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Israeli spokesperson Gissin: How would you feel if we met with Apo?
The Hamas visit to Ankara appears to have caused diplomatic turbulence between Israel and Turkey. Speaking to an NTV reporter, Israeli Prime Ministerial spokesperson Raanan Gissin said that Meshaal's reception in Ankara was a great mistake which would open great wounds in the Israeli-Turkish relations. Asked Gissin, "What would you feel if we were to meet with (convicted PKK terrorist) Abdullah Ocalan?"
'Turkey should change bridge rhetoric'
ISTANBUL -Turkey is not a bridge and I think we should forget using this rhetoric. We should drop this rhetoric from Turkish foreign policy. We are a kind of melting pot, a hub, a political, cultural, strategic hub, whatever you would like to call it. A center where people can meet together, talk together, and where they can interact together.
'Turkey should change bridge rhetoric'
ISTANBUL -Turkey is not a bridge and I think we should forget using this rhetoric. We should drop this rhetoric from Turkish foreign policy. We are a kind of melting pot, a hub, a political, cultural, strategic hub, whatever you would like to call it. A center where people can meet together, talk together, and where they can interact together.
Hopes for peace to bloom with fest
ISTANBUL - As part of an Armenian peace initiative, an Azerbaijani prisoner of war is set to meet with an Azerbaijani committee visiting the country for the Flower Festival. Besides Azerbaijan, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Georgia and also Iran will attend the festival this year.
Turkey and the US unites through love of countries
ISTANBUL - Even when looking over her shoulder at the Bosphorus from the Ritz Carlton, it isn’t farfetched for Mona Tekin Diamond to talk about connecting with housewives in Anatolian villages. ’I’m not talking about upsetting husbands or women’s ways of doing things,’but we can help make more of their skills through development,’ she says.
Brewing a future from tea tourism
RİZE - Turkish people are well known for their thirst for tea and now a tea company is looking to take advantage by launching a travel trend: tea tourism. The first of such tours takes off for northern Turkey this summer. Visitors will have a day of picking tea leaves and then the opportunity to observe closely as leaves are made ready for our pots
Nuri Bilge Ceylan retrospective at the Int’l Golden Boll Film Festival
ISTANBUL - The 16th Golden Boll (Altın Koza) Film Festival kicked off last night in the southern city of Adana with an opening ceremony welcoming its guests. Director of international fame and prestigious awards, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, will head the jury for the National Competition while his career will be remembered in a section devoted to him
Israel’s Levy pays critical visit
ANKARA - As the opposition steps up criticism of a government-sponsored draft bill on de-mining the Turkish-Syrian border on the argument that the land would be leased to an Israeli company for 44 years, Israeli Ambassador to Ankara Gaby Levy turns up in Parliament for a meeting with an opposition deputy. The government, meanwhile, defends the draft bill
Will Erdoğan atone for Turkey’s past sins?
With the controversial "landmine bill" coming back to Parliament after being temporarily withdrawn last Friday by the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government, the debate over the "historic apology" by the Turkish prime minister toward Turkey’s minorities looks as if it will continue.
Tourists see Turkey as ideal holiday spot
ISTANBUL - Turkey is an ideal family holiday location. It offers a reliable climate, beach resorts, good quality accommodation, water sports and land-based activities, all at a lower cost compared to Western Europe. Figures report a 12 percent rise in overseas visitors.
