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Messi Turkey 2013 will be great
Lionel Messi - winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the last four years. Messi welcomed Ciftp?nar into the team's dressing room and had a short chat with the youngster following Barcelona's home La Liga match against Valladolid and the lifting of the league trophy. Before the chat, the Argentinian superstar had his photo taken with ...
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Turkish Airlines says sorry for flights mix-up
Turkish Airlines has apologised to an American couple after they were flown to the wrong city - on different continents - when it mixed up the airport ...
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BREAKINGVIEWS-Erdogan keeps keys to Turkeys long-term future
(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own) By Una Galani DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The modern face of Turkey's largest city and financial heart is on full display to anyone sitting on the open-air terrace of a trendy upscale caf along the Bosporus in Istanbul. Carpaccio and wine are served, as house music contends with the ...
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Turkey charges prime suspect in car blasts
TURKISH authorities have charged the prime suspect in the twin car bombings that left 51 people dead in a town near the Syrian border, the state-run Anatolia news agency reports. The man, who was arrested trying to cross into Syria along with two accomplices, is alleged to have purchased the vehicles used in the bombings. Four other suspects were also charged. Turkish police have arrested dozens ...
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Luckily No Messiah in Bulgarias New Parliament - Ethnic Turks Leader
Luckily and for the first time Bulgaria's parliament will not be dominated by a messiah, the ethnic Turks leader declared from the rostrum on Tuesday. "Voters kicked out the center-right GERB party of Boyko Borisov, but refused to give the power to one particular party. Bulgarians voted on May 12 for democracy and rule of law. These are the true winners," Lyutvi Mestan, leader of ...
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Death toll in Turkish hot air balloon accident goes up to 3
ANKARA, Turkey - Officials say another Brazilian tourist has died of wounds sustained after a hot air balloon crashed to the ground, raising the number of tourists killed to 3. The balloon collided with another balloon mid-air and crashed during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey's Cappadocia region on Monday. The governor's office for Nevsehir province said ...
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Azerbaijan attends 32nd Turkish Day Parade - PHOTOS
On 18 May, ambassador Elin Suleymanov and Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva attended 32nd Turkish Day Parade, the greatest cultural event of the Turkish world, that took place in New York. The parade held in downtown New York brought together thousands of people including Turkic-speaking nations living in the U.S. The parade participants watched a concert in Dag Hammarskjold, one of the ...
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Azerbaijani envoy in US gets Turkish World Service -2012 award - PHOTOS
TRKSAV, Writers and Artists Foundation of Turkish World, has presented Turkish World Service -2012 award to an Azerbaijani diplomat. On 17 May, during a ceremony dedicated to Turkish Day Parade TÜRKSAV President Yahya Akengin presented Turkish World Service Award 2012 to Azerbaijani ambassador to the U.S Elin Suleymanov for supporting lobbying efforts of the Turkish world against unfounded ...
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S.Koreas GS EC wins $1 bln refinery deal from Turkey
SEOUL | Tue May 21, 2013 12:47am EDT SEOUL May 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's GS Engineering & Construction said on Tuesday it had received an order worth 1.16 trillion won ($1.04 billion) from Turkey to build a refinery plant. It said in a regulatory filing that Italian firm Saipem , Spanish oil engineering firm Tecnicas Reunidas and Japanese company Itochu were also part of the ...
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Former British flagship leaves Portsmouth for Turkish scrap yard
The Ark Royal, the aircraft carrier that was for many years the flagship of the British navy, left Portsmouth for the last time Monday for a Turkish scrap yard. Former members of the vessel's crew, some wearing black armbands, joined a crowd of onlookers who watched as the Ark Royal was towed out of the harbor, the Daily Mirror reported. Towing the ship to Turkey saves money on fuel. The ...
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No Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement in Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot president said Turkish Cypriots and guarantor state Turkey are running out of patience on Cyprus problem President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Dervis Eroglu on Saturday said that "no Greek Cypriot leader ever wanted to reach an agreement with the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus".President Eroglu`s remarks came after a luncheon he attended at the ...
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We want to reach an agreement in Cyprus
Prime Minister of TRNC Irsen Kucuk said that they wanted to reach an agreement in Cyprus and share the beauties of the island Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Irsen Kucuk on Sunday said that they wanted to reach an agreement in Cyprus and share the beauties of the island.Kucuk's remarks came as he was attending a cultural and art festival in ...
