A series of events on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Azerbaijan`s independence will open on Thursday in Elazig.

Renault SA, which makes seven models of passenger cars in Turkey, may look at building commercial vans at its plant in the country as competitors expand in the segment, the head of the company’s local joint venture said.

ERDOGAN SPEAKS AGAINST RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND ISLAMOPHOBIA IN EUROPE Anadolu Agency Feb 1 2012 Turkey Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey would not remain silent towards racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia which was insidiously escalating in Europe.

TURKISH FIRST LADY SNUBS FRENCH AMBASSADOR’S WIFE Trend Jan 27 2012 Azerbaijan In reaction to the French Senate’s approval of a bill that criminalizes denying the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces in the early 20th century, first lady Hayrunnisa Gul has not invited Sabine Bili, the wife of the French ambassador to Turkey, …

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The Prime Minister of Bosnia’s Republic of Srpska, Mr. Aleksandar Dzombic, in his Office received the Ambassador of Republic of Turkey to B&H, H.E. Mr.

Ties between Turkey, NATO‘s biggest Muslim member, and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that says Israel should not exist, are blossoming.

TURKEY CANNOT PLAY A STABILIZING ROLE IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS Artak Barseghyan “Radiolur” 31.01.2012 18:50 As a result of the recent meeting in Moscow the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Turkey adopted a statement, in which they stressed their interest in the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

ECONOMY MINISTER MEETS EXECUTIVES OF FRENCH COMPANIES IN TURKEY. IntelliNews Jan 30 2012 Economy minister Zafer Caglayan had a meeting with the executives of more than 30 French companies doing business in Turkey over a recent French law which makes it a crime to deny the killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule is genocide.

The publication in Turkey of a new work by Paul Auster – even before it is released in the United States – would seem to be a cause for celebration there.

Iran has not received any official request on the gas price lowering from Turkish Botas company, the spokesman of National Iranian Gas Company said here on Wednesday.

Upheaval in the Middle East and mutual economic interests are drawing together two unlikely partners; rising powerhouse Turkey and an entity whose name Turkish leaders hardly dare mention – Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq.

PRESIDENTIAL BODY TO SHED LIGHT ON DINK MURDER CASE Hurriyet Daily News http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/presidential-body-to-shed-light-on-dink-murder-case.aspx?pageID=238&nID=12485&NewsCatID=338 Jan 28 2012 Turkey Certain documents went missing while others were tampered with in the case of murdered journalist Hrant Dink, an upcoming report by … (more)

MODERN TURKEY HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE OTTOMAN TIMES Karine Ter-Sahakyan PanARMENIAN.Net January 20, 2012 Assassination of Hrant Dink, intimidation of AAC Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrob Mutafyan to an extent that deprived him from aptitude to continue his activity, and threatening of migrant workers from Armenia are all the links of one chain.

YEREVAN WANTS TURKEY OUT OF KARABAKH SOLUTION PROCESS Today’s Zaman Jan 30 2012 Turkey If Turkey wants to help, it should stay out of the process to solve the Karabakh issue, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan has said, in response to Turkish officials’ remarks that France should drop its leadership of the Minsk Group, a …

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Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.1 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/ Iran has not received any official request on the gas price lowering from Turkish Botas company, press secretary of Iran’s State Gas Company Majid Burjazadeh said, Mehr reported.

French parliamentarians appealed to the country’s supreme Constitutional Council to overturn a bill that penalizes denial of “Armenian genocide” claims, a development that raised prospects of annulment of the controversial legislation which has angered Turkey, Today’s Zaman reported.

LUEBECK, Germany – On a recent rainy night in this northern German port city, Sultan Palast is coming to life at the 5 o’clock rush.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday he stood behind the idea of negotiations with “political representatives” of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party , but vowed that military measures against the group would not be let up.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 31 / Trend / Trend news agency expert Seymur Aliyev As the period when Azerbaijan will choose one of the routes for its gas supplies to Europe approaches, some projects participating in the competition, lose their benefits, while others, conversely, get them. But new proposals, including Trans-Anatolia Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and South …

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U.S. intelligence is concerned about the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and the possible emergence of new terror hot spots in Eurasia, the U.S. director of national intelligence James Clapper’s report, presented at the hearing in the Senate Committee of U.S. Congress, said, ITAR-TASS reported.

