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Turkey: 1 policeman killed in suicide attack - The Associated Press Fri, 25 May 2012 14:16:00 GMT

The Guardian
Turkey: 1 policeman killed in suicide attack
The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A car bomb driven by a pair of suspected suicide attackers exploded outside a police station in central Turkey, killing one policeman and wounding 17 people, the interior minister said. The two people in the car also were killed.
Suicide Bombers Strike TurkeyWall Street Journal
Car bomb in central Turkey wounds 10, kills militantsChicago Tribune
Turkey: 2 policemen killed in suicide attackThe Seattle Times
Voice of America
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Turkey Stocks: Akbank, Denizbank Shares Active in Istanbul - Bloomberg Fri, 25 May 2012 16:06:25 GMT

Turkey Stocks: Akbank, Denizbank Shares Active in Istanbul
Bloomberg
Turkey's benchmark ISE National 100 Index (XU100) fell 0.2 percent to 54809.94 at the close in Istanbul, dropping for a third day and ending its worst week this year. The following shares were active. Stock symbols are in parentheses.
Citigroup Sells Stake in Turkey's Akbank for $1.15 BillionSan Francisco Chronicle
Turkey - Factors to Watch on May 25Reuters
Turkey: investors snap up AkbankFinancial Times (blog)
BusinessWeek -Ninemsn -Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
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Sberbank's Denizbank Deal May Be No Turkey - Wall Street Journal Fri, 25 May 2012 17:34:22 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
Sberbank's Denizbank Deal May Be No Turkey
Wall Street Journal
By ANDREW PEAPLE State-owned Sberbank is in exclusive talks to buy Turkey's Denizbank from its stressed Franco-Belgian owner Dexia for around $3.5 billion. That fits the theme of weak Western institutions ceding ground to the strong.
Turkey's Denizbank shares rise 2.5 pct on Sberbank sale talksReuters
Sberbank "Very Interested" In Turkey's Denizbank -KommersantFox Business
Sberbank on brink of acquiring DenizbankHurriyet Daily News (press release)
The Moscow Times
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Lebanese hostages now crossed into Turkey: minister - Reuters Fri, 25 May 2012 22:02:00 GMT

Haaretz
Lebanese hostages now crossed into Turkey: minister
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Friday that freed Lebanese hostages in Syria had crossed safely into Turkey. "The latest information that we have received is that they are in good health and now crossed into Turkey ...
Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria free: ministerAFP
Syria: The Road to War ContinuesForeign Policy Journal
Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria transported to Turkeyvestnik kavkaza
Trend.az
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Turkey warns of faceoff over east Medgas - UPI.com Fri, 25 May 2012 20:30:20 GMT

gulfnews.com
Turkey warns of faceoff over east Medgas
UPI.com
Turkey says waters off the coast of war-divided Cyprus where Greek Cypriots plan to explore for natural gas lie within its continental shelf, sharpening multi-sided disputes over major fields under the eastern Mediterranean.
Turkey's obsession with energy suppliesgulfnews.com

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Bulgaria, Turkey, Qatar agree to build highway - Reuters Fri, 25 May 2012 10:01:43 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News
Bulgaria, Turkey, Qatar agree to build highway
Reuters
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria, Turkey and Qatar have agreed to form a common project company to build a highway on the Bulgarian territory, the construction ministry said after a trilateral meeting on Thursday. The 300-km highway will connect the Danube ...
Bulgaria, Turkey and Qatar to build trans-Bulgarian highwayBusiness Recorder (blog)

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Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon - BusinessWeek Fri, 25 May 2012 04:32:11 GMT

Christian Science Monitor
Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon
BusinessWeek
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and EMRAH BETOS If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn to read.
Dynamic Turkey clings to a beloved stick figure icon _ symbol of less hurried ...Washington Post
Celebrating Cin Ali: The stick figure who taught Turkey to readChristian Science Monitor

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Kurds' Oil Deal With Turkey Will Hit Iraq - AINA (press release) Fri, 25 May 2012 21:49:29 GMT

BBC News
Kurds' Oil Deal With Turkey Will Hit Iraq
AINA (press release)
ERBIL, Iraq (UPI) -- Plans for Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave to build an oil pipeline to Turkey points to a major political and economic realignment in the Middle East that will impact heavily on Iraq. The country stands to lose a region ...
Turkey jails Kurdish MP Leyla Zana for 10 yearsMorning Star Online
Turkey says Syria is helping Kurdish rebelsFox News
Turkey Sentences Former Kurdish PoliticianVoice of America (blog)
Bloomberg -Hurriyet Daily News (press release)
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Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon - Fox News Thu, 24 May 2012 06:31:56 GMT

Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon
Fox News
ISTANBUL – If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn to read. Cin Ali, a village character who was created ...

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Turkey wants to raise Halkbank free float to 48-49 pct - paper - Reuters Fri, 25 May 2012 06:38:55 GMT

Turkey wants to raise Halkbank free float to 48-49 pct - paper
Reuters
ISTANBUL May 25 (Reuters) - The Turkish government wants to increase the free float rate of Turkey's state-owned lender Halkbank to 48-49 percent from the current 24.93 percent, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan was reported as saying by a Turkish ...

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