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Miss Turkey 2008 pageant was held in Istanbul yesterday, and Paris Hilton, one of the judges and a role model for girls, was invited to dance on stage during a belly dance performance. And I say she did quite well. While all the attention has been on her lately, she also crowned the winner Leyla Lydia Tugutlu who will represent...  Have you heard the latest debacle? A woman trying to board a plane fails the metal detector at the security check point. She is then wanded by a handheld detector, and tells the agent she's wearing nipple rings. A few security agents are called in to decide what happens next. And she's ordered to remove her nipple rings in a... More Recent Articles
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- Turkish Pop Icon Appears In Paris Concert To Promote Izmir's Candidacy For Expo 2015
- Hilton Sparks Paparazzi Violence
- Turkey Injects Billions in Kurdish Region to Bolster Economy
- The EarthTimes: Anti-Islam film fails to provoke Dutch Muslims
- Turkish Akbank appoints Sabanci Dincer chairwoman | Reuters
- Turkey may change energy sell-off strategy-sources | Reuters
- Turkey's disintegrating democracy - Los Angeles Times
- Turkish Businesses encouraged to tender for Olympic contracts - Londra gazete www.londragazete.com
- Match making between Turkey and rest of world
- Turkey and NATO: Ankara Unhappy about Request for More Help - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
- Turkey: Suit to Ban Governing Party Threatens to Plunge the Country into Crisis
- Mozart’s Zaide staged in Turkey
- Turkish lira hit 7-month low, stocks fell %2 due to political uncertainty
- Turkey Walks On E.U. Path With Decisive Steps, Erdogan
- Istanbul to host International Swimming Championship_English_Xinhua
- Strmz Video: "FBI Report About 911 and Illegal Nuclear Sales To Turkey" [Dennis Hastert Videos on YouTube]
- Kamil Pasha » Turkish Education: Authority or Critical Thinking, Assertive Maculinity or Consensus
- Re-Orientations: Islamic Art and the West in the 18th and 19th Centuries - Art - Review - New York Times
- Dexia to provide extra capital to Turkish unit | Industries | Financial Services & Real Estate | Reuters
- Turkey's religious bent - Los Angeles Times
- The Local - Suspected PKK ringleader arrested in Germany
- It's the Wedge Issues, Stupid - Commentary
- TheStar.com | living | Canuck finds growing fashion scene in Turkey
- Erdogan says German Turks scared, knocks Merkel | International | Reuters
- Another false dawn? - International Herald Tribune
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"Turkish Pop Icon Appears In Paris Concert To Promote Izmir's Candidacy For Expo 2015 Published: 3/25/2008 PARIS - Turkey's Eurovision winning pop star Sertap Erener gave a concert at Theatre of Champs-Elysees in Paris to boost Izmir's candidacy to host EXPO 2015." More: Turkish Pop Icon Appears In Paris Concert To Promote Izmir's Candidacy For Expo 2015  "Hilton Sparks Paparazzi Violence Paris at the Miss Turkey contest. Several photographers have been injured after the arrival of socialite Paris Hilton in Turkey sparked riots among the paparazzi at Istanbul airport. The hotel heiress landed in the city on Thursday ahead of her stint as a judge in the Miss Turkey 2008 contest." More: SFGate: Daily Dish : Hilton Sparks Paparazzi Violence  "Turkey Injects Billions in Kurdish Region to Bolster Economy By Dorian Jones Istanbul 28 March 2008 Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast has been the center of a bloody 20-year conflict between the Turkish state and Kurds fighting for autonomy. For decades, the region has remained one of the poorest in the country, despite widespread calls for greater economic development. Earlier this month, the Turkish prime minister announced a commitment to invest in the region. For VOA, Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul on this latest program," More: VOA News - Turkey Injects Billions in Kurdish Region to Bolster Economy  For the complete report from The EarthTimes click on this link Anti-Islam film fails to provoke Dutch Muslims In the crowded shopping streets of Lombok in the fourth largest Dutch city, Muslims appeared much less motivated to take action against Wilders. Friday's shopping continued as usual. "No, we are not talking about Fitna," a man standing among a large group of Muslims standing outside a local mosque after prayers on Friday, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. "We are talking about my new car. That's really more important than some film by a Dutch legislator about the Koran." Dutch Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists seem to have found a common denominator: EU Citizenship, Democracy, and Free Enterprise. It might not be perfect, but its better than cutting each others throat or having some fanatic blow up your family.  "Turkish Akbank appoints Sabanci Dincer chairwoman Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:45pm IST ISTANBUL, March 28 (Reuters) - Turkish lender Akbank's AKBNK.IS board has unanimously voted in Suzan Sabanci Dincer as chairwoman, the bank said in a statement." More: Turkish Akbank appoints Sabanci Dincer chairwoman | Reuters  "Turkey may change energy sell-off strategy-sources Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:11pm IST ISTANBUL, March 28 (Reuters) - Turkey may change its privatisation strategy to sell off both its electricity distribution grids and power generation plants at the same time, government officials told Reuters on Friday." More: Turkey may change energy sell-off strategy-sources | Reuters  "Turkey's disintegrating democracy A Turkish American takes Justice and Development Party leaders to task. By Cüneyt M. Serdar March 28, 2008 Recently The Times published two very interesting articles, one by Soner Cagaptay, citing solid references, discussing the ruling Islamist party's impact on Turkey, and another by a member of that party, Egemen Bagis." More: Turkey's disintegrating democracy - Los Angeles Times  "Turkish Businesses encouraged to tender for Olympic contracts 80% of jobs and business opportunities to go to BME’s Turkish Businesses, whether large or small, were encouraged to tender for business opportunities that are already being created in the run up to the 2012 Olympics at a conference last Tuesday. " More: Turkish Businesses encouraged to tender for Olympic contracts - Londra gazete www.londragazete.com  "Match making between Turkey and rest of world In May 2008 the biggest Match-Making Event of Anatolia, 'The Mediterranean Business Partneria (www.MBP2008.com)†brings 300 international and 1000 Turkish companies from over 40 countries together in Antalya, the Turkish heart of tourism. The main objective is to create new international business chances for companies and establish long term economic cooperation." More: Match making between Turkey and rest of world  "TURKEY AND NATO Ankara Unhappy about Request for More Help By Daniel Steinvorth in Istanbul Turkey plays an important role in Afghanistan -- as the only Muslim member of NATO, its troops provide living proof that the Western alliance is not an army of Christian crusaders. But Ankara is unwilling to bolster its engagement." More: Turkey and NATO: Ankara Unhappy about Request for More Help - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News  "TURKEY: SUIT TO BAN GOVERNING PARTY THREATENS TO PLUNGE THE COUNTRY INTO CRISIS Yigal Schleifer 3/28/08 Turkey is teetering on the brink of a constitutional crisis, as the nation’s highest court grapples with a motion to shut down the governing party. The Constitutional Court is now expected to consider the case on March 31. If the high court decides that the case can go forward, experts predict newfound political and economic stability in Turkey would quickly crumble. The suit has already further undermined the country’s troubled bid for European Union membership. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]. Turkey’s currency, the lira, hit a seven-month low on March 28, amid the suit’s uncertain outcome." More: EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Turkey: Suit to Ban Governing Party Threatens to Plunge the Country into Crisis  "Mozart’s Zaide staged in Turkey Performing in Turkey for the first time at The Sabancý University Performance Hall, artists from the German Baden State Opera will perform Mozart's Zaide, one of Mozart's two works that feature Turks." More: Mozart’s Zaide staged in Turkey  "Turkish lira hit 7-month low, stocks fell %2 due to political uncertainty Turkey's currency ans stocks fell sharply on Friday to its weakest level since September 11, 2007, as local investors joined the foreign funds in selling lira amid increased political uncertainty. Lira fell below 1.30 against dollar, weakening more than 2 percent. Istanbul benchmark stock exchange lost 2 percent in value and ended below the 40,000 points mark. " More: Turkish lira hit 7-month low, stocks fell %2 due to political uncertainty  "Turkey Walks On E.U. Path With Decisive Steps, Erdogan Published: 3/27/2008 TIRANA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday Turkey had been taking decisive steps towards full membership to EU." More: Turkey Walks On E.U. Path With Decisive Steps, Erdogan  "Istanbul to host International Swimming Championship www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-28 21:47:34 ANKARA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- International Swimming Championship will start in the Turkish largest city of Istanbul on Saturday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Friday." More: Istanbul to host International Swimming Championship_English_Xinhua  "FBI Report About 911 and Illegal