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Turkey stories: 140 news summaries

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 Sarko: Butt Out of 
 Turkey's EU Bid, Obama 

Franco-US relations sour over Turkey tiff

Apr 6, 09 1:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy put an end to Barack Obama's European honeymoon when the US leader pushed for Turkey's membership in the European Union, reports the Times of London. The move would signal that Muslims are "our friends, neighbors and partners," Obama suggested. Sarkozy, who opposes Turkey's membership,... More »

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Turkey • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • European Muslims • President Obama

Despite Cartoon Flap,
Danish PM to Head NATO

Turkey shoots down Danish candidate

Apr 4, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO named Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its new secretary-general today, overcoming a contentious stalemate with Turkey, the AP reports. Turkey had strongly opposed the Danish prime minister because he’d supported the newspapers that printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. Turkey argued that Rasmussen’s selection wouldn’t... More »

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Turkey • NATO • free speech • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Denmark • Danish Mohammed cartoons • NATO Secretary-General

Turkey Opposes US Choice for NATO Chief

Mohammed cartoon row may lead them
to block Danish PM

Apr 3, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the tasks facing NATO leaders this weekend is the selection of a new secretary-general for the 28-member alliance. The leading candidate is Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, who has the support of the US and other major powers. But today Turkey opposed his candidacy, the Telegraph reports,... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • NATO • Muslims • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • Danish Mohammed cartoons • NATO summit

Islamists Lose Ground in Turkish Election

Government suffers setback as voters turn to secular parties

Mar 30, 09 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey's Islamist-leaning AK Party won local elections yesterday, but fell short of the overwhelming victory leaders had hoped for, reports the Los Angeles Times. With most of the votes counted, the party of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan won 39% of the vote, but lost ground to secularists in Istanbul and... More »

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Turkey • secularism • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • AK Party • Islamism • local election

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had some serious business in Turkey today, but a stop at a talk show revealed a gushier side, Reuters reports. When asked about the "last" time she fell in love, she proved her diplomatic mettle. “It was so long ago, with my husband,” she said,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Turkey • diplomacy • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • love • Obama administration • television interview

(AP) - Talks are underway between two US representatives and Syrian officials in Damascus, Hillary Clinton said today. The officials arrived in the capital today and sat down with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. Jeffrey Feltman, the top State Department envoy on the Mideast, said the conversation was "very constructive,"... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Turkey • Middle East • Syria • diplomacy • Obama administration

 Turkey Battles Over 
 Christian Monastery  

Dispute over ancient monastery's land could derail country's EU bid

Mar 7, 09 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - A battle over an ancient Christian monastery could deal a fresh blow to Turkey's bid to join the European Union, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Syrian Orthodox Mor Gabriel monastery, built in southeast Turkey in 397 AD, is one of the oldest functioning monasteries in the world—but government... More »

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Turkey • Christianity • Christians • monastery

UPDATED

Pilots Among 9 Dead
in Amsterdam Crash

Officials say crew's bodies will remain on plane as they investigate what happened

Feb 25, 09 1:08 PM CST
(Newser) - All three pilots died in the crash of a Turkish Airlines jet at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport this morning, the Times of London reports. Six others perished and 84 people were injured, six critically and 25 severely. The plane, which carried 135 people, remains in a rain-soaked field 3 miles from... More »

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Turkey • plane crash • Amsterdam • pilot • Turkish Airlines • Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

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 9 Dead in 
 Amsterdam 
 Jet Crash 

Passenger jet from Istanbul broke into three parts

Feb 25, 09 7:09 AM CST
(Newser) - At least nine people died and more than 50 were injured when a Turkish Airlines flight with 135 people on board crashed while attempting to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport today, reports the Guardian. The Boeing 737, believed to have been coming from Istanbul, split into three sections as it... More »

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Turkey • plane crash • Amsterdam • airport • Turkish Airlines • Schiphol

(Newser) - Turkey's prime minister stormed off a stage in Davos today during a heated exchange with Israeli President Shimon Peres over Gaza, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to killing, you know well how to kill," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Peres before walking off, promising never to... More »

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Israel • Turkey • Gaza • Shimon Peres • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Mideast peace • Davos

 Arab States Cancel 
 New Year's Festivities 

Celebrations halted in solidarity with Gaza

Dec 31, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Dubai's ruler has canceled its ritzy public New Year's Eve celebrations "in solidarity with the Palestinian people" in Gaza, the Times of London reports. Festivities also were called off in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. In Dubai, residents and tourists scrambled to come up with alternative plans. "We... More »

