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Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Syria, May 15, 2009.
(photo: Turkish Presidency)
Turkish prez to visit India, for biz talks
Deccan Herald
Istanbul, Feb 7, AFP: | Turkish President Abdullah Gul, on Sunday, left on a week-long trip to India and Bangladesh aimed at boosting economic and trade ties with the two south Asian countries. | Accompanied by a large delegation of ministers and businessmen, Gul will first fly to India where he wil...
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, right, and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari pose for cameras before a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.
(photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta, Pool)
Zardari books fast train to Turkey
Asia Times
| By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Turkey and Pakistan agreed this week to undertake a US$20 billion project to upgrade a railway link from Islamabad to Istanbul, basically to transport cargo more efficiently between the two countries and ultimately on to Europe. | During a meeting in Ist...
Turkey to appeal Dogan Yayin tax ruling - sources
The Guardian
* Finance Ministry awaiting notification of court ruling * Dogan Yayin shares down 6.4 percent (Adds quote, shares, background) By Orhan Coskun ANKARA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Turkey's Finance Ministry will appeal a tax court ruling in favour of media grou...
Turkey near end of Azeri gas talks-Min
The Guardian
(Corrects price tag of Nabucco project to 7.9 bln euros, from $7.9 bln) * Turkey doesn't see Armenian factor spoiling Azeri gas deal * Turkey not worried over Nabucco pipeline demand, supply By Orhan Coskun ANKARA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Turkey expects to...
Zardari books fast train to Turkey
Asia Times
| By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Turkey and Pakistan agreed this week to undertake a US$20 billion project to upgrade a railway link from Islamabad to Istanbul, basically to transport cargo more efficiently between the two countries and ...
Pressure Mounts for Deal for Airbus Military Plane
The New York Times
| BERLIN - Military officials from the European countries with orders to buy the Airbus A400M military transport plane tried and failed again Friday to resolve differences over how to share billions of euros in cost overruns, but said they would resu...
UPDATE 1-Turkey's Aksa to sell Gazprom gas in 2011
The Guardian
* Aksa to sell Russian gas from 2011 * Gazprom, Aksa to bid for gas grids, power stations * Aksa may be interested in nuclear tender (Updates with quotes, details) By Orhan Coskun ANKARA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Turkey's Aksa Dogalgaz will begin distribut...
Saudi, Turkey boost bilateral ties, trade
The Siasat Daily
| Riyadh, January 20: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed support for the Palestinians and called on Saudi businessmen to invest in his country during a trip to the Middle Eastern oil giant. | "There is nothing more natural than for...
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WN/Theresa Poongan
Exxon Mobil, Petrobras to explore in Black Sea
Houston Chronicle
| IRVING, Texas - Exxon Mobil and Petrobras said Tuesday they are teaming up to explore about 7.4 million acres in the Black Sea offshore Turkey for oil and gas. | "We are pleased ...
Turkish C. Bank rates unchanged, must stay low
The Guardian
* Bank says rates must stay low for a long time * Inflation to show marked rise over next two months * Sees moderate pace of recovery in economic activity (Adds details, analyst quote) By Thomas Grove ISTANBUL, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Turkey's Central Ban...
Erdogan in Russia for talks on pipeline rivals
Business Report
  | Submit your comment | Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is involved in competing gas pipeline projects, held talks with Russian leaders on Wednesday in a bid to soften the bitter rivalry between future energy transit...
Turkey committed to Ziraat Bank IPO - econ min
The Guardian
* Has done work on IPO for Turkey's largest bank * Wants to sell more shares in Halkbank, Vakifbank * Halkbank shares down 0.9 percent, Vakifbank flat (Adds quote, background) ANKARA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Turkey is committed to an initial public offeri...
Diplomatic Slight Strains Israeli-Turkish Relations
Wall Street Journal
By CHARLES LEVINSON | JERUSALEM -- Israeli-Turkish relations hit a new bump Tuesday after Ankara demanded that Israel apologize for a diplomatic slight during a meeting the day before, when Turkey's ambassador to Israel was deliberately given a lower...
Politics
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks to the media after talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 18, 2008. Mottaki said Friday that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva and the participation of a U. S. diplomat for first time look positive and he expects progres
(photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Iranian FM supports plan to send uranium abroad
The Press Democrat
| Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says swapping low-enriched uranium with uranium enriched by 20 percent is "a formula which could build confidence." He spoke Wednesday in Ankara. | The United States and other nations suspect that Iran's nuclear program is geared toward acquiring atomic weapons. Iran denies the charge and says the program is to...



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