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Tick-borne fever kills 11 people in Turkey this year (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:11:47 GMT

A tick-borne fever has killed 11 people in Turkey this year, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.


Politics & Policies: Turkey turns eastward (UPI)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:50:45 GMT

Turkey in recent years has shifted away from one of the basic tenets established by Mustafa Kemal, better known as Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish state, by becoming more and more involved in Middle Eastern politics.


Turkey's Christians like AK despite Islamist past (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:58:54 GMT

Its foes like to accuse Turkey's ruling AK Party of plotting to create an Iranian-style Islamic state, but many among the country's Christian minority seem to prefer the alleged Islamists to more secular parties.


Chile, Turkey Launch Free Trade Feasibility Study - Report (Nasdaq)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:48:58 GMT

SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chile and Turkey will launch a joint trade feasibility study in July, the first step toward a free trade agreement, Valor Futuro local newswire reported Wednesday, citing Chile's top free trade negotiator.


AIRSHOW-Turkey's MNG orders two Airbus A330 freighters (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:15:45 GMT

LE BOURGET, France, June 20 (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus said it won a firm order for two A330-200F freighters, plus one option, from Turkey's MNG Airlines.


Tick-borne fever kills 11 people in Turkey this year (AlertNet)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:29:15 GMT

Source: Reuters ANKARA, June 20 (Reuters) - A tick-borne fever has killed 11 people in Turkey this year, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The severe disease, known as Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever ...


Turkey: Into the Iraq Quagmire? (Electronic Iraq)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:40:02 GMT

ISTANBUL (IPS) - Turkey is beefing up military preparedness against Iraq-based Kurdish rebels as a prelude to a possible cross-border incursion that is opposed by the United States, European Union and the Iraqi government.


Turkey's Onur Air says no bomb aboard its plane (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:55:09 GMT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Onur Air said on Wednesday that there was no bomb aboard one of its planes that had received a bomb warning and that the aircraft was landing as scheduled at Istanbul airport.


Turkey's Oyak Group eyes energy, foreign markets (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:07:25 GMT

ISTANBUL, June 20 (Reuters) - Turkey's Oyak Group, a steel to financial services conglomerate, could look at foreign markets and the Turkish energy sector for new investments, Chief Executive Coskun Ulusoy said on Wednesday.


• Inmet Cayeli mine in Turkey to resume production (Turks.US)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:54:42 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey The new government founded under Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has won a vote of confidence in the Parliamentary General Assembly.