01.12.2008 - English - Yeni Şafak

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"Because of our good relations with Syria and Israel, we were asked by both of them to effect better communication," said Turki...

Four killed, dozens injured in Diyarbakır explosion

TODAY'S ZAMAN
An explosion occurred in the centre of the southeast city of Diyarbakır in the very second a military vehicle was driving by on...

Exports overshoot target, new goal $125 billion

TODAY'S ZAMAN
Turkey's exports for the year 2007 increased by 23.49 percent over the previous year, reaching $105.9 billion, while exports i...

Turkey urges EU consistency in fight against illegal immigration

TODAY'S ZAMAN
Faced with a surging toll of illegal immigrant tragedies on its territory, Turkey has held the European Union responsible for e...

Israeli attack kills six Gaza militants

TODAY'S ZAMAN
Israel killed at least six Palestinian gunmen in a raid on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and vowed to keep up pressure on militan...

Israel: Rocket injures kibbutz child

JERUSALEM (CNN)
Shrapnel from a rocket that slammed into a house in southern Israel on Sunday injured a 2-year-old child, according to the Isra...

Ecuador wants military base in Miami
REUTERS
Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States want...

Belek Forests in the sandpit

TURKISH DAILY NEWS
Two aerial photos of the resort area of Belek in southern Turkey taken over a span of two years show that the forests have been...

Helicopters drop bombs over PKK positions in Şırnak

TODAY'S ZAMAN
Cobra attack helicopters fired missiles at positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on the second day of a mas...

Iraqi Kurds pledge to work with US to protect border

TODAY'S ZAMAN
Two mainstream Kurdish political parties in northern Iraq pledged on Tuesday to work together with the US and the Iraqi central...

PM Erdoğan rebukes media for provocation

TODAY'S ZAMAN
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday expressed the opinion that some commentators speaking on terrorism were acting a...

US Senate approves Biden's plan

The US Senate approved Wednesday a Bosnia-style plan to divide Iraq on ethnic and religious lines, touted by backers as the sol...