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Drought in Turkey ravages farms, threatens cities (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:23:11 GMT

In western Turkey, where the lakes are drying up and the blazing sun burns the crops, a 10-month-long drought has ravaged farming and is now threatening water supplies in the big cities.


Turkey's ruling party lawmaker elected as parliamentary speaker (People's Daily)
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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:03:20 GMT

Koksal Toptan, a deputy from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected with 450 votes as the speaker of Grand National Assembly (parliament) on Thursday. Toptan was elected the speaker with 450 votes in the first r ...


ANALYSIS - Turkey Seen Speeding Up Nuclear Plant Bid (Planet Ark)
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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:06:33 GMT

ISTANBUL - A new government is set to revive a project to build energy-hungry Turkey's first nuclear plant after three attempts in the past three decades and despite legal challenges, officials and analysts say.


Drought takes heavy toll on Turkey's agriculture while urban reservoirs dry up (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:24:33 GMT

In western Turkey, where the lakes are drying up and the blazing sun burns the crops, a 10-month long drought has ravaged farming and is now threatening water supplies in the big cities. Since October the north-west Marmara region, home to Turkey's largest city Istanbul, has received only 394 millimeters.


Turkey parliaments elects new speaker (Deutsche Welle)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:45:08 GMT

Turkey's parliament has elected the ruling AK Party's candidate, a non-Islamist conservative, as its new speaker. Koksal Toptan easily secured the position after he won backing from the secularist opposition.


Turkey's AKP offers olive branch to secularists (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:23:08 GMT

Turkey's ruling AK Party offered an olive branch on Wednesday to the powerful secular elite by proposing a non-Islamist for the post of parliamentary speaker, but it has yet to say who will be its choice for president.


Turkey names new parliament speaker (EuroNews)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:45:39 GMT

Koksal Toptan of the ruling AK party is Turkey's new speaker of parliament. He was elected in a first round vote after securing backing from the main opposition party.


Turkey to meet primary surplus target-finmin (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:06:55 GMT

ANKARA, July 9 (Reuters) - Turkey will meet its target of a public sector primary surplus of 6.5 percent of gross national product this year without taking extra measures, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan told Reuters on Wednesday.


Wild Turkey Federation involved in community (The Ironton Tribune)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:44:30 GMT

More than just turkey hunting. That’s the way Buddy Fry describes the South Hills Chapter of the Wild Turkey Federation that represents more than 100 area sportsmen.


Rebirth or oblivion?: Passenger ferry on its way from Buffalo to Turkey (The Buffalo News)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:03:56 GMT

The Marine Star, the rusting passenger ferry that spent more than a decade sitting on the Buffalo waterfront, is on its way to Turkey.