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- Turkish Immersion in 'The Bastard of Istanbul' : NPR
- EU calls on Turkey to meet Cyprus obligations | World | Reuters
- Turkey’s “undemocratic†constitution
- Barosso: EU respects Turkish court decisions
- POLL SUGGESTS AKP CLOSURE CASE HAS BOOSTED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EU MEMBERSHIP - Eurasia Daily Monitor
- Barroso promises to open two more chapters; Turkey more reforms
- 10 bargain boltholes in Istanbul | Travel | guardian.co.uk
- 10 bargain boltholes in Istanbul | Travel | guardian.co.uk
- Airline traffic in Turkey increasing
- Kurdish politiican Zana sentenced to prison in Turkey : Middle East World
- Turkish court ruling bans access to Google Groups
- Diyarbakır NGOs ask president for cultural rights - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008
- EU proposes easier trade across Cyprus divide
- Starfish Subtitling For Turkish Broadcaster
- Turkish military kills 11 PKK in southeast Turkey | Reuters
- Thousand-year trek of Sarıkeçililer ends - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008
- EU wants to amend 'Green Line Regulation' to boost trade
- Turn the tide now - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008
- EU-Turkey to Hold Accession Talks
- Turkey: A Tale of Two Unions
- Turkish firm to construct modern bazaar in Central Asia - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008
- French Order to be awarded to Turkish professor - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008
- Queen Elizabeth to visit Bursa - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008
- Turkish Cypriots slam Greek Cypriots in crossing row - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008
- NUMBER OF TURKS WORKING ABROAD INCREASES
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"Turkish Immersion in 'The Bastard of Istanbul' NPR.org, April 10, 2008 · Two years ago, Turkish author Elif Shafak was tried for, and subsequently acquitted of, the crime of "insulting Turkishness." It's a charge that has been leveled against dozens of Turkish authors, and it's made some of them, including Shafak and Nobel winner Orhan Pamuk, minor celebrities in the West." More: Turkish Immersion in 'The Bastard of Istanbul' : NPR  "EU calls on Turkey to meet Cyprus obligations ANKARA (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called on Turkey on Thursday to meet its obligation under European Union membership talks to open its ports to ships from Cyprus." More: EU calls on Turkey to meet Cyprus obligations | World | Reuters  "Turkey’s “undemocratic†constitution Published: 4/10/2008 By James Ryan Istanbul - The furor regarding the case accepted by Turkey’s highest court that could result in the banishment of the AKP ruling party makes me laugh out loud."More: Turkey’s “undemocratic†constitution  "Barosso: EU respects Turkish court decisions The New Anatolian / Ankara 10 April 2008 European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday that the EU respects the top court's decision regarding the case filed to ban Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party." More: The New Anatolian  "POLL SUGGESTS AKP CLOSURE CASE HAS BOOSTED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EU MEMBERSHIP By Gareth Jenkins Thursday, April 10, 2008 A recent opinion poll suggests that the closure case brought by Public Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has boosted Turkish public support for EU membership, particularly among AKP voters." More: POLL SUGGESTS AKP CLOSURE CASE HAS BOOSTED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR EU MEMBERSHIP - Eurasia Daily Monitor  "Barroso promises to open two more chapters; Turkey more reforms The president of the European Commission said on Thursday he came to Ankara to 'encourage the Turkish government' and said two more policy chapters will be opened in the accession negotiations by July, while Turkish Prime Minister vowed to do more reforms in the EU negotiation process. The three-day visit of the top EU officials is expected to give a new impetus to the reform process, which has been stalled recently. The EU official, who slammed the move of prosecutors to close ruling AKP, they will not assume a position on headscarf and secularism." More: Barroso promises to open two more chapters; Turkey more reforms  "10 bargain boltholes in Istanbul From Ottoman townhouses to art deco hideaways, Vanessa Able selects 10 hotels that won't stretch your budget * Vanessa Able As the snazzy W Istanbul opens its doors this month on the heels of the sumptuous Les Ottomans boutique hotel, and ahead of the forthcoming Four Seasons Bosphorus, you'd be forgiven for thinking that old Constantinople was the new Millionaire's Row, full of