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  • Istanbul’s historical train station Haydarpaşa sent a train eastward last night at 11:30, marking the last time a passenger train will leave the station for a long-distance journey. The railway...

    Last train departs from historic station

    Istanbul’s historical train station Haydarpaşa sent a train eastward last night at 11:30, marking the last time a passenger train will leave the station for a long-distance journey. The railway...

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  • By Bruce Fein The Government of Turkey has been assailed by several members of the European Union, the European Parliament, and various arms of government in the United states for...

    GENOCIDES BY TURKEY’S ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CRITICS

    By Bruce Fein The Government of Turkey has been assailed by several members of the European Union, the European Parliament, and various arms of government in the United states for...

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  • Today marks the seventh International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly to annually honor the six million Jewish men, women and children that were murdered...

    ATAA Remembers the Victims of the Holocaust

    Today marks the seventh International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly to annually honor the six million Jewish men, women and children that were murdered...

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  • Evidence of Massacre in Ancient Turkey Determining the social relationships between populations in the past can be difficult. Trading can be inferred from the presence of artifacts like pottery with...

    Evidence of Massacre in Ancient Turkey

    Evidence of Massacre in Ancient Turkey Determining the social relationships between populations in the past can be difficult. Trading can be inferred from the presence of artifacts like pottery with...

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  • By JENNIFER PINKOWSKI ISTANBUL — For 1,600 years, this city — Turkey’s largest — has been built and destroyed, erected and erased, as layer upon layer of life has thrived...

    Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea

    By JENNIFER PINKOWSKI ISTANBUL — For 1,600 years, this city — Turkey’s largest — has been built and destroyed, erected and erased, as layer upon layer of life has thrived...

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  • By Ken Sweeney Entertainment Editor  A TURKISH film that tells of how the Ottoman Empire sent food aid to Ireland at the height of the Famine will begin shooting here this July....

    How Turks eased hunger of our Famine

    By Ken Sweeney Entertainment Editor  A TURKISH film that tells of how the Ottoman Empire sent food aid to Ireland at the height of the Famine will begin shooting here this July....

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  • by Adam Cole Most folks who resolved to cut down on coffee this year are driven by the simple desire for self-improvement. But for coffee drinkers in 17th-century Turkey, there...

    Drink Coffee? Off With Your Head!

    by Adam Cole Most folks who resolved to cut down on coffee this year are driven by the simple desire for self-improvement. But for coffee drinkers in 17th-century Turkey, there...

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  • Perry: Turkey ruled by ‘Islamic terrorists’? By David Jackson, USA TODAY Updated 2h 50m ago CAPTION By David Goldman, AP We wonder if Turkey will be filing any protests with...

    Rick Perry Camp Explains Suggestion That Turkey Is Led By ‘Islamic Terrorists’

    Perry: Turkey ruled by ‘Islamic terrorists’? By David Jackson, USA TODAY Updated 2h 50m ago CAPTION By David Goldman, AP We wonder if Turkey will be filing any protests with...

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  •   OPINION Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis French and Ottoman armies at the Battle of Aboukir, 1799, in “Victoires et Conquêtes des Armées Françaises,” around 1860. By SONER CAGAPTAY Published: January 14, 2012...

    The Empires Strike Back

      OPINION Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis French and Ottoman armies at the Battle of Aboukir, 1799, in “Victoires et Conquêtes des Armées Françaises,” around 1860. By SONER CAGAPTAY Published: January 14, 2012...

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  • On an edifying visit to the museum of literature tucked away in the garden of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. By Benny Ziffer Tags: Israel Turkey ISTANBUL – The guards...

    Words behind the glass

    On an edifying visit to the museum of literature tucked away in the garden of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. By Benny Ziffer Tags: Israel Turkey ISTANBUL – The guards...

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  • It has been dubbed the world’s oldest shopping mall. And to mark 550 years of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, a top Turkish musician has been doing what he does...

    Video: Music marks 550 years of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar

    It has been dubbed the world’s oldest shopping mall. And to mark 550 years of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, a top Turkish musician has been doing what he does...

