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Kurdish rebel leader warns Turkey against Iraq incursion (Guardian Unlimited)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:59:07 GMT

A Kurdish rebel leader has warned Turkey that it faces disaster if its troops and tanks cross into northern Iraq, amid growing concern of a big Turkish operation to hunt down Kurdish guerrillas holed up across the border.


Aussie Carle signs for Turkey’s Genclerbirligi (The Star Online)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:49:01 GMT

SYDNEY: Australian player of the year Nick Carle has signed with Turkey’s Genclerbirligi for three years, his club said yesterday. Newcastle Jets chief executive George Liolio said the deal was finalised after speculation last week that Carle would join Turkish champions Fenerbahce.


Iraq warns Turkey off invading Kurdish north (Independent Online)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:04:42 GMT

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari admits his government is concerned a possible military incursion by Turkey into the Kurdish north.


'Midnight Express' hero returns to Turkey to mend fences (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:38:11 GMT

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.


PKK commander warns Turkey of 'military disaster' if troops cross into Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:05:22 GMT

A senior commander of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) warned the Turkish government against sending its military forces into northern Iraq, in an interview published Monday.


Australia’s Carle signs for Turkey’s Genclerbirligi (Khaleej Times)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:12:21 GMT

SYDNEY - Australian player of the year Nick Carle has signed for Turkey’s Genclerbirligi for three years, his club said Sunday.


Carle's Turkey move confirmed (FOXSPORTS.com.au)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:50:00 GMT

A-LEAGUE Player of the Year Nick Carle is heading to Turkey to play next season after signing with Genclerbirligi Sporting Club Ankara for three years.


Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia, Or What Is Now Turkey (Science Daily)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:03:10 GMT

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.


Bill for Direct Vote to Elect President Is Blocked in Turkey (New York Times)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:34:03 GMT

Under the law, Turkey?s Parliament chooses the president but Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been pushing to change that.


PKK denies Turkey blast responsibility (Gulf Times)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:11:22 GMT

ANKARA: Kurdish rebels yesterday denied responsibility for a bomb blast that wounded seven people in Turkey’s main Kurdish city the previous day, a news agency close to the militants reported.