Eight years after a lawmaker was thrown out of Turkey's parliament for wearing a Muslim-style headscarf, devout Turks are pinning hopes of more religious rights on their next president and his headscarf-wearing wife.
Turkey's military issued a stern warning on Monday about the threat to secularism on the eve of an expected triumph of the Islamic-oriented government: the election of a loyal — and devout — president.
Turkey's powerful armed forces said on Monday that efforts were being made every day to undermine the secular republic, strong language a day before parliament is expected to elect a former Islamist as president.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that France would not oppose new negotiations between Turkey and the European Union, but remained resistant to full Turkish membership.
Turkey's powerful armed forces said on Monday efforts were being made daily to undermine the secular republic, comments coming a day before parliament is expected to elect a former Islamist as president.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France on Monday conditioned the continuation of Turkey's membership talks with the European Union on a high-level effort to define the bloc's future borders.
A Belmont man has been indicted on three charges relating to a May turkey hunting incident in which a teen was shot in the head and chest area with shotgun pellets.
Turkey's staunchly secular military said Monday that the strict line between Islam and the state was under attack by "centers of evil" _ a strong warning ahead of the expected election of a president with a background in political Islam.
Iran and Turkey are getting closer with signing agreements on export of Iranian gas to Turkey, the Ashkhabad-based weekly of 'Turkmen Zaman' wrote in its latest edition.
Latasha Arnt, who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing her husband, a Lebanon native serving in the military in Turkey, is expected to be sentenced today.