Billy Hayes, the American whose ordeal in a Turkish jail provided the basis for the 1978 classic "Midnight Express," has returned to Turkey in a bid to mend fences over the damage the movie caused to the country's image abroad, newspapers reported Saturday.
The long-running controversy about the origins of the Etruscan people appears to be very close to being settled once and for all, according to a leading geneticist. He describes strong evidence that the Etruscans, whose brilliant civilization flourished 3000 years ago in what is now Tuscany, were settlers from old Anatolia, now in southern Turkey.
Under the law, Turkey?s Parliament chooses the president but Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pushing to change that.
The sign at the edge of one of Turkey's new security zones says trespassing poses a "danger to life," and the only vehicles that venture beyond it are armored ones ferrying soldiers into battle with Kurdish rebels.
For many people in Turkey, the battle for their country's future comes down to one symbol a head scarf. A parliamentary election in July could determine whether Islam will play a more prominent role in Turkish government and society.
PARIS, France (Reuters) -- France will not block or try to slow down talks on Turkey at European Union meetings next week, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Friday.
DAGKONAK, Turkey — The sign at the edge of one of Turkey's new security zones says trespassing poses a "danger to life." The only vehicles that venture beyond it are armored ones ferrying soldiers into battle with Kurdish rebels.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) -- A bomb exploded at a bus station in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday, injuring four civilians and a soldier, security officials said.
Solstice Neurosciences, Inc. today reported important results from a multicenter, forced dose escalation study of Botulinum Toxin Type B Injectable Solution (Myobloc(R)) recently presented at the 11th International Congress of The Movement Disorders Society in Istanbul, Turkey. [click link for full article]
ANKARA (AP)--Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he has invited Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, to visit Turkey some time this month to discuss the festering cross-border issue, though he hasn't yet received a response.