town of Didim in the Ayd n province. As part of th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Hints for a cost-free holiday | Spot: No need to spend thousands of dollars for a world tour. One can have a journey around the world by spending only a few hundred dollars. But a good plan is what will make that dream come true. Bu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bomb the Kurds, curb the Muslims, save the Republic! | Have you seen the news about how the Turkish military plans to restrain Turkish society? Mustafa AKYOL Have you seen the news about how the Turkish military plans to restrain Turkish society? If you h... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Elections are coming | Justice and Development Party, or AKP, is to be, but it is clear that the ruling party has started preparing for election. Yes, perhaps it is just preparing for municipal elections, but a preparation ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turks in the European football field | Although manic cheers for weeks have now transformed into a depressive mood, Turkish footballers did a tremendous job by all means Cengiz AKTAR Is it possible not to write a few lines on an event occu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | EROSPOLIS | NAZLAN ERTAN Before our sun-baked brains stop functioning, Erospolis would like to hand out its Mid Summer Awards to the hard-working magazine personalities and institutions that have made the recent ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | EU process in deep trouble | The harm that may be caused by the closure case against the AKP on Turkey s main world vision, including the EU accession, shouldn t be underestimated lter T RKMEN Since 2005, membership negotiations... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ukraine counts on Turkey for support' | Ukraine counts on Turkey for support' Parliament Speaker K ksal Toptan met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko late Thursday. At the meeting Yushchenko expressed satisfaction with the dynamics ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | CHP to face difficult test in Socialist International | As the main opposition Republican People's Party's, or CHP, position within the Socialist International, or SI, becomes critical, it look like party leader Deniz Baykal, whose lobbying efforts yielded... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Council of Europe asks to reopen school | The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, or PACE, called Friday for Turkey to urgently consider permitting the reopening of Greek community schools in G k eada and called on authorities to retu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | No letup in fight against PKK | National Security Council, or MGK, which brings together the country's top military and civilian officials under the leadership of the president, said late Thursday that the military will continue to ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Women of substance from M jde Ar | The DVD release of three Turkish films from the 1980s shows once again how M jde Ar connected the split halves of Turkish women, portraying multidimensional women in control of their sensuality. Direc... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Tick summit held in Ankara | ANKARA - Turkish Daily News A tick summit was held Thursday at the Ministry of Health to discuss overcoming the tick crisis in the country, which has killed 30 people in the last six months. A center ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey running out of parties | ANKARA Turkish Daily News The Constitutional Court called for the executives of the opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, to be probed for financial irregularities in the accounts of the par... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Istanbul's call to global nomads | On the rooftop of Istanbul's Four Seasons Hotel, 30 leaders and thinkers from Turkey and around the world discussed Turkey s East-West identity Thursday, several of whom crossed continents to join the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Germany probes 'Who is German?' | Turkish footballers born in Germany but who opt to play for Turkey's national team have sparked a who is German? debate. The question was first probed by the co-head of Germany's Green Party, Claudi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Croatian football association slams fans' pro-Nazi behavior | ZAGREB - Agence France-Presse The Croatian football association (HNS) on Friday slammed the pro-Nazi behavior of a "small group of fans" at the EURO 2008 quarterfinals against Turkey in Vienna. "We co... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Reed Woven Wooden Chairs | North Cyprus Culture. The famous talisman of the evil eye blue bead , or nazar boncugu , is everywhere in North Cyprus, and wards off the power of the "evil eye". All around the Mediterranean, people ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 68 Posted by grandtrunkroad | 79 matloobzaman bhai: you can certainly look back and find fault in anyone and everyone, but that gets you nowhere. or you can look at today's realities, and be clear in your mind that whether you wan... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mideast and Mediterranean Following the Euphrates | Currently, the image of the Euphrates River is one of death and destruction as it flows slowly through the Baghdad area of Iraq. Lest we forget, hundreds of villages both in its historical past and st... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Opposition supporters claim torture in Zimbabwe | Story Highlights. Morgan Tsvangirai's supporters back his withdrawal from runoff . Some say they were taken to "torture bases" by supporters of Mugabe . A man and a woman being treated for broken hand... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Warden Message: Nigeria, Security Reminder | Niger Delta militants may plan to escalate their activities in regions beyond their previous primary target areas in the Niger Delta region. Possible targets could include expatriate personnel, Wester... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Warden Message: Nicaragua Political Protest | Local civil organizations are planning a national march in Managua, starting at the Princess Hilton Hotel at 9:00 AM on Friday, June 27, 2008. The Route: From the Hilton Princess Hotel the participant... