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  • Turkey: YouTube Blocked Over Content Found Offensive Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
    A court ordered the YouTube Web site blocked throughout Turkey because of a video deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. The ban followed a week of what the news media termed a ?virtual war? of videos between Greeks and Turks on YouTube. The largest Internet provider, Turk Telecom, complied with the ban and cut off access to the site. Insulting Ataturk is a ...
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  • Court blocks access to YouTube in Turkey Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Mar 07 12:02 PM
    The Web site was blocked because of a video deemed insulting to the founder of Turkey.
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  • YouTube Banned in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Time Magazine - Mar 07 12:25 PM
    A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey
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  • Turkey blocks YouTube over insult to Ataturk Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 7:20 AM
    Turk Telekom blocked access to Google's YouTube video-sharing site on Wednesday after a court ruling over videos deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
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  • Turkey plans anti-missile buys Open this result in new window
    UPI - Mar 07 9:20 AM
    Turkey plans to acquire four anti-missile defense systems amid continuing suspicions over Iran's nuclear enrichment program.
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  • How To Evade Turkey's YouTube Ban Open this result in new window
    Wired News - Mar 07 5:58 PM
    Turkey banned YouTube for hosting videos "insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk." Here's a technical guide to evading the cultural censors. In 27B Stroke 6.
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  • Turkey shuts down YouTube access Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Mar 07 6:26 PM
    Turkey's largest internet services provider shut down access to the YouTube video-sharing website yesterday. Want to read more?
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  • Turkey bans YouTube Open this result in new window
    The Scotsman - Mar 07 5:50 PM
    A TURKISH court yesterday ordered access to YouTube's website to be blocked because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Turkey pulls plug on YouTube over Ataturk 'insults' Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 7:59 AM
    Website access blocked over videos about Turkey's founder.
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  • Turkey pulls plug on YouTube over Ataturk 'insults' Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 7:30 AM
    A Turkish court today ordered access to YouTube to be blocked because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey.
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  • IPO has Turkey back in vogue Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Mar 07 9:40 AM
    The operator of Turkey's main international airports raised $320m in an initial public offering yesterday that testified to the current investor popularity of Turkish assets and of infrastructure companies with secure revenue streams.
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  • Turkey Bans YouTube Over Gay Charges Open this result in new window
    365Gay.com - Mar 07 10:07 AM
    (Istanbul, Turkey) A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Iranian missing in Turkey sparks spy snatch talk Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 06 10:17 AM
    Mystery swirled on Tuesday over the disappearance of a senior Iranian official in Turkey, with accusations in Tehran he was snatched by Western spy agencies and even the Israeli media suggesting it may have been the work of their own Mossad.
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  • Turkey books will give you a leg up on spring hunting Open this result in new window
    Delta Democrat Times - Mar 07 11:53 AM
    With spring turkey hunting season less than two weeks away (March 15th), anyone interested in heading out in pursuit of this worthy adversary would do well to read two books written by Greenville author Wade Wineman Jr.
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  • Turkey blocks Youtube and Kurdish sites Open this result in new window
    Kurdish Media - Mar 07 11:49 AM
    Day after day Turkey proves its poor political culture and the immaturity of its leaders. Turkish court decided wednesday to block Youtube after proves that it contain material insulting Ataturk the founder of modern Turkey and it would bring "Turkishness in danger".
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  • Turkey Blocks Access to YouTube Open this result in new window
    BetaNews - Mar 07 8:42 AM
    Access to YouTube from within Turkey was blocked Wednesday after prosecutors pointed out videos insulting the founder of the modern version of the country were appearing on the site.
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  • Turkey: YouTube blocked by court order Open this result in new window
    Addict 3D - Mar 07 7:04 AM
    i have not been able to determine why yet, but youtube has been blocked in turkey by a court order.
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  • Misguided feeding turned turkey into trouble Open this result in new window
    The Flint Journal - Mar 07 7:05 AM
    GRAND BLANC TWP. - Coach the turkey is dead, but don't blame the guy who shot her. Blame the people who fed her, say friends and wildlife specialists.
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  • 'Mr Ocalan' conviction in Turkey Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Mar 06 2:14 PM
    A politician in Turkey is sentenced to six months in prison for calling Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan "Mr".