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  • By Fulya Ozerkan (AFP) – 1 day ago ANKARA — Unbeknownst to many, Turkish diplomats on duty around Europe saved hundreds of Jews during World War II by giving them...

    AFP: Film shows how Turkish passports saved Jews

    By Fulya Ozerkan (AFP) – 1 day ago ANKARA — Unbeknownst to many, Turkish diplomats on duty around Europe saved hundreds of Jews during World War II by giving them...

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  • Going underground: The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey Evidence of tunnels has been found under hundreds of Neolithic settlements That so many...

    The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey

    Going underground: The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey Evidence of tunnels has been found under hundreds of Neolithic settlements That so many...

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  • CONTRIBUTOR MAXIME GAUIN A new bill criminalizing the “denial” of the unsubstantiated “Armenian genocide” claims was introduced in the French National Assembly with the barely implicit support of Mr. Sarkozy....

    Break or save Franco-Turkish relations?

    CONTRIBUTOR MAXIME GAUIN A new bill criminalizing the “denial” of the unsubstantiated “Armenian genocide” claims was introduced in the French National Assembly with the barely implicit support of Mr. Sarkozy....

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  • Look at this… ancient colored rock paintings dating back 12,000 years have been found in a cave in the Altai area of China’s Xinjiang region. The paintings found are mainly...

    12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Xinjiang, China

    Look at this… ancient colored rock paintings dating back 12,000 years have been found in a cave in the Altai area of China’s Xinjiang region. The paintings found are mainly...

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  • Muhteşem yüzyıl dizisi ile son dönemlerde gündemde olan Kanuni Sultan Süleyman’ın dönemini konu alan belgesel filmin bir bölümünü aşağıda izleyebilirsiniz. Dili ingilizcedir. I. Süleyman veya Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (Osmanlı Türkçesi:...

    Video: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman – Suleiman the Magnificent

    Muhteşem yüzyıl dizisi ile son dönemlerde gündemde olan Kanuni Sultan Süleyman’ın dönemini konu alan belgesel filmin bir bölümünü aşağıda izleyebilirsiniz. Dili ingilizcedir. I. Süleyman veya Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (Osmanlı Türkçesi:...

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  • Doing It the Evliya Celebi Way By ANDREW FINKEL ISTANBUL — Whenever I set out to tour Turkey with my wife, I understand exactly what Diana, Princess of Wales, meant...

    Doing It the Evliya Celebi Way

    Doing It the Evliya Celebi Way By ANDREW FINKEL ISTANBUL — Whenever I set out to tour Turkey with my wife, I understand exactly what Diana, Princess of Wales, meant...

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  • Turkey to restore historical Ottoman mosque in Libya Hilmi Ozkazanc, an executive of a construction company, said Turkey was planning to start renovating Murad Agha Mosque in Tajura hamlet, near...

    Turkey to restore historical Ottoman mosque in Libya

    Turkey to restore historical Ottoman mosque in Libya Hilmi Ozkazanc, an executive of a construction company, said Turkey was planning to start renovating Murad Agha Mosque in Tajura hamlet, near...

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  • Manuscripts confiscated from American tourist arriving in Cairo from Istanbul Nevine El-Aref , Sunday 27 Nov 2011 a manuscript The archaeological unit at Cairo Airport confiscated a collection of authentic...

    Ottoman manuscripts recovered at Cairo Airport

    Manuscripts confiscated from American tourist arriving in Cairo from Istanbul Nevine El-Aref , Sunday 27 Nov 2011 a manuscript The archaeological unit at Cairo Airport confiscated a collection of authentic...

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  • The Magnificent Century is the most-watched television drama in Turkey. By Mitch Potter Washington Bureau The Turkish producers admit it was more than a gamble. They risked everything to capture...

    Ottoman Empire reborn on TV

    The Magnificent Century is the most-watched television drama in Turkey. By Mitch Potter Washington Bureau The Turkish producers admit it was more than a gamble. They risked everything to capture...

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