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Turkey stories: 140 news summaries

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 Clinton Helps Save 
 Turkey-Armenia Accord 

Last-minute diplomacy keeps historic agreement on track

Oct 10, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark agreement today to establish diplomatic relations after a century of enmity and re-open their sealed border. The move came after Hillary Clinton helped clear a last-minute snag that nearly foiled the day. The contentious issue of whether the killing of up to 1.5... More »

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Turkey • Armenia

 Pair's Remains 
 May Date to 
 Trojan War 

Find in ancient Troy could date to 1200 BC

Sep 22, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a discovery one professor calls “electrifying,” archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a couple believed to have lived during the Trojan War era in Turkey’s ancient city of Troy, Reuters reports. “If the remains are confirmed to be from 1200 BC it would coincide with... More »

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Turkey • archaeology • history • Trojan • remains • ancient cities • Troy

 World's 
 Tallest Man 
 Wants to Meet 
 'Lots of Girls' 


Sultan Kosen is more than 8 feet tall

Sep 17, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world's new tallest man, Sultan Kosen, is in it for the chicks. "I want a car that I can fit in, but more than that I want to get married," says the 27-year-old Turk. The 8-foot-1-inch Kosen, who has pituitary gigantism, also nabbed the 2010 Guinness... More »

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Turkey • London • world's tallest man • Guinness World Record • Sultan Kosen • pituitary gigantism

Turkish Women Lured to Fake Big Brother, Filmed Naked

Police rescue 9 after calls from worried relatives

Sep 11, 09 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police rescued nine young women who had been lured to a Turkish villa where they were duped into believing they were part of a Big Brother-style reality show and photographed naked, reports the BBC and local media. The women stayed in the villa for 2 months, initially believing they were... More »

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Turkey • reality TV • Internet • women • Istanbul • Big Brother • nude photo • nude • naked

 20 Killed in Turkish Floods 

Downpour leaves 20 injured, more stranded

Sep 9, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Flash floods gushed across a major highway and a commercial district in Istanbul today, killing at least 20 people and stranding dozens in cars or on rooftops, AP reports. Eight people are missing. Fueled by the worst rain in decades, waters rose more than 3 feet high in the city's... More »

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Turkey • severe weather • flooding • rain • Istanbul • flash floods • disaster

 Turkey, Armenia Move 
 Toward Diplomatic Ties 

Talks won't touch WWI-era massacre at root of ill feelings, however

Aug 31, 09 9:13 PM CDT
(AP) - Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation today by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule. The sides say they... More »

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Turkey • massacre • nationalism • Armenia • Ottoman Empire • diplomatic ties • President Obama

US May Scrap Polish, Czech Missile Sites; Russia Pleased

Alternative sites in Turkey and the Balkans under consideration

Aug 29, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House may drop sites in Poland and the Czech Republic where the Bush administration planned to build a billion-dollar missile defense shield, the New York Times reports. The alternative plans under consideration would please Russia and Germany but strain ties with Eastern Europe, where the Obama administration's review... More »

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Iran • Russia • Turkey • Poland • Czech Republic • Balkans • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration

 Drying Euphrates 
 Cripples Iraq 

Turkish, Syrian dams, Iraqi practices blamed

Jul 14, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqis are suffering as the Euphrates river dwindles, a result of Turkish and Syrian dams upstream, a 2-year drought, and Iraqi’s own mismanagement of its water supply, the New York Times reports. Farmers and fishermen have been ruined and key grain-growing land desiccated. “The old men say it’... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Syria • drought • water • Euphrates • river • dams

 Turkish Game Show 
 Tries to Convert Atheists 

Imams, priests, rabbis, and monks given chance to convert unbelievers live on TV

Jul 3, 09 1:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - This was probably only a matter of time: A Turkish game show starting this fall will bring on 10 atheists per show and give holy men from four faiths the chance to convert them, the Guardian reports. A Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, and a Buddhist monk... More »

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Islam • Turkey • Christianity • religion • Judaism • game show • Buddhism • atheism

