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Obama arrives in Turkey
US President Barack Obama arrived in Turkey Sunday on an official visit that would see him fulfilling a pledge to visit the Muslim nation in his first 100 days in office. Obama was expected to seek to emphasize his administration’s … Continue reading
Nine killed as Turkish plane crashes at Amsterdam
Irish Sun Wednesday 25th February, 2009 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and more than 80 others injured, 31 of them seriously, when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed near Schiphol airport just before landing Wednesday. Flight TK 1951 had … Continue reading
Guests fire 60,000 bullets at a wedding in Turkey
Ankara, July 22 (RIA Novosti) The guests at a wedding in southeast Turkey fired an estimated 60,000 bullets in celebration, media reported Tuesday.Some 15,000 people took part in the week-long celebrations to mark the first wedding in 12 years at … Continue reading
Turkish jets hit PKK targets in northern Iraq
Ankara – The Turkish General Staff said Tuesday that Turkish airplanes hit targets of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in north of Iraq. The General Staff said in a statement posted on its website that Turkish jets bombed PKK targets … Continue reading