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Ankara, Turkey Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Ankara, Turkey.

Results 1 - 20 of 768 in Ankara, Turkey

  1. Turkey's Gul pardons ailing former Prime Minister ErbakanRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Balkan Times

    ANKARA, Turkey -- President Abdullah Gul on Tuesday pardoned former Islamist Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, who was serving a sentence of two and a half years for financial abuse.

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  2. Suicide bombing in Turkey injures 12 police officers

    9 hrs ago | Balkan Times

    ANKARA, Turkey -- A suicide bomber injured 12 police officers in the southern province of Mersin on Tuesday .

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  3. Turkish government discloses new road map for EU bidRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Balkan Times

    ANKARA, Turkey -- The government is preparing to jump-start its EU accession bid via a draft of the third national programme, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek announced on Monday .

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  4. Turkey confirms suicide bombing wounds 13Read the original story

    12 hrs ago | KAAL

    ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's interior minister on Wednesday confirmed that 13 policemen were wounded in a suicide bombing this week.

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  5. Bombing wounds at least 9 Turkish policemenRead the original story

    Yesterday | International Herald Tribune

    ANKARA, Turkey : A suspected suicide bomber triggered an explosion when Turkish police stopped his car near a southern city Tuesday killing himself and wounding at least nine police officers, the city's ...

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  6. Former Turkish prime minister pardonedRead the original story

    Tuesday | International Herald Tribune

    ANKARA, Turkey : Turkey's president has pardoned a former pro-Islamic prime minister who has been serving a prison sentence for corruption at home due to health reasons.

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  7. Sholeh PatrickRead the original story

    Tuesday | PostFallsPress

    ... thief, leave our country. Stop killing in Tibet." A protester set himself on fire outside the embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Over 2,000 protesters marched in Dharmsala, India, home of the exiled Dalai Lama. China's oppressive reputation extends further. ...

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  8. Turkish energy minister to visit IranRead the original story

    Monday | International Herald Tribune

    ANKARA, Turkey : Turkey's energy minister on Monday announced plans to visit Tehran to discuss investment in gas fields and a pipeline project in a rebuff to the United States which opposes energy deals with ...

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  9. Turkish-Iranian energy deals to be completed soonRead the original story

    Tuesday | SETimes news

    ANKARA, Turkey -- Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told a press conference on Monday that Turkey and Iran are expected to complete planned energy deals within a month.

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  10. Video Vortex 3: 10-11 October in Ankara, TurkeyRead the original story

    Tuesday | Networkcultures.org

    On October 10-11 2008, Bilkent University Department of Communication and Design , in cooperation with the Institute of Network Cultures, will organize the 3rd Video Vortex event in Ankara, Turkey.

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  11. Roadside bomb injures five soldiers in southeast TurkeyRead the original story

    Monday Aug 18 | SETimes news

    ANKARA, Turkey -- Five Turkish troops suffered injuries early Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Sirnak province.

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  12. Turkey needs more time for gas deal with Iran, says GulRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | The Peninsula

    ANKARA * Turkey and Iran need more time to finalise a major natural gas deal, President Abdullah Gul said yesterday, playing down reports that US pressure on Turkey to abandon the project is behind the delay.

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  13. Turkey, Iran fail to sign energy dealRead the original story

    Friday Aug 15 | Balkan Times

    ANKARA, Turkey -- President Abdullah Gul met with Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties, including an energy partnership, and Tehran's nuclear programme.

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  14. Rights watchdog criticize Turkey's hosting of Sudan president

    Thursday Aug 14 | Sudan Tribune

    ... President Omar al-Bashir, center, reviews the Turkish military guards of honor, at the Cankaya Palace, Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 21, 2008 (AP) Turkey will be hosting the Turkey-African summit which takes place next week in Ankara. This will be ...

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    Thursday Aug 14 | Today's Chemist At Work

    Tugba Ozdemir , † and Engin U. Akkaya *§ Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey TR-06531, Department of Chemistry, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey ...

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  16. Bulgaria Welcomes New US Ambassador McEldowneyRead the original story

    Thursday Aug 14 | Sofia News Agency

    ... and the National Defense University. Previous posts include: Deputy chief of the United States Mission in Ankara, Turkey; Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon; and director of European Affairs on the National Security Council at the ...

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  17. Foreigners tell drama of Georgia fightingRead the original story

    Wednesday Aug 13 | Columbus, Ohio News

    ANKARA, Turkey -- Ohioans who have fled the war in Georgia say they're haunted by what they witnessed.

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  18. Canadians flee from wartorn countryRead the original story

    Wednesday Aug 13 | Calgary Herald

    ... thousands of lives in the last five days. Cormier-Lassonde said the department and the Embassy of Canada in Ankara, Turkey, "along with the assistance of our warden network in Georgia, have been providing regular updates to registered Canadians in ...

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  19. Turkey proposes Caucasian alliance to resolve regional conflicts

    Tuesday Aug 12 | Balkan Times

    ANKARA, Turkey -- The government proposed on Monday the establishment of a Caucasian countries' alliance to help resolve conflicts in the region such as the fighting this week between Russia and Georgia.

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  20. PKK leader Ocalan wants to testify in Ergenekon caseRead the original story

    Tuesday Aug 12 | SETimes news

    ANKARA, Turkey -- The imprisoned leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party , Abdullah Ocalan, wants to testify before the prosecutor handling the case against the secularist group Ergenekon, local media ...

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