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  • Turkey Censors YouTube Open this result in new window
    Slashdot - Mar 07 7:26 AM
    FM Reader writes "After a controversial mock-up video reportedly submitted by a Greek member about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, Turkish courts ordered the national ISPs to ban the online video service, YouTube. YouTube hostnames are currently redirected at the DNS level to a page that announces the court order."
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  • Report: Turkey disco roof collapse kills 3 Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 06 1:56 AM
    A rock fall caused the roof of a hillside nightclub to collapse in the touristic Cappadocia area of central Turkey, killing three people, reports said Tuesday.
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  • Asgari disappeared during a private visit to Istanbul, Turkey's largest city. Open this result in new window
    Aljazeera - Mar 06 10:44 PM
    Iran has accused Western governments of kidnapping a senior defence ministry official who disappeared three days ago in Istanbul in western Turkey.
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  • Turkey: Court Pulls Plug on Youtube Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 39 minutes ago
    An Istanbul court ordered access to the video sharing Web site YouTubeblocked because of a clip on the site that was said to insult the nation?s revered founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Critical comments against Ataturk are barred by law. YouTube later said it had removed the clip, and another court ruling said access to the service could be restored. According to news reports, the clip was part ...
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  • Muslim, Christian and Jewish Students Travel to Turkey for Spring Break Open this result in new window
    Newswise - Mar 07 4:27 AM
    A diverse group of Syracuse University students from different faith traditions will spend their Spring Break in a unique way, by traveling to Turkey to study how Muslim, Christian and Jewish peoples have co-existed in the region throughout history and continue to today. They will chronicle their experience on a special website, http://hendricks.syr.edu/turkey.
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  • Washington Post calls on Turkey "not to take seriously" Armenian Genocide bill Open this result in new window
    PanARMENIAN.Net - Mar 07 2:45 AM
    "435 House members will decide on whether or not to approve of Adam Schiff's version of events which occurred 92 years ago in the northeast region of Turkey," Jackson Diehl writes.
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  • Turkey seeks greater role for women in Islam Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Mar 06 6:19 PM
    ANKARA - Turkey plans to appoint women to religious affairs positions across the Muslim but secular country in a move to boost equal rights, Turkeys top religious authority said on Tuesday.
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  • Turkey To Forge Own Path Towards EU Accession, Says Babacan, Open this result in new window
    Tax-News.com - Mar 06 8:31 PM
    Turkey's Economy Minister and chief EU negotiator, Ali Babacan last week revealed that the Turkish authorities plan to set their own pace for the reforms necessary to secure the country's accession to the European Union.
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  • Denso Corp. (J.DNO or 6902) will begin selling in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Turks.US - Mar 06 7:34 PM
    Denso Corp. (J.DNO or 6902) will begin selling in Turkey starters and alternators in January 2003, and producing thermal products in February 2004, to meet increasing demand for car air conditioning in Europe.
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  • Update on Turkey bans YouTube: all a "you're a fag" flame war? Open this result in new window
    Addict 3D - 40 minutes ago
    I've been following this one for a little while. It's pretty retarded.
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  • Iranian general missing in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 5:49 PM
    A former Iranian deputy defence minister has disappeared in Istanbul, amid reports that he has defected to the west.
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  • Turkish court blocks access to YouTube Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 3:25 PM
    A court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked Wednesday after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Reservations now taken for church's turkey dinner Open this result in new window
    Independent - Mar 06 3:56 PM
    Holmdel Community United Church of Christ, 40 Main St., will hold its annual turkey Dinner March 10 with seatings hourly from 4-7 p.m. Takeouts will be available for pickup from 4:30-7 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Project Paul - the community outreach ministry at St. Ann's Parish, Keansburg.
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  • Turkey: Spring gobbler forecast includes good news for Miss. hunters Open this result in new window
    FOX 10 Mobile - Mar 06 10:17 AM
    JACKSON, Miss. The forecast for turkey hunting in Mississippi this spring is good, so says the new wild turkey project coordinator for the Mississippi Department of...
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  • Iran pursuing fate of former defense ministry official missing in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 06 7:59 AM
    Iran - Turkey - Missing Commander of Islamic Republic of Iran Police (IRIP) said on Tuesday that Iran is following up the fate of one of the former staff of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics with the Turkish police.
