Saturday, July 04, 2009 16:34 [Daily Archive]

Locals, officials at odds over bird deaths at lake
Locals, officials at odds over bird deaths at lake
ISTANBUL - Polemic erupts between a local environmental agency and the Forestry Directorate after the agency claims training exercises by fire fighting planes resulted in the deaths of thousands of birds near Lake Bafa. The directorate denies such exercises were carried out at all while the agency says it was local villagers that informed it in the first place
Hürriyet Daily News, 04 July 2009
04 July 2009 Anatolian Agency
GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JULY 4 GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JULY 4
These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on July 4, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. (UPDATED)
04 July 2009 Hürriyet Daily News
Democracy is at risk, says Baykal Democracy is at risk, says Baykal
ANKARA - CHP leader Deniz Baykal says the incidents at the critical National Security Council meeting are not part of the path to democracy. He says the AKP is trying to create its own 'deep state' and its coup rhetoric only conceals the AKP’s own ongoing civilian coup
04 July 2009 Hürriyet Daily News
Istanbul called to give voice to climate change Istanbul called to give voice to climate change
ISTANBUL - The promoter of the ’350 movement’ to tackle climate change, Bill McKibben, arrives in Istanbul and calls on activists in the city and across Turkey to join forces with a global coordinated effort to highlight the importance being paid by people across the world to climate change. He says Turkey is an important place for this initiative
04 July 2009 Hürriyet Daily News
Turks encouraged to vote in Bulgaria Turks encouraged to vote in Bulgaria
ISTANBUL - Amid concerns over a right-wing victory in Bulgarian elections, Bulgarian citizens of Turkish origin are encouraged to cast their votes for the Turkish minority Rights and Freedoms Party, or MRF. The elections’ outcome may become more critical this year, says a MRF official in Turkey
Inside Turkey
  • Ministry decision sacrifices nature
  • AKP Ankara meet delayed
  • Poll: Turks seek new political parties, faces
  • Watchdog tackles inflated cafe prices
  • Judge guilty of sending clerk to trial
  • Military says colonel has its full backing
  • Colonel freed due to no evidence
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    Diplomacy
  • Russia visit timing vital, says minister
  • Turkey, Germany sign submarine deal
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    Metronome
  • Atıl Kutoğlu - Fashion designer extraordinaire Kee
  • Female students want to get to work
  • Women travel more than men in Turkey
  • Women’s role on the Internet
  • Ankara’s art theater waiting for Godot
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    DN South
  • Fish farms pollute sea even after moving out
  • Disabled athletes compete
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    North Korea missile tests defy UN
    North Korea test-fires seven short-range missiles in an apparent act of defiance on America's Independence Day.
    Burma junta leader snubs UN chief
    BT offers holidays for pay cuts
    UK investigates Iran charge claim
    Chechen police die in Ingushetia
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