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- JBIC sets up Africa office
Forthcoming Conferences Russia & Eurasia Trade & Export Finance Forum 2008 Moscow September 9-10, 2008 Financing Your Project - Business Forum 2008 London October 8-9, 2008 Turkey Trade & Export Finance Conference Istanbul October 14, 2008
- July 1 Cyprus meeting creates storm
Critics argue the July 1 agreement is falling behind even the Annan plan and violates redlines of the Turkish side, while Turkish Cypriot officials say it is not a backward step or concessionFULYA ZERKANANKARA Turkish Daily News A tentative agreement
- Kewell signs three-year Galatasaray deal
Harry Kewell has signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Galatasaray, passing up the chance of going to the Olympic Games as an overage player in the Australian squad.
- Power of language
Toronto -- Recently, the loaded word 'sodomy' has come up, first in Rick Salutin's column (Leave Terror To The Cops And Courts - June 27), and in an article on Malaysian politics (Accused Opposition Leader Flees To Turkish Embassy - June 30). Mr. Salutin
- Bucharest
is a city for fantasists with a wealth of history. The Greek Viceroys ruled the city in the name of the imperial government in Istanbul until 1821. Dubbed the 'Paris of the East', for its cosmopolitan social scene and architecture, the city's grand
- Turkish Truck Drivers Protest Bulgaria Over High Shipping Fees
EDIRNE - More than 500 Turkish truck drivers stopped their engines at Kapikule border gate inside Turkey for 6 hours on Tuesday to protest Bulgaria that started to charge 271 USD of shipping fee per vehicle for crossing the border. The cost of this fee
- Court hearing
Turkey's ruling party argues it is 'serving the people'
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Turkey was created in 1923 from the Turkish remnants of the Ottoman Empire. Soon thereafter the country instituted secular laws to replace traditional religious fiats. In 1945 Turkey joined the UN and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. Turkey occupied the northern portion of Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island; relations between the two countries remain strained. Periodic military offensives against Kurdish separatists have dislocated part of the population in southeast Turkey and have drawn international condemnation.
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