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French Tourists Stranded in Turkey 
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 21 9:48 AM
Some 500 travelers have been stranded in Turkey after a charter airline company canceled flights to Paris over a dispute with a travel agency, French officials said Monday.Quit Smoking Cold Turkey... Experts Say Think Again 
BET.com - Aug 21 8:39 AM
Posted Aug. 21, 2006 - Despite all the stop-smoking products on the market, African-American smokers prefer to quit cold turkey, which a new survey says leads to lower rates of success.FIRST BATCH OF MAROONED FRENCH TOURISTS ARRIVE BACK FROM TURKEY 
The Tocqueville Connection - Aug 21 4:35 PM
PARIS, Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - More than 160 people, mostly French tourists, on Monday returned to France from Turkey where they had been marooned due to a disagreement between their travel agency and a Turkish air company, sources at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris said.Turkey intercepts Hezbollah arms 
UPI - Aug 21 2:24 PM
ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Five Iranian and one Syrian aircraft were barred from flying into Lebanon by Turkey, which claimed they were ferrying arms for Hezbollah militants.'Turkey Called on to Collect Hezbollah's Weapons' 
Zaman Online - Aug 21 2:14 PM
Turkey s main opposition party Republican People s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal claimed Turkey is being cheated into sending troops to Lebanon. Baykal asserted the main goal of the United Nations (U.N.) is to disarm Hezbollah.Turkey's Cable TV Goes Digital 
Zaman Online - Aug 21 2:12 PM
Turkey s cable TV, with nearly 300 radio and television channels broadcasting in Turkish and other languages, is preparing to go digital. The transfer will be realized by early 2007 said Osman Dur, General Director for Turksat, the company that hosts Turkey s digital broadcasting.New York Turkey Hunter s 2006 Fall Calendar 
Oswego Daily News - Aug 21 5:20 PM
With the New York State Fair just a week away, crunch time for the fall turkey hunter is not too far behind. The New York State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and it s fifty plus local chapters are busy year round and offer plenty of activities for the turkey hunter in all of us.Turkey debt stock dips in July to 347 bln lira 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 21 8:11 AM
ISTANBUL, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Turkey's central government debt stock dipped to 346.6 billion lira ($239 billion) at the end of July, from 351.9 billion at the end of June, Treasury said on Monday.The US wants Turkey to sit at the table with the PKK 
TurkishPress.com - Aug 21 12:37 PM
MILLIYET- When the strategic vision document between Turkey and the US was issued a few months ago, we said that the Turkish public would only be satisfied if the US takes concrete steps on the PKK issue.FIRST BATCH OF MAROONED FRENCH TOURISTS LEAVE TURKEY 
The Tocqueville Connection - Aug 21 9:35 AM
ISTANBUL, Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) - More than 160, mostly French, tourists on Monday returned to France from Turkey where they had been marooned due to a disagreement between their travel agency and a Turkish air company, embassy sources said.Pipeline explosion disrupts gas flow from Iran to Turkey 
Payvand Iran News - Aug 21 8:11 AM
Following an explosion in the pipeline carrying Iran's natural gas to Turkey, the gas flow to this neighboring republic was disrupted last night. -MNATurkey eludes police 
Portsmouth Herald - Aug 21 5:59 AM
KINGSTON (AP) -- If anyone else spent as much time scoping out a bank, someone would alert the police. But in this case, the call goes to the animal control officer. And she's getting plenty of reports about a wild turkey that's taken to visiting busy intersections and hanging near a local bank.Turkey bounce Australia with come-from-behind win 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 20 3:34 AM
Turkey staged a gritty fightback to bounce Australia 76-68 in a close encounter that could have gone either way at the World Basketball Championships.Deer, turkey hunters now required to report harvests 
