Turkey’s top diplomat said Friday that Iran is ready to negotiate an end to the standoff with Western powers over its nuclear program, suggesting that the controversy could be resolved quickly if the deep distrust between the two sides could be overcome. Read full article > >
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Turkish ex-military chief Gen Ilker Basbug is arrested on suspicion of being part of a wide network which allegedly plotted against the government.
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The father of a Turkish man accused of murdering two County Down women has been arrested.
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Murders accused father arrested
The Turkish military said that 35 peopled killed in the Kurdish border region were separatist fighters, but local villagers said they were smugglers.
A strike near a Kurdish village by Turkish warplanes close to the border with Iraq has left at least 23 people dead, officials say.
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Turkish air strike kills 23 Kurds
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. felt compelled to brush back a challenge from his Turkish hosts.
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Biden Parries Turkish Official’s Economic Boast
ISTANBUL — A series of moves by the Turkish government has sparked concern that the state is exerting ever greater sway over other parts of society, from academia to business. This year, Turkey has put independent regulators under the supervision of government departments, asserted new powers to appoint members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and increased control over the Istanbul Stock Exchange as a possible prelude to privatization. Read full article > >
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Critics take aim at Turkey’s growing social curbs
ISTANBUL — A series of moves by the Turkish government has sparked concern that the state is exerting ever greater sway over other parts of society, from academia to business. This year, Turkey has put independent regulators under the supervision of government departments, asserted new powers to appoint members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and increased control over the Istanbul Stock Exchange as a possible prelude to privatization. Read full article > >
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Critics take aim at Turkey’s growing social curbs
BEIRUT — Turkey’s prime minister on Tuesday called for the first time for Bashar al-Assad to step down, in a fiery speech that likened the Syrian leader to Hitler and Mussolini and marked the final crumbling of Turkish-Syrian relations, according to analysts. “Without spilling any more blood, without causing any more injustice, for the sake of peace for the people, the country and the region, finally step down,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging Assad to look to the fate of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, who was toppled by an internationally backed uprising and, last month, was killed . Read full article > >
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BEIRUT — The Turkish prime minister sharply criticized Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following an attack on buses carrying Turkish pilgrims Monday in central Syria, which wounded two people and marked a new low in an increasingly sour relationship between the two countries. “You can remain in power with tanks and cannons only up to a certain point. The day will come when you’ll also leave,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a conference in Istanbul. He also responded to Assad’s repeated condemnation of other countries’ interference in Syrian affairs , asking, “Why don’t you handle your own problem within yourself, without opening the way for outside interference?” Read full article > >
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Turkish PM criticizes Assad following attack on Turkish buses in Syria
The Syrian political uprising appeared to claim its first Turkish civilian victims on Monday when two buses carrying Turkish Muslim pilgrims were attacked.
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Turkish Pilgrims on Bus Trip Are Attacked in Syria
Turkish security forces shoot dead a hijacker who seized a ferry on Friday and free the 24 passengers and crew, officials say.
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Turkish security forces have shot dead a hijacker who seized a ferry off the coast east of Istanbul on Friday.
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ANKARA, Turkey — An earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Wednesday night, killing at least three people and leaving dozens trapped in the rubble of toppled buildings damaged in a previous temblor, which had killed 600 people. About two-dozen buildings collapsed in the provincial capital of Van following a 5.7-magnitude quake, though most of them were empty or had been declared unfit because they were weakened by the earlier quake, according to media reports. Read full article > >
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Many Kurds feel caught between a guerrilla movement fighting for minority rights and local autonomy and a Turkish government that says it wants peace, but fears carving up the country.
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Turkish PM criticizes Assad following attack on Turkish buses in Syria
Monday, November 21st, 2011Turkey: earthquake kills at least 3, dozens trapped in area hit by deadly temblor last month
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