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France, Turkey agree to mend fences despite EU spat (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:06:20 GMT

France and Turkey said Friday they would work to mend fences and seek closer cooperation, despite lingering disputes over Ankara's EU membership bid and the Armenian massacres of the Ottoman era.


Turkey starts fall offensive against PKK (UPI)
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Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:57:36 GMT

Turkey has started its fall offensive early against the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, The New Anatolian reported Friday.


French foreign minister seeks to mend ties with Turkey (International Herald Tribune)
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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:25:58 GMT

France's foreign minister praised Turkey as an important partner and urged dialogue on Friday as he tried to improve relations that have soured over French President Nicolas Sarkozy's opposition to Ankara's bid to join the European Union.


Bush Backs Turkey, Opposes Resolution on Massacres of Armenians (Bloomberg.com)
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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:13:40 GMT

Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush expressed his opposition today to a congressional resolution on the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, during a conversation with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


France sees Turkey as "important partner": FM (People's Daily)
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Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:40:03 GMT

Visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner considered Turkey as "an important partner" for his country, saying Friday that the two countries knew each other well. Kouchner made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Tur ...


Turkey's Galatasaray Lions face do-or-die game in UEFA Cup (People's Daily)
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Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:41:19 GMT

Turkey's Galatasaray Lions face a make-or-break battle when they host Swiss side Sion in their UEFA Cup first-round, second-leg match in Ankara on Thursday evening, local Today's Zaman (Time) reported. The do-or-die match will take plac ...


Kouchner tries to defuse tensions with Turkey (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:09:24 GMT

France wants to mend fences with Turkey but remains unconvinced whether this mainly Muslim country should join the European Union, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said as he began a one-day visit here Friday. "We have recently gone through a difficult period in our relations with Turkey ...


Turkey starts fall offensive against PKK (EARTHtimes.org)
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Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:06:35 GMT

Turkey has started its fall offensive early against the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, The New Anatolian reported Friday. The country has deployed about 40,000 men, including paramilitary police officers and soldiers. They are conducting search-and-des...


Turkey to double trade with Finland in three years (Turks.US)
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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:10:38 GMT

Turkey will double its trade volume with Finland in three years, according to the foreign trade minister.


Turkey: Parties agree on formula to avert constitutional crisis (Adnkronos)
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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:36:55 GMT

Turkey: Parties agree on formula to avert constitutional crisis (AKI) - Turkey's major political parties have agreed on a legal solution that could avert a constitutional crisis and potentially unseat the country's new president, Abdullah Gul.The Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have endorsed a solution to change a constitutional amendment ...