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Booze and Beats Don't Mix in Turkey

Bottles cut from music video; critics cite moves toward religious law

Feb 28, 08 6:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Singer Aslizen Yentur thought it was a joke when Turkey's top music channel axed shots of a wine bottle-laden table from her video. It wasn't, and now Turkey's broadcasting watchdog is drafting a bill to make scenes that encourage drinking illegal—supposedly to align with EU norms, the Independent reports.... More »

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Turkey • alcohol • European Union • censorship • wine • pop music • broadcasting • music videos • Aslizen Yentur

Turkey Gives
No Timetable on Iraq Withdrawal

US, Iraq want quick
end to incursion aimed at Kurd rebels

Feb 27, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite mounting casualties and outside pressure, Turkey said today it would not give a timetable on pulling back troops from an offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, Reuters reports. Turkish soldiers have killed 230 PKK guerillas since the conflict began, and lost 24 of their own. Iraqi and US officials... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Robert Gates • United States • PKK • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish incursions • Kurdish guerrillas

US Didn't Protest Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

White House told far in advance of ground assault

Feb 26, 08 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - As fierce fighting continues in northern Iraq, American officials have confirmed they were aware that Turkey planned to strike at Kurdish guerrillas inside the border—and didn't raise objections, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US did, however, urge Turkey to limit the length and scope of the incursion. "... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurds • PKK • Kurdish incursions

Greek Cypriots Elect Prez Committed to Unifying Isle

Cyprus leaders already agree to hold talks

Feb 25, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Greek Cypriots have elected a communist president committed to reunification with the Turkish northern section of the divided island. Dimitris Christofias, educated  in the old Soviet Union, won 54% of the vote in a race against his right-wing rival. The new leader has promised to hold negotiations with the president... More »

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Turkey • Greece • Cyprus • reunification • Greek Cypriots • Ioannis Kasoulides • election • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus • Mehmet Ali Talat • Dimitris Christofias • green line • Nicosia

Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising
in Turkey

Insurgency urged as Iraq battle continues

Feb 24, 08 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - As Turkish troops continue their unprecedented ground offensive in northern Iraq, a leader of the targeted Kurdish separatist group has called for Kurds living in Turkey to rebel. A news agency loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party carried the call of the rebel Kurd commander to make Turkish cities "... More »

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Turkey • insurgents • Kurdistan • PKK • terrorist • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish rebels • Northern Iraq • Turkish military

Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

Attacks must end
'as soon as possible,' Baghdad warns

Feb 23, 08 3:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Fighting continued in semiautonomous Kurdistan today as Turkey’s air and artillery forces let loose a hail of bombs in the mountains of northern Iraq, the AP reports. The strikes are ratcheting up tension between Turkey and the US-backed Iraqi government: Iraq’s foreign minister today told Turkey to get... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurdish Militants • Kurds • Hoshyar Zebari • PKK • Northern Iraq

Dozens Dead in Turkish Ground Raid

Troops continue to pursue Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq mountains

Feb 23, 08 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Turkish forces pursued Kurdish militants in northern Iraq for a third day today, with the Turkish military reporting least 24 militants and five Turkish soldiers killed since they sent troops across the border to attack separatist strongholds Thursday night. At least 20 other Kurds died in the air assault that... More »

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United Nations • Turkey • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish rebels • Northern Iraq • Kurdish incursions • Turkish military

10,000 Turkish Troops Enter Iraq

Ground offensive marks major escalation in fight with Kurd separatists

Feb 22, 08 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Turkey has sent 10,000 troops over the border into northern Iraq to hunt down militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, marking the first major ground incursion into the country since 1997, reports Bloomberg. The Turkish military said that the action began last evening, and local television is reporting that... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurdistan • PKK • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Northern Iraq • Kurdish guerrillas • Turkish military

Cyprus Vote Raises Hopes for Unification

Incumbent ousted; 2 pro-compromise candidates go to run-off

Feb 18, 08 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - After decades of division, Cyprus is a step closer to unification, AFP reports. Greek Cypriots ousted incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos in a three-way election yesterday, and the two remaining candidates will face off in another vote on Sunday. Both seem willing to reach out to Turkish Cypriots, mending bridges the hard-line... More »

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Turkey • Greece • Cyprus • Greek Cypriots • Turkish Cypriots • Tassos Papadopoulos • Ioannis Kasoulides • Dimitris Christofias

Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

Emotional issue symbolic of class struggle

Feb 9, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Turkey’s parliament today lifted the decade-old ban on wearing Muslim head scarves in college, the New York Times reports, a major salvo in the growing battle between Turkey’s growing devout middle class and entrenched secular elite. Proponents of the ban, who fear women will soon be forced to... More »

