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1 hr ago | AlertNet

FEATURE-Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st ...

Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Religion, Islam, Roman Catholic Church

1 hr ago | KICD-AM Spencer

ILCC Trustees Recap

Tuition and fees were adopted by the Iowa Lakes Community College Trustees for the coming year on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

4 hrs ago | Reuters

Turkey: investment grade, peace and FDI?

Turkey's elevation to investment grade last week may or may not be a game changer for its stock and bond markets, but the country is really hoping for a boost to FDI - bricks-and-mortar foreign direct investment into manufacturing or power generation.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

9 hrs ago | Trend

Number of foreign purchases of property in Turkey calculated

Since the adoption of a law allowing foreigners to purchase property in Turkey , the number of foreigners who have bought property there has reached 14,500, according to a report of the Ministry of Urban Development of Turkey, published on its website on Monday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

10 hrs ago | Sofia News Agency

Bulgarian, Turkish Transport Ministers Mull 'Truck' Problem

Krastev and Yildirim, who already held several phone calls, are expected to seek a permanent solution of the problem with Bulgarian tractor trailers in Turkey .

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

Tue May 21, 2013

EurasiaNet

Turkey: Ankara Reluctantly Warms Up to US-led Syria Diplomacy

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to Washington last week hoping to get Washington to commit to taking a more assertive stance on Syria, but in the end left with very little of what he wanted.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Applied Clinical Trials

ClinTec International Expands Further in MENA Region with Proposed Opening of Istanbul Office

ClinTec International , a global CRO with a presence in over 40 countries worldwide, announced its intention to formally open an office in Istanbul, Turkey.

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MLive.com

West Michigan Cancer Center expands oncology team, adds Dr. Tolga Tuncer

Dr. Tolga Tuncer , a native of the United States who was raised in Ankara, Turkey, has joined the center, which is a collaboration of Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare Group Tuncer completed four medical fellowships, the most recent in hematology and oncology at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson.

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Cancer, Health, World News, Hematology, University of Arizona, Lung Cancer

WMDT

Syria opposition signals tough line on peace talks

Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime.

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Related Topix: World News

ABC News

Sec. Kerry Promises Foreign Service Officers They Will Be Protected

Secretary of State John Kerry gave new Foreign Service officers a final pep talk today before they are deployed overseas, many to what are termed "high-threat" posts, like Afghanistan and Libya, where there have been recent fatal attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, US Military, US Marine Corps

Deutsche Welle

Turkey invests big in nuclear power

While other EU countries are increasingly investing in renewables, Turkey is planning three new nuclear power stations.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Balkans.com

Turkey is set to receive a new refinery

Turkey is set to receive a new refinery after Azerbaijan's Socar and a Spanish-led group ink a multibillion-dollar deal to build the facility on Izmir's Petkim peninsula on the Aegean coastSocar Turkey and a consortium led by Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas signed an... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you already don't have ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Azerbaijan, Asia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ilham Aliyev

Mon May 20, 2013

Turkish Daily News

Winged seahorse brooch attracts viewers

Only within 2,5 months, the winged seahorse brooch from the Lydian Hoard, has attracted 50,000 viewers to Anadolu Civilisations Museum in Ankara.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Archaeology, Science, Anthropology

Turkish Daily News

Beautiful and versatile thin dough: The story of Yufka

My lunch companion seemed to be obsessed by thin dough. Showering me with questions, he wanted to know all about yufka, katmer, baklava and borek.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Berkeley, CA, UC Berkeley

Voice of America

Turkish Peace Initiative with Kurds Meets Resistance

Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party congratulate each other after arriving in the Heror area, northeast of Dahuk, 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, May 14, 2013.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Nationalist Movement Party (Turkey), Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Today.Az

Erdogan says UN security body need reform

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday issued a strong call for reform in the United Nations Security Council, Anadolu Agency reported.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

MacRumors

Turkish Prime Minister Visits Apple Ahead of Major Tablet Purchase

Anatolia News Agency reports that Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Apple yesterday as part of a tour of Silicon Valley companies ahead of the country's move to purchase 10.6 million tablets for its schoolchildren.

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Connecticut Post

Turkey: 1 killed, 24 injured in balloon crash

Two hot air balloons collided mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said.

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Beverly Hills Eccentric

In Turkey, anger as Syrian conflict spills over

Riot policemen face protesters Saturday in Reyhanli, Turkey, during funerals for victims of a car bomb that went off May 11.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Explosion

Sun May 19, 2013

The Columbus Dispatch

President's request of Marines' umbrellas turn smiles upside-down

Slogging through a drizzly Rose Garden news conference on Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Brack Obama took a break to ask for rain protection.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, World News, Middle East