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  • German climbers taken hostage by Kurd rebels released - ministry 20 Jul 2008 11:14 GMT
    ... early in July have been released, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The three ... Workers Party (PKK) while climbing Mount Ararat in Turkey in early July. The rebels said the ... PKK, considered a terrorist organization by the EU, the U.S., and many other countries, has ...

  • Turkish foreign ministry says Kurdish rebels have released German climbers 20 Jul 2008 10:51 GMT
    ... IHT business editor Liz Alderman and Jean-Claude Trichet, ... Alderman and Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the ECB, on Europe's economic challenge... The IHT's managing editor, Alison Smale, ...

  • German hostages freed in Turkey 20 Jul 2008 10:50 GMT
    ... and are in the hands of the Turkish government, officials say. The tourists were seized ... seized from their camp on Mount Ararat in Turkey's eastern Agri province on 9 July. The ... as a terrorist organisation by the US, EU and Turkey. "We have the German mountaineers," ...

  • Iraqi PM to visit Germany, Italy, meet pope 20 Jul 2008 10:48 GMT
    ... especially interested in Iraq's energy potential. The European Union is negotiating an energy pact with the Iraqi government, ... month, including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Lebanese politician ...

  • German hostages 'freed in Turkey' 20 Jul 2008 10:30 GMT
    ... seized from their camp on Mount Ararat in Turkey's eastern Agri province on 9 July. The ... as a terrorist organisation by the US, EU and Turkey. But news of their freedom ... freedom was reported on the CNN-Turk and Turkish NTV television channels on Sunday. "We have ...

  • 34 Years Since the Turkish Invasion 20 Jul 2008 10:16 GMT
    ... The Turkish-Cypriots abstained this year from celebrations in occupied ... an expostulation to the UN and the EU. Greek Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos stated that Erdogan’s visit to ...

  • Iraqi PM to visit Europe and meet pope 20 Jul 2008 09:55 GMT
    ... especially interested in Iraq's energy potential. The European Union is negotiating an energy pact with the Iraqi government, ... past month, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Lebanese politician ...

  • Turkey injects hopes into Iran nuclear talks 20 Jul 2008 09:32 GMT
    ... U.S. president`s National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here in Ankara discussed Tehran`s contentious nuclear program with Turkish officials, expecting progress in the key talks. Representatives from Britain, China, Russia and France as ...

  • Turkish FM discusses Iran with Rice 20 Jul 2008 09:29 GMT
    ... Turkey's foreign minister had phone talks with his ... Frank Walter Steinmeier and Javier Solana, the European Union (EU) high representative for the common foreign and ...

  • 10 Kurdish rebels killed 20 Jul 2008 05:59 GMT
    ... Party (PKK) were killed in clashes with Turkish military forces in southeastern Turkey late on ... PKK a terrorist organisation, as does the EU and the US. – ...

  • Two PKK rebels killed in clash in SE Turkey 20 Jul 2008 05:58 GMT
    ... Turkish security forces killed two militants of the ... by the United States, Turkey and the European Union, has been battling for more than two decades for ...

  • Turkey's Gul: Iran's role in region vital 20 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
    ... the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Ankara on Friday, adding that Ankara is keen ... place at the official invitation of his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan. Gul hailed the favorable trend ... National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, and the EU Foreign Policy Chief, Javier Solana, accompanied by ...

  • Turkey backs Cyprus federation 20 Jul 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... Cyprus as a federation of two communities, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, ... accepted by Turkish Cypriots. Cyprus joined the EU shortly afterwards, its Greek Cypriot government gaining veto rights ...

  • Support for Cyprus President's efforts 20 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... pay tribute to those killed during the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974. Parliament's ... a country which aspires to become an EU member still occupies 37% of the territory of Cyprus, an ...

  • Your OFFICIAL program to the Scopes II Kansas Monkey Trial 20 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... are footing the bill to bring the Istanbul resident to Topeka as one of 23 ... cult that preyed on wealthy members of Turkish society, the Bilim Arastirma Vakfi has appeared ... University physicist Taner Edis, who was born in Turkey. "They're fairly lavishly produced, on good-quality paper ...

  • Iran-EU nuclear talks start (Lead) 20 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT
    ... negotiator Saeed Jalili and the European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana Saturday started ... positive approach”, Mottaki said after talks in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan. “I hope this progress will ...

  • Islam and the great Turkish headscarf war 20 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... traditional secularists fight to maintain it and Turkish women are caught in the crossfire.Mrs Hayrunisa ... her MA in history. The headscarf war in Turkey is so grave and bitterly entrenched that ... families can enjoy similar freedoms as secular Turks, seems the best reason to lift the ...

  • Kosovo: The tale of the fledgling and the hawks 20 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT
    ... Kosovo: The tale of the fledgling and the ... the initial clamour of approval from some European Union states and other capitals too far from ... billion euro in assistance for Kosovo. The EU and its member countries pledged a total of ...

  • Was Ahmet Yildiz the victim of Turkey's first gay honour 20 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... In a corner of Istanbul today, the man who might be described ... hostility, with which a broad swathe of Turkish society views homosexuality. The military, for example, ... (AKP), noting it was the first party in Turkey's history to send a deputy to attend ...

  • Iran does not expect Israeli or U.S. attack 20 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT
    ... via a translator, in an interview with Turkish broadcaster NTV during a visit to Turkey. ... Senior U.S. diplomat Williams Burns will join European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and officials from ...

  • Book Essay: The Great Deception (Part 2) 20 Jul 2008 01:31 GMT
    ... Book Essay: The Great Deception (Part 2) By Henrik ... is : If you want to understand EU, read this book. Now for the second ... (such as the court case against AKP in Turkey), and more grandiose declarations, projects and initiatives, ...

  • Report says that Kurdish rebels have killed four in an attack on a village 20 Jul 2008 01:16 GMT
    ... Report says that Kurdish rebels have killed four in ... four in an attack on a village ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's state-run news agency says ... cross-border raids. Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union consider the PKK a terrorist organization. ...

  • Ten Kurdish rebels killed in clashes in SE Turkey 20 Jul 2008 00:51 GMT
    ... Party (PKK) were killed in clashes with Turkish military forces in southeastern Turkey late on ... PKK a terrorist organisation, as does the European Union and the United States. © Reuters 2008. All rights ...

  • Power tenders helping market liberalization 20 Jul 2008 00:51 GMT
    ... electricity to 2.9 million customers in the Ankara region. With a bid of $1.23 billion, ... part of a wider attempt by the Turkish government to liberalize its electricity network to ... power plants will be operational in July in Turkey. This is an important step. Our goal ...

  • Power tenders helping market liberalization 20 Jul 2008 00:51 GMT
    ... electricity to 2.9 million customers in the Ankara region. With a bid of $1.23 billion, ... part of a wider attempt by the Turkish government to liberalize its electricity network to ... power plants will be operational in July in Turkey. This is an important step. Our goal ...


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