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Erdogan Struggles With Generals for Ultimate Power in Turkey (Bloomberg.com)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:22:26 GMT

July 6 (Bloomberg) -- When Turkey's army decided to block Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist-leaning presidential candidate in April, it didn't have to roll tanks into the streets. All it had to do was post a late-night notice on its Web site.


Turkey court rules reforms valid (BBC News)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:56:32 GMT

Turkey's highest court rules that controversial constitutional reforms passed by the government are valid.


Turkey set to hold a referendum on presidential election system (International Herald Tribune)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:47:08 GMT

Turkey's top court on Thursday opened the way for a referendum to be held on whether its president should be elected by popular vote instead of by parliament.


Turkey's highest court allows referendum (Deutsche Welle)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:44:26 GMT

Turkey's highest court has backed the Islamist-rooted government's plans to hold a referendum on constitutional reforms that would allow voters instead of parliament to elect future presidents.


Turkey's top court rejects to invalidate constitutional amendments package (People's Daily)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:04:18 GMT

Turkey's Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected the appeals asking for invalidation of the constitutional amendments package that allows the president to be elected by popular vote, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Th ...


Unattended turkey fryer cause of blaze (IndeOnline.com)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:59:52 GMT

There are a lot of good lessons to be learned from the turkey fryer fire Thursday at 568 Carver Ave. N.W., said Fire Prevention Bureau Captain Jerry Layne.


Turkey: Lack of Accountability in Turkey's Law Enforcement Culture Must End, Says Amnesty International (Amnesty International)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:10:13 GMT

Torture, ill-treatment and killings continue to be met with persistent impunity for the security forces in Turkey, Amnesty International charged in a new report, Turkey: The Entrenched Culture of Impunity Must End, released today. The investigation and prosecution of serious human rights violations committed by officers of the police and gendarmerie are flawed and compounded by inconsistent ...


Gas from Shah Deniz field now flowing to Turkey, Statoil reveals (Energy Business Review)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:17:08 GMT

Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil has revealed that gas from the Shah Deniz field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea is now flowing to Turkey for the first time, through the new 690km South Caucasus Pipeline.


Turkey to host international wind surf race (People's Daily)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:14:15 GMT

Turkey's Aegean resort city of Cesme will host the sixth leg races of Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) World Cup between Aug. 13 and 18, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Sixty-four surfers from 25 countries wil ...


Turkey will get up to 1.4 bcm of Azeri gas in 2007 (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:35:15 GMT

BAKU, July 5 (Reuters) - Azeri Shakh-Deniz gas project will supply 1.3 -1.4 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas to Turkey and 0.3-0.4 bcm to Georgia in 2007, one of the project's operator, Norway's Statoil , said on Thursday.