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Car Bombing in Turkish Border Town Adds to Growing Tensions Between Syrian Refugees and Local Turks
Last week when I arrived in Reyhanli, a Turkish town on the border with Syria, I was met with an air of anxiety, anger and an unsettling chaotic calm. An hour earlier, two car bombs had exploded, resulting in 51 dead and more than 140 injured. The town's main commercial street was blown apart, the buildings windowless, and the residents and shop owners dazed, some with bloodied clothes, ...
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4 Turks jailed 90 yrs each for poisonings
FOUR Turks have been sentenced to nearly 90 years in prison each after they were found guilty of lethally poisoning five Russian tourists in 2011 with bootleg alcohol, a lawyer for the victims' families says. A court in southwestern Turkey convicted the four on Monday on charges of "manslaughter" over their involvement in producing and selling counterfeit alcohol, lawyer Kader ...
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ERA-EDTA CONGRESS 2013 Late Breaking Clinical Trials
ISTANBUL, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The congress of the ERA-EDTA (EuropeanRenal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association) is the biggest congress in Europe on nephrology and renal replacement therapy. Nearly 10,000 participants are in Istanbul to share their knowledge and discuss the latest research findings. New pioneering studies have been presented: / (1) Gupta, A et ...
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Turkey not opposed to Iran in Syria talks
Turkey is not opposed to the participation of Iran in the upcoming international conference to discuss the Syria crisis, diplomatic sources say. On Sunday, Turkish daily Today's Zaman quoted unnamed Turkish sources as saying, "We are not opposing any side" in terms of taking part in the second Geneva meeting on the crisis in ...
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Turkey investment grade peace and FDI
Turkey's elevation to investment grade last week may or may not be a game changer for its stock and bond markets, but the country is really hoping for a boost to FDI – bricks-and-mortar foreign direct investment into manufacturing or power generation. Its peace process with Kurdish separatists should help. Speaking last week at Mitsubishi-UFJ's annual Turkey conference, Finance ...
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Letter Turkey and Syria A Slippery Slope
Regarding the article ...
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President meets Turkish education minister
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received the delegation led by National Education Minister of Turkey Nabi Avci. The meeting focused on successful development of bilateral friendly and fraternal ties between Azerbaijan and Turkey in all spheres including ...
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Saudi- Salmans Turkey talks to focus on key issues
(MENAFN - Arab News) Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, begins a two-day visit to Turkey today where he will hold talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues. The crown prince will also discuss issues of mutual interest with ...
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Saudi Crown Prince on an Official Visit to Turkey
Jeddah, May 21. (BNA) -- Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister HRH Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud left to Ankara today on an official visit to Turkey, at the invitation of the Turkish President Abdulla Gul. Saudi Royal Court said that the visit was in line of the approach of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdulla bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to contact with world ...
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Death toll rises to three in balloon collision in Turkey
The death toll in the hot-air balloon in-flight collision in Turkey rose to three, local officials said. Officials said the dead were Brazilian tourists and that nearly two dozen other people were injured in Monday's accident in the tourist region of Cappadocia, CNN reported. Nevsehir province Gov. Abdurrahman Savas said the balloon's envelope ripped after striking the basket of ...
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Turkey arrests car bombing suspect
An injured woman is carried to safety after the car bomb in Reyhanli earlier this month. AFP Turkish police sources said on Tuesday that they have arrested a "prime suspect" in relation to the car bombings that killed 51 people in a small town near the Syrian border on May 11. AFP reported that the man, who is of Turkish origins, was apprehended whilst trying to cross into Syria with ...
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Turkish restaurant offers delightful dishes relaxing atmosphere
Turkish families have settled in Dayton since 2005. There are fewer ways to get to know new neighbors and their culture than through their food.Pasha Grill at 72 Plum St. at the Greene in Beavercreek has been serving ...
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Turkish poisoners of Russian tourists sentenced to 360 years
Two years after the scandal with the poisoning of Russian citizens in Turkey, a Turkish court announced the verdict on the case. Four defendants, who produced and sold low-quality alcohol, were sentenced to 90 years in prison. In addition, two owners of the yacht, where the poisoning occurred, and their employee, were sentenced to a seven years in prison. The news message about ...
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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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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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