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- Turkish Airlines partners with Aeroplan
- Digital Media Asia: News - Avea offers texting in Turkish characters
- Why are Cypriot Turks not worthy of protection from the 'left'? - Peray Ahmet - Londra gazete www.londragazete.com
- Turkey intent on signing New IMF Deal
- Outlook on 7 Turkish banks revised to negative from stable - S&P - Forbes.com
- Turkey makes USD 1.5 billion from Bakuâ€"Tbilisiâ€"Ceyhan
- Institute Fellow's Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Stirs Controversy
- Outlook on 7 Turkish banks revised to negative from stable - S&P - Forbes.com
- Turkish general warns of exploitation of religion
- HOPES FADE FOR TURKISH WATER AS A STRATEGIC ASSET - Eurasia Daily Monitor
- Eurovision Song Contest Serbia 2008 | News - Greece: ERT welcomes Andorra, Turkey and Armenia
- PKK still on EU terror list, Lagendijk assures Turkey
- Gulfnews: Bomb found outside McDonald's restaurant in Istanbul
- Waiting for decades
- Turkey's EU bid runs into trouble
- Turkish manager delighted by Hilton opportunity
- Book on Ottomans in Princeton - Turkish Daily News Apr 04, 2008
- British celebrity hangout in Istanbul - Turkish Daily News Apr 04, 2008
- FDI issues in Turkey (II) - Turkish Daily News Apr 04, 2008
- Incremental Discovers Gas in First Well of Edirne Drilling - Turkey
- Turkey and EU: PKK remains on Euro terror list
- Lagendijk proposes new Turkish reforms, constitutional overhaul
- Turkey | The secularists fight back | Economist.com
- Turkey saved Jewish academics during Nazi era - Turkish Daily News Apr 04, 2008
- TURKEY â€" CHINA Istanbul, Uighurs arrested for protesting against Olympic torch - Asia News
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"Turkish Airlines partners with Aeroplan Turkish Airlines has become part of the Aeroplan family, Canada’s largest loyalty and air miles points program. Aeroplan members are able to collect and redeem points for air travel, hotels, entertainment, a range of gifts and other services whenever they use their Aeroplan credit card or fly with Air Canada." More: Turkish Airlines partners with Aeroplan  "Avea offers texting in Turkish characters 04/04/2008 by Carla Moore Turkish operator Avea has launched a service that would let customers send SMS messages in Turkish characters without paying extra." More: Digital Media Asia: News - Avea offers texting in Turkish characters  "In recent months a friend of mine took on the New Statesmen over comments on their website describing ‘Turks’ as ‘rapists, barbarians and uneducated thieves’. The comments were blogs that had been posted in response to an article that had been written by Brian Coleman entitled ‘The desecration of Cyprus’. I should add that my friend is a Cypriot Turkish left wing activist who is extremely pro unification in her views on Cyprus." More: Why are Cypriot Turks not worthy of protection from the 'left'? - Peray Ahmet - Londra gazete www.londragazete.com  "Turkey intent on signing New IMF Deal The Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Simsek has reveled that the proposal of International Monetary Fund monitoring its economic program following the end of the $10 billion loan will increase the security of the country and its potential to win inward investment." More: Turkey intent on signing New IMF Deal  "Outlook on 7 Turkish banks revised to negative from stable - S&P 04.04.08, 10:16 AM ET BANGALORE (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has revised its outlook on seven Turkish financial institutions and one operating holding company to negative from stable after outlook revision on Republic of Turkey owing to the increasingly fraught political and global environment in the near term." More: Outlook on 7 Turkish banks revised to negative from stable - S&P - Forbes.com  "Turkey makes USD 1.5 billion from Bakuâ€"Tbilisiâ€"Ceyhan By M. Alkhazashvili (Translated by Christina Tashkevich) Friday, April 4 The total amount of crude oil to have passed through the Bakuâ€"Tbilisiâ€"Ceyhan pipeline reached 333 million barrels by the end of March, generating some USD 1.5 billion revenue for Turkey, according to a representative of Botas, the Turkish state oil company." More: The Messenger - Turkey makes USD 1.5 billion from Bakuâ€"Tbilisiâ€"Ceyhan  "Institute Fellow's Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Stirs