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A Satirical Case
When florist Bulent Ulusoy hang to the wall of his shop a poet, criticizing the anti-Kemalists, he became the subject of a legal case and he is now facing a prison term from 1 to 3 years of "Insulting Ataturk." |
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Ten detained in Hizbullah operation
Police caught ten members of the Hizbullah organization, including four officials, in raids in Central-Anatolian city Konya. Security Director Ahmen Kayhan said that the number of those taken under custody, might increase. |
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The Northern Iraq fraction of PKK abandons arms
The Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party (PCDK) set up last year by PKK-KADEK in Northern Iraq, decided to abandon arms. |
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Erdogan: 3 red lines must not be violated
Speaking at the AKP camp in Antalya, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that, "Fundamentalism, racism and regionalism are our three red lines. We will do what is necessary for those who violate these lines. Everybody should be aware of this." |
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Bilderberg turn from the Islamic press
The Islamic press, which has been dubbing the Bilderberg meetings as "Zionist and Masonic" for years, changed its attitude after AKP sent State Minister Ali Babacan to the meeting held in Paris this year. |
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Bad news to looters, good news to citizens
The Appeals Court Chief Prosecution demanded the cancellation of the ruling on (former minister) Cavit Caglar and other 5 defendants tried with him, who were acquitted after looting Interbank, saying that they should be sentenced on swindling. |
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AKP removes another taboo
State Minister Ali Babacan will join the Bilderberg meeting, which is held closed to press and which has been dubbed by Islamic circles as the “summit of Zionist powers” for years. |
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Dog fight in Aegean
Greek Foreign Ministry Spokesman Panos Beglitis said that Papandreou handed a file to Verheugen about the activities of Turkey in Aegean, which included the violation of the Greek air zone and the danger posed by 25 Turkish warplanes, which violated the zone for 60 times during the Greek military exercise that was carried out around the Limni and Midilli Islands. |
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TIM: We shall start earning profits in 3 years
Telecom Italia Mobile’s (TIM) Executive Committee President Marco De Benedetti said that they expected to earn profits in 3 years after the merger of Aria and Aycell. Benedetti said that the decision for the merger was taken after long negotiations held last month. |
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U.S. service to Turkish oil director
Huseyin Guntekin Koksal, the Director of the Pet Holding, which signed a contract with PUK to search and extract oil in Northern Iraq, had health problems and was brought to Silopi on board an American helicopter, with the initiatives of the General Staff. |
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Verheugen: 2007 is not realistic
After his meeting with Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Thursday, EU Commissioner responsible of enlargement Gunther Verheugen said that the statement of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that Turkey might become an EU member in 2007 was not realistic. |
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They started praying with the arrival of gendarme
Police and gendarme teams raided a 3-storey house, in which a religious education was given to people without permission and which was used as a dervish convent by the Ismailaga Sect under the Nakshibendi Sect. 78 turbaned girls, who have been staying at house permanently, started to perform ritual prayers upon the order of their instructors after they saw gendarmes at the door. |
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Big surprise from EU to TRNC
The EU Commission will launch a surprising formula on May 27 to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, to remove the trade embargo imposed on this state since 1974. |
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First execution in Istanbul
Dev-Sol had killed general director of the Vinnell company in Istanbul 12 years ago, whose headquarters in Riyadh was the target of suicide attacks committed by Al-Qaeda. |
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908 Trillion TL from the Tax Peace
Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan announced that 908 trillion TL have been collected from the Tax Peace practice in the first four months of the year. He added that the primary surplus has been 6.8 quadrillion TL in the same term, which is in cmopliance with the objective set by the government. |
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