Nuclear Sales To Turkey Did Speaker Hastert Accept Turkish Bribes to Deny Armenian Genocide and Approve Weapons Sales? Former FBI translator turned whistleblower, Sibel Edmonds is now appealing her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. In March 2002, she was fired and she has been fighting now for nearly 3 years to blow the whistle on US government failures prior to 9-11. She has faced fierce opposition from the Bush administration, the FBI and some in Congress." More: Strmz Video: "FBI Report About 911 and Illegal Nuclear Sales To Turkey" [Dennis Hastert Videos on YouTube]  "Turkish Education: Authority or Critical Thinking, Assertive Maculinity or Consensus Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Jenny White The journalist Nicole Pope has spent many years traveling in all corners of Turkey. In her column, she writes about the background issues and implications of the UNDP report on the state of Turkish youth (see my March 22 blog entry, where you can access the full report). She pays particular attention to the hidden problems of education in Turkey, especially in rural areas, ranging from lack of infrastructure to authoritarianism and reliance on rote learning that leaves students unable to synthesize information and develop a critical approach." More: Kamil Pasha » Turkish Education: Authority or Critical Thinking, Assertive Maculinity or Consensus  "When the Islamic World Was Inspired by the West By HOLLAND COTTER Published: March 28, 2008 Sometimes in the history of art everything seems to be happening everywhere, all at once. The 16th century was like that. It was a grand global burst of lights. The Ming dynasty in China; the Renaissance in Europe; Islamic empires in India, Iran and Turkey were all burning at high incandescence. Visitors traveled from one to another, buying, selling, making plans, taking notes, amazed." More: Re-Orientations: Islamic Art and the West in the 18th and 19th Centuries - Art - Review - New York Times  "Dexia to provide extra capital to Turkish unit BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian-French financial services group Dexia said on Friday it would provide about 400 million Turkish lira ($315 million) in additional capital to its Turkish subsidiary DenizBank." More: Dexia to provide extra capital to Turkish unit | Industries | Financial Services & Real Estate | Reuters  "Turkey's religious bent The ruling party is corrupting the country's secular character. By Robert Ellis March 28, 2008 In his Blowback, 'My party is good for Turkey,' Egemen Bagis does what can only be described as a hatchet job on Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Bagis, who is a foreign policy advisor to the Turkish prime minister, calls Cagaptay a 'self-proclaimed Turkey expert,' but this kind of language is nothing new to Bagis." More: Turkey's religious bent - Los Angeles Times  "Suspected PKK ringleader arrested in Germany Published: 28 Mar 08 08:12 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.de/10945/ German police have arrested a 34-year-old suspected ringleader of Turkey's banned Kurdish separatist rebel movement PKK, the federal prosecutor's office said on Thursday." More: The Local - Suspected PKK ringleader arrested in Germany  "It's the Wedge Issues, Stupid Turkey and the U.S. Focus on Polarizing, Unproductive Politics Corey James Prachniak Issue date: 3/31/08 Section: Commentary It seems a reasonable observation that when people do not have much control over their government and political process, they narrow in on a few divisive issues that they have little hope of affecting but that for some reason rile them up." More: It's the Wedge Issues, Stupid - Commentary  "Canuck finds growing fashion scene in Turkey Canadian makeup artist Shelley Lashley finds new fashion challenges and true love by moving to Istanbul" More: TheStar.com | living | Canuck finds growing fashion scene in Turkey  "Erdogan says German Turks scared, knocks Merkel BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in a newspaper on Thursday that his relatives in Germany fear for their safety and criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for backing out of an event with Turks last month." More: Erdogan says German Turks scared, knocks Merkel | International | Reuters "Another false dawn? The history of attempts to overcome the division of Cyprus can be measured out in false dawns. One or another leader could always be relied on to stand athwart the effort and yell "no!" Support from either Ankara or Athens would go missing. But last Friday, the newly minted Greek Cypriot leader, Demetris Cristofias, and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Mehmet Ali Talat, agreed to begin a new effort. Why should we be excited?" More: Another false dawn? - International Herald Tribune
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