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- 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
- Bulgarian Expats in Turkey Mobilized to Back DPS in Elections
Friday The DPS party of Ahmed Dogan (middle) is hoping to get some 100 000 votes from Turkey expats, according to BGNES reports. Photo by BGNES An unprecedented mobilization of Bulgarian expats living in Turkey has been created in order to support the
- Sarkozy talks Turkey with Sweden
On the first visit by a French president to Stockholm in nine years, Nicolas Sarkozy and host Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt have agreed to disagree about Turkey. Sweden, which has just taken over the EU presidency, wants to open up new negotiating
- Abuses against Muslims in US
The day US President Barack Obama reached out to Muslims around the world through his speech at the Turkish Parliament, saying the United States 'is not and will never be at war with Islam,' Muslim Americans described what looked like a war on their
- Spains rich yield curbs Turkey's cherry exports
tons of cherry to the European markets in May and June, the peak of the cherry season, as Spain enjoyed the richest pickings of high quality cherries in its history. What makes the situation more complicated for the Turkish exporters is that the
- Brazil's Petrobras sees few prospects for Iran oil
* Petrobras sees limited prospects in Iran * Focusing on developing domestic sub-salt reserves * Will continue projects in U.S., Turkey RIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state oil company Petrobras expects exploration of an Iranian block will
- Nabucco not at risk from Russia-Azerbaijan gas deal: Turkey
BUCHAREST (AFP) Russian Gazprom's recent deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan will not endanger Europe's flagship pipeline project Nabucco, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday. 'One must not think that these projects will have
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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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