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ANKARA (Reuters) - A prominent figure in the Chechen diaspora in Turkey was shot at his Ankara office late on Wednesday, a North Caucasus refugee association said, the latest in a series of killings of Chechens and their sympathizers in the country in recent years. Many refugees and separatists have settled in Turkey from Russia`s North Caucasus, which fought two bloody wars with Moscow in the 1990s, including opponents of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ex-rebel turned Kremlin loyalist, and the brother of Moscow`s most-wanted militant leader Doku Umarov. ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 16:25 |
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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is constructing 2.5-km-long (1.5 mile) twin walls at a border crossing with Syria to increase security at the frontier following three deadly bombings this year. The concrete walls will be built on either side of the road leading from the Turkish side of the crossing at Cilvegozu to the Syrian border gate and will be topped with barbed wire, the Turkish Customs Ministry said in a statement. Cilvegozu was the scene of a bombing in February which killed 14 people and this month 51 people died when twin car bombs ripped through the nearby town of Reyhanli. ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 17:23 |
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By Ozge Ozbilgin ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey banned alcohol advertising and tightened restrictions on its sale on Friday, drawing criticism from secular Turks as well as the country`s brewing industry. The new law includes a ban on shops selling alcohol from 10pm to 6am, with fines of up to 500,000 lira ($270,000) for owners and operators of venues that violate the law, and a possible one-year jail sentence for selling to minors. ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 14:55 |
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey`s parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular country.
Friday, May 24, 2013 13:45 |
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey`s parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country.
Friday, May 24, 2013 08:29 |
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages — a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party`s encroachment on personal freedoms.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 18:47 |
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By Jonathon Burch ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar al-Assad`s government, stepping up security following two deadly bombings this month. Fifty-one people were killed when twin car bombs ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the southern province of Hatay on May 11, deepening fears that Syria`s civil war was dragging in neighboring states. Turkey has accused Syria of involvement in the attacks, but Damascus has denied any role. ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 19:28 |
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ANKARA (Reuters) - More than 100 senior Turkish army officers face prosecution demands they spend the rest of their lives in jail for their alleged role in toppling Turkey`s first Islamist-led government 16 years ago, a Turkish TV channel reported on Wednesday. The investigation into former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan`s 1997 ouster is the latest in a series of judicial cases targeting the once all-powerful Turkish military, whose influence has been curbed sharply in the last decade. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, in power for the last 10 years, was a member of Erbakan`s Islamist party. ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 15:44 |
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By Jonathon Burch ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has shut its side of the last border crossing with Syria still controlled by President Bashar al-Assad`s government, stepping up security following two deadly bombings this month. Fifty-one people were killed when twin car bombs ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the southern province of Hatay on May 11, heightening fears that Syria`s civil war was dragging in neighboring states. Turkey has accused Syria of involvement in the attacks. Damascus has denied any role. ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:29 |
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hot air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground on Monday, killing two Brazilian tourists and injuring 23 other people on board, officials said.
Monday, May 20, 2013 12:17 |
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