Visits by Americans to Turkey have finally returned to pre-2001 levels, with 532,000 U.S. visitor arrivals in 2006, according to statistics from the Turkish government.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish troops killed 12 armed Kurdish guerrillas in a clash in southeast Turkey, local officials said Monday. One Turkish soldier was also killed.
Nine Kurdish separatist guerrillas and one soldier have been killed in clashes in Turkey's restive southeast region, security forces said on Monday.
Turkish troops killed six armed Kurdish guerrillas in a clash in southeast Turkey, the government-owned Anatolia news agency reported Monday. One Turkish soldier was also killed.
Richard Shaw submits: There is talk in Turkey of military invasion of Kurdish northern Iraq. There are demonstrations in the streets by secular Turks concerned about potential moves toward theocracy as elections approach.
TURKEY'S Tayyip Erdogan faces one of the toughest decisions of his career this week - to seek the presidency or remain prime minister and ensure his party of victory in a parliamentary election in November.
ANKARA — Turkey has decided to impose military sanctions on Iraq for its failure to halt the Kurdish insurgency. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has approved a set of diplomatic, economic and military sanctions against Iraq.
ANKARA — Iran and Turkey plan to establish strategic relations in the field of energy. The United States has expressed quiet concern over the Iranian-Turkish plans. The issue has been raised by the U.S. embassy in Ankara.
Turkey has proposed a trilateral meeting between leaders of Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan during the forthcoming visit of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to Turkey, said Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam at her weekly briefing on Monday.
Irish building materials group CRH PLC said Monday it made two acquisitions -- one in Turkey and one in the U.S. -- for a total of US$293 million including debt.