nothing but high-end hotels and lavish waterside mansions. But don't be put off: the gates of the city are still open to those who travel without a trust fund. From refurbished Ottoman town houses in the centre of the city and Anatolian-themed lodgings in the historic quarter of Sultanahmet, to art-deco island hideaways and quirky boltholes within crawling distance of the clubbing district, there are still stacks of great places to stay that will give you a taste of authentic Istanbul without breaking the bank." More: 10 bargain boltholes in Istanbul | Travel | guardian.co.uk  "10 bargain boltholes in Istanbul From Ottoman townhouses to art deco hideaways, Vanessa Able selects 10 hotels that won't stretch your budget * Vanessa Able As the snazzy W Istanbul opens its doors this month on the heels of the sumptuous Les Ottomans boutique hotel, and ahead of the forthcoming Four Seasons Bosphorus, you'd be forgiven for thinking that old Constantinople was the new Millionaire's Row, full of nothing but high-end hotels and lavish waterside mansions. But don't be put off: the gates of the city are still open to those who travel without a trust fund. From refurbished Ottoman town houses in the centre of the city and Anatolian-themed lodgings in the historic quarter of Sultanahmet, to art-deco island hideaways and quirky boltholes within crawling distance of the clubbing district, there are still stacks of great places to stay that will give you a taste of authentic Istanbul without breaking the bank." More: 10 bargain boltholes in Istanbul | Travel | guardian.co.uk  "Airline traffic in Turkey increasing Sabiha Gökçen Airport located in the Anatolian side of Istanbul is assuming an increasingly crucial role in airline traffic in Turkey. Sabiha Gökçen Airport, named after Turkey's first female pilot, is expected to meet the increasing demand in airline traffic since capacity at the country’s main airport Atatürk Airport is no longer sufficient." More: Airline traffic in Turkey increasing  "Kurdish politician Zana sentenced to prison in Turkey Middle East World News | Home Ankara - Kurdish politician Leyla Zana was sentenced by a Turkish court Thursday to two years imprisonment after being convicted of spreading 'terrorist propaganda', the NTV television station reported. The court in the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir found that the winner of the 1995 European Parliament Sakharov Peace Prize had spread terrorist propaganda during a political rally last year." More: Kurdish politiican Zana sentenced to prison in Turkey : Middle East World  "Turkish court ruling bans access to Google Groups A Turkish court ruling has banned access to one of Google's most popular services, Google Groups, where registered users post messages that can be read by other members." More: Turkish court ruling bans access to Google Groups  "Diyarbakır NGOs ask president for cultural rights Thursday, April 10, 2008 Diyarbakır nongovernmental organizations reiterate their demands for broader cultural rights at the presidential palace. Education and public services in a mother tongue were among the expectations of NGOs from main opposition leader Deniz Baykal and the prime minister, with varying results" More: Diyarbakır NGOs ask president for cultural rights - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008  "EU proposes easier trade across Cyprus divide BRUSSELS, April 10 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Thursday easing trade between Greek and Turkish Cypriots on the divided Mediterranean island, seeking to capitalise on a political thaw in the long frozen conflict." More: Feed Article | Business |  "Starfish Subtitling For Turkish Broadcaster New Contracts, Graphics, Infrastructure Thu, 10th, Apr 2008 Starfish Technologies has supplied Dogan TV, part of the largest commercial broadcaster in Turkey, with a multi-channel DVB subtitling system for its main transmission centre in Istanbul. The sale includes a number of Starfish TransCast DVB subtitle transmission systems and Isis subtitle authoring software." More: broadcastbuyer Starfish Subtitling For Turkish Broadcaster  "Turkish military kills 11 PKK in southeast Turkey TUNCELI, Turkey, April 10 (Reuters) - A two-day Turkish military operation against separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in Turkey's southeastern province of Tunceli has killed 11 guerrillas, the provincial governor said on Thursday." More: Turkish military kills 11 PKK in southeast Turkey | Reuters  "Thousand-year trek of Sarıkeçililer ends Thursday, April 10, 2008 With a 1,000-year-long tradition the Sarıkeçililer are an ancient nomadic group of Yürüks from Anatolia. Forced by the state to shift to a sedentary life, their millennium-long migratory practices