9 British medical students feared to be in Syria via Turkey Fox News LONDON – A Turkish opposition lawmaker said Sunday he is helping the families of nine British medical students and doctors believed to have crossed into Syria from Turkey. Mehmet Ali Ediboglu said the family members are at the Turkey-Syria border on ... |
BBC News | Renewing Call to End Turkey Conflict, Kurdish Rebel Leader Hails 'New Era' New York Times ISTANBUL — The jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on Saturday renewed a call for his fighters to disarm and end a long conflict with Turkey, hailing a “new era” in relations between Turks and Kurds. Mr. Ocalan, who continues to exercise ... Kurd leader Ocalan calls for congress to end Turkey armed struggle Kurdish Rebel Leader Repeats Call to End Armed Struggle in Turkey Kurdish PKK Leader Officially Calls for End to Hostilities in Turkey |
The Daily Star | Pipe dreams? Turkey aims to be gas transit hub The Daily Star ISTANBUL: Turkey has staked a claim to become a major transit hub with two new pipelines to pump gas from Azerbaijan and Russia to Europe, but boasting may prove easier than fulfilling the ambitious projects. Turkey and Azerbaijan last week started ... Pipe dreams: Turkey aims to be gas transit hub between Asia and Europe US wants to see Turkey 'on the same page' on Russian gas |
The Independent | Turkey's top religious body says that IVF should be banned because it is like ... The Independent Turkey's top religious affairs body has said that surrogate motherhood is religiously unacceptable as it contains elements of adultery. According to Hurriyet Daily News, The Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) announced in a statement that in ... Turkey's top religious body claims IVF between unmarried people is 'adultery' LOCAL > Turkey's top religious body says surrogate motherhood contains ... |
Today's Zaman | Union: Turkey needs to be on alert for drought Today's Zaman Water reservoir volumes have reached critical low levels across Turkey due to the lack of precipitation last year, causing great concerns about a prolonged water shortage crisis. “Contrary to popular belief, Turkey is not a water-rich country and ... |
Jackson Clarion Ledger | Rain dampening turkey season Jackson Clarion Ledger As if turkey hunting isn't difficult enough on the best of days, hunters this year have been challenged by weather. Sub-freezing temperatures, gloomy days and rain have all been in the mix. But that hasn't kept hunters out of the woods. "I like pretty ... |
Turkey sidelines itself in US-led coalition against IS Al-Monitor Summary⎙ Print Turkey prefers to be a "reluctant subcontractor" rather than active participant in the international coalition against the Islamic State; US envoy seems to contradict Kerry on Syria diplomacy; Israel faces possible "diplomatic siege ... |
How Turkey can save its preferential trade agreement with Iran Hurriyet Daily News After more than eight years of intense negotiations, Iran and Turkey signed a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) in 2014 that went into effect in January 2015. According to this PTA, each country will reduce its tariffs on a list of import products ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | Fitch Affirms Turkey at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable Reuters (The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON, March 20 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Turkey's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB-' and 'BBB', respectively. The Outlooks are Stable. Fitch rates Turkey's stable outlook with BBB-, BBB Fitch warns Turkey on policy credibility Fitch affirms Turkey's credit rating, outlook stable |
Anadolu Agency | Turkey's EU minister warns against identifying Islam with terror Anadolu Agency Regarding the criticism on Turkey that the country allows volunteers from Europe to reach terrorist groups, Bozkir said: “We have 39 million tourists coming to Turkey; we cannot check who is a terrorist, who is tourist, who is coming there for academic ... DIPLOMACY > To end extremism, give Muslims opportunity: Turkey's EU Minister |