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- Attack on U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan kills two soldiers
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Istanbul, Turkey -- Insurgents armed with rockets, mortars and a truck bomb staged an unusual frontal attack on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan today, killing two American soldiers and forcing the defenders to
- Seven dead in bus crash in Bulgaria
g SOFIA -- Seven Turkish nationals, including one child, have died in an accident in south Bulgaria, when the minibus they were traveling in collided with a Serbian bus. The accident occurred at 06:15 local time on the E-80 road, near to the village of
- PKK leaders head to Norway
Hak-Par (Rights and Freedom Party) Chairman Bozyel, shared information with SABAH about a four-step PKK eradication plan made by the US, Turkey and Iraq. Organization members will be brought to the Mahmur camp, where they will be disarmed, organization
- Seven Dead after Hellish Crash in Bulgaria
Seven people are reported dead after a bus with Serbian license plates collided with a Turkish van near the Bulgarian town of Svilengrad, not far from the Bulgarian-Turkish border on Saturday. All of the dead were passengers in the van that reportedly
- Seven Turkish citizens die in traffic accident in Bulgaria
Sofia - Seven Turkish citizens, including a 12-year-old child, died on Saturday in a traffic accident near the south-eastern Bulgarian town of Svilengrad, the Interior Ministry reported. The victims, who were traveling via minibus from Germany to Turkey,
- Cotton production expected to increase in US, India, Pakistan, decline in China
: Cotton production is expected to increase in three largest producing countries, after China, that is, India, United States and Pakistan. However, significant production declines are expected in Turkey, Brazil and the CFA zone, says an International
- Bulgaria Right-Wingers Slam Turkey over Election Trick
Friday A young man walks past a poster of the right-wing Blue coalition. Photo by BGNES Bulgaria's opposition right-wing parties have responded furiously to Turkey's decision to extend by one year the expired documents of Bulgarian citizens living
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Turkey was created in 1923 from the Turkish remnants of the Ottoman Empire. Soon thereafter the country instituted secular laws to replace traditional religious fiats. In 1945 Turkey joined the UN and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. Turkey occupied the northern portion of Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island; relations between the two countries remain strained. Periodic military offensives against Kurdish separatists have dislocated part of the population in southeast Turkey and have drawn international condemnation.
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