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Opposition backers claim torture in Zimbabwe | Story Highlights. Morgan Tsvangirai's supporters back his withdrawal from runoff . Some say they were taken to "torture bases" by supporters of Mugabe . A man and a woman being treated for broken hand... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mirko Cvetkovic to head new Serbian government | President Boris Tadic picked outgoing finance minister Mirko Cvetkovic to lead the new Serbian government composed of members from the liberal Democratic Party and the Socialist Party. BELGRADE, June ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rice visits China earthquake zone | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel this month to Chengdu, China, the capital of Sichuan province that was struck by a massive earthquake in May, the State Depart... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | PKK rebels attack Turkish convoy | Rebels with the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, killed four Turkish soldiers and a driver in the southern Turkish province of Diyarbakir Friday. The Turkish military stepped up military a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Could the return of Tory sleaze derail Cameron's smooth ride at No.10? | On the face of it, this week represented yet another triumph for David Cameron as the Conservatives eased to a very impressive by-election victory in Henley, with the Labour candidate losing his depos... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey Tours, Ephesus Tours, Cappadocia Tours, Istanbul Tours | Turkey Point 34200, ON p: +905357220175. Istanbul Tours, Cappadocia Tours, Ephesus Tours, Pamukkale Tours Turkey Travel Service.com ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ANKARA: Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah met yesterday in Ankara with Turkish | ANKARA: Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah met yesterday in Ankara with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek. During the meeting, they s... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Minibus accident claims four lives | Four people have been killed and many others injured when attackers opened fire on a civilian minibus in the eastern Turkish province of Van. The motivation behind the attack was not immediately known... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Dear Prime minister | Dear Prime minister, We the undersigned: Hellenes of Diaspora, Hellenes of Greece, Armenians, Assyrians and other descendants of the historical peoples of Asia Minor; and, Philhellenes from many natio... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | San Serif - A short story by B | Hill Students comes out to press for the Gorkhaland .. "Gorkha Girls lead the way for Gorkhaland" Bhaskar Rai, Gorkha Janmuti Vidyarthi Morcha . Me, Myself and Mrityu - the first thrash album from Dar... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | "A Ban on the AKP Would Be a Setback for Democracy" | Turkey is veering towards a full-scale domestic political crisis. The German-Turkish political scientist Cemal Karakas from the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) fears a provisional end to the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Attack on the Turkish Constitution | In early June, Turkey's Constitutional Court declared the lifting of the ban on headscarves in public institutions as unconstitutional. lk Azrak, an expert in Turkish administrative law, explains th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkish Government Denies Water to Church in Ankara | The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.org has just learned that the Turkish government is now attempting to shut down the Batikent Protestant Church in ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey's army: Paper soldiers | ON THE evening of March 4th, a black Mercedes swept into the Ankara headquarters of Turkey s land-forces command. It was carrying Osman Paksut, the second-highest judge on the constitutional court. Hi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Raki, rhythm and blues in Istanbul | UK News. SELIM SESLER, king of the Turkish gypsy clarinettists, takes his seat in a corner of an Istanbul club packed with long tables. With the precision of a team of heart surgeons his band reaches... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Afghanistan fires three police officials over prison break | KABUL, AFGHANISTAN The Afghan government announced Thursday that it had fired three senior police officials in the southern province of Kandahar, two weeks after the Taliban staged a spectacular pri... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | NSG waiver will not be swift or easy | NEW DELHI: Even as the government leadership plans an elaborate exercise between July 1 and 3 for helping the Samajwadi Party claim that its crossover to the pro-deal side was borne out of national i... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Karat attacks PM, ties hit new low | CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on Friday launched a personal attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress prepared itself to bid adieu to the comrades. The timing of Karat's salvo aga... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Second Thoughts About Socialism | Claude Castonguay is the father of socialized medicine in Canada. In the 1960s, he chaired a Quebec commission whose recommendation. Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | I wish Fiore would do one | The closing notice 26 min 24 sec ago. Dow Flirts With Bear Territory as Oil Hits New High. Dot Earth: What s Up With North Pole Sea Ice?. I wish Fiore would do one about liberals who are hypocrites, l... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Tsai outlines her plans to rebuild DPP | Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen, left, and former Presidential Office secretary-general Yeh Chu-lan, center, receive T-shirts from Freddy, the lead vocalist of the Taiwanese... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Your description on Alevi | Mon, 09/26/2005 - 02:48.A reference in a recent post on ethnic politics in eastern Anatolia to "the two Kurdish dialects of zaza and kurmanci" prompted the following letter from a reader, which we pro... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | T S AD s constitutional convention move | The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (T S AD) is one of the most renowned and respected interest groups in Turkey. The strength of this association comes from its ability to repres... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Casio Pathfinder PAW-1500T watch review | I m a mechanical man, but sometimes you need a sports watch to withstand the hard knocks associated with heavy activity like drinking at a bar and sitting on the back porch with a beer. I ve worn ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Russia and the European Union have signed a statement on border cooperation. "Seven projects design | Russia and the European Union have signed a statement on border cooperation. the European Union have signed a statement on border cooperation. "Seven projects designed by Russian and EU border region... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey and Greece Visit for Asif after Dubai | According to PPP spokesman Farhatullah Khan Babar, during his visit to Turkey Mr Zardari will call separately on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, besides attendi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rport on Turkey: PACE Approved | PACE Monitoring Committee should closely inspect the efforts to prepare a new Turkish constitution as well as functioning of democracy in Turkey, the report also said, adding post-monitoring dialogue ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Reports: Low turnout in Zimbabwe's one-man election | Early turnout is "low" in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off after Tsvangirai withdrew from the race, says an electoral observer in an interview with FRANCE 24. The leader of the opposition called on vot... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Shock of | W10For about the past 100 years -- roughly since foreign armies looted Beijing's palaces and put an end to China's 2,000-year-old empire -- Westerners have bemoaned the ways in which the Chinese mistr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Modern Turkey offers opportunities | Turkey, the world's 17th largest economy, is a country in a hurry, keen to be seen as a modern, progressive state that has blended Islamic traditions with modern western business ways. Agribusiness Ed... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Kurds oil deals shake Iraq integrity | Ama T rkiye deki en b y k tatl zincirlerinden G ll o lu Baklavalar n n Amerika daki ubesinde de il. Iraqi Kurds have signed fresh agreements with South Korea and a Canadian company, defying stiff o... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkish trust in EU on the rise, according to survey | Ama T rkiye deki en b y k tatl zincirlerinden G ll o lu Baklavalar n n Amerika daki ubesinde de il. Trust in the European Union has risen in Turkey by six points since last autumn, with 31 percent ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rialto Theatre | 27 Greeley Theatre (12) Jun 27 Fox Theater (23) Jun 27 Stockton Holiday (10) Jun 27 Oasis Theatre (165) Jun 27 Ribault . 27 Croswell Opera (3) Jun 27 Geneva Cinema 5 (2) Jun 27 Movieworld (44) Jun ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | US Urges Macedonia to Form Government | The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms the indictment against Zrinko Pincic, which charges him with war crimes against the civilian population in Konjic. Skopje _ US Deputy Assistant Secretary R... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | NATO welcomes attempts for normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations | NATO welcomes endeavors for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, Jean-Fran ois Bureau , NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, said at a meeting with students of Yerevan St... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Iran strives to become the regional power-holder competing against Turkey | Inviting Gul to Armenia would be unbelievable progress, Bryza says The U. diplomat voiced hope that a framework agreement on Nagorno Karabakh will be signed till the yearend. Iran s intention, or to ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Inviting Gul to Armenia would be unbelievable progress, Bryza says | U. Deputy Assistant of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Bryza said that inviting Turkish President Gul to Armenia would be unbelievable progress. The Armenian President announced his i... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Interesting Nodes on Politics in Cyprus | Latest News (All) From Greece From Cyprus From Europe From Balkans From Turkey From USA Announcements World Press News Archives . Search the HR-Net Interesting Nodes Collection for: Check our weekly... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Former Bulgarian Police Head Charged with Revealing Top-Secret Info | The Sofia Military Prosecutor's Office filed Friday a suit against the former Criminal Police Director of the Second Sofia Police Department Lyubomir Ivanov charging him with abuse of power and reveal... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bulgarian Opposition Party Leader Files Libel Suit against Former Associate | The OLJ party leader Yane Yanev is suing his former ally Plamen Yurukov from the UDF for accusing him of participating in vote buying schemes during the recent partial local elections. leader of the O... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Spring turkey hunting draws more | Chariton, IA) - The winter that wouldn t end is the likely culprit for a decline in the number of resident spring turkey hunters, and in the number of turkey license sold. Overall, nearly 52,500 sprin... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Paragliding Closeup | North Cyprus Holidays. There must be no better way than to see the glories of the North Cyprus countryside than riding the winds on a paraglider. High in the air, the magnificent Northern Cyprus scene... