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Turkey unrest Investigation launched into death of protester shot dead by police officer
Turkish authorities are investigating a police officer accused of shooting a demonstrator dead during anti-government protests, according to local ...
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Turkeys Standing Man Can a lone protester change history
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , founder of modern Turkey's secular democracy. "I'm nothingThe idea is important: Why people resist the government," ...
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Turkey A Long and Eventful Week in Istanbul
It has been a long and eventful week in Istanbul. It will be hard for many who were there to forget the scenes reminiscent of war on the streets around Taksim Square and Gezi Park, the site of the protests, on Tuesday evening and into the night. After apparently conciliatory tweets from Istanbul governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu to the young protesters occupying Gezi Park just a day earlier, and ...
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FIFA More security for U20 WCup in Turkey
A young woman stands in a silent protest at Taksim Square in, Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. (AP Photo/Petr David ...
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Transportation Minister Meets Turkish Deputy Defence Minister
Paris, June 19 (BNA)-- Transportation Minister Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed met here today Turkish Deputy Defence Minister Hasan Kemal Yard?mc? and Deputy Undersecretary at Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries Serdar Demirel during a visit they paid to Bahrain's pavilion at the 50th International Paris Air Show -Le Bourget 2013. The meeting was held on the sidelines of a ...
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Turkish demonstrators plan next moves
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the deputies of his ruling Justice and Development Party during a meeting with Turkish parliament on Tuesday, June 18. Erdogan said he had no intention of restricting anyone's democratic rights. "If you want to make a protest do it, do it, but do it within the framework of law," he ...
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Comparison of mass protests in Brazil and Turkey
Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democracies with a growing middle class. Here's a look at the protests in both countries, highlighting the similarities and differences in how they started and ...
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Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’ spurs new form of protest
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power ...
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Boyce U-20s an important occasion for Turkey
Getty Images The FIFA U-20 World Cup Organising Committee and Local Organising Committee have met ahead of the kick-off on 21 June to discuss the final preparations for the tournament.Convening in Istanbul, with two days to go before the festivities get under way, Organising Committee Chairman Jim Boyce, LOC President Servet Yardimci and LOC General Secretary Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin looked to ...
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Turkeys economy is vulnerable
Standard Bank . They will lose money if interest rates rise. The risk rather is that investors will pull out their money if they lose confidence. The U.S. Federal Reserve's indication that it may slow down its massive bond-purchasing program has exacerbated that risk, as some of the money it has been pumping into U.S. bonds has seeped into emerging markets such as Turkey. What's ...
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Turkey unrest Standing Man inspires hundreds with silent vigil in Taksim Square
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has approved a new form of peaceful resistance which has spread through Turkey after almost three weeks of ...
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Kurdish rebel commander warns Turkish state sabotaging peace
Murat Karayilan, acting military commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Qandil mountains near the Iraq-Turkish border in Sulaimaniya, 330 km (205 miles) northeast of Baghdad March 24, ...
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Turkish government protesters seek to draw sting from unrest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday he had no objection to silent anti-government protests inspired by a symbolic "Standing Man" vigil, comments that could help draw the sting out of three weeks of often violent ...
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Turkeys government okays Standing Man protest
The prime minister gave his approval on Wednesday as police were questioning dozens of people rounded up in police raids. Although police dispersed pockets of protesters who set up barricades in two Turkish cities overnight, sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations have largely given way to a passive form of resistance, with people standing motionless. Hundreds of protesters stood ...
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UPDATE 1-Iraqi Kurds say new oil pipeline to Turkey to start soon
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:53am EDT * Pipeline capacity to increase to 1 mln bpd by 2015-Hawrami * Sales via federal pipeline depend on permanent solution * Natural gas exports to Turkey seen by 2016 By Julia Payne and Peg Mackey LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan will start a new oil pipeline to Turkey within months, its energy minister said, increasing the autonomous region's control over ...
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Erdoğans fall from grace in Turkey is pure Shakespearean tragedy | Fiachra Gibbons
the protests in Turkey continue , spare a thought for the man whose personal tragedy few have the grace to acknowledge - Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Until three weeks ago Erdogan was destined to go down as the greatest reformer in Turkish history alongside Ataturk and Suleiman the Magnificent, despite all the bullying and the backsliding of the past three years.Here was a man who seemed to have the ...
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Turkeys silent man vigils go on as protests fizzle out
People hold a Turkish national flag as they stand on the flashpoint Taksim square in Istanbul on June 18, 2013. Riot police on Wednesday clashed briefly with groups of anti-government protesters in two Turkish cities, but there was no fresh unrest in Istanbul where demonstrators switched to silent protests after a heavy ...
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The Limousine and Chauffeur Service Provider Blacklane Expands to Istanbul and Antalya
BERLIN & ISTANBUL, Turkey & ANTALYA, Turkey--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In the wake of its recent expansion to Chicago, Milan, and Brussels, Blacklane has decided to bring its comfortable, reliable transportation services to Turkey. By launching in Istanbul and Antalya at the same time, the German company is opening itself to another thriving market and millions of potential new ...
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Women warned on Turkish cabaret ad
Durban - The Turkish government has issued a warning to women to exercise ';extreme caution'; if they audition to work as cabaret dancers at a nightclub in ...
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Turkeys deputy PM gives standing man protest nod of approval
Erdem Gunduz, left, and dozens of people stand silently on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, early Tuesday, June 18, 2013. After weeks of confrontation with police, sometimes violent, Turkish protesters are using a new form of resistance: standing silently. The development started late Monday when a solitary man began standing in passive defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...
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UPDATE 1-Turkish lira firms after central bank skips repo auction
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:42am EDT * Central bank fixed-rate repo auction not opened * Shares higher, bonds weaker ISTANBUL, June 19 (Reuters) - The Turkish lira firmed on Wednesday after the central bank skipped a repo auction to combat currency pressure brought on by concerns about domestic unrest and uncertainty over the U.S. asset purchase programme. Turkish assets have been volatile since the end ...
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Turkey UN urges restraint dialogue to defuse conflict
New York, June 19 : Urging "maximum restraint" amid widespread anti-Government protests in Turkey, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Navi Pillay, the world body's human rights chief, called Tuesday for constructive dialogue to defuse tensions in the ...
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Turkey RiotNew Protest style in Turkey silent standing Turkey News
After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, Turkish Gezi Park protesters have found a new form of resistance, standing still and ...
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Turkey 2013 in numbers
We are just two days from the first ball being kicked at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013, with the teams all present and gearing up for action. With that in mind, we ...
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Erdogan Penalized at Bond Auction as Yields Surge Turkey Credit
Turkey was forced to pay higher borrowing costs in the first auction of debt since anti-government protests began more than two weeks ago. The Treasury sold 742.3 million liras ($394.1 million) of August 2014 zero-coupon notes yesterday at 6.76 percent, up from 5.07 percent at an auction of the same securities on May 21. Credit-default swaps on Turkish debt has climbed 35 basis points this ...
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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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