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The Turkish military launched airstrikes on Kurdish rebel positions in southeastern Turkey on Friday evening, killing 19 rebels, the military said.
The nation's top court takes up the case of whether the ruling party is undermining the country's secularist principles
Turkey's military said it killed at least 15 rebels in operations in northern Iraq earlier this week, but a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Security Forces denied the report, saying Turkey has not conducted any military operation or air assault there in the past two weeks.
A prosecutor accuses the ruling party of attacking the sacrosanct principle of secularism. But the electorate has other ideas
At least 35 Kurdish rebels have been killed in fighting in northern Iraq on Saturday, Turkey's military said Saturday as its offensive against the rebels came under criticism from Baghdad.
It doesn't take long to discover that Coskun Ulusoy, the Warren Buffett of Turkey, is an avid student of warfare. He has hung his jacket neatly on the valet stand behind the desk of his Istanbul office and explained how he ended up at the University of Pittsburgh on a Fulbright scholarship. Now, as he begins to describe how he has been transforming, in his words, "this small, nothing company into a world-class, huge conglomerate," he picks up a notepad to draw a map of Sicily. "Think of Gen. Patton," he says. We're back in 1943, at one of the turning points of World War II. With a few pencil strokes, Ulusoy sketches out how Patton and the U.S. Seventh Army beat Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and his British forces to the stronghold of Messina, first by taking Palermo in the west, and then swinging back east. "Emergencies require emergency measures," Ulusoy says firmly. "You can't waste time with peacetime techniques."
Turkey's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment that would end a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities, despite public protests.
A move to lift a ban on young women students wearing headscarves at universities has renewed the battle between secularists and the government
Turkish warplanes bombed three villages Monday in a mountainous area of northern Iraq near where the borders of Iraq, Iran and Turkey meet, according to a Turkish military statement.
Two of Turkey's main political parties are pushing for a constitutional amendment to lift bans on headscarves at public universities, a move that has caused concern among Turkey's secular population.
The Turkish military launched airstrikes on Kurdish rebel positions in southeastern Turkey on Friday evening, killing 19 rebels, the military said.
The nation's top court takes up the case of whether the ruling party is undermining the country's secularist principles
Turkey's military said it killed at least 15 rebels in operations in northern Iraq earlier this week, but a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Security Forces denied the report, saying Turkey has not conducted any military operation or air assault there in the past two weeks.
A prosecutor accuses the ruling party of attacking the sacrosanct principle of secularism. But the electorate has other ideas
At least 35 Kurdish rebels have been killed in fighting in northern Iraq on Saturday, Turkey's military said Saturday as its offensive against the rebels came under criticism from Baghdad.
It doesn't take long to discover that Coskun Ulusoy, the Warren Buffett of Turkey, is an avid student of warfare. He has hung his jacket neatly on the valet stand behind the desk of his Istanbul office and explained how he ended up at the University of Pittsburgh on a Fulbright scholarship. Now, as he begins to describe how he has been transforming, in his words, "this small, nothing company into a world-class, huge conglomerate," he picks up a notepad to draw a map of Sicily. "Think of Gen. Patton," he says. We're back in 1943, at one of the turning points of World War II. With a few pencil strokes, Ulusoy sketches out how Patton and the U.S. Seventh Army beat Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and his British forces to the stronghold of Messina, first by taking Palermo in the west, and then swinging back east. "Emergencies require emergency measures," Ulusoy says firmly. "You can't waste time with peacetime techniques."
Turkey's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment that would end a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities, despite public protests.
A move to lift a ban on young women students wearing headscarves at universities has renewed the battle between secularists and the government
Turkish warplanes bombed three villages Monday in a mountainous area of northern Iraq near where the borders of Iraq, Iran and Turkey meet, according to a Turkish military statement.
Two of Turkey's main political parties are pushing for a constitutional amendment to lift bans on headscarves at public universities, a move that has caused concern among Turkey's secular population.
A Nobel-winning novelist is on the alleged hit list of targets singled out for speaking about Turkey's treatment of its minorities
A passenger train derailed in Turkey Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring about 50 others, CNN-Turk reported.
Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis makes an historic trip to Turkey on Wednesday, the first official visit by a high-level Greek official in nearly 50 years, in a bid to "advance the normalization of relations," a Greek official said.
