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Will Turkey invade northern Iraq? (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:07:45 GMT

Reports that Turkey has massed a huge military force on its border with Iraq bolstered fears that an invasion targeting hideouts of Kurdish rebels could be imminent. But how deeply into Iraq is the Turkish army willing to go, how long would it stay and what kind of fallout could come from allies in Washington and other NATO partners?


GMR consortium bags Turkey int'l airport construction order (Indian Express Finance via Yahoo! India News)
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:53:17 GMT

The GMR-Limak-Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) consortium has bagged the tender for building a new international airport terminal at Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SGA) at Istanbul in Turkey for Rs 10,808 crore. This Build-Operate-Transfer project involves construction of a new international airport terminal with a 10-million-passengers-per-annum capacity in 30 months time in ...


MAHB in RM9.1bil venture in Turkey (The Star Online)
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:21:00 GMT

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), together with GMR Infrastructure Ltd of India and Turkish company Limak Group, has won a bid valued at 1.93 billion euros (RM9.1bil) for the development, management and operation of the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Turkey.


Propaganda activities for general elections banned in Turkey as of Thursday (People's Daily)
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Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:26:30 GMT

All general elections-related propaganda activities were prohibited in Turkey as of Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday. By convention, Turkish government handed down the prohibitions days before the ele ...


Iraqi FM: Turkey massing 140,000 troops (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:21:14 GMT

Turkey has massed 140,000 soldiers on its border with northern Iraq, Iraq's foreign minister said Monday, calling the neighboring country's fears of Kurdish rebels based there "legitimate" but better resolved through negotiation.


Six hopefuls flap toward big turkey contest fame (News-Register)
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:22:03 GMT

McMinnville's popular Biggest Turkey Contest is back this year with a new beneficiary, but the same light-hearted competitive spirit. Six finalists have been strutting and preening for weeks in hopes of being named the town's biggest turkey as part of Turkey Rama this weekend.


TURKEY: KURDISH POLITICIANS STRIVE TO SEIZE HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY IN UPCOMING ELECTION (EurasiaNet.org)
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:04:54 GMT

One recent day under a blazing morning sun, Selahattin Demirtas, a member of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) and a candidate for parliament in Turkey’s southeast region, was out and about pressing the flesh.


European Mountain Bike Championship to start in central Turkey (People's Daily)
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Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:13:07 GMT

Governor Asim Hacimustafaoglu announced on Tuesday that the European Mountain Bike Championship will begin in central Turkey on July 12 . About 500 bikers and technical staff from 23 countries will participate in the championship to las ...


Spring Turkey Prospects Mixed (Ashley County Ledger)
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:00:59 GMT

Arkansas’ spring turkey season should have some good news mixed in with more bad news. The good news is that reproduction in 2006 was better than it was during 2005, which was a record low for the number of poults per hen in a brood survey.


Turkey steps up talks with non-Russian gas exporters (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:49:54 GMT

ANKARA, July 10 (Reuters) - Turkey is stepping up talks with gas exporters Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran to put projects on stream in the face of Russian Gazprom's expansion in the region, energy officials said on Tuesday.