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- International Children's Day is Tomorrow in Turkey
- Yemen, Turkey energy cooperation ties discussed
- Turkey and Greece to initiate joint energy projects
- Death toll rises to 4 in landmine explosions in Turkey
- One Step Closer: EU Wants to Speed up Membership Talks with Turkey - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
- Amendment of 301 will not free everything: Turkish Justice Minister
- Turkey may be fit for EU in a decade, enlargement chief says
- Lack Of Women Administrators In Turkey's Education System
- Entrepreneurs contemplate venturing for Turkish partnership - Textile News Bangladesh
- Turkish Building Construction Cost Rises In Q1
- The Paradoxes of Turkish Democracy
- Tulips make Turkish return
- Turkey: Recent Developments Concerning The Legal Regime Applicable To Foreign Real And Legal Persons' Acquisitions Of Immovable Properties In Turkey
- Gain Insight In To The Turkey Commercial Banking Industry
- Travel agents of the world to become Turkey specialists - Turkish Daily News Apr 22, 2008
- EU plays 'good cop, bad cop' with Turkey | EU - European Information on Enlargement & Neighbours
- Turkish Cypriot leader vows not to leave table
- Turkey's first nuclear power plant by 2015
- TurkishWeekly.net-Turkish Chilli - An Absurd Turkish Arabesk Song: Tosuno
- Hapoalim raises stake in Turkish lender | Jerusalem Post
- Turkish court convicts Kurdish politician; 2 soldiers killed in rebel violence - International Herald Tribune
- Mixed feelings at Malatya massacre memorial - Turkish Daily News Apr 22, 2008
- EP committee welcomes Turkey's reform efforts
- Turkish Runner First in Bayroutya Race
- Rice cites progress in Turkey-Iraq relations
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"by Askin Ozcan (Mentor)
23 April is the celebration day of the opening of the first Turkish Parliament in 1920. Turkish Republic's first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk designated this day as the International Children's Festival Day."
More:International Children's Day is Tomorrow in Turkey
"Yemen, Turkey energy cooperation ties discussed
[22 April 2008]
ROME, April 22 (Saba)- Minister of Oil and Minerals Khaled MahfoudBahah held talks on Tuesday with Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Mehmet Hilmi Juler on the necessary arrangements concerning his visit to Yemen on the upcoming May."
More:Saba Net - Yemen news agency
"Turkey and Greece to initiate joint energy projects
Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler said on Tuesday that he and his Greek counterpart Dimitris Sioufas have decided to initiate joint projects in the field of renewable energy."
More:Turkey and Greece to initiate joint energy projects
"Death toll rises to 4 in landmine explosions in Turkey
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded on Tuesday in the explosion of a landmine planted by outlawed PKK separatists in Semdinli town of Hakkari, a southeastern province of Turkey, the Dogan News Agency reported."
More:Death toll rises to 4 in landmine explosions in Turkey
"EU Wants to Speed up Membership Talks with Turkey
The European Union's Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn has announced he wants to speed up negotations with Turkey over joining the EU. Center-right politicians in France and Germany have predictably denounced the move."
More:One Step Closer: EU Wants to Speed up Membership Talks with Turkey - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
"Amendment of 301 will not free everything: Turkish Justice Minister
Sahin said that the amendments to article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code could be brought to the parliament next week."
More:Amendment of 301 will not free everything: Turkish Justice Minister
"Turkey may be fit for EU in a decade, enlargement chief says
22.04.2008 - 09:24 CET | By Renata Goldirova
If it remains fully committed to the reform path, Turkey could join the European Union in 10 to 15 years, EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn has said."
More:EUobserver.com
"Lack Of Women Administrators In Turkey's Education System
In response to opposition CHP's parliamentary inquiry AKP Minister of Education Huseyin Celik disclosed that there are very few female administrators in Government's education institutions. According to Ministry of Education figures women are seriously underrepresented in all divisions. All 81 provincial directors of education are men, while only five of the 955 district directors are women. All deputy secretaries in the ministry are men and there is only one woman director among 16 directorates."
More:MEMRI Turkish Media Blog - Full Entry
"Entrepreneurs contemplate venturing for Turkish partnership
April 22, 2008 (Bangladesh)
Head of the Turkish Knitwear Industrialists Association met domestic readymade garment entrepreneurs on April 7 expressing its desire to manufacture apparel products on a joint venture basis.
What propelled Turkish knitwear manufacturers to make such a proposal was the increasing cost of production driven by high labor costs in contrast to cheap availability of labor and easy access to raw materials in Bangladesh."
More:Bangladesh : Entrepreneurs contemplate venturing for Turkish partnership - Textile News Bangladesh
"Turkish Building Construction Cost Rises In Q1
4/22/2008 3:24:37 AM Turkish building construction cost increased 11.45% from the previous year in the first quarter, the Turkish Statistical Institute revealed Tuesday. This compares to 17.89% growth in the first quarter of 2007. Labor cost showed an annual growth of 12.54% and material cost climbed 11.15%."
More:RTTNews - Realtime Economic News, Global Economic News and Reports, Asian Economic News, Economic Calendar....
"The Paradoxes of Turkish Democracy
By Meltem Muftuler-Bac and Yannis Stivachtis
For the foreign observer, Turkey is a highly interesting country where European and Islamic cultures live in an integrated fashion. Its uniqueness stems from its imperial past, and the development of a secular democracy in a country where the population is predominantly Muslim. Turkey's position in the European order has been firmly established since the end of the Second World War as Turkey joined the Council of Europe in 1948, the OECD in 1949 and NATO in 1952. It is interesting to point out that Turkey was an integral part of Europe and the Western order while, for example, Spain and Portugal were not."
More:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Blog: The Paradoxes of Turkish Democracy
"Tulips make Turkish return
Tulips are making a comeback in Turkey, where they originated thousands of years ago. Sarah Rainsford reports"
More:BBC NEWS | World | Tulips make Turkish return
"Turkey: Recent Developments Concerning The Legal Regime Applicable To Foreign Real And Legal Persons' Acquisitions Of Immovable Properties In Turkey: An Analysis Of The Decision Of The Constitutional Court As Published On April 16th, 2008
22 April 2008
Article by Gönenç Gürkaynak and Hande Varhan
The Law on Direct Foreign Investments (the "Law") and the Land Registry Law regulate the provisions with respect to acquisition of immovable property and rights in-rem 1by foreign real and legal persons. The Turkish Constitutional Court ("the Court") has very recently annulled Article 3/d of the Law, and the last sentence of sub-clause 1 of Article 35 of the Land Registry Law. This calls for an analysis of the current legal status of foreign real and legal persons' immovable property rights and future acquisitions of immovable property rights. "
More:Recent Developments Concerning The Legal Regime Applicable To Foreign Real And Legal Persons
"Gain Insight In To The Turkey Commercial Banking Industry
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DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89531) has announced the addition of 'Turkey Commercial Banking Report Q1 2008' to their offering.
The Turkey Commercial Banking Report provides independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Turkey's commercial banking industry."
More:StreetInsider.com - Gain Insight In To The Turkey Commercial Banking Industry
"Travel agents of the world to become Turkey specialists
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The American Society of Travel Agents is planning to host its next International Destination Expo in Istanbul in 2010, the year the city will enjoy the title of Cultural Capital of Europe. The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry hopes this move will increase the flow of American tourists to the country"
More:Travel agents of the world to become Turkey specialists - Turkish Daily News Apr 22, 2008
"EU plays 'good cop, bad cop' with Turkey[fr][de]
Published: Tuesday 22 April 2008
Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn reassured the country that the EU will remain committed to its future EU membership, after the Slovenian EU Presidency cancelled an accession conference scheduled for 21 April due to 'insufficient progress' in negotiations."
More:EurActiv.com - EU plays 'good cop, bad cop' with Turkey | EU - European Information on Enlargement & Neighbours
"Turkish Cypriot leader vows not to leave table
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat on Monday offered his goodwill and commitment to solving the Cyprus problem, the Anatolian Agency reported. Talat also told reporters that working groups and technical committees will start working on Tuesday."
More:Turkish Cypriot leader vows not to leave table
"Turkey's first nuclear power plant by 2015
Turkey's first nuclear power plant will probably be inaugurated in 2015, the head of the Turkish Electricity Trading Co. (TETAS) said on Tuesday. The tender process, which will end in September, has attracted local and international interest, he added."
More:Turkey's first nuclear power plant by 2015
"An Absurd Turkish Arabesk Song: Tosuno
Baris Sanli
Tuesday , 22 April 2008
After months of struggle, I am happy to listen to my mom and not write about politics, for some time. It is like writing about the need for shades in hurricane season. This doesn't mean that the things that I am writing are less important, but considering the time and politics in Turkey, it seems irrelevant. But this thing inside my mind is not resting and I better share it."
More:TurkishWeekly.net-Turkish Chilli - An Absurd Turkish Arabesk Song: Tosuno
"Hapoalim raises stake in Turkish lender
By BLOOMBERG
Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Israel's largest bank by assets, invested an additional $64 million in Turkish lender Bank Pozitif Ve Kalkinma Bankasi AS, raising its stake to 65 percent."
More:Hapoalim raises stake in Turkish lender | Jerusalem Post
"Turkish court convicts Kurdish politician; 2 soldiers killed in rebel violence
ANKARA, Turkey: A Turkish court convicted a Kurdish politician Tuesday and sentenced him to 15 months in prison for inciting hatred after he suggested that Kurds would fight Turkey if it ever attacked Kurds in Iraq."
More:Turkish court convicts Kurdish politician; 2 soldiers killed in rebel violence - International Herald Tribune
"Mixed feelings at Malatya massacre memorial
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
DAMARIS KREMIDA
ISTANBUL – Turkish Daily News
Hundreds of members of Turkey's Protestant community gathered Sunday afternoon to remember Necati Aydın, Uğur Yüksel and Tilman Geske, the three Christians who were brutally murdered in Malatya in April of 2007. "
More:Mixed feelings at Malatya massacre memorial - Turkish Daily News Apr 22, 2008
"EP committee welcomes Turkey's reform efforts
A European Parliamentary committee has welcomed recent legislative activities in Turkey and urged the government to speed up reforms, it said in a report approved on Monday.
EP committee welcomes Turkey's reform efforts
The report, prepared by the Dutch MP Ria Oomen-Ruijten, 'Welcomed the commitment of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that 2008 is going to be the year of reforms,' but said further delays of the reforms 'will seriously affect the pace of negotiations.'"
More:EP committee welcomes Turkey's reform efforts
"An Nahar daily said that Erismis, who will represent her country at the Beijing Olympic games this summer, timed 17:12 minutes, beating Lebanon's Nouha Baidoun and Olga Trad."
More:Naharnet Newsdesk - Turkish Runner First in Bayroutya Race
"Rice cites progress in Turkey-Iraq relations
KUWAIT CITY (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she's pleased with cooperation between Iraq and Turkey toward fighting Kurdish militants on Iraqi soil.
Rice says everyone is «concerned that Iraq not be a place that can be a haven for terrorists to attack Turkey.» She says «cooperation is producing some results there.
She spoke Tuesday on the sidelines of a conference of Iraq's neighbors and world powers, including Turkey."
More:Rice cites progress in Turkey-Iraq relations
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