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Hagel Discusses Defense Relationship With Turkish Officials
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discussed the defense relationship between the United States and Turkey with Turkish officials in a Pentagon meeting today, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Little said Hagel met with Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz, Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ...
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Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting With Turkish Leaders
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with Turkish Minister of National Defense Ismet Yilmaz, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu, and Undersecretary of the National Intelligence Organization Hakan Fidan today at the Pentagon. Secretary Hagel and the ministers discussed the U.S. and Turkey bilateral defense ...
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Fi Istanbuls Success Demonstrates Unlimited Market Opportunities in Turkey the Middle East North Africa
Staggering 3,000 Visitors + 150 Exhibiting Brands and Record Re-Booking Volumes for the 2014 Event Yes, we've got a lot to shout about and so we would like to start with a huge thank you to all of our exhibitors who helped to make Food ingredients Istanbul such a great success. As the only dedicated food ingredients event in the region, last week's highly successful show demonstrates ...
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Amid Ethnic Tension in Turkey Some Syrian Refugees Return to a War Zone
The Al Mar family. (Jonathan Krohn) REYHANLI, Turkey--"We are afraid to go back to Aleppo--Aleppo is dangerous!--but we can't stay here because the people of Reyhanli kicked us out," said Muhamed al-Mar, a Syrian refugee, as he and his family waited to be allowed back into Syria through the Bab al Hawa gate Tuesday. In the wake of two car bombs that rocked the border town of ...
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‘Turkey’ List Part Of Intense Lobbying On Fla. Budget
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — With speculation mounting that Gov. Rick Scott could sign the Legislature’s proposed $74.5 billion budget as early as Friday, a research organization released its annual list of ';turkeys'; that it said the governor should consider striking with his line-item veto. But the group, Florida TaxWatch, quickly came under withering assault from ...
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Depeche Mode Postpone Istanbul Concert over Bulgarian Truck Blockade
Depeche Mode, (L-R) Martin Lee Gore, Dave Gahan and Andrew Fletcher pose during a photocall before a press conference on their 2013 European Tour at the Gaite Lyrique venue in Paris. ...
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Syria denies link for Turkey blasts
Turkey has accused groups supporting the Syrian regime of carrying out two car bombings that killed at least 46 people and injured dozens in a border town, the interior minister said.The blast occurred on Saturday in a crowded area of the small town of Reyhanli in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, just a few kilometres from the main border crossing into Syria.The interior minister told Al ...
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Turkish interior minister said a `terrorist group linked to the Syrian intellige…
Turkish interior minister said a `terrorist group linked to the Syrian intelligence` carried out the attacks REYHANLI/HATAY - Turkish interior minister said nine people have been detained in connection with two powerful car bomb blasts in a Turkish town near the Syrian border that killed at least 46 people and wounded more than 100 others on Saturday. Speaking in a press conference on Sunday, ...
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Turkish officials blame `pro-Assad groups intelligence organizations`…
Turkish officials blame `pro-Assad groups, intelligence organizations` REYHANLI/HATAY- Two powerful car bomb explosions just minutes apart in a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Saturday killed at least 43 people and wounded more than 100 others. Turkish officials pointed at `groups and intelligence services loyal to the Assad regime` for the deadly blasts as fears mounted that Syria`s more ...
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Syria denies role in Turkish border bomb blast
NBC's Richard Engel reports from Turkey where two car bomb explosions in the town of Reyhanli near the Syria border killed at least 40 people and injured at least 100, raising fears Syria's civil war may be crossing the ...
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German legal office smeared with feces
German far-rightists used feces to smear the outside of the office of a Turkish attorney involved in a Munich terrorism trial, witnesses said. A group of unidentified members of a German group fled the scene after vandalizing the office of the attorney, whose name was not ...
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UPDATE 1-Azeri SOCAR to borrow $4 bln to build refinery in Turkey
Fri May 17, 2013 10:06am EDT (Adds quotes, details, background) By Lada Evgrashina BAKU May 17 (Reuters) - Azeri state energy firm SOCAR plans to borrow about $4 billion from foreign banks to finance construction of a refinery in Turkey, an company official said, a project that could provide a profitable outlet for its crude. "According to a financing scheme, 65 percent of financing of the ...
