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Ankara Province

Turkish warplanes strike PKK rebel group in SE province

ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish military announced Monday that its warplanes launched an airstrike on a group of the militants of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) on Mount Buzul in the southeastern province of...

Military: Bodies of two Turkish soldiers found

ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish military said Monday that bodies of two missing soldiers in the Friday attack by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) have been found. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement...

Turkish army accuses Iraqi Kurds of aiding rebels

Ankara has long accused the Iraqi Kurds of tolerating the PKK on their territory, where it says the militants easily obtain weapons and explosives for attacks on Turkish targets across the border. Photo courtesy AFP. by Staff...

Pakistanis among 18 dead in Turkey accident

Monday, October 06, 2008 ANKARA: A small truck carrying illegal immigrants plunged into a river after overturning on a Turkish highway near the border with Greece on Sunday. Eighteen people were killed and 25 others injured,...

Newborn deaths spark debate on Turkey's health system

Prosecutors have launched an investigation after 13 newborn babies died within 24 hours in a state hospital in Izmir. Last month, 27 babies died in another hospital in Ankara. The health ministry says hospital infections happen...

Turbulence stalls Turkey's privatisations

03-Oct-2008

By Delphine Strauss in Ankara Turkish markets tumbled on Friday as traders returned from the three-day public holiday marking the end of Ramadan and responded with dismay to the latest twists in the global financial crisis....

Turkey to switch back to old currency starting January 1

Turkey will return to its old currency, the Turkish lira, on January 1, 2009, after a major money reform four years ago that saw the introduction of the new Turkish lira, officials said Friday. Central bank Governor Durmus...

A German parachutist dies in southwestern Turkey

ANKARA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A German parachutist was badly injured when his parachute was closed down due to wind conditions in southwestern Turkey on Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The report said that...

Turkish Sept CPI rises 0.45 pct m/m, below forecast

ANKARA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Turkey's consumer prices rose 0.45 percent month-on-month in September, compared with a forecast rise of 1.0 percent, for a year-on-year rise of 11.13 percent, the Turkish Statistics Institute said on...

Metin And: the Evliya Çelebi of Turkish culture

Despite Metin And's advanced age, he was still producing and creating. He was quite happy in his Ankara home; the passage of years did nothing to decrease his ties to life and the general joy with which he faced life.

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