AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Singapore Airlines has announced that it will be starting a new service from Singapore to Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, on 14 December 2008. The service, which goes via Dubai, will be operated four times weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays...
ISTANBUL AFP — Turkey's first Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk launched his latest novel this weekend in Turkey, "The Museum of Innocence", a love story between a rich man and a poor girl set in Istanbul. The recipient of the Nobel prize for literature in 2006, whose works are translated...
ISTANBUL AFP — Czech international Milan Baros on Tuesday signed a three-year deal with Turkish champions Galatasaray, the club confirmed. "All the signatures are on the contract, there is no problem," said senior club official Haldun Ustunel, adding that the striker would arrive in Istanbul on Thursday. The...
ISTANBUL AFP — Thousands of supporters of an outlawed far-left Turkish group gathered in Istanbul on Friday waving red communist flags to mourn the death of its leader, Dursun Karatas, at the age of 55. The long procession followed the coffin of the former leader of the Revolutionary People's...
WASHINGTON AFP — The White House on Wednesday issued a strong condemnation of the attack in which six people died near the US consulate in Istanbul. "We strongly condemn the attack," said Tony Fratto, a White House spokesman. Asked if the United States considered it a terrorist attack,...
ISTANBUL AFP — A Turkish court has charged two retired generals in connection with a shadowy grouping that allegedly planned to oust the government, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday. Hursit Tolon and Sener Eruygur, former four-star generals, were charged with "setting up and leading an armed gang" and...
ISTANBUL AFP — A Turkish court on Saturday remanded seven people, including a retired army officer and a top businessman, in custody in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government, the Anatolia news agency reported. It was not immediately clear what charges had been brought against the...
ISTANBUL AFP — Former Liverpool star Harry Kewell on Saturday signed a two-year contract with Turkish champions Galatasaray, describing his move as a "new chapter" after five injury-stricken years at Anfield. The Australian international said he chose Galatasaray after speaking to club officials about their plans for the team...
ISTANBUL AFP — Spanish coach Luis Aragones has signed a pre-contract with Turkey's Fenerbahce and was expected in Istanbul late on Thursday, the club said. Aragones, who led champions Spain in Euro 2008, was to join the team on Sunday when it is due to fly to Austria for...
ISTANBUL AFP — Four Iraqis are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago. Their lawsuit is against private security contractor CACI International and two of its interrogators, Daniel Johnson and Tim Dugan, and the...
ISTANBUL AFP — Four Iraqis announced Monday in Istanbul they are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago. Their lawsuit is against private security contractor CACI International and two of its interrogators, Daniel Johnson...
ISTANBUL AFP — One of Turkey's most popular singers went on trial Wednesday on charges of turning the public against the army, an offence punishable by a three-year prison term. The charges were brought after Bulent Ersoy, a transsexual singer of Turkish classical music, said on a television show...
ISTANBUL AFP — Newcastle's Turkish international midfielder Emre will sign a three-year deal with Istanbul side Fenerbahce next week, the Turkish press reported Saturday. Fenerbahce confirmed on their television network FP TV that they are currently negotiating with the Turkish team captain and his manager, but did not reveal...
ISTANBUL AFP — A leading Turkish homosexual rights lobby group vowed Friday to fight a court ruling that ordered its closure after prosecutors accused it of breaching morality and family norms. Acting on an application by the Istanbul governor's office, the prosecutor said that LambdaIstanbul violated a constitutional provision...
LONDON AFP — Lewis Hamilton is convinced his determination not to settle for second best is the key to becoming world Formula One champion. Hamilton, 23, was in brilliant form in Istanbul as he finished second after a ferocious battle with Felipe Massa in the Turkish Grand Prix. ...
ISTANBUL AFP — British driver Lewis Hamilton was leading at the halfway stage of the Turkish Grand Prix here on Sunday putting himself into prime position to edge nearer to reigning champion Kimi Raikkonen's overall lead in the title race. Pole sitter Felipe Massa led after lap 13 ahead...
ISTANBUL AFP — Brazilian driver Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix here on Sunday for the third successive year and his seventh career victory. The Ferrari pilot beat home Briton Lewis Hamilton while reigning champion Kimi Raikkonen was third. Fast rising Polish driver Robert Kubica took fourth...
ISTANBUL AFP — Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer, one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century, has died of heart failure in Italy at the age of 79, a Turkish arts foundation announced Saturday. Born in Istanbul in October 1928, Gencer won international recognition after her debut in...
ISTANBUL AFP — Defending drivers world champion Kimi Raikkonen shrugged off a gearbox problem here Friday to clock the fastest time in second practice for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix. The championship leading Ferrari driver swept to the top of the time-sheets with a typically stylish performance in the rain-hit...
ISTANBUL AFP — Finland's Heikki Kovalainen was given the all-clear Thursday to race in this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix following a medical examination at the Istanbul track. The McLaren Mercedes driver, 26, was briefly knocked unconscious after being involved in a 250 kph crash at the Spanish Grand Prix...
