Turkey's pro-secular president blocked a measure Monday that would have allowed the Islamic-leaning government to hold a referendum on a new presidential voting system on the same day as general elections next month.
(RTTNews) - The ruling AK party in Turkey received a setback when President Ahmet Necdet Sezer vetoed a bill brought forward by the party seeking a referendum on whether the Turkish people should directly elect their next president.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is focused on fighting Kurdish rebels within its borders. He spoke as speculation grows over whether Turkey will launch a cross-border military operation into Iraq against Kurdish militants.
Turkey's government could see its share of the vote rise in next month's general election but its seats in the new parliament fall sharply, according to a comprehensive opinion poll yesterday.
ANKARA, Turkey Turkey's pro-secular president blocked a measure Monday that would have allowed the Islamic-leaning government to hold a referendum on a new presidential voting system on the same day as general elections next month.
A turkey slaughtering plant closes and moves work to Derbyshire, with the loss of 400 jobs in Monmouthshire.
Genetics tests of men whose forebears probably were Etruscans show they weren't local, but migrated, scientists say. Genetic studies of Italians in Tuscany show that their forefathers, the ancient Etruscans, moved to Italy from what is now Turkey — an origin that many archeologists have dismissed as unlikely.
When you flip on your lights now, you may be tapping into the region's newest source of electricity; a plant in Benson that's the first facility in the country to make power by burning turkey litter.
A TURKEY factory in South Wales yesterday closed with the loss of 400 jobs.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish state prosecutors opened an investigation on Monday into Masoud Barzani, head of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, whom Ankara suspects of supporting Turkish Kurdish rebels.