Controversy April 4, 2008 On March 15, Institute senior fellow Soner Cagaptay published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times highlighting the changes in Turkey since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002. Among other things, Cagaptay pointed to the fact that Turkish public opinion has cooled toward the United States and warmed toward Iran since 2002. Although 30 percent of Turks approved of the United States in 2002, only 9 percent did so in 2007. Meanwhile, Turkish approval for Iran rose from 22 percent to 28 percent over the same period." More: About Us  "Outlook on 7 Turkish banks revised to negative from stable - S&P 04.04.08, 10:16 AM ET BANGALORE (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has revised its outlook on seven Turkish financial institutions and one operating holding company to negative from stable after outlook revision on Republic of Turkey owing to the increasingly fraught political and global environment in the near term." More: Outlook on 7 Turkish banks revised to negative from stable - S&P - Forbes.com  "Turkish general warns of exploitation of religion Buyukanit flagged further reforms to modernize the Turkish armed forces and make it more professional. ANKARA - Ever since the founding of the Turkish Republic there had been some willing to exploit religious issues, the commander of Turkey’s armed forces said Friday." More: Turkish general warns of exploitation of religion  "HOPES FADE FOR TURKISH WATER AS A STRATEGIC ASSET By Gareth Jenkins Friday, April 4, 2008 A recent report in the business daily Referans suggests that Turkey’s hopes of using its water resources as a strategic asset to strengthen its ties with the Middle East countries are likely to be frustrated. The latest figures suggest that as the result of a combination of population increase, poor resource management and decreased rainfall, Turkey is far from being a water-rich country but is now in danger of becoming a water-poor one, with barely enough water to meet its own needs." More: HOPES FADE FOR TURKISH WATER AS A STRATEGIC ASSET - Eurasia Daily Monitor  "Kalomira goes to Turkey and Bosnia Greece: ERT welcomes Andorra, Turkey and Armenia The 2008 Eurovision Song Contest participants’ promo tours are in full swing and Greece is getting ready to welcome their next guest who arrives on Monday and is non other than the Andorran representative Gisela. Following Rebeka Dremelj of Slovenia, Nico and Vlad Miritsa from Romania and Elnur and Samir from Azerbaijan, ERT, the Greek broadcaster, will next be welcoming Gisela from Andorra who chose Athens to be the second stop of her promo tour after Spain. Gisela arrives in Athens on Monday and she has been scheduled to give interviews to major Greek media on the same day. On Tuesday, Gisela will be appearing on one of the most popular morning shows on Alpha TV, Kafes me tin Eleni, hosted by the queen of the morning zone Eleni Menegaki. " More: Eurovision Song Contest Serbia 2008 | News - Greece: ERT welcomes Andorra, Turkey and Armenia  "PKK still on EU terror list, Lagendijk assures Turkey The court’s ruling related to a procedural error and did not affect the PKK’s listing as a terrorist organization, Lagendijk said." More: PKK still on EU terror list, Lagendijk assures Turkey  "Bomb found outside McDonald's restaurant in Istanbul Agencies Published: April 04, 2008, 14:02 Istanbul: Turkish police have defused a pipe bomb left in front of a fast-food restaurant in Istanbul, state-run Anatolian news agency said on Friday." More: Gulfnews: Bomb found outside McDonald's restaurant in Istanbul  "Waiting for decades By Simon Bahceli Turkish Cypriots flock to the opening As the crowds began to gather in the morning sunshine the excitement was tangible. People had been waiting a long time for this â€" not just since early morning, but for decades. “I can’t believe it. Our leaders have been playing a game of chess for so long I feel as if they are going to call it off at any moment,†said 44-year-old Aziz Ener, a printing technician based in the old town. The crowd swelled to several hundred and the sun rose higher in the sky. Thirty or so police in the northern part of the buffer zone nervously planned who would stand or sit where, and where to place plastic bollards that would segregate those entering and leaving the Turkish Cypriot side of the