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Turkey lifts headscarf ban in state institutions - BBC News Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:56:44 GMT

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 workplaceeuronews Turkey Lifts Longtime Ban on Head Scarves in State OfficesNew York Times Turkey lifts decades-old ban on headscarvesAljazeera.com Wall Street Journal -Reuters all 119 news articles »

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Turkey Cracks Down on Cleavage - Bloomberg Wed, 09 Oct 2013 23:11:29 GMT

Bloomberg

Turkey Cracks Down on Cleavage Bloomberg The headscarf ban was a piece of unabashed social engineering introduced in the 1920s to make Turkey, the rump of the former Ottoman Empire and Islamic Caliphate, secular. If you are liberal and not Islamophobic, ending the ban is a good thing: Women ... Presenter's cleavage stirs reactions in TurkeyThe Sofia Globe all 2 news articles »

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Syrian Kurdish Leader Urges Turkey to End Support for Salafists - Al-Monitor Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:28:43 GMT

Syrian Kurdish Leader Urges Turkey to End Support for Salafists Al-Monitor Saleh Muslim, co-chair of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) — which controls a string of mainly Kurdish-populated towns and villages in northern Syria and administers them through "popular councils" — has a few tempered messages for Turkey in ... and more »

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Save a turkey, feed Toronto's homeless with a tweet - Globalnews.ca Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:13:36 GMT

Save a turkey, feed Toronto's homeless with a tweet Globalnews.ca ... Thanksgiving meal by using ;. Good Shepherd is taking to Twitter to help give Toronto's homeless a Thanksgiving meal by using "#HomelessTurkey." For every 1,000 tweets using the hashtag, 10 turkeys will be donated to the charity's annual holiday meal. LISTEN: Tweeting about turkey will put Thanksgiving dinner on the table at ...Newstalk 1010 Tweet at a turkey to help Good Shepherd feed the homeless this ThanksgivingCanada NewsWire (press release) all 3 news articles »

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Luxury condo proposal near Turkey Creek causes stir - WBIR-TV Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:30:05 GMT

Luxury condo proposal near Turkey Creek causes stir WBIR-TV The 2.5 acres sit between Parkside Drive and Plum Creek Drive, just across Lovell Road from Turkey Creek. Local broker Phil Cobble represents the developers, and said the design calls for a 10-story, 95-unit building. The unit prices would range from ... and more »

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Turkey sees hope for revival of Cyprus peace talks - Reuters Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:24:19 GMT

The Daily Star

Turkey sees hope for revival of Cyprus peace talks Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey sees a "window of opportunity" to end the decades-old division of Cyprus and expects peace talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots to resume in November after a lull of almost 18 months, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ... Turkey eyes new talks to solve Cyprus crisisHurriyet Daily News Egypt refused to allow Turkey to meet with MorsiMiddle East Monitor Turkey says not aiding Qaeda-linked Syria rebelsThe Daily Star www.worldbulletin.net all 32 news articles »

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Turkey Under Pressure Over Likely Purchase of Chinese Missiles - Voice of America Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:14:51 GMT

Voice of America

Turkey Under Pressure Over Likely Purchase of Chinese Missiles Voice of America "Every procurement is a political choice when it comes to arms and defense. And then this is a major political step and this move shows another step towards distancing Turkey from the Western alliance, and this is major concern for the Western alliance ... Turkey's Unwise Pivot to the EastBloomberg China dismisses worries over Turkey missile dealReuters China dismisses worries over missile deal with TurkeyHurriyet Daily News Indian Express -Intelligence Online (subscription) -Washington Free Beacon all 38 news articles »

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Kenya seizes ivory bound for Turkey - BBC News Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:39:45 GMT

BBC News

Kenya seizes ivory bound for Turkey BBC News The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said more than 1,600 pieces of ivory, worth $1.4m (£712,000), were found in Mombasa in two consignments bound for Turkey. There is a huge demand for African ivory in Asia for use in ornaments. A customs official said ... Kenya seizes Uganda's smuggled ivory destined for Turkey...New Vision Nearly 5 tons of ivory en route to Turkey confiscatedwww.worldbulletin.net all 20 news articles »

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Three Reasons Why Turkey Is So Polarized - Al-Monitor Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:46:00 GMT

IBNLive

Three Reasons Why Turkey Is So Polarized Al-Monitor Last week, I had a chance to speak with a Lebanese intellectual who moved to Istanbul couple of months ago. After some small talk, she shared with me her most profound observation about Turkey: "This society is so polarized." ... Concern in Turkey over new detention lawFirstpost all 4 news articles »

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Turkey builds domestic defence industry - Financial Times Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:11:46 GMT

Turkey builds domestic defence industry Financial Times Despite persistent doubts about the efficiency of the country's defence industry and the realism of its ambition to be self sufficient, Turkey's 30-year journey has yielded an indigenous capability other developing countries are still far from matching ... and more »