Turkey will reschedule the sale of an electricity distribution grid covering the European side of Istanbul after the companies winning an original auction failed to make downpayments.

PanARMENIAN.Net – A total of 102 domestic and international Turkish Airways flights have been canceled to and from the Istanbul Atatrk airport as continued snowfall continues to disrupt transportation systems across the country, Today’s Zaman reported citing the state-run Anatolia news agency.

“People with bad intentions under the guidance and direction of others want to harm relations between the two countries” Kilic said.

WAM Dubai, 31 Jan 2012 : Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy, and Mehmet ?im?ek, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Turkey, today in a joint statement stressed the importance of the visit by Abdullah Gul, President of the Republic of Turkey, to the UAE, which contributes to the strengthening of …

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SOCAR, Azerbaijan`s state oil company has become a leading company not only of the country, but also the entire region thanks to application of modern management mechanism and technological novelties.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.1 / Trend M.Aliyev / Today, Feb 1, at the first spring meeting session, the Azerbaijani Parliament discussed the law criminalising the denial of the so-called “Armenian genocide”.

ANALYSTS SAY TURKEY ON WRONG TRACK OVER ARMENIA GENOCIDE Agence France Presse January 27, 2012 Friday 11:50 AM GMT Turkey’s attempts to intimidate France and other countries over the question of the Armenian genocide are bound to backfire, analysts said as the 100th anniversary of the bloodshed approaches.

FRANCE’S SARKOZY SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO LEGISLATE TURKEY’S HISTORY: VIEW Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-30/sarkozy-should-not-attempt-to-legislate-turkey-s-history-view.html Jan 30 2012 The president of France is getting ready to sign a bill making it a crime in his country to deny that a century ago, the Ottoman Empire committed … (more)

TURKEY HAILS FRENCH SENATORS’ MOVE TO BLOCK GENOCIDE BILL Ahram Online http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/33354/World/International/Turkey-hails-French-senators-move-to-block-genocid.aspx Jan 31 2012 Egypt Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan praises move by group of French senators to block law banning Armenian genocide ‘denial’ … (more)

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s prime minister has hit back at American writer Paul Auster who was quoted as saying that he would not visit the country to protest its jailing of journalists and writers.

Turkey’s prime minister has hit back at American writer Paul Auster who was quoted as saying that he would not visit the country to protest its jailing of journalists and writers.

Over the course of the 20th Century, Turkey’s world became increasingly Eurocentric.

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish Coast Guard boats were searching for nine crew members after a Cambodia-flagged freighter ship sank in stormy seas off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Tuesday, officials said.

A man walks past parked trains at the main station in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

In this Intelligence Report: The first pictures of an accused terrorist arrested at O’Hare Airport and a fascinating back-story being told about how the refugee from Uzbekistan ended up in America.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.31 / Trend A.Badalova/ A Supreme Court of France will make a decision on a law criminalizing denial of the so-called “Armenian genocide” in a week, member of the Senate Commission for International Affairs Nathalie Goulet told Trend on Tuesday.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.31 / Trend A.Taghiyeva / President of Turkey Abdullah Gul hopes that the French court will make a right decision, TRT Haber TV Channel reported on Tuesday.

EXPERT: TALKS ON TURKEY’S MEDIATING ROLE IN NK ISSUE IN VAIN Panorama.am 31/01/2012 “Turkish and Russian Foreign Ministers’ statement to assume a firm role in Karabakh conflict is aimed at balancing French Senate decision,” expert of Turkish studies Levon Hovsepyan said in a news conference adding that by those steps Ankara targets some active … …

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Members of Workers Party shout slogans as they gather to protest France in front of the French embassy in Ankara PARIS – French lawmakers appealed to the country’s highest court Tuesday to overturn a law that makes it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide.

Daytime highs in Bulgaria on January 31 were pitifully low: Sofia minus 7 degrees Celsius , Plovdiv minus eight degrees and Rousse minus nine.