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Islam • Turkey • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • headscarves • Muslim women

Turkish PM
Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

Deadly blaze in Germany raises
ethnic tensions

Feb 7, 08 8:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Turkish PM Recep Erdogan today visited the site of a questionable Sunday fire in Germany that killed nine ethnic Turks and inflamed tensions between the country, Der Spiegel reports. Charges that the fire was arson, and that rescue workers were slow to respond, have captured headlines in Turkey; Erdogan mourned... More »

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Turkey • Germany • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • arson • Neo-Nazi • house fire • ethnic tensions

Prof Guilty
of Insulting Turkish Founder

Suspended sentence may mean trouble for country's bid to join EU

Jan 28, 08 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - A Turkish court today handed a political science professor a 15-month suspended sentence for insulting the country's founder. Attila Yayla had suggested that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was not as progressive as official portrayals indicate. The conviction heightens scrutiny of the country's commitment to freedom of expression as it pursues EU... More »

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Turkey • free speech • Kemal Ataturk • Orhan Pamuk

Turkey to Lift Head Scarf Ban at Universities

Agreement alarms secular elite, which fears Islamist rule

Jan 25, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Turkey is expected to do away with a 2-decade-old ban on women wearing head scarves at the nation’s universities as early as next week. The prospect alarms the country’s secular elite, who see the country on a slippery slope to Islamist rule, Der Spiegel reports. “The logic... More »

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Islam • Turkey • Islamic dress code • Islamic Sharia law • AK Party • Muslim women

James Spain Dead at 81

Career diplomat served as US Ambassador in Tanzania, Turkey & Sri Lanka

Jan 6, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - James Spain, a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service, passed away of natural causes in Wilmington, NC at age 81 on January 2, 2008.  Ambassador Spain's life was devoted to serving his country first in the US Army as a photographer on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff in occupied... More »

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Turkey • Pakistan • diplomacy • Sri Lanka • obituary • Tanzania • diplomat • Pathans

Turks Launch Second Straight Air Strike in Northern Iraq

Bombs fall on Kurdistan but no casualties

Dec 23, 07 10:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A fleet of Turkish warplanes bombarded northern Iraq for a second straight day today in its ongoing campaign against Kurdish separatists. The air strike lasted for an hour but resulted in no casualties because the area's villages had already been evacuated, reports the Washington Post. Once again the US sympathized... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Kurdistan Workers' Party

Turkey Hits Kurds With
Air Strikes

Claims rebels suffer 'heavy losses'
but no fatalities

Dec 22, 07 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Turkey bombed Kurdish rebel targets in Northern Iraq today, claiming strikes on "infrastructure" but no fatalities, the BBC reports. Ten planes reportedly attacked the al-Amadiyah region, which Kurdish officials say is abandoned for fear of military strikes. Turkish officials said the militant PKK "suffered heavy losses in terms... More »

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Turkey • United States • US intelligence • PKK • Northern Iraq

Campbell's Sells Godiva

Soup maker gets $850M, will focus on core businesses

Dec 21, 07 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - To ensure that its bottom line stays “M'm! M'm! Good,” the Campbell Soup Company sold its upscale Godiva chocolate brand yesterday for $850 million. Yildiz Holding of Turkey beat out Starbucks and Hershey’s to nab the Belgian chocolatier, which racks up $500 million in annual sales, the... More »

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Turkey • luxury goods • Godiva • soup • chocolate • Yildiz Holding • Ulker Group

Turkish Troops Cross Into Iraq

Ground operations follow air raids on Kurdish rebels

Dec 18, 07 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Turkey sent hundreds of troops across the Iraqi border today to battle Kurdish separatists, the first large-scale ground incursion since tensions rose in the fall, Reuters reports. About 300 lightly armed troops arrived in a semi-autonomous mountainous region, Iraqi officials said. Ankara had no immediate comment on the operation, which... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Condoleezza Rice • Kurdistan • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish rebels

Iraq Pumping More Oil Than Before War

Increased security at northern pipeline credited with boost

Dec 17, 07 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Thanks largely to increased security, Iraq is now producing more oil than it was before the war began in 2003, according to the International Energy Agency. The output is up to 2.3 million barrels per day from 1.9 million barrels daily at the beginning of the year. Protecting... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • oil • solar energy • oil production • Iraq war

Turkish Air Strikes Target Kurdish Rebels

Attack inside northern Iraq the first since US invasion

Dec 16, 07 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Turkey launched its first air strike since 2003 on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq early this morning, targeting a mountainous region near the Turkish border where the government says the PKK has its leadership council and camps. About 50 warplanes were used in the offensive, the AP reports, which lasted... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • US intelligence • PKK • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish guerrillas • airstrike

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