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 ... |
Here And Now | 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 Scarves |
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 ... |
CTV News | 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 ... Turkey: an ugly, but tasty Thanksgiving tradition Turkey 911! Top 10 tips for a juicy holiday bird Turkey hunting will open in local counties |
Kathimerini | 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. |
BBC News | 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 workplace Turkey Lifts Longtime Ban on Head Scarves in State Offices Turkey lifts decades-old ban on headscarves |
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 ... |
Wall Street Journal | 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 border |
Hurriyet Daily News | 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 ... |
Bloomberg | 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... Islamist Regime in Turkey Fires TV Personality for “Unacceptable” Clothing Turkey cracks down on TV cleavage |