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- Nobel laureatue Pamuk publishes latest novel
- 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...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- Gulf monarchies to boost links with Turkey
- RIYADH AFP — Oil-rich Gulf monarchies will sign an accord with Turkey aimed at boosting ties between the pro-Western Arab bloc and Ankara, the chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council said on Sunday. The "memorandum of understanding" to be inked in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah on...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius statue found in Turkey
- ANKARA AFP — Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered parts of an exquisite marble statue of the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius who ruled between 161 and 180 AD, a local official said Tuesday. The remains of the statue of the last of the so-called "good emperors" and one...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- US warship heads to Georgian port with humanitarian aid
- ISTANBUL AFP — One of three US ships carrying relief supplies to Georgia cleared Turkish straits and headed for the Black Sea Friday, where it was due to arrive in the Georgian port of Poti in a few days. The two other ships -- the Coast Guard cutter Dallas...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Euro big guns in friendly tests ahead of WC 2010 qualifiers
- PARIS AFP — Less than two months after Spain were crowned as the best team in Europe, the continent's big guns take to the stage anew Wednesday for friendly tests as they finalise preparations for their 2010 World Cup qualifiying campaign. The Spaniards, under new coach Vicente del Bosque,...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Cyprus on the EU front line for asylum seekers
- KOFINOU, Cyprus AFP — The island of Cyprus is now on the immigration frontline, since joining the European Union in 2004, it has the highest intake per capita of population of asylum seekers. According to the United Nations, 11,000 applications are waiting to be processed. And more than 99...
- Research articles 2008-08-19
- US yet to ask Turkey to let hospital ships through: embassy
- ANKARA AFP — Washington has made no formal request from Ankara to allow two US hospital ships to sail through the Turkish Straits to Georgia, a US diplomat said Saturday, following reports that Turkey was dragging its feet on making a decision. "The United States is considering a lot...
- Research articles 2008-08-16
- Iranian president arrives in Turkey for nuclear talks
- ISTANBUL AFP — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flew into Turkey on Thursday for two days of talks on bilateral ties and Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. Ahmadinejad is scheduled to hold talks with President Abdullah Gul later Thursday and with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday on his first ever...
- Research articles 2008-08-14
- Assad arrives in Turkey for talks and holiday: media
- ANKARA AFP — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Turkey Tuesday for a brief holiday and to discuss the indirect negotiations taking place in Turkey between his country and Israel, local media reported. The Syrian leader, who was accompanied by his wife, was welcomed by Turkish Prime Minister Recep...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Explosion halts oil flow through BTC pipeline: agency
- ANKARA AFP — Oil flow through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was cut Wednesday after an explosion sparked a fire in a section in eastern Turkey, local officials told Anatolia news agency. The incident occurred around midnight in a pump at a section near the eastern town of Refahiye, in Erzincan...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Turkey battles fire near tourist hubs
- ANKARA AFP — Strong winds on Sunday hampered around 1,300 firefighters battling to control a major fire sweeping through woodlands on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, officials said. Local governor Alaaddin Yuksel said the blaze in the province of Antalya had largely been brought under control, but at least one new...
- Research articles 2008-08-03
- USA basketballers fire Olympic warning with Lithuania drubbing
- MACAU AFP — LeBron James' Team USA buried European heavyweights Lithuania 120-84 on Friday to lay down a marker for reclaiming the Olympic title. The 12-time champions, humbled at Athens 2004, matched defensive ferocity with offensive class as they shot to a big early lead, stifled a brief comeback,...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- USA's 'D' stuffs Turkey
- MACAU -- Any team with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in the lineup is going to score. Sure enough, the United States had no problem doing so in the first quarter Thursday -- but neither did Turkey. The Americans didn't pull away until their offensive superstars decided to...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Turkish PM under pressure to reconcile
- ANKARA AFP — Turkey's prime minister came under increased pressure Thursday to reconcile with secularist opponents after his party narrowly escaped a ban over charges that it was seeking an Islamist regime. In an almost unanimous appeal, the press urged Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- James, Bryant on fire as USA basketballers roast Turkey
- MACAU AFP — LeBron James and Kobe Bryant ran Olympic-sized rings around Turkey as Team USA stepped up their preparations for Beijing with a 114-82 rout on Thursday. James, who has already guaranteed the long-awaited Olympic gold, was his team's top-scorer with 20 points as NBA MVP Bryant supplied...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- Turkish PM urges unity ahead of landmark cour ruling
- ANKARA AFP — Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for national unity Saturday as the country's top court prepared to decide whether to close his ruling party. "The Turkish Republic is our firmament," he told the daily Hurriyet. "The column that supports it is union and unity; if...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Three German mountaineers kidnapped by Kurdish rebels: report
- ANKARA AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels have kidnapped three German mountaineers on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey, a senior local official told the Anatolia news agency Wednesday. Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK rebels seized the climbers, part of a group of 13 mountaineers, as they were ascending the mountain in...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- Croatia's Klasnic agrees Nantes deal
- NANTES AFP — Croatian striker Ivan Klasnic has agreed a four-year contract with promoted French side Nantes, club officials said on Tuesday, after his contract with German club Werder Bremen expired. Klasnic, 28, scored twice at Euro 2008 for his country before they were knocked out on penalties by...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Iraqi president expresses support for Turkish govt
- ATHENS AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Sunday expressed support for the Turkish government, which is threatened by secular and nationalist opponents. In an interview with the Greek newspaper Eleftherotypia, Talabani said the power struggle between the ruling Justice and Development Party AKP and secularist forces, led by...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- Turkey's ruling party in court to fight against ban
- ANKARAAFP — Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party defended itself in the country's highest court Thursday against charges that it had sought to undermine the secular system and should be closed down. Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek and Bekir Bozdag, a senior lawmaker from the Justice and Development Party AKP, arrived...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
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