Turkey?s new president said a law that makes it a crime to insult Turkish identity damages Turkey?s image by portraying it as a country where intellectuals are jailed for speaking their mind.
Members of the European Parliament changed tack with Turkey Wednesday, preferring praise to the harsh criticism of the past to try to encourage Ankara's efforts at EU-oriented reform.
Turkey plans to finance a $3.5bn investment in Iranian gas production entirely from a state company of its own, despite objections from the United States, which is urging countries to cut business ties with Iran, reported Reuters.
ABDULLAH Gul, the president of Turkey, yesterday defended its human rights record, but said much remained to be done, including tackling a law used to curb free speech.
The Turkish president, Abdullah Gul, has called for changes to a law on "insulting Turkishness" that has damaged Turkey's bid to join the EU.
BURSA, Turkey, Oct 3, 2007 (AFP) - French and Italian auto groups PSA Peugeot Citroen and Fiat on Wednesday said they had launched a new production line for vans made by the Turkish manufacturer Tofas.
Turkish gendarmery teams seized 590 kilograms of hashish in an operation launched in eastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday. Following a 2-month monitoring, the gendarmery teams launched the operati ...
(RTTNews) - Lars Christensen and Stanislava Pravdova from Danske Bank commneted on Wednesday that inflationary pressures are easing in Turkey.
Turkey will finance a $3.5 billion (1.7 billion pound) investment in Iranian gas production entirely from a state company of its own as U.S. opposition has put off foreign investors, Energy Ministry officials said on Wednesday.
ANKARA: Turkey will finance a $3.5 billion investment in Iranian gas production entirely from a state company of its own as US opposition has put off foreign investors, Energy Ministry officials said yesterday.