The United States has designated a Kurdish militant group in Turkey as a terrorist organization, the State Department said.
Four suspects have been arrested in connection with Thursday's car bomb blast that killed five people and wounded dozens in southeastern Turkey, according to the chief prosecutor in Diyarbakir.
Throughout Turkey, Sabanci Holding is a byword for success. And its boss, Guler Sabanci, is the embodiment of the professional dynamism that has helped make Turkey one of the most feted new markets in the world.
Turkey's military on Tuesday claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties on Kurdish rebels in weekend airstrikes on northern Iraq but denied Iraqi reports that its troops had mounted a cross-border raid earlier in the day.
The Turkish military's air strike against Kurdish rebels had the advantage of US military cooperation and intelligence
There was a time when foreign investors couldn't leave Turkey fast enough. It was back in 2001 when the entire economy crumbled.
Nihat Kahveci sent Turkey into the Euro 2008 finals behind defending champions and Group C winners Greece with the only goal in a narrow 1-0 victory over battling Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Turkey are favorites to join Greece at the Euro 2008 finals after coming from behind to defeat Norway 2-1 in Group C in Oslo and leave the Scandinavian side facing qualifying heartache.
Turkish authorities on Friday took steps to ban the country's leading pro-Kurdish political party and expel several of its lawmakers from parliament on charges of separatism
After being held hostage and then released, the eight Turkish soldiers have now been detained in their home country and face charges
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Turkey has a dual purpose: convince the Turkish leadership to hold off on a military intervention into northern Iraq and bolster Turkey's confidence in the United States. Both are a tall order.
American U2 reconnaissance planes have been flying over the Turkey-Iraq border to observe military movements, said three U.S. military sources Wednesday.
A battalion of about 800 militia forces moved closer to the Turkish border over the weekend, according to U.S. military officials familiar with the latest information from the region.
Turkey demanded the extradition of Kurdish rebel leaders based in Iraq's north on Friday, the Turkish deputy prime minister said Friday after meeting with an Iraqi delegation
Turkey's president on Thursday said his country's "patience has come to an end" over Kurdish rebels operating in Iraq, but a high-level Iraqi delegation started a mission in Ankara in an effort to keep Turkey from launching a full-scale cross-border offensive against the guerrillas.
Supporters of a congressional resolution that would have declared the Ottoman-era killings of Armenians "genocide" dropped their call for a vote on the measure Thursday.
Viewpoint: Autonomy for the Kurds remains a red line for Ankara, but a policy built on fear simply spawns more fear
Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships have been bombing Kurdish separatist positions in Turkey along the Iraqi-Turkish frontier amid continuing diplomatic efforts to avert a major cross-border incursion by Turkish military forces.
Iraq's government Tuesday repeated a pledge to shut down offices of the Kurdish rebel movement that has triggered a border crisis with Turkey, but Turkey's prime minister said his government "cannot wait forever" for results.
With Turkish officials under pressure to strike at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush has told Turkey's president his administration will keep pressing Baghdad to clamp down on the rebels, the White House said Monday.
After Kurdish separatists strike again, one U.S. ally appears to be moving closer to attacking another
The United States is urging Turkey to show restraint after Kurdish rebels attacked its forces on Sunday, killing at least 17 Turkish soldiers and wounding 16 others near Turkey's border with Iraq and Iran, according to Turkey's defense minister.
Recognizing the Armenian genocide may seem risky, but keeping quiet is the bigger danger
Some Democrats appear to be wavering on a highly contentious House resolution labeling Turkey's treatment of Armenians in World War I as genocide.
Iraq on Tuesday urged Turkey to refrain from launching military action against Kurdish separatists based in Iraqi territory and called for urgent talks between the two nations to find a solution to the crisis.
With tensions rising between the United States and Turkey over a resolution that labels the World War I-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces "genocide," many are asking why the House is debating the resolution now.
Oil prices settled at a record high Friday on news of dwindling stockpiles, potential trouble with Turkey and projections for a colder winter.
U.S. military planners quietly have stepped up a review of alternatives in case the Turkish government restricts U.S. access to Turkish airspace or cuts off access to the air base at Incirlik, Turkey, CNN has learned.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has telephoned his Turkish counterpart to assure him that the U.S. military is aware of the potential for a crisis between the countries, an official said Friday.