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  • American Muslim Leader Due In Turkey Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Mar 06 8:17 AM
    ANKARA - American Muslim leader Wallace Deen Muhammad will pay a visit to Turkey on March 6th.
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  • Major Projects In Turkey Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Mar 06 8:15 AM
    ANKARA - Turkey`s project with the greatest budget has been 1st phase of Lower Euphrates project with YTL 6,4 billion of investment so far.
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  • Turkey shoots down Youtube over insulting video Open this result in new window
    vnunet.com via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Mar 07 12:00 PM
    Video rulted offensive to nation's founder Ataturk
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  • Turkey Season To Open Open this result in new window
    WTOK-TV Meridian - Mar 06 10:30 AM
    The forecast for turkey hunting in Mississippi this spring is good, so says the new wild turkey project coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Dave Godwin.
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  • Gul Returns To Turkey Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Mar 06 8:12 AM
    ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul returned to Turkey on Sunday after attending a meeting of the Arab League, at ministerial level in Cairo.
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  • Turkey strongly condemns attacks on Shiite pilgrims in Iraq Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Mar 07 4:45 PM
    Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that its country strongly condemned the recent spate of attacks on Shiite pilgrims throughout Iraq.
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  • Gas consumption decreases in Turkey Open this result in new window
    India Daily - Mar 06 8:24 AM
    Turkey's annual gas consumption diminished by roughly 15 percent due to the warm winter, local newspaper Zaman daily reported on Monday.
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  • YouTube Goes Cold (In) Turkey Open this result in new window
    Addict 3D - Mar 07 2:20 PM
    Back in January, a Brazilian judge wanted YouTube shut down after a model won a case asking for the site to be forced to take down a video of her and her boyfriend having sex in the ocean.
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  • Missing Iranian probably defected: ex-Mossad chief Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 8:19 AM
    A former Israeli spymaster said on Wednesday that a former Iranian general who mysteriously disappeared in Turkey had probably defected to the West.
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  • Report: Disco roof collapse kills 3 in Cappadocia in central Turkey Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Mar 06 1:42 AM
    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A rock fall collapsed the roof of a hillside nightclub in the touristic Cappadocia area of central Turkey, killing three people, reports said Tuesday.
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  • Turkish court orders YouTube blocked Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Mar 07 7:02 AM
    A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's website blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Turk Telekom, Turkey's largest telecommunications provider, immediately enforced the ban.
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  • LUKoil suspends talks with Turkey on refinery construction Open this result in new window
    RosBusinessConsulting - Mar 06 3:11 AM
    RBC, 06.03.2007, Moscow 13:06:48. LUKoil has suspended talks with Turkey on the construction of the oil refinery plant on the territory of the latter country, the Russian oil giant's President Vagit Alekperov told journalists today.
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  • YouTube banned in Turkey afer video insults Open this result in new window
    Times Online - Mar 07 7:27 AM
    A court in Istanbul has issued an order denying access to the video-sharing website YouTube. The state owned Turk Telecom implemented the ban today after an escalating dispute between Greek and Turkish users of the site.
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  • Turkish court blocks YouTube access Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Mar 07 3:42 PM
    Looking to check out the latest videos of cavorting kittens and lovelorn lip-synchers on YouTube? If you live in Turkey, you're out of luck.
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  • Turkey shoots down Youtube over insulting video Open this result in new window
    Infomatics - Mar 07 1:16 PM
    A Turkish court has ordered local ISPs to block access to the Youtube video sharing service in response to the publication of a video that mocked the nation's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Turkey shoots down Youtube over insulting video Open this result in new window
    vnunet.com - Mar 07 11:53 AM
    Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com , Thursday 8 March 2007 at 00:00:00 Video ruled offensive to nation's founder Ataturk A Turkish court has ordered local ISPs to block access to the Youtube video sharing service in response to the publication of a video that mocked the nation's founder Mustafa... > Read the full article
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  • GlassHouse Buys into Israel, Turkey Open this result in new window
    ComputerWire - Mar 05 11:13 PM
    US-based storage services provider GlassHouse Technologies Inc has resumed its campaign to expand overseas with the purchase of a company with bases in Israel and Turkey.