have come to an end. But rather than moving into residences, they choose to pitch their tents in front of them" More: Thousand-year trek of Sarıkeçililer ends - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008  "EU wants to amend 'Green Line Regulation' to boost trade 10/04/2008 …personal value of goods to increase to EUR 260 The Commission adopted a proposal for a Council Regulation amending the 'Green Line Regulation' to further facilitate trade on the island of Cyprus. The proposal provides for a general lifting of duties on agricultural products originating in the northern part of Cyprus when being traded across the 'Green Line'. So far duties had to be paid for a variety of agricultural products causing financial and administrative burden for Turkish Cypriot traders." More: Financial Mirror  "Turn the tide now Thursday, April 10, 2008 Important news buried in the papers recently paints a portrait of one of Turkey's biggest, but somehow quietest, challenges: Educating the next generation. My American son is a citizen of Turkey and his father and I hope he will flourish here with a state education. Our hope extends to his peers and his generation that they will benefit from education and employment plans that call for this government's urgent attention." More: Turn the tide now - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008  "EU-Turkey to Hold Accession Talks ANKARA, April 10--European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso arrived for talks in Ankara Thursday as simmering political tensions pose a new threat to Turkey's struggling bid to join the European Union. Barroso, accompanied by Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, is expected to urge Ankara to re-focus on reforms demanded by the EU when he meets President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and parliamentary opposition leaders later Thursday." More: Alalam News  "Turkey: A Tale of Two Unions 4/10/2008 (Balkanalysis.com) By Oxford Business Group* The proposed ‘Union for the Mediterranean’, which aims to strengthen ties between the EU and Mediterranean countries in a number of key areas such as energy and security, was approved by EU delegates on March 14 after a two-day summit in Brussels. The suspicion remains, however, that the union may represent an attempt to create an alternative scheme by opponents of Turkey’s accession to the EU." More: Balkanalysis.com » Blog Archives » Turkey: A Tale of Two Unions  "Turkish firm to construct modern bazaar in Central Asia Thursday, April 10, 2008 The historic 'Desert Bazaar,' one of the world's biggest open bazaars, will be moved to modern premises, which will be constructed by a Turkish construction firm. " More: Turkish firm to construct modern bazaar in Central Asia - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008  "French Order to be awarded to Turkish professor Thursday, April 10, 2008 Professor at Istanbul University, Dr. Nedret Tanyolaç Öztokat, will receive the French Order of Academic Palms today. The Order is a prestigious award given to people who have contributed to the spread of French culture. Öztokat has published many articles in both France and Turkey and has translated the works of Todorov, Duras, and Camus into Turkish." More: French Order to be awarded to Turkish professor - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008  "Queen Elizabeth to visit Bursa Thursday, April 10, 2008 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will pay a formal visit to Turkey on May 6 and will visit Bursa, Osmangazi Mayor Recep Altepe told the Anatolia news agency yesterday. 'For the visit we have started renovations on historic sites to prevent visual pollution. In this respect the visit has been a good motivator,' said Altepe." More3: Queen Elizabeth to visit Bursa - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008  "Turkish Cypriots slam Greek Cypriots in crossing row Thursday, April 10, 2008 Turkish Cypriots slammed Greek Cypriots Tuesday for accusing the Turkish army of hindering peace initiatives on the divided island, warning that such charges could endanger reunification talks." More: Turkish Cypriots slam Greek Cypriots in crossing row - Turkish Daily News Apr 10, 2008 "NUMBER OF TURKS WORKING ABROAD INCREASES Wednesday, April 09, 2008; Posted: 10:30 PM Baku, Apr 09, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- -- Baku, 09 April (AzerTAc) - More than 142 thousand Turkish citizens have gone abroad to work in various fields of economy, including construction and trade, over the last two years, AzerTAcs Ankara-based correspondent reports citing the country's Ministry of Labor and Social Security." More: NUMBER OF TURKS WORKING ABROAD INCREASES
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