The government of Cyprus expressed on Sunday its appreciation for the clear positions of principles expressed once more by the Russian Federation on the Cyprus problem in the light of the outcome of the New York meeting, which took place earlier this week, between the UN Secretary General and the leaders of the two communities …

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US intelligence chief says he doesn’t see how Syrian president can sustain rule, question of time before he falls a Russian Dep.

PanARMENIAN.Net – A military court has moved forward a hearing into the suspicious death of soldier Sevag A ahin BalA kA , a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin, to Jan 30, after a key witness changed his testimony, Hrriyet Daily News reported.

A Naviscan PET scanner performing Positron Emission Mammography has been installed at the prestigious MEDICA Medical Center in Istanbul, Turkey.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 31 / Trend / Turkish Prime Minister hopes that the French people will oppose the adoption of a law by the France’s Parliament that criminalizes denial of the so-called “Armenian genocide”, Anadolu Agency reported.

International pressure on Armenia essential to end occupation of Azerbaijani lands – Turkish Parliament Speaker Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 31 / Trend / In order to stop the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas and let Azerbaijani refugees return safely to their homes it is necessary to increase international pressure on Yerevan, the Speaker of Grand …

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Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.31 / Trend E.Tariverdiyeva / The organization “Reporters Without Borders” has reiterated to the French parliamentarians concerns about the proposed law aimed at combating “denial of legally recognized genocides,” which the Senate has just approved, Jean-François Julliard, Reporters Without Borders secretary-general said in his letter posted on the organization’s website.

Iran has denied claims of an alleged plot to send nurses to spy on Turkey.Officials at the Iranian Embassy in Ankara denounced the claims on Friday and depicted them as “misleading Iranian and Turkish public opinion” and “benefiting nobody except those who are… Iran has denied claims of an alleged plot to send nurses to …

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TURKEY TO RAISE FRANCE’S KARABAKH MEDIATION AT OSCE News.Az Turkey is to raise the question of France continuing as co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group at the OSCE and in other international organizations.

Turkish cement maker Afyon Cimento’s sale is expected to be completed in February and 3-4 binding offers have been received, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Turkey is a traditional partner, and even more traditional rival at Russia’s southern borders.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.30/ Trend A. Taghiyeva / French Senators collected the required number of signatures demanding repeal of a law criminalizing denial of the so-called “Armenian genocide”, TRT Haber TV channel reported.

Now, jumping back to the end of November where I left off. One night during the week, a group of seven or so exchange students met at Agora and went to the movie theater to see the newest edition of the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn: Part 1. Before I go any further, let me say …

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TURKEY IS WAITING, WHILE COLLECTING SIGNATURES CONTINUES IN FRENCH SENATE epress.am 01.31.2012 There are positive developments on collecting the 60 signatures required to challenge the law recently approved by the French Senate that criminalizes denial of genocide , a Turkish politician said, although the sufficient number had not yet been reached, … (more)

TURKEY’S RESIDENCE LAW TO AFFECT ARMENIAN STUDENTS Tert.am 31.01.12 Children of Armenian workers that are enrolled in Turkish minority schools are waiting apprehensively for a new foreigners’ residence law as the new regulations could result in many foreigners being expelled from the country, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

There is a feeling that the French and Armenians have been left behind, and some other forces want to harm relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey, and they should be ashamed, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Hulusi Kilic said at event dedicated to 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

WAM ABU DHABI: Today, Dr. Abdullah G?l, the 11th President of the Republic of Turkey, visited Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multifaceted renewable energy company as well as the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology; the region’s first homegrown, graduate level, research driven institute.

ANKARA [MENL] — Turkey has increased defense cooperation with Gulf Arab states.

The coroner today identified a man killed on the southbound Hollywood Freeway just south of the Cahuenga Pass when his motorcycle collided with a van.

By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkey’s leaders have been threatening France for months with various reprisals should the French government pass a law making it illegal to deny the Armenian Genocide.

Trend Arabic News Service Head Rufiz Hafizoglu A bill criminalizing denial of the so-called “Armenian genocide” adopted by the French Senate on Jan. 23 and which contradicts freedom of speech and expression is expected to be approved by the country’s President Nicolas Sarkozy in 15 days.

