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Dengbej Kurdish Storytellers Revive Their Tradition In Turkey
In Turkey, Kurdish culture is having something of a Renaissance. Public expressions of Kurdish culture are now legal. Now a new cultural center has opened for traditional Kurdish story-tellers to practice their ancient art. Reporter Matthew Brunwasser sat in on a ...
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Turkey - Charges against Turkish intellectuals must be dropped group says
As the next hearing of the trial of Rag?p and Deniz Zarakolu opens on 27 May, the International Publishers Association (IPA) continues to urge the Turkish authorities to drop all charges against both publishers and release Deniz Zarakolu, who has been detained for close to 600 days without a verdict, immediately.Publishers Rag?p and Deniz Zarakolu were among more than 40 people arrested in ...
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Spring turkey kills increase 32 percent in W.Va.
The Division of Natural Resources says the total is a 32 percent increase over last year and was the highest since 2003. The number of turkeys killed rose in 52 of the 55 counties compared to ...
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President of TRNC EU has to accept existence of Turkish Cypriot state
Eroglu descibed admitting Greek Cypriots into EU as a mistake President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Dervis Eroglu received a delegation from Turkey`s EU Ministry in Lefkosa.Speaking while receiving the Turkish delegation, President Eroglu underlined that the EU had to accept the existence of the Turkish Cypriot state, the plane trips to and from the TRNC and how the Turkish ...
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Turkey joins U.S. Aegis missile defense program
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA -- Turkey has engaged with a major U.S. ballistic missile defense project. Turkey’s state-owned Havelsan has been participating in the U.S. Aegis program, designed to intercept ballistic missiles from the sea. Havelsan has contributed naval combat management capabilities to enhance Aegis, led by Lockheed ...
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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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