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Ermeni soykırımı iddialarını reddedince salondan çıkarıldı
Aktivist/Yazar Tuğrul Selmanoğlu, Berlin’de Birleşmiş Milletler’e alternatif olarak kurulan The General Assembly’de Türkiye ve Erdoğan’a karşı yapılan suçlamalara kürsüden cevap verdi. Batı dünyasına, demokrasi anlayışına sert eleştiriler yönelten Selmanoğlu, ‘Ermeni soykırımı’ iddialarını reddettiği gerekçesiyle toplantı salonundan çıkarıldı.
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İş Investment net profit increases in ’08
ISTANBUL - İş Investment Securities, the investment banking arm of İşbank, Turkey’s biggest non-state lender by assets, said it has increased consolidated net profit 16.5 percent, to 44.7 million Turkish Liras in 2008. The corresponding figure in 2007 stood at 38.4 million liras.
Business group slams gov’t policy
ISTANBUL - Criticizing the government on ’forming a relationship with the global crisis by ignoring it,’ Mustafa Koç of Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association, or TÜSİAD, says the political leadership is delaying an accord with the IMF. TÜSİAD members re-elect Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ
Urging renewed focus on the reform agenda
ANKARA - The Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association, or TÜSİAD, called for cooperation against the global financial crisis Friday, noting it was not correct to look at global matters from a narrow perspective, referring implicitly to the upcoming local elections in March.
German-based radical Islamsist Milli Gorus in $60 mln fund dispute
Europe's largest radical Islamic religious association, Milli Gorus (National View) in Germany, faces an internal dispute over the distribution to members of $60 million of funds obtained from the sale land in Turkey, Hurriyet daily reported on Saturday.
Europe loses its sympathy toward AKP
Recently I met Ria Oomen-Ruijten, rapporteur of the European Parliament. As usual, she came to finish the annual report and the draft resolution based on this report. Ria is a parliamentarian who is extremely impartial, believes in the full membership of Turkey and wants the report to be realistic. Those who remember last year’s report will acknowledge my comments.
Party leader under fire for violating CHP stance
ANKARA - Competition between the ruling AKP and opposition CHP for the upcoming local elections motivates the CHP to embrace women who wear headscarves, says one political expert. Baykal’s decision to welcome women who wear chador's and headscarves to the party surprised many but he says the women are breaking their chains by joining the CHP.
Party leader under fire for violating CHP stance
ANKARA - Competition between the ruling AKP and opposition CHP for the upcoming local elections motivates the CHP to embrace women who wear headscarves, says one political expert. Baykal's decision to welcome women who wear chador's and headscarves to the party surprised many but he says the women are breaking their chains by joining the CHP.
