Turkish teflon politician targets top job
In less than a week, Turkey will hold its first direct presidential election, yet the mood about the country can hardly be described as electric. Reported by CNN.com 18 hours ago.
View ArticleVIDEO: Police release CCTV footage of man following armed robbery
Officers investigating an armed robbery have issued CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to. The incident occurred at Thomson travel agents on Oxford Street, Ripley, when a man entered holding a...
View ArticleTurkish Lira Slumps
Turkey's currency slumped on Wednesday with a broader emerging-market rout hitting the lira hard just four days before the country's first popular presidential vote. Reported by Wall Street Journal 17...
View ArticleRose and pistachio turkish delights recipe
This sweetly scented twist on an old favourite takes a while to make, but is soft and bouncy and definitely worth the effort Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 17 hours ago.
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For Erdogan, or Against Him: Turks in Germany Get the Vote
For decades, Turks in Germany weren't able to vote, neither in their homeland nor in their adopted country. Now, Prime Minister Erdogan has changed that in the search for more support. But the Turkish...
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One-Man State: Presidential Election Set to Seal Erdogan's Supremacy
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan began his political career as a democratic reformer. But those days are long gone. His battles against the country's old elite and the demonstrators of Gezi Park...
View ArticleAegean Provides Market Update on Turkish Exploration Projects
*VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 6, 2014) -* *Aegean Metals Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AGN)(FRANKFURT:A91)* ("*Aegean*" or the "*Company*") is pleased to provide the following update on...
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Dutch Jewish Advocate: Rising Anti-Semitism a "Crisis"
"I believe that everyone has his own fight in life," Esther Voet has said. "This is my fight." She describes running CIDI as her "calling." From the start of the latest conflict in Israel-Gaza (known...
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Woman suffers FIVE 'spontaneous orgasms' a day while taking Parkinson's drug
The 42-year-old Turkish woman had been taking the drug rasagiline for 10 days when she arrived at hospital complaining of 'hyperarousal'. Reported by MailOnline 16 hours ago.
View ArticleTurkey PM Erdogan Under Fire for 'Anti-Armenian Slur'
Turkish Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked an outcry today after using what critics said was a racist slur against Armenians in a television interview. Reported by...
View ArticleWhat One Magazine Means for Gay Life in Turkey
For years, gay life in Turkey has been hidden underground. But the founders of the country's first gay lifestyle magazine aims to change that with the publication of Gay Mag — a glossy magazine which...
View ArticleTurkey's economy set fair if credit account and political worries can be...
The Turkish economy has come a long way in the last decade, propelling Ankara’s ascent to greater global prominence. Prime minister and presidential… Reported by euronews 12 hours ago.
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Villa loan out Sylla
Yacouba Sylla has today joined Turkish club Kayseri Erciyesspor on a season-long loan from Aston Villa.The move is still subject to international clearance, but should it go through, Sylla will be the...
View ArticleWorldViews: Is ‘Armenian’ an insult? Turkey’s prime minister seems to think so.
In a television interview Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained that people had questioned his family background."I was called a Georgian. I apologize...
View ArticleTurkish Residents Forced Out By Gentrification Take Aim At Presidential Shoo-In
ISTANBUL -- At a coffeehouse here in the low-income neighborhood of Fikirtepe, a group of men with greying beards and wrinkled faces sit around a table playing the Turkish tile-based game Okey. The...
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US Missile-Cruiser Returns To Black Sea To "Promote Peace And Stability"
The last time the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) crossed the Bosphorus was three weeks ago to depart the Black Sea, following the end of the Bulgaria-led NATO exercise...
View ArticleThe Ottoman Presidency?
On Sunday, August 10, for the first time, Turkish citizens will directly elect their president. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is widely expected to win -- opinion polls have put him consistently...
View ArticleOne for Gunners to avoid as Bilbao lurk
ARSENAL’S hopes of reaching the Champions League proper suffered a potential setback last night as Athletic Bilbao slipped into the pot of teams which the Gunners could draw in the group stage...
View ArticleTurkish Leader Doubles Down On Blaming Israel For Anti-Semitism
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Israeli actions in Gaza ‘surpassed what Hitler did to them.’ Now he’s digging in deeper in a letter sent on his behalf to his biggest boosters in Congress. Reported by...
View ArticleErdogan seeks to emulate Ataturk in election to cement power
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is entering the final stretch of a presidential campaign that might create a leadership as powerful as the founder of the modern republic, Mustafa Kemal...
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