Turkey's devout Muslim prime minister said Wednesday that the constitution should be changed to remove a ban at universities on head scarves, the most potent symbol of the national divide over the role of religion in politics.
The US State Department's Undersecretary of Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, arrived yesterday in Istanbul and told press members "We are lending one hundred percent support to Turkey in its struggle against the PKK."
Source: Reuters (Adds five PKK killed) TUNCELI, Turkey, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Five Kurdish guerrillas and one Turkish security official were killed in clashes in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, army sources said ...
ANKARA, Sept 19 - Turkey is planning to privatise its electricity grids and production units together, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said on Wednesday.
It seems as if today is the day of the repeat story: a court in Turkey has banned access to YouTube after a single citizen complained that it contained clips which insulted the country.
Turkey's devout Muslim prime minister said Wednesday that the constitution should be changed to remove a ban at universities on head scarves, the
China's Chery Automobile will start to sell cars in Turkey through a local sales agency in the country in November, a local newspaper in Turkey reported.
(RTTNews) - Wednesday, French foreign minister hinted that he was trying to persuade President Nicolas Sarkozy to drop his long-standing opposition to Turkey's bid to join the European Union.
Turkey: PM calls for end to headscarf ban (AKI) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended the right of women to wear headscarves at state universities and called for the current ban to be lifted. Erdogan said the ban was depriving some women access to higher education. The prime minister's Islamist-rooted AK Party began drafting a new constitution after its election ...
ANKARA -- Turkey's Telecommunications Board has canceled a tender for the country's first third-generation mobile phone license due to lack of competition, the Anatolia news agendy reported Wednesday.