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  Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Turkey is bordered to the east by Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran; to the south by Iraq and Syria; and to the west by the Aegean Sea and its islands, Greece and Bulgaria.
Turkey forms a bridge between Europe and Asia, with the division between the two running from the Black Sea to the north down along the Bosporus strait through the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles strait to the Aegean Sea and the larger Mediterranean Sea to the south.
Turkey's dynamic economy is a complex mix of modern industry and commerce along with a traditional agriculture sector that in 2001 still accounted for 40% of employment.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Turkey.htm   (1129 words)

  
 Prime Minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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List of Prime Ministers of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines1956-datesRalph Gonsalves/
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 HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TURKEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Prime Minister Ciller said Turkey is engaged in a war against terrorism in the same way Japan grapples with gas attacks in subways and the United States with bombings against buildings such as the World Trade Center.
Turkey's democracy is not an aberration or accident." Referring to the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Prime Minister Ciller said that 70 years after Ataturk "Turkey is firmly committed to the course he set." Mrs.
Turkey is disappearing in flames along with its forests --anonymous acts of genocide-- and 2.5 million people have been exiled from their homes, in desperate poverty, forced to take to the road.
theory.rockefeller.edu /~giannak/turkey.html   (20145 words)

  
 Asia Times Online - The trusted source for news on Central Asia
Turkey did note that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat on the sidelines of the mid-June foreign ministers' meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul.
During prime minister Suleyman Demirel's official visit to Moscow on May 25-26, 1992, the "Treaty on the Principles of Relations between the Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation" was signed, replacing an earlier but similar treaty bearing the same title.
During Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov's visit on October 23-25, 2000, when he was accompanied by the ministers of energy, public property and industry, and science and technology as well as other high-ranking officials, agreements including the formation of a joint committee on cooperation in the defense industry were signed.
atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/FH28Ag01.html   (3758 words)

  
 Romania gov't reshuffled, four new ministers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu reshuffled his center-right government, replacing four ministers including those in charge of finance and European integration after criticism of several cabinet members.
The outgoing ministers are: Ionut Popescu in finance, Ene Dinga for European integration, Mircea Cinteza in health, and the vice prime minister in charge of economic sectors Gheorghe Seculici.
Environment Minister Sulfina Barbu, who was not on the list of those to be replaced, has also been criticized for a late response to limiting the destruction caused by the heavy floods that have swept through Romania this summer, leaving 40 people dead and damages valued at more than one billion euros (dollars).
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=66603   (669 words)

  
 [A-List] Crisis in Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the Parliament Speaker in order to convince him not to bring his spouse to the reception.
It's list of candidates in the elections were dominated by former Islamic figures.
There are signs that AK Party people are jittery that former prime minister Erbakan is back in the political scene as an active member of the Saadet Party (SP) and thus feel he could be a menace for them.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-April/025443.html   (2015 words)

  
 Window International Network - Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sadly, studies suggest that the level of violence against women in Turkey is considerably higher than around the world--and up to one third (and possibly as high as half) of all women in Turkey have suffered some violence.
This is just one of several issues Turkey is working to reform before it is allowed to enter into the European Union (EU) as a member, of which it has been striving to become since 1963.
Erdogan became the prime minister of Turkey in March of 2003.
www.win1040.com /leadersb/a0000479.cfm   (507 words)

  
 Turkey
Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty Parliament, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, which elects the President.
In March Islamist former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan was convicted under Article 312 of the Penal Code for "promoting enmity" along religious lines, for a speech he made in 1994 in which he referred to parliamentarians as "infidels." His appeal was turned down in July, and he was sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment.
The Constitution establishes Turkey as a secular state and provides for freedom of belief, freedom of worship, and the private dissemination of religious ideas, and the Government generally observed these provisions in practice; however, it imposed some restrictions on religious minorities and on religious expression in government offices and state-run institutions, including universities.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/844.htm   (18691 words)

  
 Woman Premier Ministers
As Prime Minister, she also held the posts as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance etc, and before her appointment to Prime Minister in 1994, she was Senior Minister without Portfolio (Second in Cabinet) in her daughter, Chandrika's cabinet.
Minister of Environmental Protection 1974-79, Deputy Leader 1975-81, Deputy Parliamentary Leader1980-81, Leader 1981-93 and Parliamentary Leader, Parliamentary Leader of Arbeiderpartiet, Labour, 1980-81 and 1989-90 Chairperson of the Foreign and 1989-90 of the Finance Committees, From 1998 Director General of the World Health Organization, WHO, and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations.
She was appointed Acting Prime Minister upon her designation, which was vetoed by the parliament at the 30.7 and about one month later the parliament also rejected President Kim Dae Jung's nominee as her successor.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Premier_Ministers.htm   (2293 words)

