http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1550-turkey.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/locations/1550-turkey.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2104668-clashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover.html BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years. The battles raised the five-day death toll to 16 and fed fears of the Syrian civil war spreading to Lebanon and other neighboring count... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2104668-clashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover.html 2013-05-23T19:16:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2105366-turkey-debates-alcohol-sales-ad-restrictions.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages — a proposal the government insists is aimed at protecting the young from the ills of spirits but which secularists say is an example of the Islamic-based ruling party's encroachment on personal freedoms. ... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2105366-turkey-debates-alcohol-sales-ad-restrictions.html 2013-05-23T17:36:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2105498-violence-somalia-scares-investors-aid-workers.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu. African Union and Somali troops pushed al-Shabab insurgents out of the capital in August 2011, fostering a relatively secure peace that Mogadishu hasn't s... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:38:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2105498-violence-somalia-scares-investors-aid-workers.html 2013-05-23T15:38:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2104864-turkey-pro-chechen-businessman-shot-dead.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run agency says a pro-Chechen businessman has been shot dead in the Turkish capital, the latest victim in a wave of assassinations of Chechens in Turkey. The Anadolu Agency says that Medet Unlu, a Turkish businessman of Chechen origin, was found dead in his office in Ankara, late on Wednesday. Anadolu reported Thursday... Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2104864-turkey-pro-chechen-businessman-shot-dead.html 2013-05-23T10:08:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102720-turkey-foils-alleged-attacks-syrian-refugees.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of plotting to attack and kidnap Syrian refugees in Turkey, an official said Wednesday, as the country increased security measures along its frontier with Syria following a pair of deadly bombings in a border town. Celalettin Lekesiz, the governor for the border province of Hatay... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2102720-turkey-foils-alleged-attacks-syrian-refugees.html 2013-05-22T15:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2102752-turkey-4-sentenced-fake-liquor-deaths.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says a Turkish court has sentenced four people to 83 years in prison each for the deaths of five Russians from bootleg alcohol poisoning. The Russians died in 2011 after consuming bootleg liquor during a yacht tour in the Aegean Sea. They were in Turkey training to be tour guides. The Anadolu Agency sai... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2102752-turkey-4-sentenced-fake-liquor-deaths.html 2013-05-22T14:00:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2102652-turkey-enacts-tax-amnesty.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament has launched a tax amnesty in an attempt to lure back citizens' assets held overseas and help bolster government finances. The "Wealth Reconciliation" legislation which introduces a nominal 2 percent tax on assets returned to Turkey, was passed in parliament late on Tuesday. It was enacted despite objections by op... Wed, 22 May 2013 12:32:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2102652-turkey-enacts-tax-amnesty.html 2013-05-22T12:32:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html BEIRUT (AP) — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime. Two senior members of the Syrian National Coalition said the group first wants ironclad guarantees of Assad's departure as part of any transition deal and more weap... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html 2013-05-21T18:25:40Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099504-death-toll-turkish-balloon-crash-reaches-3.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say another Brazilian tourist has died of injuries sustained after a hot air balloon crashed to the ground, raising the number of tourists killed to 3. The balloon collided with another balloon mid-air and crashed during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey's Cappadocia region on Monday. The governor's o... Tue, 21 May 2013 11:08:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2099504-death-toll-turkish-balloon-crash-reaches-3.html 2013-05-21T11:08:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2048448-correction-cyprus-breaking-barriers-story.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — In a story April 27 marking the 10th anniversary of the breaching of the barriers carving up Cyprus, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Yiannis Maratheftis had written a book detailing his experiences. The book was about Maratheftis' experiences, but not written by him. It was written by Panikos Neocleous. A corrected ve... Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2048448-correction-cyprus-breaking-barriers-story.html 2013-05-21T09:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. The latest spiral of violence — which has claimed more than 240 lives in th... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html 2013-05-20T21:26:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2097306-turkey-2-brazilians-killed-balloon-crash.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hot air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground on Monday, killing two Brazilian tourists and injuring 23 other people on board, officials said. The accident occurred above central Turkey's Cappadocia region, when an ascending balloon st... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:01:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2097306-turkey-2-brazilians-killed-balloon-crash.html 2013-05-20T11:01:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093272-official-10-killed-explosion-turkey.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say a container of fuel being smuggled into Turkey from Syria has exploded, killing 10 people. The governor's office in Hatay province said Friday's blast occurred in Tunisma village when the smuggler set the tank on fire after realizing Turkish security forces had rushed to the scene. Hatay is the Turkish border province w... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:47:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093272-official-10-killed-explosion-turkey.html 2013-05-17T15:47:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2089374-us-turkey-project-united-front-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia and the global community to close ranks behind efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Under a pair of um... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:52:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2089374-us-turkey-project-united-front-syria.html 2013-05-16T21:52:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights raised the death toll from the May 3 ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:57:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html 2013-05-16T14:57:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2090318-turkish-pm-talking-syria-with-obama-white-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for stepped-up action on Syria as he meets with President Barack Obama at the White House. But the U.S. and Turkey remain far apart on how to handle Syria's bloody civil war. Erdogan is visiting Washington just days after two car bombs in Turkey killed dozens in the deadliest terrori... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:22:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2090318-turkish-pm-talking-syria-with-obama-white-house.html 2013-05-16T14:22:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2089992-iran-world-powers-to-resume-nuclear-talks.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Iran's chief nuclear negotiator says Tehran and the six world powers will resume talks on its nuclear program "in the near future." Saeed Jalili said Thursday that a new round of talks could take place either before or after elections in Iran next month. Jalili was speaking a day after he met with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton i... Thu, 16 May 2013 11:50:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2089992-iran-world-powers-to-resume-nuclear-talks.html 2013-05-16T11:50:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2087986-un-fails-to-reach-nuke-probe-deal-with-iran.html VIENNA (AP) — U.N. nuclear agency officials on Wednesday again failed to reach a deal with Iranian counterparts that would allow the agency to relaunch its probe of suspicions that Tehran might have worked on atomic arms. It was the 10th inconclusive meeting between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran on the issue over the past year and a half... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:37:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2087986-un-fails-to-reach-nuke-probe-deal-with-iran.html 2013-05-15T19:37:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087406-turkish-students-police-clash-syria-protest.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of university students who tried to march to the Foreign Ministry in protest of the government's policies on Syria. Wednesday's protest comes days after two powerful car bombings in a town near Turkey's border with Syria killed 51 people. The government blamed the at... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:17:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2087406-turkish-students-police-clash-syria-protest.html 2013-05-15T15:17:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085090-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation. The complaint comes from the tiny African state of Comoros, a member of the... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:04:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085090-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html 2013-05-14T21:04:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against Lebanese Alawites, stoking fears of eve... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:04:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html 2013-05-14T20:04:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2083772-gunmen-open-fire-liquor-stores-iraq-11-dead.html HEROR, Iraq (AP) — A convoy of gunmen opened fire on a row of liquor stores in eastern Baghdad immediately after sunset on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding five others, officials said. Police said the gunmen were in four cars that had stopped in the area and attacked shortly after sunset. Hospital officials confirmed the casualties. All officials s... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:58:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2083772-gunmen-open-fire-liquor-stores-iraq-11-dead.html 2013-05-14T18:58:30Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2083968-13-detained-turkish-bombings-death-toll-to-51.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Four more people have been detained in connection with two car bomb attacks that killed dozens in a Turkish town near the Syrian border, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 13, Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday. Syria again rejected Turkey's contention it was involved, condemning the attacks and offering to conduct a joi... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:45:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2083968-13-detained-turkish-bombings-death-toll-to-51.html 2013-05-14T18:45:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2084828-turkish-cypriot-leader-seeking-us-help-talks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The prime minister of the breakaway Turkish north of ethnically divided Cyprus was in Washington on Thursday looking for ways to revive stalled reunification talks with the Greek south. Irsen Kucuk said he sees opportunities to move toward a settlement this year and wants help from the U.S. "We believe that 2013 could be a very conducive... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:30:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2084828-turkish-cypriot-leader-seeking-us-help-talks.html 2013-05-14T17:30:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2084716-turkey-oil-search-deal-reached-northern-iraq.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey says its state-run petroleum company has reached a deal with U.S. company Exxon Mobil to explore for oil in northern Iraq.  Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the deal was a "step toward exploring for oil" in Iraq's Kurdish region. He said details of the deal would be revealed after his visit to the United S... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:04:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2084716-turkey-oil-search-deal-reached-northern-iraq.html 2013-05-14T16:04:13Z