 Turkish Ref 
 Booted for 
 Being Gay 

Fired ref fights back against soccer authorities

Jun 25, 09 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Turkish referee is kicking back against soccer authorities who fired him for being gay, the Independent reports. After the authorities leaked his name to the press, Halil Dincdag "outed" himself on a TV sports show, despite discrimination against gays in Turkey. Dincdag has won the support... More »

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gay rights • Turkey • discrimination • soccer • referee • homosexual

Turkey Loses Milestone Gender Case

Domestic violence ruling marks women's rights breakthrough

Jun 10, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Europe’s human rights court has ruled against Turkey in a key gender-discrimination case, holding that the country was too lenient toward a man who attacked his wife and killed his mother-in-law. The case marks the first time the Court of Human Rights has labeled such a case gender discrimination,... More »

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Turkey • women's rights • domestic violence • gender discrimination • European Court of Human Rights • Nahide Opuz

(Newser) - That jarring thud you just heard was Obamania crashing back to earth. For reneging on promises and making "Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity," President Obama must quit his post, Ted Rall writes in the Springfield Journal-Register. “Obama is useless. Worse than that, he’... More »

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Barack Obama • Turkey • Bill Clinton • Guantanamo Bay • resignation • terror suspects

(AP) - Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the bodies of slain friends fell on top of them during the onslaught. Some media outlets reported that a "blood feud" among families had led to... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • terrorism • bombing • wedding • terrorist attack

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Octu-Mom 
 Reality Show 
 Not Such a 
 Done Deal 

Plus, other B-listers get reality shows, more

Apr 16, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t set your DVRs just yet: Nadya Suleman’s reality show isn’t finalized, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Though Suleman claimed a show in the UK was practically a done deal, no network has agreed to carry it—and an agreement with the production company is still pending.... More »

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Turkey • reality TV • American Idol • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • Snoop Dogg • Cosby Show • octuplets • Golden Girls • Nadya Suleman • Fantasia Barrino • Keshia Knight Pulliam

 Turk Broadcaster 
 Reports on Obama 
 in Blackface 

Apparently he meant it in a good way

Apr 8, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Turkish newscaster delivered his report on President Obama’s trip to Turkey in blackface, the Huffington Post reports, in what was apparently supposed to be a strange tribute. Roughly translated, the anchor is saying, “Welcome, Mr Obama. You took our hearts with your hospitality. ... We will do whatever... More »

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Barack Obama • Turkey • race • race relations • blackface • President Obama

 Obama Tells Young Turks 
 to Look Past US 'Stereotypes' 

Says America still stands for greater good

Apr 7, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wrapped up his first foreign trip as president with a request of the world: Look past his nation's stereotypes and flaws. "You will find a partner and a friend in the United States of America," he declared today in a town hall meeting with Turkish students.... More »

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Turkey • Europe • stereotypes • US image • speech • town hall meeting • President Obama

(Newser) - Turkish police have arrested a Syrian man who planned to try to assassinate President Obama, CBS News reports today. The Turks moved on the man, who appears to have been impersonating an Al-Jazeera correspondent, based on information from Saudi intelligence services. The plot was to be carried out in Istanbul,... More »

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Turkey • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Istanbul • assassination attempt • al-Jazeera • President Obama • Alliance of Civilizations

(Newser) - President Obama addressed the Turkish parliament today, and used the opportunity to extend an olive branch to the Muslim world, the New York Times reports. “The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam,” said Obama. “America’s relationship with the Muslim world... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • diplomacy • European Union • Muslims • foreign policy • Armenia • Armenian genocide • President Obama

 Americans Back Push for 
 Better Muslim Relations 

Want Better Relations With Muslims

Apr 6, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most Americans are on board with President Obama’s plan to “seek a new way forward” with the Muslim world, with 81% saying the initiative to improve relations with Muslim nations is important. This in spite of the fact that 55% say they lack a basic understanding of Islam,... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • Muslims • religion • poll • Washington Post ABC poll

(Newser) - Barack Obama reaffirmed the strength of US-Turkish ties at a press conference in Ankara this morning, touting Turkey as a nation with “similar principles” to the US, and asking for its help in ending the Iraq war. But things got awkward when talk turned to Armenian genocide, which Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Turkey • Abdullah Gul • Armenia • Armenian genocide • Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

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