Today, Turkey is poised to join Europe - if the continent will have it - in what would be the fulfillment of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's vision. But in an irony of history, it is a group of politicians who value Islam who are hoisting Turkey up toward the club, which Ataturk's secular contemporaries never were able to do.
NAZARETH, Pa. - A turkey hunter was shot in the face by another hunter who mistook him for a bird, authorities said.
ISTANBUL - Domino`s Pizza Turkey has won the "Gold Franny Award 2006" as the best Domino`s Pizza franchisee. Domino`s Pizza Turkey Director Aslan Saranga told a press conference on Wednesday that the pizza chain operates 70 restaurants in 10 Turkish cities in its 11th year.
ANKARA - Turkey will participate in the Fourth International Thessaloniki Book Fair with 1,500 publications, a statement of the ministry of Culture & Tourism indicated on Wednesday.
ANKARA - Fifty doctors from Mosul city of Iraq have currently been in Turkey to attend a vocational training program of the Turkish Ministry of Health.
ISTANBUL - Turkey is resolute to become a member of the European Union (EU), Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. "Turkey`s EU membership bid is in fact the biggest global peace project of the 21st century," he emphasized in his speech at the (IPI) Conference, in Istanbul.
ISTANBUL - "Turkey has become a haven of prosperity and stability in a challenging geography where uncertainties and clashes prevail," Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
PARIS - Turkey will be promoted with wide-scale activities at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 16th to 27th this year.
ANTALYA - The number of foreigners visiting Turkey was up 14.8 percent in the first four months of this year, Turkish Culture & Tourism Minister Atilla Koc said on Tuesday.
ANKARA - Syrian citizens residing in Turkey will be able to cast their votes at the Syrian presidential referendum. A referendum will be held on May 27th to determine whether President Bashar al-Assad may stand for re-election for a second seven-year term.