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Turkey • Jordan • Syria • Gaza • Hamas • Egypt • Dubai • New Year's Eve • New Year

Maker of 'Bush Shoe' Sees Orders Soar

Demand from Iraq, US creates 100 new jobs at Turkish manufacturer

Dec 22, 08 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Muntadar al-Zaidi may be languishing in jail after throwing his shoes at President Bush, but one man has found a bonanza in the Iraqi's unorthodox protest. The owner of the Baydan Shoe Company in Istanbul has insisted that his company made the black leather shoes that nearly conked the president.... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • shoes • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

(AP) - A group of about 200 Turkish intellectuals today issued an apology on the Internet for the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Turkey, the AP reports. The group of prominent academics, journalists, writers and artists avoided using the contentious term "genocide" in the apology, using the less explosive... More »

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Turkey • Armenia • Armenian genocide • intellectual

Mayor of Batman, Turkey, Aims to Sue Warner Bros.

Pol wants share of Dark Knight revenues for citizens of oil town

Nov 12, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Batman, Turkey, is threatening to sue Warner Brothers for a share of the nearly $1 billion The Dark Knight has generated. The unauthorized name use has wreaked psychological havoc in the Anatolian oil city by driving up unsolved murders and female suicides, Huseyin Kalkan tells Variety—though... More »

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Turkey • royalties • box office • Batman • The Dark Knight • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits

Men Are Victims of
Forced Marriage, Too

Unwilling grooms often have few avenues of escape from family pressure

Nov 8, 08 7:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Young men in Germany's Turkish immigrant community are being forced into marriage by their families, Der Speigel reports. Organizations that help people escape from such marriages say the focus on female victims overlooks the fact that men are also being harassed, blackmailed and beaten into marriages, often to a close... More »

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Turkey • Germany • marriage • arranged marriage • forced marriage

 UFO Video Raises  
 a Fuss in Turkey  

Objects spotted near Istanbul during 4-month stretch 'serious challenge to science'

Oct 21, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Video taken of strange objects in the night sky over Turkey has been deemed authentic—well, at least by UFO researchers. A night watchman shot the video over multiple nights earlier this year, and it shows hovering craft and strange constellations of lights, the Sun reports. A self-described expert who... More »

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Turkey • video • extraterrestrial life • UFO sightings • spacecraft • outer space

Drunk 'Hijacker' Arrested After Making Bomb Threat

Man subdued by other passengers during flight from Turkey to Russia

Oct 15, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man claiming to have explosives was foiled in an attempt to hijack a Turkish Airlines plane today, the BBC reports. The man, who was drunk, handed an attendant a note saying he had a bomb, then tried to force his way to the cockpit, but was overpowered by passengers.... More »

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Turkey • alcohol • crime • alcohol abuse • hijacker • plane hijacking • hijacking

 Statue of Roman
 Ruler Unearthed
 in Turkey

Marble Marcus Aurelius discovered amid rubble

Aug 26, 08 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rich archaeological site in southern Turkey has yielded another spectacular find: the head and limbs of an enormous statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Excavators at Sagalassos, who had previously discovered bits of Hadrian and the Empress Faustina, say the new discovery, with its 3-foot head, represents some... More »

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Turkey • archaeology • Rome • statue

 16 Girls Killed, More
 Trapped in Turkey
 Dorm Collapse 

Rescue teams dig frantically to unearth survivors

Aug 1, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(AP) - A three-story dormitory housing female students collapsed in central Turkey today, killing at least 16 girls, injuring at least 27, and setting off a search for a half-dozen students believed to be under the rubble. The students, between ages 8 and 16, were attending Koran courses in the city of... More »

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Turkey • recovery • collapse • disaster

 Turkey Dodges Political Crisis 

Top court votes not to disband Islamic ruling party
 

Jul 31, 08 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A major constitutional showdown in Turkey was narrowly averted yesterday when the nation's top court voted not to ban the ruling Islamic AKP party, which attorneys had argued is illegally attempting to dismantle Turkey's secular democracy. A judge described the razor-thin 6-5 vote as "a serious warning" to the... More »

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Islam • Turkey • terrorism • bombing • secularism • AKP • Justice and Development Party • Sahin Alpay

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