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İstanbul

Type: City

Name: İstanbul

Country: Turkey

Latitude: 41.099998

Longitude: 29

population: 9,797,536

First reported 45 mins ago - Updated 45 mins ago - 1 reports

Former Emergency Rule Governor Kozakçıoğlu dies in apparent suicide

Former OHAL Governor Hayri Kozakçıoğlu. (Photo: Today's Zaman)Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, 75, who served as a governor during the days of Turkey's Emergency Rule Region (OHAL) in the late 1980s, died in an apparent suicide at his home in İstanbul's Sarıyer district ... [Published Zaman - 45 mins ago]

Entities: İstanbul, Suicide, emergency

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Shirin Ebadi apologizes for Iran's support for Syrian regime

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay (R) and FIDH President Souhayr Belhassen gave the opening speeches at FIDH's 38th congress in İstanbul. (Photo: Today's Zaman, İsa Şimşek)23 May 2013 /YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN, İSTANBULAs the International Federation ... [Published Zaman - 7 hours ago]

Entities: International Federation of Human Rights, Turkey, Shirin Ebadi, Iran, Human Rights

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Binali Yildirim

Turkey, Bulgaria pledge to resolve border checkpoint woes

Turkish and Bulgarian officials agreed on Thursday in the German city of Leipzig to fix a growing dispute over lengthy customs checks for trucks and light vehicles at major border checkpoints between the two countries, promising to overhaul the customs ... [Published Zaman - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Bulgaria, Binali Yildirim, Turkey

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

ICBC Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd

World's largest bank ICBC to buy Turkey's Tekstilbank

/TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBULAccording to a recent report published by the Economist magazine, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank, is in talks to purchase Turkey's Tekstilbank.ICBC had previously bid to purchase another ... [Published Zaman - 7 hours ago]

Entities: ICBC Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd, İstanbul, Turkey

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Moody's Corporation

İSTANBUL BOĞAZI BİR MIKNATIS

Türk siyasetçileri ve önde gelen iş adamları öz güvenden yoksun değiller. Türkiye, 2002 yılında ağır bir ekonomik kriz sonrasında IMF'ye 16 milyar dolar borçlanmıştı. Bu borçlar 2003 yılında iktidara gelen Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan döneminde sıfırlanabildi. ... [Published Basin Yayin Enformasyon - 8 hours ago]

Entities: İstanbul, Moody's Corporation, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Kongra-Gel

BDP delegation readying to pay 6th visit to İmralı

/TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBULA delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) is getting ready to pay its sixth visit to İmralı Island -- where Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is in prison -- as part ... [Published Zaman - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Kongra-Gel, Abdullah Ocalan, İstanbul, Terrorist Group

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Fatih University

11th Int'l Turkish Olympiads kick off in İstanbul

Some of the students who are taking part in this year’s International Turkish Olympiads pose for photos while one of them speaks to a reporter at Atatürk Olympic Stadium in İstanbul on Wednesday. (Photo: Cihan)22 May 2013 /TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBULThe 11th ... [Published Zaman - 12 hours ago]

Entities: İstanbul, Fatih University, Asya Katılım Bankası AŞ, İzmir

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Turkish-Armenian writer gets jail sentence for blasphemy

An Istanbul court has sentenced a Turkish-Armenian author and blogger to more than a year in prison for insulting the Prophet Mohammad A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of one year, 45 days to Sevan Nişanyan, a Turkish-Armenian journalist, ... [Published World Bulletin - 15 hours ago]

Entities: prison, Blasphemy, İstanbul

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Gasoline distributers raise prices by kr 10

/TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBULGasoline distributers have raised gas prices by TL 0.10, bringing the maximum price of gas per liter up to TL 4.73, the Anatolia news agency reported.With the change in prices, a liter of 95 octane unleaded gas now costs between ... [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]

Entities: Gasoline, İstanbul, İzmir, Inflation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

66 pct of Turkish population faces obesity threat

A march was held by the İstanbul Provincial Health Directorate to draw attention to obesity on European Obesity Awareness Day. (Photo: Today's Zaman)Nutrition and diet expert Emine Yüzbaşıoğlu has said that 66 percent of the population in Turkey is overweight ... [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]

Entities: Obesity, İstanbul, Body Mass Index

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Turkey, Bosnia discuss bilateral and regional ties in İstanbul

Political consultations between the foreign ministries of Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina focusing on bilateral ties and cooperation between the two with regard to regional issues are starting in İstanbul on Wednesday.The consultations will take place ... [Published Zaman - May 21 2013]

Entities: Bosnia and Herzegovina, İstanbul, Turkey, Bilateral

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Prosecutor seeking life sentence for murderer of Fenerbahçe fan

file photo, Yusuf Ortak, who is suspected to kill Fenerbahçe fan Burak Yıldırım, was being referred to a court for questioning. (Photo: Today's Zaman, Altan Cankut)An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for a suspect who faces charges of killing ... [Published Zaman - May 21 2013]

