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90-year jail for Turks who poisoned Russians
Four Turkish nationals were sentenced Monday to 90 years in prison after they were found guilty of lethal poisoning a group of Russian tourists in 2011, a lawyer said. Some 20 Russian tourists were hospitalised with severe alcohol poisoning in Bodrum in late May on their return from a sailing tour organised by a local company. Four of them died in Turkish hospitals, while another victim died ...
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Allahabad HC bans import of Khas Khas from Turkey
Allahabad High Court on Wednesday banned the import of Khas Khas from Turkey, which has emerged as a conduit for large-scale smuggling of these ...
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At least 40 killed 100 injured in blasts on Turkish-Syrian border
Photo taken on May 11, 2013 shows the site of an explosion in the town of Reyhanli, in the southern Turkish province of Hatay. At least 40 people were killed and 100 others injured after explosions shook a Turkish town on Saturday near the border with Syria, Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said. (Xinhua/NTV) At least 40 people were killed and 100 others injured after explosions shook a ...
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Shangri-La marks Istanbul opening
To celebrate the opening of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ new landmark hotel in the city of Istanbul, 2,000 lanterns were launched on the Bosphorus Strait. Located on the European side of the Bosphorus, the crossing point between two continents for centuries, Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul is the second hotel in Europe for the Asian luxury hotel brand. More than 200 guests witnessed the ...
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Saudi-Turkey rapport bodes well for global influence
The current political rapport between Riyadh and Ankara is an exciting development. If harmonized, it could completely result in the two countries achieving significant influence at regional and international levels. The economies of the two countries stand at $ 5.1 trillion, with high growth rates. This will surely make their collective voice heard loud and clear. In addition, the special ...
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Jive Looks Like A Turkey Here
Jive is looking to get businesses use its software to increase collaboration, content movement and enterprise portals / intranets. Jive's mission is to change the way work gets done, but with nearly 1 ...
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Turkey Ankara Reluctantly Warms Up to US-led Syria Diplomacy
came to Washington last week hoping to get Washington to commit to taking a more assertive stance on Syria, but in the end left with very little of what he wanted. In fact, if anyone changed their positions during the visit, it was the normally strong-headed Erdogan, who came away from his meeting with President Barack Obama in support of Washington's efforts to put together an ...
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KSA Turkey boost ties
President Abdullah Gul of Turkey watches as Crown Prince Salman, left, shakes hands with Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz before their talks at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on ...
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Turkish Airlines mistake lands couple on the wrong continent
A geographical mix-up that lead an American couple to wake up on the wrong continent has the pair vowing to double-, even triple-check their airline codes from now on. A report in ...
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Turkey Seeks to Benefit From Islamic Banking Sector
ISTANBUL -- With the international economic crisis continuing to bite, the Turkish government has announced it will be seeking to tap into the $1 trillion Islamic financial industry. Although Turkey is a secular state, it is overwhelmingly Muslim. Under the decade-long rule of the country's Islamist rooted AK Party, Muslim-compliant businesses have flourished. Thee government move ...
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Greek Cypriot leader meets Israeli minister
Anastasiadis and Netanyahu discussed cooperation in field of energy, bilateral relations and developments in eastern Mediterranean JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday met with leader of the Greek Cypriot administration Nicos Anastasiadis in Jerusalem.Cooperation in the field of energy, bilateral relations and developments in eastern Mediterranean were discussed during ...
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South Africa Turkey stocks outperform
London - South African and Turkish equities outperformed both emerging market and global share indices on Tuesday, with Johannesburg's main index hitting a record high as the rand fell more against the ...
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Turkey hot air balloon crash filmed from above – video
Video shows the moment a hot air balloon collides with another in Turkey, sending it plummeting to the ground. The footage, shot by a tourist in the higher balloon whose basket caused a tear in the lower balloon, shows the air-filled sphere deflate and crash to earth. Three people died in the accident in Cappadocia on ...
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NZ badminton team beat Turkey
New Zealand won their third round robin match 3-2 against Turkey at the Sudirman Cup world team badminton championships in Malaysia yesterday. It was their second win by a margin of 3-2 at the world mixed teams event - they lost their other match 3-2 to Philippines - and they next face the Ukraine in level 3 group A. China are top seeds for the tournament followed by Denmark and Malaysia. New ...
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Anadolu Agency Board Chairman met with northern Iraqi regional administration premier Barzani in Erbil to introduce AA`s plans to launch Kurdish wire-service in September.
Anadolu Agency Board Chairman met with northern Iraqi regional administration premier Barzani in Erbil to introduce AA`s plans to launch Kurdish wire-service in September. IRBIL - Kemal Ozturk, the Anadolu Agency Executive Board Chairman and Director General, met on Tuesday with Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the regional administration in north of Iraq, as AA plans to start Kurdish wire ...