PanARMENIAN.Net – Recent visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to Russia has no relevance to Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, focusing on Ankara-Moscow ties only, according to a member of ruling Republican Party of Armenia .

The Ukraine government says 18 people have died of hypothermia in recent days as the country was hit by a severe cold spell.

A couple walks on a snow covered road near the Lake of Eymir, Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday, Jan.

Seba Aghayeva, deputy head of Azerbaijan News Service As 2012 began and Europe faced economic problems crisis of democracy emerged in France considered center of the Old Continent’s power, culture and freedom of thought. France, which presented the U.S. with monument embodying freedom and which is advocate of freedom of thought in the world, transformed …

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The president of France is getting ready to sign a bill making it a crime in his country to deny that a century ago, the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against Armenians.

Turkish Chess Champioships started in Kemer! Dear Friends! Turkish Chess Championships among women and men has started on 29th of January, 2012 in Kemer, Antalya and will continue till 5th of February, in a ten-round Swiss system.

WAM Ankara, Jan 28th, 2012 –H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, headed the UAE delegation at the Gulf Cooperation Council for Arab States – Turkey’s Ministerial Council, held today in Istanbul with participation of Foreign Ministers of both sides and the Secretary General of GCC, Abdul Latif Al Zayani.

Turkey may provide Hamas with $300 million in annual aid, Turkish sources report.

The Afghan Air Force has been growing slowly, but it is moving closer to independence.

Ankara, Turkey – Shortly after telling his parents he was gay, Ahmet Yildiz was gunned down inside his car by his father in Istanbul.

A young woman, Elif Iscan, practices yoga in a snow covered park on a sunny winter day in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Jan.

Crailsheim,Germany – Busworld -27 Jan 2012: — The DIWA automatic is not only a transmission specifically developed for citybuses.

Prominent Turkish journalists charged with involvement in an alleged plot to overthrow the government were denied release from custody late on Friday in a trial that has become a rallying point for criticism of Turkeys record on media freedom.

WAM Abu Dhabi, 28th Jan. 2012 – The state visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul to the UAE on Sunday is of paramount importance as it further bolsters UAE-Turkey relations in areas of economy, trade and politics, said Turkish Ambassador to UAE Vural Altay.

ANALYSTS SAY TURKEY ON WRONG TRACK OVER ARMENIA GENOCIDE Ahram Online http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/32964/World/Region/Analysts-say-Turkey-on-wrong-track-over-Armenia-ge.aspx Jan 27 2012 Egypt Analysts believe that Turkey can no longer escape its duty of contrition for the genocide, especially with the French Senate’s legislation for … (more)

The object of the game is to see how hard a hand on the computer screen can slap a cartoon image of French President Nicolas Sarkozy .

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.28 / Trend A.Taghiyeva / Turkey supports exclusion of France from the co-chairmansip of the OSCE Minsk Group, since having adopted law criminalizing denial of the so-called “Armenian genocide” Paris lost its objectivity, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said with an interview to CNN Turk.

There should be created a number activities like hunting, hiking or sailing, windsurfing A-that are attractive for people who cant do them in own countries.

Turkish lender Halkbank will continue to handle customers’ oil payments to Iran as long as they comply with international regulations, the bank’s general manager said in the wake of fresh, unilateral US and EU sanctions, Today’s Zaman reported.

On a hot summer’s day in 2008, 26-year-old physics student Ahmet Yildiz was shot dead when he popped out from his Istanbul apartment to buy ice cream.

ANKARA, Turkey – An epic French documentary about the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime has appeared on Turkish television to mark international Holocaust Remembrance Day a ” the first time the film has been aired on public television in a majority-Muslim country.

With its unique geographical position straddling the continents of Asia and Europe, Turkey offers an exciting melting pot of cultural diversity, creating a truly inspirational travel destination.

Turkish sources reported that Prime Minister of Turkey, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, sent a confidential letter to Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, inviting him to visit Turkey, and informing him that he has decided to grant Haniyya’s government $300 Million.

A journalist’s murder and jailing of two others is an attempt to silence the media – but it makes me more determined to speak Including my emotionless “thank you”, the phone conversation lasted less than a minute.