Turkey is often praised for being secular and a future role model for other mainly Islamic societies because of its rich history of secularism.

Finding out what really happened on the Turkish flotilla headed for Gaza and to Turkish-American Furkan Dogan of Kayseri last May 31 has been painfully slow.

RaAol Lopez of Spain goes up for the basket during the eighth finals match against Greece in the 2010 FIBA Basketball World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, Sept.4, 2010.

Despite laws that were introduced to improve the rights of women in the face of incidences of sexual harassment, the frequency of sexual harassment cases in the workplace shows that it is still a problem that needs to be addressed more comprehensively due to weaknesses in relevant laws, womena s rights activists say.

Naysayers hold a placard saying a oeTo re-establish AtatA1 4rka s republic again: No to the US, the EU, the AK Party and to their constitution.a With only around a week left until the Sept.

Commenting on a recent wiretapping scandal allegedly involving the General Staff, Transportation Minister Binali YA ldA rA m said any institution other than those authorized to do so have acted against the law if they have wiretapped phones.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish society in infected with phobias, a Turkish expert said.

Date : Sat, 4 Sep 2010 17:43:23 +0500 U.S. WITHDRAWS FROM TURKEY MILITARY DRILL CBNNews.com Friday, September 03, 2010 Ad Feedback The U.S. will not participate in October's military drills in Turkey, according to Agence France-Presse. According to the report, the U.S. relayed its decision to Turkey after Ankara again excluded Israel from ...

An IDF officer stands before a Palestinian policeman, beside a brick wall plastered with posters of Yasser Arafat.

Turkey says it views the US's request for the shipment of non-combat, technical equipment through Turkish territory favorably.

US President Barack Obama is up to something that his predecessors worked hard to accomplish but failed to succeed at in the end: resolving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Turkish-American relations are not the kind that will be severed, even during the period in which Turkish-American relations were in their most problematic phase.

Date : Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:53:50 +0500 TURKISH-BORN WRITER INNOCENT ON MURDER CHARGE, FRIENDS SAY Hurriyet Sept 2 2010 Turkey Writer, interpreter and human rights defender Doðan Akhanlý was recently taken into custody at Istanbul's Ataturk's Airport and sent to prison for a murder he allegedly committed in 1989, sparking anger and concern ...

EUTurkey-US,0118 Top US commander discusses Iraq with Turkey Eds: APNewsNow. AP Photos ANKARA, Turkey The United States' top military officer says Washington does not plan to withdraw its weapons from Iraq through Turkey.

Date : Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:10:48 +0500 FOREIGN POLICY CONCEPTION PROCLAIMED BY TURKEY 'ZERO PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBOURS' MUCH DISAGREES WITH ITS PRACTICAL STEPS Ashot Safaryan ArmInfo 30.08.10 Interview with member of the parliamentary group of the Republic Party of Armenia Artak Zakaryan Mr.Zakaryan, will the agreement to prolong the stay of the ...

Date : Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:59:51 +0500 ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS: HOPE NOT LOST news.am Sept 1 2010 Armenia The Armenian-Turkish protocols remain the cornerstone of the normalization process, Ara Gochunyam, Editor-in-Chief of the Turkey-based Armenian newspaper Zhamanak, told NEWS.am. No serious positive changes should be expected in the ...

Van, a city in far eastern Turkey, is a place that runs on breakfast. The town is crammed with small restaurants, known as "Kahvalti Salonu," that serve nothing but breakfast all day long.

PIR SABAK , Sept 2 : The wife of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Thursday assured the flood affected people of Pakistan all support of her countrymen in helping rebuild their homes and livelihoods.Emine Erdogan, who along with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and First Lady Fauzia Gilani, visited a relief camp here at the Pir ...

Turkey will be connected to European electricity networks via U.S. firm General Electric's "smart grid technology." According to GE, the system will be running this month.

"Without permanent peace and security in Bosnia we cannot talk about peace and security in the Balkans and Europe," Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday.