Powerful interests in Ankara see the nomination of Abdullah Gul as an affront to Turkey's secular identity
The prospect of a veiled first lady Wednesday rekindled a highly divisive debate in Turkey over the Islamic headscarf, hated by secularists as a symbol of political Islam and the oppression of women.
The Assyrian Meryem Ana Church, nestled on a narrow cobblestone lane in this ancient walled city in eastern Turkey, has seen continuous use since about 300 A.D. But these days, its services rarely draw more than a handful of worshippers.
By nominating Abdullah Gul for Turkey's presidency, the ruling AK party is bowing to pressure from secularists and the military. How will this impact the country's volatile border with Iraq?
Greg Langmo likes to say he was just a "fat, dumb and happy turkey farmer" until the summer of 1998. That's when he walked into a meeting of the Meeker County Board and got blindsided by a courthouseful of riled-up residents. The mounds of manure he and other turkey growers were stockpiling on their farms to sell as fertilizer had become a nuisance, seemingly overnight. "They said, 'It smells, it ...
Turkey's ruling party chose a presidential candidate with an Islamic background focusing the worries of secular Turks.
45 million: Minnesota turkeys raised annually 2 million: Tons of turkey litter produced each year statewide 85: Tons of turkey litter expected to be burned hourly when the Fibrominn plant is at peak capacity. 50,000: Households powered from burning the manure mix. Sources: Minnesota Turkey Growers Association; University of Minnesota; city of Benson; Fibrowatt.
ADANA - "Turkey is strengthening its position as a transit country in oil, natural gas and electricity," said Turkish Energy & National Resources Minister Hilmi Guler, who attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Trans-Anatolia Crude Oil Pipeline (from Samsun to Ceyhan) in southern city of Adana, on Tuesday.
ANKARA - We have been working closely with him for he last four and a half years and we regard him with high esteem, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson spoke of Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul who was announced earlier Tuesday as the presidential candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Turkish officials say meetings with Iraqi leaders last week included new oil export deals with Baghdad, bypassing Iraqi Kurds. Turkey threatened to stop exporting needed fuel products to Iraq after Baghdad told Ankara it would have to deal with the Kurd