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Turkey's prime minister pledges reformist government and a renewed EU bid (International Herald Tribune)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:23:45 GMT

Turkey's leader on Friday laid out a policy vision for the next five years that focuses on economic reforms, pursuing European Union membership and defending the state's secular and democratic principles.


Historic moment for Turkey (The Japan Times)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:52:25 GMT

In a historic moment, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was elected and sworn in as Turkey's 11th president Tuesday. For the first time, a politician with a background in political Islam has become the... Read more ...


Nation News In Brief: Emir phones Turkey president (The Peninsula)
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Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:28:48 GMT

Doha • The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani telephoned yesterday Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul. The Emir congratulated Gul on his assuming Turkey’s presidency. The two leaders reviewed means of enhancing and promoting the bilateral ties.


Turkey name squad for Malta, Hungary qualifiers (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:15:40 GMT

ISTANBUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Turkey coach Fatih Terim on Friday named a 26-man squad for their Euro 2008 qualifiers against Malta on Sept. 8 and Hungary on Sept. 12.


Hain Pure Protein Buys Plainville Turkey Farm (Progressive Grocer)
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Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:03:42 GMT

AUGUST 31, 2007 -- MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Hain Pure Protein Corp. here acquired of Plainville N.Y.-based Plainville Turkey Farm, Inc., the largest turkey grower in the Northeast and a leader in all-natural, antibiotic-free, vegetarian-fed poultry production, and renamed it Plainville Farms.


Turkey Point reactor to be down for month (Miami Herald)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:35:35 GMT

FPL Group, owner of Florida's biggest utility, is reducing power Friday night at its Turkey Point 3 nuclear reactor for a refueling outage that will keep the plant shut into early October.


Pentagon probes if US arms for Iraq diverted to Turkey (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:00:49 GMT

A top Pentagon official is heading to Iraq to investigate claims that US arms supplied to Iraqi security forces have ended up in Turkey, which is fuming over cross-border attacks by Kurdish rebels.


Deep-frying turkey sparks fire that destroys Blackman home (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:12:04 GMT

Dora Lesher said she accidentally started a fire while deep-frying a turkey in her kitchen. "I did it. I started the fire," Lesher said. "I tried to put it out, but I couldn't. There was too much smoke."


Acro Appoints Distributor in Turkey (ThomasNet)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:55:26 GMT

NEW YORK, August 30/ -- Acro, Inc. (OTC BB:ACRI), a developer of explosive detection solutions, today announced the appointment of Bensan Mumessillik Import, Export, Industry and Trade Company (Bensan Mumessillik Ith.Ihr. San. ve Tic.) as a distributor in Turkey. "The appointment of a distributor in Turkey is an important milestone in our global marketing expansion efforts and fulfillment of our ...


Turkey's Erdogan pledges to speed up economic, human rights reforms (EARTHtimes.org)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:23:03 GMT

Ankara - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented his new government's programme to Parliament on Friday pledging to push ahead with further reforms to strengthen the economy and to speed up Turkey's bid to join the European Union. Follo...