crossing." More: http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=38490&cat_id=1  "Turkey's EU bid runs into trouble By William Horsley European affairs analyst Turkey's attempt to enter the EU is now being called Europe's 'biggest project'. But new doubts have emerged that it will ever happen." More: BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey's EU bid runs into trouble  "Turkish manager delighted by Hilton opportunity By Sue Van Fleet The hotel taking shape at Levis Commons will be a pleasant surprise for business travelers and leisure guests alike, its new general manager says." More: The Toledo Free Press - A tradition for Toledo's future  "Book on Ottomans in Princeton Friday, April 4, 2008 A new book from M. Şükrü HanioÄŸlu, a professor of Late Ottoman history at Princeton University, brings all facets of the era 'cultural, diplomatic, intellectual, literary, military, and politics' to life for readers and serves as an important corrective to other histories of this period." More: Book on Ottomans in Princeton - Turkish Daily News Apr 04, 2008  "British celebrity hangout in Istanbul Friday, April 4, 2008 Istanbul has become one of the top destinations for international restaurants and culinary institutions to establish branches in. An excellent new example is the hip Asian restaurant Zuma London which has opened a branch in Radisson SAS Bosphorus Hotel" More: British celebrity hangout in Istanbul - Turkish Daily News Apr 04, 2008  "FDI issues in Turkey (II) Friday, April 4, 2008 NESE YAHYA ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News Turkey's GDP growth rate for 2007 was announced a couple of days ago: 4.5 percent. The number is lower than the 5 percent target, but also lower compared to growth figures of the last years. In 2006 it was 6.9 percent, in 2005 8.4 percent and in 2004 9.4 percent. Apparently, the effects of the slowdown in the world economy are being witnessed in Turkey as well. " More:P FDI issues in Turkey (II) - Turkish Daily News Apr 04, 2008  "Incremental Discovers Gas in First Well of Edirne Drilling - Turkey Friday, April 04, 2008 Highlights: • Ikihoyuk 1 well has encountered 28 metres of net gas, in the target pay zone between 323m and 468m. • Discovery zone is three times greater than prognosed. • Present operation is running 5 inch casing on the Ikihoyuk 1 well and the rig will then move to the next well in the five-well program - Ortakci 1. • Ikihoyuk 1 will be tested, along with any other discoveries, at the end of the 5-well drilling campaign anticipated to last about six weeks." More: OilVoice | Incremental Discovers Gas in First Well of Edirne Drilling - Turkey  "Turkey and EU: PKK remains on Euro terror list The New Anatolian / Ankara 04 April 2008 The Turkish Foreign Ministry said the terrorist organization PKK remained on a European Union list of terrorist groups despite an EU court ruling that overturned Thursday a European Council decision to place the group on the blacklist." More: The New Anatolian  "Lagendijk proposes new Turkish reforms, constitutional overhaul The New Anatolian / Ankara 04 April 2008 The co-chairman of a Turkey-EU joint committee recommended Turkish government to make reforms and prepare a new constitution. Joost Lagendijk, co-chair of Turkey-EU Joint Parliament Committee, suggested the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party to present a full package of reforms." More: The New Anatolian "The secularists fight back Apr 3rd 2008 | ISTANBUL From The Economist print edition The constitutional court takes on Turkey's ruling party Illustration by Peter Schrank THE long battle between Turkey's mildly Islamist ruling party and its fiercely secular establishment is coming to a climax. The outcome could decide the country's future direction, and in particular its hopes of one day joining the European Union. On March 31st the constitutional court decided unanimously to hear a case brought by the chief prosecutor, who is seeking to ban the Justice and Development (AK) Party, and to bar 70 individuals, including the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, from politics for at least five years. By a majority vote, the court also decided to hear a similar case against the president, Abdullah Gul." More: Turkey | The secularists fight back | Economist.com |
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