  
 Turkey
Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single-chamber parliament, the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
The seven-member High Council of Judges and Prosecutors, which was appointed by the President and included the Minister of Justice (as chairman) and a deputy, selected judges and prosecutors for the higher courts and was responsible for oversight of those in the lower courts.
According to the Family Research Institute in the Prime Minister's office, beating in the home was one of the most frequent forms of violence against women.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27869.htm   (17079 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms.
Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes.
Turkey's dynamic economy is a complex mix of modern industry and commerce along with a traditional agriculture sector that in 2004 still accounted for more than 35% of employment.
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/tu.html   (1543 words)

  
 Turkey - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Early parliamentary elections were held in November after several ministers resigned from the government formed by the Democratic Left Party (DSP) of Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) and the Motherland Party (ANAP).
Although in October the Minister of Justice lifted the condition that prisoners would only be allowed to meet for private conversation if they took part in education programs, such meetings were limited to five hours per week, which failed to meet recommendations by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.
Turkey ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in September.
web.amnesty.org /report2003/tur-summary-eng   (2078 words)

  
 Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - Henry John Temple Palmerston
Palmerston, an Irish peer, was a career politician with a long list of accomplishments have served in numerous capacities and within several governments before heading two of his own as prime minister.
He supported Turkey against the Russians and later the Egyptians who threatened its borders, and he declared the Opium War on China (1840).
His ministry was ended by a one year Derby government, but he returned as prime minister in 1859 with Russell as foreign minister and Gladstone as chancellor of the Exchequer, a strong group.
www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime34.html   (584 words)

  
 Turks.US Daily News: Gul: Turkey suffered significant damage due to wrong statements
Stating that Turkey's sending its troops to northern Iraq could be in question in some situations, Gul said, ''we don't want PKK/KADEK terrorist organization to use those territories as a base and we cannot permit that.
Stressing that Turkey has not sent any troops to northern Iraq so far, Gul said that despite this situation, some ministers of many countries showed Turkey as if it was involved in war by their statements.
Gul stated that Turkey was also included in coalition list which was announced by the United States and noted that Turkey's cooperation with the United States remained under the authority which was given by Turkish parliament.
www.turks.us /article.php?story=20030404074559255&mode=print   (620 words)

  
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Foreign ministers and other top diplomats of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and rump Yugoslavia, as well as international representatives met at a two-day conference in Sofia on 6-7 July, Bulgarian and Western media reported.
Albanian Deputy Foreign Minister Arian Starova said rising tension in Kosovo is a danger to stability.
Prime Minister Zhan Videnov called Pimen's election "deeply anti-Bulgarian" and said the government recognizes Maksim as the head of the only legitimate Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/96-07/jul08.omri   (1687 words)

  
 Assembly of Turkish American Associations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Turkey was to announce it was phasing out the direct transfer of Special Consumption Tax revenues to ministries at the end of August.
MHP cabinet ministers said last week they would not sign such a directive which is intended to improve controls on government spending.
The court said on Monday it informed Turkey of the petition by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose Justice and Development Party (AKP) is suspected by the military of having Islamist leanings.
www.ataa.org /spotlight/s_sept24.html   (870 words)

  
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He received assurances that Greece and Turkey are committed to support the Secretary General's   HYPERLINK "http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/papers/1992/92040705.html" April 7, 1992, Jun 1 2000 Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, thus enabling the U.S. to recognize   HYPERLINK "http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/papers/1992/92033001.html" March 30, 1992, Jun 1 2000 and we tried, as you remember.
After the Mitsotakis of Greece and Prime Minister Yilmaz and President Ozal of Turkey and Turkish Cypriot representatives and those of the Governments of Greece of State Baker met with the Foreign Ministers of Greece and Turkey and   HYPERLINK "http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/papers/1991/91102305.html" October 23, 1991, May 12 2000 S.
Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis of Greece; Athanasios Tsaldaris, president and statesman; and Michael Sotirhos, U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
international.tamu.edu /schoolar/greece.doc   (2149 words)

