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Leave the Excuses Behind and Catch the Thief
Justice Minister Cemil Cicek responded to police comments that their hands had been tied since the "April 1. Law" by saying: “Let's get ready to fiercely address the problems caused by a long tradition of producing excuses. We will not continue with the procedures we inherited". |
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TOBB President Says: Turks are Paying for the Banking Crisis
Turkish Chamber of Exchange and Commerce (TOBB) President, Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu gave his opinion with regards to what is and isn't being done correctly in banks and to the economy: Banks are being established with the aim of going bankrupt |
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Kurds want to keep the Pesh Merga as a security safety belt
The New York Times reported Sunday that Kurdish leaders say they intend to write into the constitution a system granting considerable powers to individual regions, one that will legitimize their use of the pesh merga. Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said, " We want to keep our pesh merga. It's not a matter to be discussed." |
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Tüzmen: 'A second border crossing
should be opened with Iraq'
Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said on Sunday that a second border crossing should be opened between Turkey and Iraq.Tuzmen and Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu visited Habur border crossing in Silopi town of southeastern city of Sirnak. Sirnak Governor Osman Gunes briefed the ministers. |
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'Loss of Cyprus will be loss of Turkey
in geopolitical sense'
President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on Saturday that,''loss of Cyprus will be loss of Turkey in geopolitical sense. It is a matter of security.'' Making a keynote speech at a panel discussion: ''Cyprus Under the Light of Recent Developments,''Denktas said Greek Cypriot administration violated the laws and the European Union (EU) accepted this. He said Greek Cypriot side tried to cover this fact with the propaganda that, ''Turkey made an occupation.'' |
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Lebanon bans public protest
Following the anti-Syrian demonstrations in downtown Beirut, the Lebanese government banned public demonstrations and outlawed it as an illegal act earlier today. However, hundreds of defiant demonstrators continue to protest downtown Beirut showing a deep desire to free Lebanon from decades of Syrian control. |
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Saddam's half brother is captured
Iraqi officials reported Sunday that in a gesture of goodwill, Syria has given up Iraq's "most wanted leader of the insurgency", Sab'awi Ibrahim al-Hasan. Al-Hasan, Saddam Hussein's half brother, was captured and handed over to Iraq in an attempt to end months of rumors that Syria is backing terrorism in the region. |
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Only historians have the right
to make decisions about historical events
Turkish Ambassador to Germany Mehmet Ali Irtemcelik said on Saturday, "only historians have the right to make decisions about historical events." Irtemcelik released a statement about a draft resolution, which will be submitted to the German federal parliament in April by CDU/CSU group under the title of "commemoration of Armenians on the 90th anniversary of their relocation and massacre on April 24th, 1915 - Germany should contribute to provide peace between Turks and Armenians". |
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Huebner: Turkey may join EU in 2015
Danuta Huebner, a member of the European Commission, predicted on Friday that the European Union (EU) would expand rapidly in the next decade, with Turkey joining the bloc around 2015.In a speech prepared for a seminar at Sussex University in Britain, Huebner said that Croatia might catch up with Bulgaria and Romania to enter the 25-nation EU in 2007. |
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