en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/turkey/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_singer_tried_over_dissen/ One of Turkey's best known singers, Bulent Ersoy, has gone on trial charged with attempting to turn the public against military service. The charges were brought after she suggested it was not worth sacrificing soldiers' lives in Turkey's conflict with t news world 2008-06-18 08:17:51 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_singer_tried_over_dissen/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7460649.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_singer_tried_over_dissen/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/no_survivors_in_turkish_jet_cras/ All 56 people on board a passenger plane that crashed in south-western Turkey have died, the airline's chief executive has said. Initial reports from rescue helicopter teams found no survivors, said Tuncay Doganer, head of Atlasjet. The McDonnell Do news world 2007-11-30 08:20:31 http://www.newsique.com/world/no_survivors_in_turkish_jet_cras/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7120268.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/no_survivors_in_turkish_jet_cras/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/56_feared_dead_in_turkey_jet_cra/ All 56 people onboard a Turkish plane that crashed in southern Turkey early Friday are believed to have been killed, according to the airline's chief executive officer. The cause of the crash is not yet known. "Search groups have not seen any survivors as news world 2007-11-30 08:13:24 http://www.newsique.com/world/56_feared_dead_in_turkey_jet_cra/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/30/turkey.jet/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Shocking [7] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/56_feared_dead_in_turkey_jet_cra/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_general_warns_probable_p/ On the eve of a devout Muslim's expected accession to the country's presidency, Turkey's resolutely secular military leadership issued a sharp warning Monday against any attempt to erode the constitutional separation of religion and state. The strongly news world 2007-08-28 08:14:43 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_general_warns_probable_p/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/149112476/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Important [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_general_warns_probable_p/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/fake_bomb_alert_no_help_to_husba/ A woman falsely claimed there was a bomb on board a Turkish airliner to try to delay the flight so her husband could catch it, Turkey's Onur Air says. Both of them were arrested. Airline staff found out the bomb warning was a hoax in time to stop the p news world 2007-06-20 08:14:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/fake_bomb_alert_no_help_to_husba/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/20/turkey.bomb.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Funny [7] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/fake_bomb_alert_no_help_to_husba/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_official_withdraws_candi/ Turkey's foreign minister said Sunday he would withdraw his candidacy for president, a largely procedural move made amid a wrenching nationwide upheaval over the role of Islam in public life. Turkey is headed for early elections in July after a bitter news world 2007-05-07 15:32:15 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_official_withdraws_candi/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/114750003/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [9] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_official_withdraws_candi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turks_step_up_pro-secular_protes/ Tens of thousands of Turks have taken to the streets again to show their support for Turkey's secular system. The protest in the western town of Manisa comes a day before a key vote in parliament on the presidency. The ruling AK party, whose roots a news world 2007-05-05 09:59:23 http://www.newsique.com/world/turks_step_up_pro-secular_protes/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6627919.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [12] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turks_step_up_pro-secular_protes/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/huge_rally_for_turkish_secularis/ Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in Istanbul in support of secularism in Turkey, amid a row over a vote for the country's next president. The protesters are concerned that the ruling party's candidate for the post remains loyal to his Islam news world 2007-04-29 17:50:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/huge_rally_for_turkish_secularis/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6604643.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/huge_rally_for_turkish_secularis/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_court_considers_party_ban/ Turkey's constitutional court has decided unanimously that it can hear a case aimed at closing down the country's governing AK Party. The chief prosecutor earlier filed a petition calling for the party to be closed for "anti-secular activities". He news world 2008-03-31 08:20:09 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_court_considers_party_ban/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7321964.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_court_considers_party_ban/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_airliner_crashes/ Off course? Semsettin Uzun, the governor of Isparta, said the crash site was not on the plane’s regular flight route. “It is impossible to understand how the plane” ended up there, said Uzun, who viewed the site from a helicopter. Local offici news world 2007-11-30 08:18:12 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_airliner_crashes/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22033274/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkish_airliner_crashes/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ Turkish prosecutors have reportedly moved to ban a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey that has been accused of colluding with Kurdish rebels. Supreme Court prosecutors asked the Constitutional Court to bar the Democratic Society Party (DTP), the sta news world 2007-11-16 08:27:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7097988.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_urges_us_to_act_over_pkk/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the U.S. to take "speedy steps" towards cracking down on Kurdish separatists operating from Iraq as Turkey's military confirmed Monday that eight of its soldiers were still missing following a dead news world 2007-10-22 08:13:46 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_urges_us_to_act_over_pkk/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.kurds/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_urges_us_to_act_over_pkk/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_pledges_to_uphold_/ Abdullah Gul, a devout Muslim with roots in political Islam, won parliamentary election Tuesday as Turkey's president in defiance of the country's secular generals. Turkey's military, which has overthrown six previous governments in the country's histo news world 2007-08-29 08:20:20 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_pledges_to_uphold_/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/149549084/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_pledges_to_uphold_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_set_to_elect_new_presiden/ Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is expected to be elected as president amid warnings from the military against undermining the secular constitution. Mr Gul, a former Islamist, is set to become the next president in a parliamentary poll on Tuesday news world 2007-08-28 08:21:31 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_set_to_elect_new_presiden/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6966216.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_set_to_elect_new_presiden/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/ruling_turks_bid_fails_in_1st_ro/ Reviving a confrontation over the role of religion in public life, Turkey's ruling party tried unsuccessfully Monday to have its candidate, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, elected president in the first round of parliamentary balloting. Gul virtually is news world 2007-08-21 08:15:36 http://www.newsique.com/world/ruling_turks_bid_fails_in_1st_ro/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/146411941/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/ruling_turks_bid_fails_in_1st_ro/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_holds_new_presidency_vote/ Voting starts in the newly-elected Turkish parliament on Monday to choose the country's next president. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is standing again, challenged by a nationalist and a left-wing candidate. Mr Gul's first bid to become president wa news world 2007-08-20 08:22:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_holds_new_presidency_vote/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6954431.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_holds_new_presidency_vote/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/moderate_elected_turkish_speaker/ A moderate conservative from Turkey's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party, Koksal Toptan, has been elected parliament speaker by a huge majority. Unlike many AKP (Justice and Development Party) deputies, he does not have an Islamist past and his wife does news world 2007-08-09 16:19:41 http://www.newsique.com/world/moderate_elected_turkish_speaker/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6939181.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/moderate_elected_turkish_speaker/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_swears_in_new_parliament/ Turkey is swearing in a new parliament with attention focusing on 20 pro-Kurdish deputies, represented for the first time since 1991. The new deputies say they want reconciliation and a peaceful solution to the Turkish-Kurdish conflict, which has claim news world 2007-08-04 12:51:10 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_swears_in_new_parliament/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6930915.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkey_swears_in_new_parliament/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/nationalism_casts_shadow_over_tu/ Standing in front of a crowd in the north-eastern Turkish city of Erzurum, Devlet Bahceli waved a length of greased rope. 'If you can't find any,' he yelled, addressing the Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, 'you can hang him with this.' The man he wanted opinion world 2007-07-23 14:45:19 http://www.newsique.com/world/nationalism_casts_shadow_over_tu/ Guardian Unlimited http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2131972,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/nationalism_casts_shadow_over_tu/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/turkeys_ruling_party_wins_electi/ Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party secured a new mandate in parliamentary elections Sunday, and the prime minister told jubilant supporters he would pursue reforms, fight terrorism and work toward national unity. The election had pitted the governmen news world 2007-07-23 04:26:24 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkeys_ruling_party_wins_electi/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/136235059/2007-07-22-turkey-elections_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/turkeys_ruling_party_wins_electi/#comments