Entities: İstanbul, life sentence, Murderer, Homicide, Indictment

Quotes

...prime minister said he hopes the trial reveals the truth about and crimes of the NSU and those who have committed crimes are finally punished. "I hope it won't end up being like an iceberg, of which the majority is hidden underwater" he noted

Bozdağ meets with German politician at Ankara office [Published Zaman - 7 hours ago]

...Başbakan Erdoğan, IMF'den yeniden borç almayı reddetti ve IMF yetkililerinden ders almayacağını açıkladı. İstanbul Borsası Başkanı İbrahim Turhan, "Biz Avrupa'nın kurallarına ve Asya'nın büyüme hızına sahip bir ülkeyiz." ifadesini kullanıyor

İSTANBUL BOĞAZI BİR MIKNATIS [Published Basin Yayin Enformasyon - 8 hours ago]

"It is important that it takes place as quickly as possible because people are dying and more and more people are driven from their homes. The risk to regional stability grow every day so this is something that cannot be debated endlessly" Hague said

Turkey: Transitional gov't should leave out those with ‘bloody hands' [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]

"Ministry will provide honey and nuts in addition to milk"

'Ministry will provide honey and nuts in addition to milk' [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]

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Former Emergency Rule Governor Kozakçıoğlu dies... [Published Zaman - 45 mins ago]
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Turkish man kidnapped in Afghanistan rescued [Published Zaman - 7 hours ago]
İSTANBUL BOĞAZI BİR MIKNATIS [Published Basin Yayin Enformasyon - 8 hours ago]
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PYD leader says would like to meet with MİT [Published Zaman - 8 hours ago]
Egg-throwing incidents receive different decisions [Published Zaman - 8 hours ago]
BBC poll: Turks rate Germany as most positively... [Published Zaman - 8 hours ago]
BDP delegation readying to pay 6th visit to İmralı [Published Zaman - 8 hours ago]
Interior Ministry memo bans headscarf in public... [Published Zaman - 8 hours ago]
TSK closes 11 local branches of Tactical Mobili... [Published Zaman - 8 hours ago]
Select's owner eyes the major league in UK valu... [Published Zaman - 9 hours ago]
11th Int'l Turkish Olympiads kick off in İstanbul [Published Zaman - 12 hours ago]
Fener ends season with cup win for second strai... [Published Zaman - 15 hours ago]
Turkish-Armenian writer gets jail sentence for ... [Published World Bulletin - 15 hours ago]
[The Outsider] Return to Bosnia (3): Zagreb [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
Turkey: Transitional gov't should leave out tho... [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
TurkStat: Cattle numbers up by 12.3 pct in 2012 [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
Gasoline distributers raise prices by kr 10 [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
Pegasus connects to US with KLM deal [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
Nuclear (un)consciousness [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
Taraf presses on with murder allegations agains... [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
'Ministry will provide honey and nuts in additi... [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
General Staff gives conflicting answers about T... [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
TMSF to put Karamehmet's Show TV, BMC up for sale [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]
Ankara eyes new partnerships in northern Iraq [Published Zaman - May 22 2013]

Blogs

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VIDEO: Turkish Police Crack Down on May Day Pro... [Published Global Voices in English - May 03 2013] Violent clashes between Turkish police and May Day protesters in Istanbul left 25 civilians and 22 police officers injured [tr], including one man who reportedly lost an eye due to a teargas canister and another 17-year-old girl with head injuries ...
Teargas and Water Cannons for Istanbul's Labor ... [Published Global Voices Online - May 02 2013] Teargas enveloped Istanbul as demonstrators defiantly merged onto the city's symbolic Taksim Square, where they hold May Day protests every year. The government banned all events there this year, because the square is under construction. As protesters ...
Social Rights in Turkey and the EU accession [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Mar 28 2013] Süleyman Çelebi, CHP İstanbul deputy, Member of Health, Family and Social Affairs Commission I would like to provide you with a summary of CHP’s appeal to Constitutional Court for cancellation and stay of execution of the relevant articles and pro... ...
Eye on Iran: S.Korean POSCO Cuts Back on Iran S... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - Mar 13 2013] br />!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter andjoin our Facebook group. Top Stories Reuters: "South Korean steelmaker POSCO, minority-owned by Warren Buffett'sBerkshire Hathaway, has cut ties ...
Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament ... [Published Global Voices Online - Feb 20 2013] A Kurdish delegation faced a lynch attempt during their visit to Sinop, a city in Black Sea region of Northern Turkey, when they were attacked by around 2,000 angry protesters. The visit of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and Democratic Congress ...

Press Releases

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Lighting Industry of Eurasia Meets at İstanbulL... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - Apr 08 2013]