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | NEITHER PEACE NOR WAR SITUATION KEEPS ARMENIA ON ALERT | The CSTO doesn t need a radical reform, according to Armenia s President. Membership in the CSTO is beneficial for Armenia. We formed our armed forces on the basis of the soviet doctrine. Our armamen... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | The Republic of Turkey offers visa-free regime for Ukraine | According to an UNIAN correspondent, Speaker of Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey Koksal Toptan said this in the interview to journalists in Kyiv. According to his words, this issue ha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | M'sian shares under pressure in week ahead | KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN shares will remain under pressure in the week ahead, weighed down by the government's decision to rein in plans for major infrastructure projects, analysts said on Friday. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | US to take North Korea off rogue states list and lift sanctions | George Bush today took the first steps to remove North Korea from America's black list of states that sponsor terrorism and the lifting of key sanctions against the secretive regime. The move followe... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | PACE discusses the issue of ban on Turkey s ruling party | 03:28 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) discussed the situation in Turkey on June 26. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) discussed the situation in Turkey ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Undesirable Censorship | China has ordered a strengthening of its news media propaganda system, dashing hopes of a more liberal approach to censorship in the wake of relatively vigorous domestic reporting of the Sichuan earth... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | AFL-CIO officials turn against county Dems | Unions threaten to withhold support to lawmakers Citing their bitter feud with the county s Democratic Party leaders since last October, labor union officials are threatening to withhold endorsements ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Fresh Macedonia Government Talks | _Macedonia s Premier Nikola Gruevski will today hold fresh talks with the country's two principal ethnic Albanian parties to decide which of them enters his government. Gruevski, whose VMRO DPMNE part... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | No direct access to A Q Khan: Pak tells | 16:30 [IST]Islamabad: Pakistan has rejected the demand of US lawmakers for direct access to nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, saying it alone can probe into allegations that he proliferated the cou... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Zardari's visit to Turkey leads to buzz about Mush's exile | ISLAMABAD: Ruling Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has embarked on a six-day foreign visit that will take him to Turkey, sparking speculation that he may discuss the possibility of... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Latest US Supreme Court Ruling: Human rights law and constitutional jurisprudence intersect - in Boumediene | Latest US Supreme Court Ruling: Human rights law and constitutional jurisprudence intersect - in Boumediene . 7:54 pm by Beth Van Schaack / Jurist / June 22, 2008 The central question facing the Supr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | A total Turkish delight | The Laveda Spa at the 244-room Ritz-Carlton in Turkey. Photos Courtesy of the Ritz Carlton Hotel and Charlotte Sternlieb . After a 24-hour flight between Los Angeles and Istanbul, what could be more ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Armenian, Swiss Foreign Ministers hold talks in Yerevan | Armenian-Swiss talks focused on bilateral relations and further development of cooperation, Armenia s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at a joint news conference with Micheline Calmy-Rey , head... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Switzerland ready to promote Armenian-Turkish reconciliation | Switzerland has always spoken out for the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, Micheline Calmy-Rey , head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said at a joint news conference with Armenia s ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | China reopens Tibet to tourists for first | China reopened Tibet to foreign tourists yesterday, declaring the Himalayan region stable and safe as it lifted a ban imposed after a crackdown on anti-Chinese unrest three months ago. The move came f... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Jerusalem Adds A New Landmark to Its Skyline | Jerusalem inaugurated a new landmark on Wednesday evening that planners hope will change both the transportation and tourist maps of the ancient city. But locally, the new structure has generated cont... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Common stand by Communist Parties and other left and progressive forces from Europe on the Irish "NO" to the Lisbon treaty | Common stand by Communist Parties and other left and progressive forces from Europe on the Irish "NO" to the Lisbon treaty . Common stand by Communist Parties and other left and progressive forces fr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Polls open in Zimbabwe | Zimbabweans went to the polls today for an election run-off almost certain to hand Robert Mugabe a heavy victory but only through a combination of violence, voter intimidation and outright fraud. The ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | The Kurds, Israel, and the Future of Syria | Israel has a longstanding relationship with the Kurdish people. In the early 1960 s, Mustafa Barzani and his Peshmerga fighters received training and support in the Jewish State. David Ben Gurion, the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | North Korea blows up cooling tower | South Koreans at a railway station in Seoul watch a video showing a simulation of the planned blow-up of a cooling nuclear tower at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex. North Korea today took a dr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Jim Bolger tipped to head rail company | Former prime minister Jim Bolger is tipped to be the chairman of a new company that will run the railways and the ferries. The Government announced last month it had bought them back from Toll Holding... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Salamis Theatre | Famagusta. Salamis was the most important ancient city in Cyprus, and the ruins are still impressive today. Set over a site over one kilometre long, and with a sandy beach along the entire length of t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Deputies suggest social project to combat 'maganda' bullets | ANKARA - Turkish Daily News Some parliamentarians in Ankara yesterday evaluated the practice of firing guns after matches to express joy or disappointment when the Turkish national team wins or loses,... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | State minister invites Spanish contractors | State minister invites Spanish contractors State Minister K r ad T zmen invited Spanish contractors to Turkey during his meeting Wednesday with David Taguas, the president of the Association of Spanis... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | European lawmakers form Turkey friendship group | ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News A number of European lawmakers have moved to set up a group within the European Parliament to promote Turkey's accession to the European Union, a newspaper reported yeste... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey and Europe will have to shape the future together | If Atat rk was a 'dictator,' as some here in Turkey and abroad like to say, it is an objective fact that he falls in the category of benign dictators, not malign ones Semih D Z My colleague and old t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Busy summer days for investors | NESE YAHYA ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News How long or short spring was this year, I did not quite understand. It might be due to climate change, it might be indifference or misperception, you name it. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Nationalism in Turkey: In football and the constitutions | Sports commentators focus on the details of the game but there are others who concentrate on other subjects and I am one of them. EURO 2008 becomes a new indicator of the trends of nationalism amo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | AKP deputy sends letter to Socialist International | AKP deputy sends letter to Socialist International Haluk zdalga, a Justice and Development Party deputy, wrote a letter to the Socialist International, or SI, criticizing the opposition Republican Pe... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey-Iraq ties normalizing, says Ankara | ANKARA Turkish Daily News As Turkey's relations with its neighbor Iraq have entered a period of normalization, it is quite natural to expect technical and political contacts, said a spokesman for Tu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Putting 'Turkey experts' under the microscope | It might not be regular journalistic practice, but once in a while when the foreign press try to understand Turkey and its complex nuances, they turn to foreign Turkish experts as a guide through th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Legendary diva Gencer not to unite with her eternal love | A sculpture made in memory of the legendary Turkish diva Leyla Gencer (aka La Diva Turca) will be placed not at a spot on the shores of the Bosporus as she wished, but in a park in the neighborhood of... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 'State will is responsible for the dropping of prison operations case' | AFAK T MUR ISTANBUL Turkish Daily News The barring of a lawsuit about the Hayata D n (Return to Life) prison operations, which resulted in the death of tens of prisoners and two soldiers in 2000, ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | PKK fires on military convoy, 1 killed | ANKARA - Associated Press A Turkish television station yesterday reported that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members opened fire on a convoy carrying troops, killing a driver and injurin... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Miracle workers back to a heroes' welcome | A thrilling tournament ends in a sad way for Turkey, who is knocked down the way it gets used to win games, but fans gather at the Atat rk Airport to give the boys a hero welcome. Turkey is out of EUR... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | AKP lobbying bears fruit, price a threat of monitoring status | Extensive lobbying by the ruling party bore fruit yesterday, as the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, or PACE, gave its full support to a resolution slamming the closure case against the gov... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Pride Week a bitter reminder of what's lacking in Turkey | Istanbul's Pride week organized by the city's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community is in full throttle this week on the heels of a decision by a Turkish court to close the city's largest LGBT as... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | PN secretary general to be elected today | Nationalist MP Charlo Bonnici and Valletta mayor Paul Borg Olivier will today be contesting for the post of PN secretary general, to replace the outgoing Joe Saliba. The vote will be taken this evenin... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Germany's Left Party Takes Lisbon Treaty to Constitutional Court | Germany's Left Party intends to apply to the Constitutional Court to have the European Union's reform treaty, the Treaty of Lisbon, declared unconstitutional, the minority socialist party announced Th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | German-Turkish Institute Head Sacked for Holocaust Comparison | A German institute of Turkish studies sacked its Turkish-born director after he said Turks in Germany and other European countries suffered discrimination similar to that suffered by the Jews in the H... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Indonesia shoots two drug smugglers | THE shots that rang out across an isolated Indonesian island today were a chilling warning for three Australians on death row. Police marched two Nigerian men into Nirbaya forest on an isl... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Iraq tries to entice back doctors who fled violence | The Iraqi government is trying to entice back hundreds of doctors who fled the country because of rampant violence and says improved security is already leading some to return. A doctor treats a girl ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | China executes six drug dealers, vows to continue campaign | China executes six drug dealers, vows to continue campaign>prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" / . China executed six more drug dealers on the International Day Against Drug Ab... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Assistant Secretary of State meets opposition leaders | Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer is visiting Azerbaijan. APA reports that David Kramer has met with some opposition leaders today. President of Public F... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Paper soldiers | A leaked document exposes the army?s campaign against the ruling party ON THE evening of March 4th, a black Mercedes swept into the Ankara headquarters of Turkey?s land-forces command. It was carrying... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Emotional farewell for Koirala | Nepal's patriarch Girija Prasad Koirala on Thursday made an emotional exit by resigning as Prime Minister, paving the way for installation of a new government. The first Maoist-led government headed b... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | EU Poland Political News | Poland Political News. Poland Sends EU Restructuring Plans for Shipyards 27 Jun 2008 05:29 GMT. The 3 parameter of the Mid function, which is now -9, must be a non-negative integer The 3. Poland pres... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Everyone Hates Hillary | By Rachel Hills We just can't help weaving stories when it comes to Hillary Clinton, writes Rachel Hills . Ask most people who the leading contender for the US Democratic 2008 Presidential nomination... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Greenwich islands, ferries are open to out-of-towners | GREENWICH - For the first time, the town is offering out-of-towners easy access to two prime Greenwich beaches, Island Beach and Great Captain's Island, after rescinding a restriction that had been in... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bolger likely to head new rail and ferries company | Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger is tipped to be the chairman of a new company that will run the railways and the ferries. The Government announced last month it had bought them back from Toll Holding... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Conditions for press | Conditions for press in Senegal worsening June 26, 2008 His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade President of the Republic of Senegal c/o Embassy of the Republic of Senegal to the United States 2112 Wyoming Aven... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey Falls to Germany in Euro 08 | Thursday 26-Jun . Miami Real Estate Holding A Successful Open House (0). Sarasota Real Estate Top 5 Decorating No-nos When Preparing Your Home For Sale (0). Germany advanced to Sunday's final in ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkey's Rare Fish Specie Saved from Extinction | Fish are everywhere. Under the rapids, they burst out in a constant stream, bright little fireworks against the black basalt rocks. Put your hands in and you ll come out with half a dozen. It is spawn... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Germany make final | Germany make final BASEL (Switzerland): Defender Philipp Lahm's late strike put three-times European champions Germany in Sunday's Euro 2008 final and sealed a 3-2 win to knock out injury-ravaged Turk... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Japan says North Korea denuclearization requires verification | KYOTO, Japan's foreign minister cautioned that it could be problematic verifying that North Korea has declared all its nuclear programs and is in fact ready to comply with the six-nation denuclearizat... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Turkish Hamam | North Cyprus customs and traditions include Cypriot hospitality, coffee houses, hamams, blue beads and more. Wherever you go in North Cyprus, you can be sure of a warm welcome. This is not some "tour... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | President Ilham Aliyev: "War has not ended yet and we should be ready to liberate our lands anytime" | President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev addressed the military parade on June 26 in Azadlig Square dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Azerbaijani Army. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Horta passes on UN post, will stay in Timor | East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta, right, with prime minister Xanana Gusmao. Horta has decided not to pursue the job of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. East Timor's President ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Timor's Horta won't join UNHCR: report | East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta has decided not to pursue the job of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In a statement published on The Australian website, he said the decision... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Zardari to discuss Pak issues with Turkish l | Friday, June 27, 2008 By Rauf Klasra ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari landed in Turkey on Thursday to meet the top Turkish leaders, raising many questions in political circles of Pakistan. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | MDC: President will ultimately fail | 2008/06/27 ZIMBABWE president Robert Mugabe is self-destructing and will ultimately fail even though he will claim an election victory, opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Problems of a dysfunctional elite | Shafqat Mahmood Sitting thousands of miles away in rural Spain, the troubles at home should seem remote but they don't. One factor is the reach of cable television that not only brings all the interna... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 13 parties banned from 2009 Bali legislative vote | Bali The Bali General Election Commission (KPUD) announced Thursday that 13 out of 30 political parties on the island failed to qualify for the 2009 legislative election. "There are 13 parties that wi... Read » |