Turkey on Thursday recalled its ambassador to the United States and warned of repercussions in a growing dispute over congressional efforts to label the World War I era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces "genocide."
A congressional resolution on the mass killings of Armenians in World War I prompts threats of retaliation from a key US ally
The Bush administration Monday condemned the recent attacks by Kurdish separatist guerillas in Turkey that left up to 27 soldiers and civilians dead and urged Iraqi authorities to take action.
I was in Guzelyurt, a village in central Turkey, for everybody's favorite festival of the year: a circumcision party! Locals call it "a wedding without the in-laws." The little boy, dressed like a prince, rode his donkey through a commotion of friends and relatives to the house where a doctor was sharpening his knife.
With the election of its first President with Islamist roots, the country enters a new era. Just what it will bring is the question
Turkey's staunchly secular military said Monday that the strict line between Islam and the state was under attack by "centers of evil" -- a strong warning ahead of the expected election of a president with a background in political Islam.
Turkey might be the youngest circuit on the F1 race calendar, but it has rapidly become one of the most-loved, with Bernie Ecclestone even describing it as "the best race track in the world."
Voters in Turkey hailed Recep Tayyip Erdogan's emphatic re-election victory as a triumph for democracy, as the re-installed prime minister pledged to heal the wounds of a bitterly divisive campaign by "embracing all of Turkey with no discrimination."
Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted party claimed a resounding victory Sunday, winning nearly 47 percent of the vote in the country's parliamentary elections, electoral officials said.
With parliamentary elections scheduled for July 22, Turkey has been embroiled in political crisis. Talk of constitutional amendments and a military coup is in the air, and the country's secular nationalists, who want to keep Turkey from adopting a more Islamist course, have taken to the streets.
A bomb exploded near a minibus stop in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir Friday morning, wounding five people, officials said, according to the Anatolian state news agency.
If Turkish soldiers cross the border to go after radical Kurdish militants.Iran could also make a military move
Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there
A powerful bomb explosion in the Turkish capital Tuesday killed five people and injured 60, the prime minister said
A suicide bomber was behind the rush-hour blast that tore through an Ankara shopping district Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding at least 100 others, the governor of Ankara said Wednesday.
The European Union and the U.S. have urged the Turkish army to respect the country's democracy after military chiefs voiced concerns over the current presidential election.
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At least 30 Turkish workers have been killed and two others injured in a plane crash near an airport north of Baghdad, Turkey's foreign ministry told CNN.
A demonstration by about 50 people protesting Pope Benedict XVI's approaching visit to Turkey was broken up by police in Istanbul on Wednesday, CNN Turk reported.
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An own goal from Italy defender Marco Materazzi gave Turkey a 1-1 draw away to the world champions in a friendly on Wednesday.
Standing at the south-easterly edge of mainland Europe, Turkey's fortunes have always been closely linked to the continent's wider historical currents.
The Iraqi government said Tuesday that it will shut down the offices of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in an effort to maintain good relations with Turkey.
Police have raided houses in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, according to reports, after a bomb blast Tuesday evening killed 11 people -- many of them children -- and wounded at least a dozen more.
A series of bombings on Turkey's Mediterranean coast and in the commercial center of Istanbul has left 27 people wounded, including 10 British tourists, officials report.
Turkey will play their opening Euro 2008 qualifier against Malta on September 6 behind closed doors in Frankfurt, Germany -- UEFA have announced.
The body of a Greek pilot was found Tuesday, hours after his fighter jet collided with a Turkish F-16 during a mock dogfight over the southern Aegean Sea, according to Turkey's foreign ministry.
Switzerland reacted with fury on Wednesday to punishments handed out by FIFA for violence at a World Cup qualifier against Turkey.
Turkey have been ordered by world governing body FIFA to play their next six home matches at a neutral ground and behind closed doors following a fracas after their World Cup playoff with Switzerland in Istanbul.
