Pro-Kurdish politicians are poised to enter Turkey's parliament for the first time in more than a decade, bringing hope to many Kurds that their cultural and political rights will be addressed.
Iran and Turkmenistan will pump 30 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year to Europe via Turkey, leaving no need for alternative supplies to the Nabucco pipeline project.
ANKARA - Turkey and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to carry natural gas from Iran and Turkmenistan to Europe, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said Sunday.
Turkey made an important move in the energy chess game when it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran over the weekend that will make both Russia and the US rethink their positions on gas policies in particular and on energy policy in general, said Cenk Pala, director general of strategic relations at state-owned Turkish Pipeline Company (BOTAS), affiliated with the Ministry of ...
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - As punk rock goes, a song bemoaning a high school exam hardly sounds like the stuff of anarchy. But in Turkey it can land you in court, as an Istanbul rock band has discovered.
The European Mountain Bike Championship ended in central Turkey on Sunday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Jose Antonia of Spain was ranked first while Julien Absalon of France came on the second place and Fredrik Kessi ...
ANKARA: Turkey and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to carry natural gas from Iran and Turkmenistan to Europe, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said yesterday.
ANKARA: Authorities yesterday evacuated about 800 holiday-makers and at least one person was reported hurt as a forest fire fanned by strong winds raged at the Aegean coast in southwestern Turkey, officials said.
Two small bombs went off Sunday morning outside election offices of Turkey's ruling party and an opposition party in the western city of Izmir, causing damage but no casualties, Anatolia news agency reported. Police said they believed the blasts were caused by homemade time bombs designed to make loud noise rather than kill, Anatolia said.
Source: Reuters By Paul de Bendern DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 15 (Reuters) - Pro-Kurdish politicians are poised to enter Turkey's parliament for the first time in more than a decade, bringing hope to many ...