UPI.com | A piece of Jesus' cross? Relics unearthed in Turkey NBCNews.com (blog) The artifacts were unearthed during a dig at Balatlar Church in Turkey's Sinop Province, and displayed this week by excavation team leader Gülgün Köroğlu. “We have found a holy thing in a chest. It is a piece of a cross," the Hurriyet Daily News quoted ... Part of Jesus' cross unearthed in Turkey? Relics unearthed in Turkey said possibly linked to Jesus Piece of Jesus' cross believed to be found in Turkey |
Voice of America | Turkey Angry Over Morsi Ouster Voice of America The latest problem for Turkey's ruling Islamist party is the collapse in relations between Cairo and Ankara since the fall of president Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first elected Muslim Brotherhood president and a key ideological ally of the Turkish prime ... Will Turkey's Military Emulate Egypt's? Bipartisan Letter Urges Turkey to Condemn Anti-Semitic Remarks Turkey wants role in exit strategy in Egypt, says President Gül |
Global Times | Turkey police fire tear gas to disperse protesters Fox News Turkey's Islamic-rooted government was shaken in June by a wave of protests that presented it with the biggest public challenge since coming to power more than a decade ago. The unrest was sparked by plans to redevelop Gezi Park, which is adjacent to ... Teargas used to disperse protesters in Turkey Turkey struggles to balance competing ideas Turkish government to ban political slogans in football games |
Erasing the Christian past The Economist But the Islamists won the last round in 2012 when a local court accepted the claim by the General Directorate of the Pious Foundations, the government body responsible for Turkey's historic mosques, that the Haghia Sophia belonged to the foundation of ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | DEFENSE UPDATE > Turkey's $50 billion jet program in question Hurriyet Daily News When Ankara plans to build its own weapon systems or just buy them off-the-shelf, it plans big and no one seems to be worried. But the Turkish ambitions to build a “made-in-Turkey” fighter aircraft and buy scores of the new generation, multinational ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Senior Kurdish rebel warns Turkey to progress reforms by September Reuters The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the government opened peace talks last October with the goal of ending a conflict which has killed 40,000 people in three decades and stunted the development of Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast. But the process ... Kurd rebels set September peace deadline for Turkey BDP denies reports of PKK militants' unarmed return to Turkey |
Major League Soccer | Canadian Exports: Atiba Hutchinson finalizes lucrative move to Turkey's Besiktas Major League Soccer Atiba Hutchinson is moving to Turkey to join Besiktas after the Istanbul-based club announced on Wednesday it has signed the Canadian midfielder. Hutchinson, who skipped Canada's Gold Cup run earlier this month so that he could sort out his club future ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Could Sectarian Strife Spread to Turkey? Al-Monitor As clashes rage on the Turkish-Syrian border between the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and Jabhat al-Nusra, PYD leader Saleh Muslim paid a surprise visit to Istanbul. What is happening in the region? What comes next? What should be Turkey's ... Turkish Protests, Syria Crisis Will Boost Turkey-PKK Peace Process PKK sets ultimatum for Turkey peace deal Syrian Kurd leader says Turkey vows aid |
Turkey police fire tear gas at protesters NEWS.com.au "We'll resist until we win!" the protesters shouted. "This is only a beginning, we'll continue to fight!" Cat-and-mouse games between police forces and protesters ensued in the streets around the square. Turkey's Islamic-rooted government was shaken in ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | BUSINESS > Turkey's Garanti Bank profit rise to $461 mln Hurriyet Daily News The Istanbul-based bank, which is partly owned by Spain's BBVA and Turkey's Doğuş Holding, was expected by market analysts to post lower figures. In the same period last year, its net income was 719 million liras. With the announcement of the ... |