TURKEY HAS LONG BEEN THOUGHT OF AS THE crossroads of East and West. But since October, when an outbreak of avian flu in humans was confirmed in one of its small towns, that role has taken on new meaning. Until then, the deadly H5N1 virus, which has killed 80 people since 2003, hadn't claimed a human victim outside Asia. Suddenly it was on Europe's doorstep. Turkish authorities created 11 quarantine zones, including the village of Cebeci, and killed more than 300,000 birds. But not before 21 cases of the virus had spread to humans, killing four children who had been in contact with chickens on family farms. Turkey has spent $24.3 million so far to contain the flu, and the country's $2.5 billion chicken industry has been devastated: Sales have fallen 85% since October, according to poultry producers. The EU, U.S., and other donors have pledged $1.9 billion to provide loans for poorer countries to set up prevention programs. Meanwhile, Turkey's flu has spread to Romania, Croatia, and Ukraine, though no human...
Turkey has put forward an "action plan" aimed at moving Turkey and Greece closer to a settlement over the divided island of Cyprus, beginning with the elimination of many "economic restrictions on the island."
Fatih Terim has offered his resignation as Turkey coach after the country's football federation re-elected Haluk Ulusoy as chairman, CNN Turk has reported.
A person who was admitted to a Brussels hospital with flu symptoms after returning from areas in Turkey affected by bird flu has tested negative for the virus, according to a Belgian government official.
The Turkish Health Ministry has said laboratory tests have detected two more patients infected with the H5 subtype of bird flu, bringing the total to stricken to 18, three of them fatally.
A 29-year-old Indonesian woman has died from what is believed to be bird flu, a doctor at Indonesia's Sulianti Saroso Hospital has said.
The World Health Organization says two more people have died from bird flu in China, as Turkey sets up a bird flu crisis center in its capital Ankara to curb a growing spate of human cases.
Laboratory tests in Turkey have confirmed the H5 subtype of the bird flu virus in 14 patients, Turkey's health minister Recep Akdag said Monday.
Preliminary tests show five new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu among people in Turkey, Turkish officials said Sunday.
An 11-year-old girl died of bird flu in Turkey on Friday, the country's third death from the virus, officials said.
A 15-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Turkey, becoming the country's second person to succumb to the virus, according to health officials.
A 14-year-old boy died in Turkey from bird flu in the first known human death from the illness outside of China and Southeast Asia, Turkish health officials said Wednesday.
Switzerland scraped through to the World Cup finals on Wednesday on away goals after drawing 4-4 with Turkey over two legs in their European playoff.
Greece and Turkey were eliminated from the running to host the 2012 European Championship on Tuesday.
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Turkish medical staff on Friday tested nine people for possible bird flu, a day after European health officials confirmed the arrival of the deadly H5N1 strain in the country.
The following six teams will go into Friday's draw for the playoffs for the three remaining World Cup qualifying slots from the European zone.
Turkey have secured a place in the World Cup playoffs after beating Albania 1-0 in the last of their Group Two qualifying matches.
The European Union overcame a last-minute crisis and opened membership talks Tuesday with Turkey -- a historic move to include a mostly-Muslim nation that brought relief in Turkey and all round Europe.
Britain said the European Union was on the "edge of a precipice" on Monday over terms for historic membership talks with Turkey.
The European Union opened historic membership talks with Turkey, after Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul arrived in Luxembourg.
Turkey has said it has invited Pope Benedict XVI to pay an official visit to the mainly Muslim country next year, according to the foreign ministry.
An 18-year-old Moroccan national and a 21-year-old resident of Turkey have been arrested for creating and spreading computer worms that disrupted services on computer networks of major U.S news organizations and other institutions earlier this month, the FBI announced Friday.
A couple leaving a wedding party was killed and five people were injured early Thursday when a trash bin exploded in the Pendik district of Istanbul, according to Turkey's state-run news agency Anatolia.
When I landed in Istanbul to host this month's edition of "Inside the Middle East," I certainly didn't expect to end up in the Turkish Internet gossip pages.
Turkey midfielder Emre Belozoglu has joined Newcastle United from Inter Milan on a five-year contract, the Premier League club said on Thursday.
Security, stability, and border issues Saturday dominated a meeting of foreign ministers from countries bordering Iraq.
An explosion and fire in a coal mine in Turkey's western district has left 19 people trapped inside, and one official said there's currently no way for emergency crews to rescue them.
In Istanbul and Ankara, on newsstands and on the Internet, headlines scream displeasure over Joseph Ratzinger's ascendance to the papacy.
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