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  • Zentiva acquires Turkey's Eczacibasi Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Mar 05 8:05 PM
    Zentiva, the Czech pharmaceutical company, yesterday aquired Turkey's Eczacibasi Generic Pharmaceuticals for 460m ($603m) in a deal that Zentiva said would establish it as one of central and eastern Europe's top three generics companies.
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  • Turkey cutlets in tomato caper sauce Open this result in new window
    San Jose Mercury News - Mar 06 1:18 AM
    K This recipe calls for convenience items like pre-chopped onions, but of course you can do your own chopping. Turkey cutlets in tomato caper sauce
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  • Turkey bans YouTube Open this result in new window
    The Inquirer - Mar 07 7:37 AM
    VID SITE YouTube has got itself in bother again, this time with a Turkish court.
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  • Turkey To Forge Own Path Towards EU Accession, Says Babacan Open this result in new window
    Tax-News.com - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
    The page you requested contains premium content and you are either not logged in or not subscribed. You need a News Subscription to access this area. Please log in at the top of this page if you are already a member.
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  • DIARY - Turkey - to Aug 26, 2007 Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 07 12:09 AM
    (All times are provisional and in GMT. For local time add two hours. This diary is updated every day, and new listings or amendments are marked "*".)
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  • Turkey bans YouTube Open this result in new window
    p2pnet.net - Mar 07 7:51 AM
    Clips insult Ataturk
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  • Turkish court orders YouTube access blocked; cites insult to country's founder Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Mar 07 5:28 PM
    ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court has ordered access to YouTube's website blocked because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Turkey denies Ocalan poisoning claim, sends doctors Open this result in new window
    The New Zealand Herald - Mar 05 3:41 PM
    ANKARA - Turkey has dismissed as "complete lies" accusations that jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was being slowly poisoned in prison, but says it has sent a team of doctors to examine him.
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  • S.Korea, Turkey to discuss arms sale Open this result in new window
    UPI - Mar 05 4:40 AM
    South Korea's defense chief will visit Turkey this week for talks focused on arms sales, Seoul officials said Monday.
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  • Court Orders Access to YouTube Blocked Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Mar 07 7:30 AM
    Court Orders Access to YouTube Blocked, Citing Insult to Founder of Modern Turkey
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  • Turkey federation hosts banquet tonight Open this result in new window
    The Fort Morgan Times - Mar 05 7:11 PM
    An evening filled with food, games, art and guns should grab everyones attention during the annual banquet of the South Platte Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation tonight.
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  • U.S., Turkey to talk oil exploration in northern Iraq Open this result in new window
    World Tribune - Mar 05 10:34 AM
    ANKARA Turkey and the United States plan to discuss energy projects in Iraq. Officials said Turkey would join discussions on projects to explore for oil in northern Iraq. They said the meeting would take place in March in Turkey and include the United States.
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  • Turkish court orders access to YouTube blocked, citing insult to Ataturk Open this result in new window
    Fox21 - 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
    ISTANBUL, Turkey YouTube is banned in Turkey. A Turkish court ordered the Web site blocked after a prosecutor said some videos insulted the founder of modern Turkey (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk).The head of the country's largest telecommunications provider said the company quickly complied.
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  • YouTube.com Banned in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Addict 3D - Mar 07 1:20 PM
    A Turkish court has banned the video sharing Web site YouTube.com from the country because it hosted videos reportedly ...
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  • Ruling AKP Favoured for Victory in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Angus Reid - Mar 05 9:28 PM
    (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The Justice and Development Party (AKP) remains the most popular political organization in Turkey, according to a poll by Aksam. 31 per cent of respondents would vote for the governing AKP in this year's legislative election.
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  • Turkey shoots down Youtube over insulting video Open this result in new window
    Addict 3D - Mar 07 12:04 PM
    Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com , Thursday 8 March 2007 at 00:00:00 Video rulted offensive to nation's founder Ataturk A Turkish court has ordered local ISPs to block access to the Youtube video sharing service in response to the publication of a video that mocked the nation's founder Mustafa...
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  • Documentary denying Armenian Genocide being shot in Turkey Open this result in new window
    PanARMENIAN.Net - Mar 07 5:30 AM
    The documentary will consist of 6 parts, the first of which will be shown on April 24 via a state TV channel.
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  • Turkey denies Ocalan poisoning claim, sends doctors Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Mar 05 11:02 AM
    Source: Reuters ANKARA, March 5 (Reuters) - Turkey on Monday dsmissed as "complete lies" accusations that jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was being slowly poisoned in prison, but said it had ...
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  • Man gobbles up a top honor at turkey-calling contest Open this result in new window
    WQAD Moline - Mar 05 6:23 PM
    LEBANON, Ill. A Metro East man sure knows how to talk turkey. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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  • 'Turkey' Worm Targets Solaris Open this result in new window
    PC World via Yahoo! News - Mar 04 1:00 PM
    A new worm targeting a flaw in Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris 10 OS delivers crude artsy payloads, including a drawing of a turkey in ASCII text.
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  • TURKEY: Coca-Cola Içecek to enter Tajikistan Open this result in new window
    Just Drinks - Mar 06 4:48 AM
    Coca-Cola Içecek (CCI), the Turkey-based Coca-Cola bottler, is to set up a subsidiary in Tajikistan, the company said today (6 March).
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  • YouTube access suspended in Turkey Open this result in new window
    EARTHtimes.org - Mar 07 4:55 AM
    Ankara- Turkish internet users have been blocked from accessing the popular video site YouTube following a row in the past week over a number of anti-Turkish videos posted on the site. Access to the site was blocked Wednesday morning following an inj...
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  • Turkish FM vows to probe matter on missing former Iranian official Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Mar 07 5:46 PM
    Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday that Turkey had launched an investigation into a former Iranian official who was claimed to be missing when he was in Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
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  • England Emre cleared for UEFA clash Open this result in new window
    FIFA - Mar 07 2:56 PM
    Newcastle midfielder Emre Belozoglu has been given the all-clear to play in Thursday's UEFA Cup clash against Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar. The 26-year-old 38-times capped Turkey international has had to watch his team from the sidelines for 11games after suffering a calf injury.
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  • Fall hunting season amounts Open this result in new window
    Northern Virginia Times Community - Mar 07 5:02 PM
    Wildlife biologists with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries have compiled preliminary figures for bear, deer and turkey harvests for the 2006-2007 fall seasons.
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  • Thanksgiving cooks gobble up online info Open this result in new window
    Galveston County Daily News - 2 minutes ago
    Since Thanksgiving comes but once a year, holiday hosts tend to forget just how long it takes to cook a turkey or what ingredients go into a pan of dressing.
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  • Turkish court orders YouTube ban Open this result in new window
    telecomasia.net - Mar 07 5:32 PM
    (Associated Press via NewsEdge) A Turkish court has ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Turkish Court Orders Access To YouTube Blocked Open this result in new window
    CBS 13 Sacramento - Mar 07 3:50 PM
    A court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked Wednesday after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. More US & World News
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  • Israel denies involvement in former Iranian official's disappearance Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Mar 07 5:46 PM
    Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said on Wednesday that allegations about Israeli involvement in the disappearance of a former Iranian official in Turkey were unfounded, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported on its website.
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  • YOUTUBE BANNED Open this result in new window
    Daily Record - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
    A court in Istanbul ordered access to video website YouTube to be blocked on Wednesday over a clip which allegedly portrayed the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, as gay.
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  • Podcast: Why 'free' became part of Microsoft's new lexicon Open this result in new window
    CNET - Mar 07 1:48 PM
    Why "free" became part of Microsoft's new lexicon, Wikipedia cashiers one of its own editors, and Turkey moves to shut down YouTube.
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  • Israel on worldwide alert after disappearance of Iran official Open this result in new window
    World Tribune - Mar 07 10:48 AM
    JERUSALEM Israel has placed its foreign installations on alert after a newspaper reported the defection of a senior Iranian official in Turkey. The alert was issued after Israel was blamed for the disappearance of a former Iranian deputy defense minister in Turkey.
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  • A video on YouTube allegedly said Ataturk and Turkish people were homosexuals [EPA] Open this result in new window
    Aljazeera - Mar 07 2:14 PM
    A Turkish court has ordered a block on access to YouTube's website because of videos that allegedly insult Turkish people and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern-day Turkey.
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  • Turkey medics to examine Ocalan Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Mar 06 4:30 AM
    Turkish medics are sent to examine jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, amid claims he has been poisoned.
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  • Silenced: The nationalist war on Turkey's intellectuals Open this result in new window
    Independent - Mar 06 4:29 PM
    Perihan Magden is not, by her own admission, "a bodyguard kind of woman". Energetic and feisty, with a mass of tousled hair falling in her face and a decrepit, fading rucksack slung carelessly over one shoulder, she doesn't look like someone who would need - or want - protecting. A best-selling novelist and celebrated commentator, hailed by the Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk as "one of ...
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  • Turkish court bans access to YouTube Open this result in new window
    The Washington Times - Mar 07 9:53 AM
    12:38 p.m. ISTANBUL -- A court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked today after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos purportedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Controversial YouTube Videos Prompt Turkish Court Ban Open this result in new window
    E-Commerce Times - Mar 07 9:04 AM
    A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Paul Doany, head of Turk Telekom, Turkey's largest telecommunications provider, said his company had immediately begun enforcing the ban.
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  • Would-be Robber Gets Away Open this result in new window
    WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg - Mar 07 1:26 PM
    Despite Wednesday morning's messy weather, police say a man tried to rob a Turkey Hill.
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  • Turkish court shuts down YouTube Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Mar 07 9:25 AM
    Turkeys largest internet services provider shut down access to the YouTube video-sharing web site yesterday after a court ruling that some of its content insulted Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
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  • Turkish court orders YouTube blocked Open this result in new window
    Baltimore Sun - Mar 07 8:40 AM
    Visitors to popular site immediately greeted with denial message A court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked today after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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  • Turkeys share in warming is low, says Pepe Open this result in new window
    Turks.US - Mar 05 9:33 AM
    Turkey will not give up its responsibilities concerning global warming although its share in global warming is extremely low, being in the 72nd rank in the world with regard to the rate of emissions per person, said Osman Pepe, the minister for the environment and forestry.
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  • Bags ... Bel-Air ... and big stars Open this result in new window
    Long Beach Press-Telegram - Mar 07 2:24 PM
    How do you get 300 of L.A.'s best-known bag ladies to punctually show up for a free lunch? Not just by offering a choice of grilled vegetables, Greek salad and roasted turkey in brown paper bags.
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  • Hunters' haven Open this result in new window
    The Pantagraph - Mar 07 10:55 AM
    BLOOMINGTON -- Glenn Helgeland doesn't answer directly when he's asked why his annual Illinois Deer & Turkey Classic in Bloomington drew a record 20,500 people last year.
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  • Turks ban YouTube over 'gay slur' Open this result in new window
    Daily Mail - Mar 07 10:18 AM
    The YouTube website has been banned in Turkey after videos were posted on it insulting the countrys legendary leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. A Turkish court ordered access to the videosharing site be blocked after a virtual war broke out between Turks and Greeks
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  • Emre cleared for UEFA clash Open this result in new window
    ATL World Soccer - Mar 07 1:14 PM
    Newcastle midfielder Emre Belozoglu has been given the all-clear to play in Thursday's UEFA Cup clash against Dutch outfit AZ Alkmaar. The 26-year-old 38-times capped Turkey internationhas had to watch his team from the sidelines for eleven games after suffering a calf injury.
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  • Turkish ISP Blocks YouTube Over Insult Open this result in new window
    DesignTechnica - Mar 07 9:39 AM
    Turk Telecom, Turkey's biggest fixed-line communications operator, has blocked access to YouTube after a court ruled videos on the service insulted Ataturk.
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  • How about trains to China, Bulgaria? Open this result in new window
    Hindustan Times - Mar 07 1:58 PM
    Some day you may be able to take a train from India to China in the east, and to Bulgaria in the west. And along the way, take in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand in the first case, or Pakistan, Iran and Turkey in the second.
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  • BWIN withdraws from Turkey Open this result in new window
    Casino City Times - Mar 05 9:29 AM
    VIENNA, Austria - (PRESS RELEASE) -- On the basis of a law passed by the Turkish government on 28 February 2007, bwin has decided to temporarily withdraw its range of online gaming products from Turkey.
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  • Turkish court orders access to YouTube blocked Open this result in new window
    Fox 6 News San Diego - Mar 07 8:17 AM
    YouTube is banned in Turkey.
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