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Turkey ETF in Focus on Rate Cut and Credit Upgrade
Many European countries, along with India, Australia, Israel and South Korea, are seeking to boost economic growth and weaken their currencies. Turkey, too, is fast catching up with this trend of announcing monetary easing policies in an effort to jumpstart ...
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Turkish Airlines flies US couple to Bangladesh instead Senegal
Two US holidaymakers found themselves a long way from their intended destination after an airline confused two airport codes. Sandy Valdiviseo and her husband Triet Vo were intending to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar in Senegal with Turkish Airlines. However, instead they ended up about 11,000km away - on an entirely different continent - in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, after the airport ...
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Gul approves draft law on liberalization of Turkish railways
New law foresees establishment of Turkish Railways Corporation ANKARA - Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Tuesday approved a draft law on the liberalization of Turkish railways.The new law foresees the establishment of Turkish Railways Corporation.President Gul sent the law to the Turkish Prime Ministry for publication in the Official Gazette. Tuesday, April 30, ...
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Three Brazilians die in Turkey hot-air balloon collision
Three Brazilian tourists died on Monday and 22 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloonscollided in a beauty spot in central Turkey, officials ...
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USAK report on Syrian shelter seekers in Turkey oversees that if no precaution is taken there is a risk of ma…
USAK report on Syrian shelter seekers in Turkey oversees that if no precaution is taken, there is a risk of major riots outbreak ANKARA - USAK report on Syrian shelter seekers --mainly based on the ones who stay in Turkey-- says, if no further precaution was taken then there would be a risk of major riots occurring and threats on Turkey's security.USAK's fieldwork focuses on camps ...
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At a camp on the Syrian–Turkish border talk of the past and present - and the future
At Bab Al Salama camp on the Syrian-Turkish border, Raya talks about when her husband was killed and how she feels her children are "going backwards". Her son Aysa, 11, talks about his life before and after the family fled their ...
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Turkish Peace Initiative with Kurds Meets Resistance
ISTANBUL -- The Turkish government's initiative to explain its peace moves with an outlawed Kurdish rebel group is facing increasing resistance from Turkish nationalists amid criticism over the handling of the peace process. Members of the Turkish government’s "Wise People" initiative are facing growing protests from Turkish nationalists. For the last month, groups of ...
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At least 3 dead after hot air balloons collide in Turkey
>Read a version of this story in Arabic. Istanbul (CNN) -- Three Brazilian tourists were killed when two hot air balloons collided in Turkey on Monday, the semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported, citing local officials. The accident, which also injured 22 people, occurred in Turkey's popular tourist destination of Cappadocia, the central Turkish region famous for its chimney rocks, cave ...
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4 Turks Get 90 Yrs in Jail for Alcohol Poisoning of Russians
lethal poisoning a group of Russian tourists in 2011 , a lawyer said. Some 20 Russian tourists were hospitalized with severe alcohol poisoning in Bodrum in late May on their return from a sailing tour organized by a local company. Four of them died in Turkish hospitals, while another victim died later at a Moscow hospital. The lawyer, who represented the interests of a husband of one of the ...
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Drought Gobbles Up Texas Turkey Hunt
water due to the epic drought of 2011. And while the drought has relented, turkey season hasn't been the same. Turkey season closed Wednesday in the state, and wildlife officials expect this year will continue a trend the state has seen since 2010, with hunters killing the fewest birds in decades. Turkeys don't mate when stressed by drought, making them hard to find and triggering a ...
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Turkish parade in New York is a show of power Turkish Minister
Turkey's EU Minister Egemen Bagis said Turkish parade was a cultural show of power NEW YORK - Turkey's EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said, " Turkish Day Parade is a signal of Turkey's power, a cultural show of power." Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) organized the 32thTurkish Day Parade in New York.Addressing the crowd after the parade, ...
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Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Kilic gives unity message at Anitkabir
Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Kilic gives unity message at Anitkabir ANKARA - Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports Suat Kilic visited the Founder of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's Mausoleum-Anitkabir on the occasion of May 19 Commemoration of Ataturk,Youth and Sports Day.Kilic laid a wreath on Ataturk's Mausoleum, and observed a minute of silence in his ...
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Syria tops agenda in talks between Hagel Turkish defense chief
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON -- Turkey and the United States have conducted a review of defense and military cooperation. The two countries discussed existing and new projects during a meeting in Washington on May 17 between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Turkish counterpart, Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz. Officials said the meeting was dominated by the war in Syria, ...
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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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