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The Netherlands Immigrants tangled up with Turkish gangs
Are Bulgarian immigrants abusing the welfare system? Several cases of benefit fraud have sparked controversy. But often, the suspected fraudsters are themselves simply victims of organised crime ...
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Turkey extends visa free stay for Russians to 60 days
MOSCOW, May 17 (Itar-Tass) - Turkey extended a visa free stay for Russian citizens on its territory to 60 days, the official journal of the Turkish government, T. C. Resmi Gazete, said on ...
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Amid U.S. Uproar Over AP Phone Records Turkeys PM Gets a Pass on Press Freedom
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan checks for rain during a Rose Garden news conference at the White House, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (CNSNews.com) - Campaigners urged President Obama to raise press freedom concerns with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday, but the only media freedom issue ...
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Turkey booms but where are the Brits
"Welcome to Europe", says the taxi driver as we cross the Bosporus river from one side of Istanbul to the other. But the capital of Turkey could not feel less like many parts of the recession-hit continent. While many European countries have seen their international credit ratings cut, Turkey has just been upgraded. The severe slowdown affecting the construction industry in ...
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Turkey arrests prime suspect in Hatay blasts
View Photo AFP/AFP/File - Turkish officials repair a street in Hatay that was damaged by car bombs which went off on May 11. Turkey has arrested one of the prime suspects responsible for the twin car bombings that ...
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How Iran Benefits From an Illicit Gold Trade With Turkey
A customer buys Iranian gold coins at a currency exchange office in Tehran's business district on October 24, 2011. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters) Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Washington, D.C. for a much-anticipated summit with President Barack Obama. The timing of the visit -- amid reports of chemical weapons usage in Syria and an attack against a Turkish border ...
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Turkey gains investment grading from Moodys
17/07/2012 18:13 CET Turkey’s economy has been given a boost with an upgrade by the Moody’s ratings agency. Shares rose in Istanbul on Friday and the country’s cost of borrowing fell. Fitch had lifted Turkey to investment-grade in November, while Standard & Poor’s is expected to follow suit. Ankara sees this a seal of approval from international markets for a ...
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Turkish police arrest suspect in bombings that killed 51
Turkish police said they arrested a man who allegedly bought two cars used in two bombings that killed at least 51 people on the Syrian border last week. Mehmet Genc was arrested and police sought to detain two other suspects who attempted to escape to Syria but failed because of increased security at the ...
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BASF Supplies Basecoats and Clearcoats to Ford Otosan Plant in Kocaeli Turkey
BASF has acquired new business with Ford Otosan and has supplied basecoats and clearcoats for the company’s plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, since the beginning of this year. Ford Otosan, the leader of Turkish automotive industry, is positioned as the commercial vehicles production hub of Ford ...
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Turkish Bank deploys Infosys Finacle software
Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) Leading Turkish private bank Turkland Bank has deployed Finacle software product of Indian IT bellwether Infosys for its core banking, customer relationship management and treasury operations. "Implementation of our core banking software (Finacle) at Turkland Bank is the first of its kind in Turkey, blending local practices with global best practices as the product ...
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UPDATE 1-Turkey hails new investment grading but worries about money flows
Fri May 17, 2013 7:27am EDT * Upgrade stamps approval on decade of reform * Move expected to boost investment flows * Bond yields hit record lows, Turkish lira weakens * Minister warns of lira appreciation pressure By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, May 17 (Reuters) - Turkey hailed its second investment grade rating on Friday, seeing it as a seal of approval from international markets for a decade of ...
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Assad needs to go US Turkey
US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Thursday Bashar al-Assad must step down amid a flurry of moves to organise peace talks to end Syria's bloody civil war.The two met in Washington as efforts to bring the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition together at an international conference next month gathered pace.At a joint White House news ...
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Bulgarias Ethnic Turkish Leader Ex PM Lost Grip on Reality
The Chair of Bulgaria's 42nd General Assembly is not going to be from the ranks of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, says party leader, Lyutvi Mestan. Mestan spoke Friday on his way out of the office of the presidential administration, after the conclusion of his talks with President, Rosen Plevneliev. He stressed the hypothesis that the next Speaker of 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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