DAWN.com | In A Change, Turkey Tightens Its Border With Syria NPR The spring sun is warming the fields and orchards along the Turkey-Syria border, and new refugee camps are sprouting as well. Smugglers who have long worked these mountain border trails are now busy moving civilians out of Syria to the safety of ... Rebel rivalry and suspicions threaten Syria revolt |
Boston.com | Turkey Begins Cyprus Drilling Amid Tensions Wall Street Journal By AYLA ALBAYRAK ISTANBUL—Turkey on Thursday started drilling for oil and natural gas in breakaway Northern Cyprus, threatening to further poison relations with Greek Cypriots in the latest chapter of a gathering row over ownership of potential energy ... Turkey starts oil, gas search in north Cyprus |
UPI.com | Turkey enters Iraqi political fray UPI.com ANKARA, Turkey, April 27 (UPI) -- Ankara said it is optimistic about the prospects for political reconciliation in Iraq despite a lawmaker's claims Iraq's prime minister should alter his vision. Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr met with Kurdish leaders ... Turkey and Iraq Trade Barbs in Growing Diplomatic Spat Our Man in Baghdad - by James Traub Turkey: 5 Killed as Rebels Clash With Military |
Turkey Embraces Social Media Voice of America April 27, 2012 Turkey Embraces Social Media Dorian Jones | Istanbul Despite Turkey's poor record on press freedom, the country is witnessing an explosion in Internet-based social media, ranking the 4th largest in global usage on Facebook and 8th ... |
Turkey Yields Fall to Two-Week Low on Bank Lending, Cheaper Rate Bloomberg Turkish yields fell to the weakest in more than two weeks after the central bank lent the most it can in a day at its lowest funding rate, adding to the cash surplus in the market from the Treasury's debt repayments. The yield on benchmark two-year ... |
Armenian Weekly | Ungor: Turkey Has Acknowledged the Armenian Genocide Armenian Weekly “Turkey denies the Armenian Genocide” goes a jingle. Yes, the Turkish state's official policy towards the Armenian Genocide was and is indeed characterized by the “three M's”: misrepresentation, mystification, and manipulation. Thousands Commemorate Genocide at Montebello Monument BETWEEN TURKEY, RUSSIA, AND PERSIA: PERCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ... Turkey: Armenian Genocide Commemoration in Istanbul |
Middle East Voices | Davutoğlu: Turkey Poised to Lead in Syria and New Middle East Middle East Voices Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said this week that Turkey is poised to lead the wave of change in the Middle East and that the aspirations of the Syrian people must be realized. The Foreign Minister and opposition parties sounded off on ... Turkey and its role in the 21st century (2) Turkey Owns, Leads, Serves to 'New Mideast:' Davutoğlu Turkey weighs every possibility if Syria violence continues |
AFP | Biden pushes leadership role for Turkey's Islamist leaders Daily Caller (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Original Filename: Mideast_Israel_Palestinians_JRL134.jpg On Friday Vice President Joe Biden offered Turkey's Islamist government a leading role in the Middle East, despite its recent crackdown on dissidents, expansion of ... The Rise of Turkey As a Superpower Biden criticizes EU stance on Turkey |
San Antonio Express (blog) | Red-Hot Turkey Hunting This Spring San Antonio Express (blog) by Scott Bestul I've been hunting turkeys for about 30 years now, and have experienced just about every type of spring imaginable. This year (actually, our season is about 10 days old now) has some of the best hunting I've seen in a while, ... Spring Turkey Season Opens May 1 Spring turkey hunting season looks strong in NH Turkey harvest up locally, statewide |
Kittery police battling aggressive tom turkey Seacoastonline.com By Deborah Mcdermott KITTERY, Maine — An aggressive tom turkey remains on the loose in a Norton Road neighborhood a month after residents reported being held hostage in their homes or unable to get out of their cars for fear the turkey would attack ... |