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>Are you there? Share your story on CNN iReport, but please remember to stay safe. Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish protesters are giving their government the silent treatment. Hundreds of men and women stood silently Tuesday in Istanbul's Taksim Square emulating the performance artist whose quiet protest Monday night quickly gained him the nickname "Standing Man. "For more than five hours, Erdem ...
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Turkeys standing man
>Are you there? Share your story on CNN iReport, but please remember to stay safe. Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish protesters are giving their government the silent treatment. Hundreds of men and women stood silently Tuesday in Istanbul's Taksim Square emulating the performance artist whose quiet protest Monday night quickly gained him the nickname "Standing Man. "For more than five hours, Erdem ...
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Turkeys standing man
>Are you there? Share your story on CNN iReport, but please remember to stay safe. Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish protesters are giving their government the silent treatment. Hundreds of men and women stood silently Tuesday in Istanbul's Taksim Square emulating the performance artist whose quiet protest Monday night quickly gained him the nickname "Standing Man. "For more than five hours, Erdem ...
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Turkeys standing man
>Are you there? Share your story on CNN iReport, but please remember to stay safe. Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish protesters are giving their government the silent treatment. Hundreds of men and women stood silently Tuesday in Istanbul's Taksim Square emulating the performance artist whose quiet protest Monday night quickly gained him the nickname "Standing Man. "For more than five hours, Erdem ...
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Turkeys standing man
>Are you there? Share your story on CNN iReport, but please remember to stay safe. Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish protesters are giving their government the silent treatment. Hundreds of men and women stood silently Tuesday in Istanbul's Taksim Square emulating the performance artist whose quiet protest Monday night quickly gained him the nickname "Standing Man. "For more than five hours, Erdem ...
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Standing Man launches new protest wave in Turkey
After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: standing still. The trend was launched by performance artist Erdem Gunduz, who stood silently for hours in Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Monday night, in passive defiance of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's violent crackdown on environmental ...
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Turkish Tailspin - By Aaron Stein
Afghans take over, peace office opens: a ridiculous mouse? Syria aid M.I.A.; Iran's shady plans to go nuclear; Middies charged with rape; The services are "acting like children;" And a bit more. - by Gordon ...
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Turks Embrace Silent Protests
Turkish anti-government demonstrators adopted a new type of protest Tuesday - silence. Hundreds of people joined performance artist Erdem Gunduz, who stood still and silent in Istanbul's Taksim Square for hours. Demonstrations in Istanbul and Ankara have for weeks been marked by violence, with police using tear gas and water cannons against demonstrators throwing rocks and gasoline ...
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Copycats take Turkish silent protester viral
TRT said 13 had been held in Eskisehir.Protests have frequently turned into fierce clashes between police firing tear gas and water cannons and masked demonstrators throwing bottles and other missiles, images that have dented Turkey's reputation for stability in a volatile Middle East.Western countries have expressed concern about the police's handling of the protests against Erdogan, ...
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Turkey police raid homes of protest suspects media outlets
Turkish choreographer Erdem Gunduz (C) stands on Taksim square following what had been a lone protest June 18, 2013. The man stood for several hours unnoticed before his presence on the flashpoint square went viral on the social network Twitter. He was then joined by hundreds of others who in solidarity decided to join his protest by standing for hours on end. Turkish police intervened clearing ...
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Video The sound of silence in Turkey
A lone, silent vigil by a man in Istanbul inspires copycat protests, as police detain dozens across Turkey in an operation linked to ...
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Cuba Versus Turkey in Under 19 World Volleyball
Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban male under-19 volleyball team will make its debut against Turkey in the start of the 13th World Championship of the category on June 27, to be disputed in two Mexican cities. The Cuban team will play its first match against Turkey in the city of Mexicali, the host for Pools B and D, and later it will meet Argentina on June 28, after that they will have a ...
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Slatest PM Meet Turkeys New Super Hero Standing Man
MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and ...
