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General Staff: "TSK is ready to protect
its country and flag"
Turkish General Staff said on Tuesday about events during Nevruz celebrations, ''the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has sworn to protect its country and flag at the cost of blood of its soldiers. We recommend to those who attempted to question the loyalty of the TSK to its country and flag, to look at the pages of history.'' |
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Turkey is Europe's ninth biggest economy
Turkey has become Europe's ninth biggest economy on basis of its current prices and gross national product in 2004, said the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) today. The research by ISO stated that, with its dynamic population of 72.8 million people, Turkey is an important commercial partner with the European Union. |
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Papadopoulos: The Cyprus issue
can not be solved by a foreigner
Speaking at a University in Athens yesterday, The Greek Cypriot Leader Tasos Papadopoulos said that the problems of Cyprus could not be solved by a foreigner and rejected the idea that UN secretary Kofi Annan mediate in anyway over the issue. |
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Gul: "Government's resolution on EU continue"
''Government's willingness as regards to full membership to the European Union (EU) is still alive. EU continue to be our main priority,'' Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday. Making a keynote speech at Justice & Development Party (AKP) group meeting, Gul recalled that several media organs recently asked questions like, ''does the government deviate from its EU target?''or''has the government lost its excitement for EU?'' |
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"We do not see any new crisis in front of Turkey"
"We do not see any new crisis in front of Turkey,'' World Bank Turkey Director Andrew Vorkink said on Tuesday. Vorkink attended ''4th Information Economy Forum'' held with the cooperation of Turkish State Planning Institute and World Bank''. |
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American Scholar backs up Turkey's claims of 'No Armenian Genocide"
Leading American expert on the Armenian genocide is in full support of Turkeys' claims that a "genocide", in the traditional sense of the word didn't happen, but that instead a civil war happened in eastern Anatolia during World War I. |
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Heavier penalty for the violation
of Women's rights
While the new Turkish Penal Code (TCK) continues to dominate the parliamentary agenda, Dr. Canan Aritman, a deputy from the Republican People's Party (CHP) has suggested heavier penalties for those individuals, who carry out unauthorized virginity tests on women. |
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Journalists voice concerns over
the new Turkish Penal Code
The Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) is to hold a meeting today to voice their concerns over the new Turkish penal Code (TCK). TGC Chairman Orhan Erinc said there were some parts of the new TCK that were particularly worrying with regards to the media. |
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PM Erdogan meets Greek Prime Minister Caramanlis in Brussels
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey would use its political will regarding the entry negotiations due to start with the European Union (EU) on October 3rd, 2005. Prime Minister Erdogan, who is currently in Brussels to attend the summit of the European People's Parties (EPP), met Greek Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis at dinner on Monday. |
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US Ambassador to Turkey quits
The US Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman resigned yesterday from his post in Ankara and also from the U.S. foreign service. The resignation comes at a time when anti-American sentiment is on the rise in Turkey. |
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