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Aug 21 2:41 AM
DES MOINES - Beginning this fall, Iowa deer and turkey hunters will be required to report their successes to the Department of Natural Resources. Decades of postcard surveys to determine hunter success in deer and turkey seasons are giving way to online or telephone reporting.Renault drivers look ahead to Turkey 
Pitpass - Aug 21 3:13 AM
Renault drivers look ahead to TurkeyTurkey GP: Preview - Toyota 
Pitpass - Aug 21 2:14 AM
Turkey GP: Preview - ToyotaTurkey explosion halts Iranian gas 
AME Info - Aug 20 9:14 PM
Iran has stopped the flow of natural gas to Turkey according to a report on the Dow Jones Newswires. An Iranian gas industry official said the decision had been taken due to an explosion on the Turkish side of an international pipeline.Boomers bounced by Turkey 
Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 20 1:52 PM
Australia's international naivety reared its head in cruel fashion at the men's basketball world championships in Japan, when the Boomers were gunned down by Turkey.Natural gas pipeline explodes in Turkey 
UPI - Aug 20 5:53 PM
AGRI, Turkey, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Terrorism is being blamed for an explosion on a natural gas pipeline from Iran to Turkey in the eastern Turkish province of Agri.Explosion causes fire on natural gas pipeline in Turkey 
USA Today - Aug 19 3:18 PM
A suspected Kurdish rebel attack caused an explosion and huge fire on a natural gas pipeline in eastern Turkey, the Energy Ministry said.The article lists Turkey's recent actions, which emphasize four key points about the U.S.-Turkish-Iraqi agreement on 
Zaman Online - Aug 20 2:17 PM
1) Although the agreement is said to be no more than a handshake deal (without the precise outline delineated in writing), Turkey's recent actions show that it gives Turkish forces considerable latitude to go into northern Iraq to root out the PKK.Conservative Party Asks Turkey to Recall its Israel Ambassador 
Zaman Online - Aug 20 2:12 PM
Deputy leader of the minority conservative Saadet party, Numan Kurtulmus, urged Turkey to withdraw its ambassador in Israel. Turkey s prime minister, one of the co-chairmen of the Greater Middle East Project, must immediately resign his position as co-chairman.F1: Turkey preview quotes: Renault 
autosport.com - Aug 21 3:21 AM
Turkey preview quotes: RenaultTurkey shock leads Boomers to bust 
Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 20 7:11 AM
HAMAMATSU, Japan: Australia threw away a golden opportunity to march into the second round of the men's world championship on Sunday, overrun by Turkey in a 76-68 defeat that could harm their prospects.F1: Turkey preview quotes: Toyota 
autosport.com - Aug 21 2:05 AM
Turkey preview quotes: ToyotaTurkey 76, Australia 68 
MSNBC - Aug 20 5:58 AM
HAMAMATSU, Japan (AP) -Forward Irsan Ilyasova scored 17 points Sunday and Turkey came back from a six-point deficit after three quarters to beat Australia 76-68 at the world basketball championships.Australia chokes on Turkey 
The Age - Aug 20 7:16 AM
AUSTRALIA threw away a golden opportunity to march into the second round of the men's basketball world championships yesterday, overrun by Turkey in a 76-68 defeat that could prove devastating to its prospects in Japan.Turkey helps foil transfer of arms from Iran to Lebanon: report 
People's Daily - Aug 21 5:25 PM
Turkish authorities have managed to prevent several Iranian and Syrian aircraft from flying into Lebanon to transfer weapons to Hezbollah, the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday.Boomers go down to Turkey 
The Age - Aug 20 3:08 AM
Australia threw away a golden opportunity to march into the second round of the men's basketball world championships, overrun by Turkey in a 76-68 defeat that could prove devastating to its prospects in Japan.Turkey bounce Australia with come-from-behind win 
TurkishPress.com - Aug 20 7:17 AM
HAMAMATSU - Turkey staged a gritty fightback to bounce Australia 76-68 in a close encounter that could have gone either way at the World Basketball Championships Sunday.