  
 CNN.com - Turkey agrees 'roadmap' to EU membership - December 4, 2000
He added that it indicated Turkey's earlier objection -- about whether the issue of Cyprus should be included in the text -- had been taken into account.
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has previously accused Brussels of going back on pledges that the Cyprus issue and other territorial disputes with Greece would not be included in a list of short-term conditions that Turkey must meet ahead of possible full EU membership.
Greece had initially demanded that the EU require Turkey to repair relations with Greece on long-standing territorial disputes in the Aegean Sea and work for a settlement over Cyprus.
archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/12/04/turkey.eu   (576 words)

  
 List of Turkey-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pan-Turkism - Patriarch Bartholomew I - Patriarch of Constantinople - Pekinel sisters - Pergamon - Piri Reis - Politics of Cyprus - Politics of Turkey - Pontus - Princes' Islands - Provinces of Turkey - Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau
Valide Sultan - Van, Turkey - Van Province - Vizier
Yağlı güreş - Yalova Province - Yashar Kemal - Yerliyya - Young Turks - Yousuf Karsh - Youth Party (Turkey) - Yozgat - Yozgat Province - Yunus Emre - Yusuf Akcura
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Turkey-related_topics   (333 words)

  
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 DAWN WIRE SERVICE : 11 November 2000 Issue : 06/43
Seven defence ministers, six chairmen/chiefs of defence staff and seven chiefs of staff are among the delegates who are arriving to attend the exhibition.
Inaugurating the ECO Energy\Petroleum Ministers Meeting held under the auspices of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, the president said that Pakistan-Turkmenistan gas pipeline project with possible extension to India was another example of sector cooperation between ECO member states.
Our last two prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who drained the nation as they did, impoverishing the already impoverished of their country, were each allowed a second round in power, a repeat performance.
www.lib.virginia.edu /area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/2000/nov11.html   (10136 words)

  
 BikeAbout: Turkey Sites on the 'Net
Government: Turkey is a republican parliamentary democracy, led by a president (who is elected by the National Assembly), the prime minister (appointed by the president), and a Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister and appointed by the president.
The Judicial Branch consists of the Constitutional Court appointed by the president and Court of Appeals elected by the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors.
In particular, Turkey is the biggest producer of wool in Europe.
www.bikeabout.org /resource/turkey.htm   (670 words)

  
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Turkey’s large—and growing—population and the fact that it is a relatively poor country mean this would be an enlargement of the Union like no other.
Turkey, which is seeking membership of the EU, is a member of the Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights organization, and is bound to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Friday blamed “weak governments” in France and the Netherlands for failing to tackle public opposition to Turkish membership of the EU.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=turkey   (5898 words)

  
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TURKEY CREEPING UP THE SCIENTIFIC SCALE Turkey has jumped three places up the list of countries showing development in scientific fields and number of people involved in scientific research.
ITALIAN PRESIDENT IN TURKEY Turkey today enters a busy week of diplomacy in terms of its relations with Europe, with a three-day visit by Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro followed by a visit of the foreign ministers of the EU troika.
Italian companies are involved in various highway projects in Turkey, and there is Turco-Italian cooperation in the construction of the north-south portion of the Trans- European motorway and Bulgaria-Albania-Italy-Turkey (West-East Corridor) project.
www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/95-03/mar21.tk   (489 words)

  
 N. Cyprus F.M.: We Will Submit List Of New Council Of Ministers To President Tomorrow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
China was struck by another outbreak of bird flu and a fourth person died from the virus in Indonesia amid warnings that the lethal disease could cost the Asia region up to 290 billion dollars.
Replying to a question, Denktas said CTP Secretary General Ferdi Sabit Soyer would be the Prime Minister in case Talat becomes the president.
Serdar Denktas said they suggested the current council of ministers and ministers to continue till mid April to prevent any problem in case of change of prime minister, noting that distribution of ministries to the parties would be announced on Monday.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=38109   (375 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Present-day Turkey was created in 1923 from the Turkish remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to protect Turkish Cypriots and prevent a Greek takeover of the island; the northern 37 percent of the island remains under Turkish Cypriot control.
southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria
www.geoplace.com /hottopics/ciawfb/factbook/print/tu.html   (1436 words)

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