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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 standing man and other iconic protests
The image was stark: a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central ...
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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 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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CogniFit Launches its Online Brain Training Website in Turkish
NEW YORK, N.Y., June 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - CogniFit, a leading developer of scientific brain fitness and online brain exercises, announces the release of its online brain training website in Turkish, offering its cognitive programs to over 60 million native Turkish. CogniFit offers now its scientifically validated brain exercises website in more than 70 countries and in 13 ...
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Turkeys passive resistance protests spread
What began as a lone protest has rapidly expanded into hundreds standing silently in city centres across Turkey. Dubbed ‘duran adam’ or the ';standing man'; protest, the new form of defiance has been fuelled by Twitter and other social media as a mute gesture of resistance. After nearly three weeks of clashes with riot police, anti-government demonstrators appear not to ...
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Turkeys standing man to join ranks of icons
The image was stark (AP) -- a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central ...
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Security forces raid homes across Turkey as top officials threaten military crackdown
Turkish counterterrorism forces carried out mass arrests Tuesday morning, grabbing scores of people from private homes and offices during sweeps in 21 of the country's provinces and the major cities of Ankara, Istanbul and Eskisehir. The arrests targeted parties active in the ongoing protest movement, including the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) and the Marxist-Leninist Communist ...
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Is Turkeys economy about to crash
expand the powers of the police." The prime minister's speech came just days after he dispatched riot police to clear demonstrators from Istanbul's Gezi Park, sparking renewed clashes in cities across the country. The violence has since subsided and demonstrators have taken to standing silently in public to express their discontent, but weeks of unrest have taken their toll on ...
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A night in Istanbul democracy is under threat
At 8.16pm I wrote an email to an American friend who used to live in Turkey. I said, "It is Saturday night here and we (and a lot of our friends I am sure) feel really drained and odd. Although it has only been a little over two weeks since the protests began in Istanbul, it has been momentous and we can't help feeling we are on the brink of something new - good or bad we don't ...
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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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