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Can Turkey avert Mideast disaster? - CNN Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:30:22 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Can Turkey avert Mideast disaster? CNN (CNN) -- Turkey's peripatetic Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu spent last Thursday in Tehran in negotiations with leading Iranian officials. Davutoglu's visit comes at a very critical juncture in US-Iran relations, as saber-rattling dangerously ... Iran FM to visit Turkey soonIranian Students News Agency Will Turkey stand against the West ? It refuses to join the sanctions against IranTimes.am Turkey's FM to brief EU ministers on IranNOW LEBANON Al-Arabiya -GlobalPost -Reuters all 3,672 news articles »

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Turkey lira extends gains on c/a data, foreign inflows - Reuters Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:52:31 GMT

EconoMonitor (blog)

Turkey lira extends gains on c/a data, foreign inflows Reuters Lira stronger on c/a below f'cast and foreign inflows * Yields up, shares jump led by banking shares (Adds analysts quote, Erdogan quotes, closing prices) ISTANBUL Jan 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's lira extended its gains below 1.86 versus the dollar on ... Turkey Current-Account Gap Narrows for First Time in 2 YearsBusinessWeek Turkey Stocks: Ford Otomotiv, Gozde Girisim, Halkbank are ActiveBloomberg Bridge Tender Collapses as Cash Crunch Reaches TurkeyThe Media Line Gant Daily -Wall Street Journal -EconoMonitor (blog) all 30 news articles »

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Turkey shipper steamed over shipping mess - 7Online.com Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:39:27 GMT

7Online.com

Turkey shipper steamed over shipping mess 7Online.com BROOKLYN (WABC) -- Scores of Thanksgivings were ruined after a local mail order company apparently flew the coop, never sending out yummy deep fried turkeys. But Nina Pineda's 7 On Your Side found out that's only half of the story. ... and more »

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Turkey: In Pipeline Deal with Russia, Did Ankara Get a Bargain it Can't Afford? - EurasiaNet Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:15:09 GMT

Turkey: In Pipeline Deal with Russia, Did Ankara Get a Bargain it Can't Afford? EurasiaNet Ankara ended 2011 with a pair of big -- and seemingly contradictory -- gas pipeline deals that are almost certain to alter the regional energy picture but that have also raised some interesting questions about the goals of Turkey's energy policy. ... South Stream and the Trans-Anatolian pipeline: the end of Nabucco?Southeast European Times New Pipeline Could Trim Nabucco RouteThe Moscow Times all 3 news articles »

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Quit smoking: A new case for going cold turkey - Fox News Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:40:43 GMT

The Age

Quit smoking: A new case for going cold turkey Fox News A new study suggests cigarette smokers who quit after using over-the-counter medication such as nicotine patches are just as likely to relapse as smokers who go "cold turkey," casting fresh doubt on the effectiveness of such products. ... Nicotine gum, patch fail smokers, as effective as quitting cold turkey ...Toronto Star Smoke patches 'no more success than cold turkey'The Age Nicotine patches, gum don't prevent relapse, study findsLos Angeles Times Medical Marketing and Media all 415 news articles »

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Turkey Clears Way for Trial on Coup - Wall Street Journal Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:43:24 GMT

AFP

Turkey Clears Way for Trial on Coup Wall Street Journal By AYLA ALBAYRAK ISTANBUL—A Turkish court accepted an indictment against leaders of the country's 1980 military coup, opening the way for a trial set to mark a symbolic end to Turkey's long era of semimilitary rule. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Iran parliamentary speaker in Turkey for talksBBC News Turkey seizes alleged Iranian arms shipment to SyriaHaaretz Turkey seizes 5 Iranian trucks with 'military materials' on way to SyriaYa Libnan AFP all 213 news articles »

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DA: State Official Told Butterball Turkey Farm Raid Was Coming - ABC News Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:56:34 GMT

WRAL.com

DA: State Official Told Butterball Turkey Farm Raid Was Coming ABC News By CINDY GALLI Photo captured by an undercover Mercy for Animals investigator at a North Carolina Butterball shows what the group called abuse of the turkeys. (Mercy for Animals) Days before a Butterball turkey farm was raided by police because of ... Authorities accuse state official of tipping Butterball to farm raidWRAL.com Warrants: State worker tipped off Butterball before raidNBC17.com all 6 news articles »

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Turkey's Halkbank says not received call to halt Iran deals - Reuters Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:44:32 GMT

Turkey's Halkbank says not received call to halt Iran deals Reuters ISTANBUL Jan 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's Halkbank has received no official request to stop handling payments to Iran for oil transactions but is studying US moves to choke off the Islamic Republic's revenue, Turkish daily Vatan reported on Wednesday, ... and more »

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Turkey FM concerned over attacks on Arab observers - AFP Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:30:00 GMT

AFP

Turkey FM concerned over attacks on Arab observers AFP ANKARA — Attacks on Arab observers in Syria are raising doubts about the sustainability of the Arab League mission there, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. "The Arab League observers could not perform their duties as desired. ... Turkey's 'Syrian intervention' scenarioRT Turkey's new balancing actKhaleej Times Syria's Kurds mistrust government and opposition: activistsReuters Today's Zaman -Financial Times all 952 news articles »

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Cyprus stops Syria-bound Russian ammunition ship - The Guardian Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:21:14 GMT

The Guardian

Cyprus stops Syria-bound Russian ammunition ship The Guardian It had been on its way to Turkey and Syria, inspectors said. Customs officials who boarded the ship discovered four containers. They were unable to open them but concluded that they contained a "dangerous cargo". State radio in Cyprus went further, ... Russian Ship Stopped Carrying Arms Bound For SyriaNPR all 225 news articles »