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US-Iran Détente Would Be Welcome News For Turkey - Brookings Institution Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:20:47 GMT

US-Iran Détente Would Be Welcome News For Turkey
Brookings Institution
Turkey would be among the first to have to recalibrate its foreign policy agenda and one of the greatest beneficiaries, economically and politically, in case of such a development. However, this could only occur provided that any rapprochement would ...

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Why Turkey Lifted Its Ban on the Islamic Headscarf - National Geographic Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:26:46 GMT

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Why Turkey Lifted Its Ban on the Islamic Headscarf
National Geographic
Turkey's restrictions on wearing overtly religious-oriented attire are rooted in the founding of the modern, secular Turkish state, when the republic's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, introduced a series of clothing regulations designed to keep ...
Turkey Partially Lifts Decades-old Ban On Head ScarvesHere And Now

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Turkey's fragmented market frustrates foreign retailers - Financial Times Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:00:42 GMT

Turkey's fragmented market frustrates foreign retailers
Financial Times
Tesco is not the only foreign group to hit problems in Turkey. This year Dia sold its majority stake in its local subsidiary to Turkey's Yildiz Holding, which operates its own discount retailer. Praktiker, the German DIY chain, closed its nine Turkish ...


Turkey Toss: The scary caloric truth about what we gobble down - CTV News Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:31:47 GMT

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Turkey Toss: The scary caloric truth about what we gobble down
CTV News
Roasted Turkey with skin (6 oz.): 370 calories; Roasted Extra-Lean Ham (3 oz.): 150 calories; Thick Homemade Gravy: 100 calorie; Traditional Cranberry Sauce: 110 calories; 1 cup Cooked Carrots: 45 calories; Bread with butter: 300 calories; Medium Baked ...
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Most Greeks would ditch the EU for Turkey, Erdogan adviser says - Kathimerini Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:33:23 GMT

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Most Greeks would ditch the EU for Turkey, Erdogan adviser says
Kathimerini
“If there were a referendum in Greece today, 51 percent of Greeks would vote to exit the EU and join Turkey,” Yigit Bulut said in a televised interview Wednesday, according to a report in Today's Zaman, an English-language newspaper published in Turkey.

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Turkey lifts headscarf ban in state institutions - BBC News Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:25:37 GMT

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Turkey lifts headscarf ban in state institutions
BBC News
Turkey has lifted rules banning women from wearing headscarves in the country's state institutions - with the exception of the judiciary, military and police - ending a decades-old restriction. The announcement was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep ...
Turkey lifts 90-year ban on Islamic veils in the workplaceeuronews
Turkey Lifts Longtime Ban on Head Scarves in State OfficesNew York Times
Turkey lifts decades-old ban on headscarvesAljazeera.com
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Turkey: Four Years Later, Normalization Accords with Armenia Still Dead - EurasiaNet Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:42:26 GMT

Turkey: Four Years Later, Normalization Accords with Armenia Still Dead
EurasiaNet
When they were signed in Switzerland in October of 2009, the normalization accords between Turkey and Armenia promised to be perhaps the fullest expression of Ankara's then new (and now failed) "zero problems with neighbors" policy, restoring ...

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Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria - Wall Street Journal Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:29:40 GMT

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Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Obama delivered what U.S. officials describe as an unusually blunt message: The U.S. believed Turkey was letting arms and fighters flow into Syria indiscriminately and sometimes to the wrong rebels, including anti-Western jihadists. Seated at Mr.
Turkey denies building wall on Syrian borderwww.worldbulletin.net

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ECONOMICS > Turkey's wealth amnesty code attracts only $2.5 billion - Hurriyet Daily News Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:02:13 GMT

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ECONOMICS > Turkey's wealth amnesty code attracts only $2.5 billion
Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey last used such a program in 2008 and 2009 to help mitigate the effects of the global financial crisis, drawing backing of about 50 billion lira ($28 billion at current exchange rates). That previous cash repatriation law applied a 2 percent tax ...


Turkey Cracks Down on Cleavage - Bloomberg Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:06:18 GMT

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Turkey Cracks Down on Cleavage
Bloomberg
The question concerns Turkey's government, which in the space of a few days has ended a headscarf ban for civil servants (except in the judiciary and security services), but also caused a female TV music-show presenter to be fired for showing too much ...
'Décolletage' Reveals Secular-Islamist Divide in T...Al-Monitor
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