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Turkish dailies covered the bomb blasts in the border town of Reyhanli the derby between Turkish football tea…
Turkish dailies covered the bomb blasts in the border town of Reyhanli, the derby between Turkish football teams Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, and the interaction between civillians and retreating PKK terrorists in Tunceli ANKARA - The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.All of the dailies covered the details gathered about the two car bomb blasts in ...
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This monument to be the honor of our nation said Erdogan…
This monument to be the honor of our nation, said Erdogan MARYLAND - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center in Maryland.Speaking at the ceremony, Prime Minister Erdogan said that the multi functional monument would be the honor of the (Turkish) nation.Erdogan thanked everyone who started ...
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President of SD in European Parliament Swoboda cancelled his scheduled meeting with Kilicdaroglu.…
President of S&D in European Parliament Swoboda cancelled his scheduled meeting with Kilicdaroglu. BRUSSELS - President of the Social and Democrat Group in the European Parliament Hannes Swoboda has said that the comparison of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad by main opposition Republican People`s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu was ...
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CHP leader Kilicdaroglu in Brussels
Kilicdaroglu meets EU officials in Brussels BRUSSELS - Chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday met with European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule and President of the European Parliament (EP) Martin Schulz in Brussels.Kilicdaroglu's separate meetings with Fule and Schulz took place behind closed doors. Wednesday, May 15, ...
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European energy exchanges compete for Turkish growth
ISTANBUL | Tue May 21, 2013 12:30pm EDT ISTANBUL May 21 (Reuters) - European energy exchanges ICE Endex and EEX are competing for a slice of Turkey's booming power market as the country prepares to open its first electricity exchange, executives from the companies said on Tuesday. Turkey, with $60 billion of annual energy imports, is liberalising its energy market and plans to open ...
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Car Bombing in Turkish Border Town Adds to Growing Tensions Between Syrian Refugees and Local Turks
Last week when I arrived in Reyhanli, a Turkish town on the border with Syria, I was met with an air of anxiety, anger and an unsettling chaotic calm. An hour earlier, two car bombs had exploded, resulting in 51 dead and more than 140 injured. The town's main commercial street was blown apart, the buildings windowless, and the residents and shop owners dazed, some with bloodied clothes, ...
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4 Turks jailed 90 yrs each for poisonings
FOUR Turks have been sentenced to nearly 90 years in prison each after they were found guilty of lethally poisoning five Russian tourists in 2011 with bootleg alcohol, a lawyer for the victims' families says. A court in southwestern Turkey convicted the four on Monday on charges of "manslaughter" over their involvement in producing and selling counterfeit alcohol, lawyer Kader ...
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ERA-EDTA CONGRESS 2013 Late Breaking Clinical Trials
ISTANBUL, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The congress of the ERA-EDTA (EuropeanRenal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association) is the biggest congress in Europe on nephrology and renal replacement therapy. Nearly 10,000 participants are in Istanbul to share their knowledge and discuss the latest research findings. New pioneering studies have been presented: / (1) Gupta, A et ...
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Turkey not opposed to Iran in Syria talks
Turkey is not opposed to the participation of Iran in the upcoming international conference to discuss the Syria crisis, diplomatic sources say. On Sunday, Turkish daily Today's Zaman quoted unnamed Turkish sources as saying, "We are not opposing any side" in terms of taking part in the second Geneva meeting on the crisis in ...
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Turkey investment grade peace and FDI
Turkey's elevation to investment grade last week may or may not be a game changer for its stock and bond markets, but the country is really hoping for a boost to FDI – bricks-and-mortar foreign direct investment into manufacturing or power generation. Its peace process with Kurdish separatists should help. Speaking last week at Mitsubishi-UFJ's annual Turkey conference, Finance ...
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Turkey remains bridge between civilisations in railway plans
Turkey is often described as the gateway between two great civilisations, this is a theme employed commonly in our promotional material to encourage tourism and it has been invoked as part of the rhetoric used in ongoing efforts to join the EU, but the fact remains that Turkey is a key player in the world of geopolitics and this is seen most clearly in two major railway projects currently being planned between three regions of the world.
Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, is famous for being the only metropolitan region in the world that spans two continents, sitting as it does in both between Asia and Europe. This idiosyncrasy of the city has made it a popular tourist destination due to the diversity of culture and architecture, but on a wider scale, the geopolitical significance of Turkey is growing and will indeed grow further if two major infrastructure plans in the Middle East and Asia take shape in the next few decades. Read more
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