Turkey warns citizens to leave all but Iraq's Kurdish north Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey extended a warning to its citizens in Iraq to leave all but the Kurdish-run north on Wednesday, citing a potential battle for Baghdad and saying "negative propaganda" was being spread against it in the Shi'ite-dominated south ... |
BBC News | Turkey gives life sentences to surviving 1980 coup leaders BBC News Turkey has given life sentences to the two surviving leaders of the 1980 coup, ex-army leader Gen Kenan Evren, 97, and Gen Tahsin Sahinkaya, 89. The two officers, who did not appear in court due to ill health, are the first to be tried for a coup in ... Turkey's former president Evren sentenced to life for 1980 coup Turkey's 1980 Coup Leaders Sentenced to Life Imprisonment 1980 Coup Leaders Given Life Sentences in Turkey |
Modesto Bee | Turlock has thrived on turkey Modesto Bee For much of its history, the industry mainly produced turkeys for Thanksgiving, and the weather in the months leading up to it was ideal, said Jim Theis, who spent about 30 years in turkey management before becoming a real estate broker. The farms ... |
Turkish Press | Turkey's Secularists Find Religion Bloomberg View The party of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey's great force for secularism, has picked a moderately religious man as its candidate for August's presidential election -- a sign that at last it may be approaching that moment when lost political parties ... Morsi an issue in Turkey's presidential campaign Erdogan: Turkey set for advances in science, technology Can Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu beat Erdogan? |
Business Insider | Turkey Would Support Iraqi Kurds' Bid For Self-Rule, Spokesman Says In ... Huffington Post ERBIL, Iraq -- In a statement that could have a dramatic impact on regional politics in the Middle East, a spokesman for Turkey's ruling party recently told a Kurdish media outlet that the Kurds in Iraq have the right to self-determination. The ... Kurdish independence now being supported by … Turkey? Why Turkey Might Actually Support An Independent Kurdistan UPDATE 2-Kirkuk the elephant in the room as Kurds, Iraqis talk pipelines |
My Turn: Hassan's trip to Turkey is about the big picture Concord Monitor The Bosporus Bridge connects the Asian (right) and European sides of Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is a thoroughly modern place, but it traces its roots back to 660 B.C. It's the former seat of the opulent Byzantine and Ottoman empires, and is divided ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | TURKEY WANTS CONCRETE TIMELINE FOR EU TALKS Daily Sabah ANKARA – "In the face of positive developments in Turkey, we expect the EU to approach us, similar to other candidate countries, objectively and fairly. We also desire that the negotiation process be tied to a concrete timeline," EU Minister Mevlüt ... Europe urges Turkey for better dialogue, progress EU: Turkey Must Restore Faith in Judiciary to Keep EU Hopes Alive EU-Turkey: Fule says Ankara's reforms vital for accession |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey hostages: Ankara's dangerous liaisons DAWN.com The abduction in Mosul last week of 49 Turkish diplomats, guards and children, as well as 31 truck drivers by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis), drew a fierce rebuke from Turkey's government and the opposition, which accused Ankara of siding ... Turkey widens travel warning list to 15 Iraq provinces |
Turkey harvest up six over last season The Tennessean The state's official 2014 turkey harvest report last week edged past the previous season by just six birds. A total of 32,495 turkeys were killed during the March 29-May 11 season, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Last year's ... |
Aljazeera.com | Ex-OIC head to run for Turkey presidency Aljazeera.com Turkey's two largest opposition parties have announced a prominent conservative diplomat as their joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, is also expected to contest. The left ... Erdogan gets surprise presidential rival Turkey opposition accuses govt of protecting ISIS militants Turkey's opposition choose joint presidential candidate |