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U.N. sees huge need for helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon
A United Nations official says more needs to be done to support the estimated 1 million Syrian refugees who will have fled to Lebanon by year's end. The worsening violence in Syria has prompted an estimated 1.5 million people to flee to neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey with refugee camps already filled beyond capacity in the countries. U.N. High Commissioner for ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan gives Turkish company six oil exploration blocks
ISTANBUL, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:48pm EDT ISTANBUL, June 18 (Reuters) - Local authorities have given an unnamed Turkish company licenses to explore for oil in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a report, a move that could anger the central government in Baghdad already worried about the region's growing independence. The report, co-published by The Oil & Gas Year and the autonomous ...
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Turkeys economy is still strong but vulnerable
After a volatile 1990s and a huge bust in 2001, his Justice and Development government has presided over steady high growth and modest inflation. In 2010 and 2011 the economy grew by a China-like 9 percent, leading to serious fears of ...
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Turkeys defiant PM says police to get more power
People shout anti-government slogans during a rally by the labor unions in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, June 17, 2013. A day earlier, riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannons to prevent anti-government protesters from an effort to return to Taksim Square in Istanbul. Labor unions and political foes of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan rallied Monday by the ...
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Satellites seek for lost shine in Turkey
Accra, June 18, GNA - Ghana's Black Satellites will be seeking a return to the top class of global youth football when the FIFA U-20 World Cup gets underway in Turkey on ...
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Turkish PM Erdogan claims victory after protest crackdown
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday claimed victory over anti-government protesters after a heavy crackdown, as police raided homes and arrested dozens of demonstrators in a bid to stamp out nearly three weeks of ...
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Turkeys Erdogan meets top Hamas officials for talks on Palestinian reconciliation
In this photo released by the Turkish Prime Minister's Press Office, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, seen during a meeting with Khalid Mashaal, the Hamas chief in exile, center, and Gaza’s prime minister Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The meeting is expected to focus on talks on Palestinian reconciliation.(AP Photo/Yasin Bulbul, Prime ...
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Erdogan will receive 8 artists and 2 names from Taksim Solidarity at the Officia…
Erdogan will receive 8 artists and 2 names from Taksim Solidarity at the Official Residence at 22.30 ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive 8 artists and 2 names from Taksim Solidarity at the Official Residence at 22.30 hours as part of his talks related to the Gezi Park on Thursday.Prime Ministry sources said that Chairman of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers ...
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Turkish Minister of Finance Simsek said Turkish economy was based on strong roots and foreign investors still …
Turkish Minister of Finance Simsek said Turkish economy was based on strong roots and foreign investors still believed in Turkish success ANKARA - Turkish Minister of Finance Mehmet Simsek said Thursday that the investors still had confidence in Turkey's success despite recent Taksim protests. Simsek evaluated the Taksim incidents speaking on Aljazeera Channel and said Gezi Park projects ...
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Foreign Minister Davutoglu “The European Parliament resolution on the situation in Turkey is unacceptable”
mfa.gov.tr - In a statement to press concerning the resolution on "Situation in Turkey" adopted by the European Parliament on June 13, 2013 Foreign Minister Davutoglu emphasized the European Parliament resolution is unacceptable in terms of procedure, style and substance.Pointing out that Turkey is an advanced democracy and always advocates universal values like freedom of expression ...
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U.N. human rights official calls for change in Turkish police tactics
Protesters battle riot police in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on June 11, 2013. Calm returned to the square on June 12, 2013 after the protesters were cleared from the area after two weeks of protests against the modernization of the square that quickly became an anti-government protest. UPI/Nasir ...
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Turkey Silencing the Guns – and Critics
Sevan Nisanyan, a Turkish-Armenian journalist, wrote a blog entry last September stating that critical comments about religion don’t constitute hate speech. "Making fun of an Arab leader who claimed he contacted God hundreds of years ago and received political, financial and sexual benefits is not hate speech," he said. "It is an almost kindergarten-level test of what is ...
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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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