Friday, November 21, 2008 21:51 [Daily Archive]
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  • GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON NOV 21
  • Iraqi refugees sing with voice of hope
  • FM says, new anti-PKK board will be different
  • Capello silences critics as England keeps form
  • Half century of Fellini’s classic Dolce Vita celebrated
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    Domestic
    Court arrests rector in tender-rigging operationCourt arrests rector in tender-rigging operation
    A Turkish court ruled for the arrest Friday of 17 people, including the rector of Konya Selcuk Universty, Suleyman Okudan, for being the alleged members of a criminal group involved in corrupt university tenders. (UPDATED)
  • Thirty-two PKK terrorists neutralized in two weeks
  • Weekend of storms and snow expected in Istanbul
  • GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON NOV 21
  • AKP ready to roll for local elections
  • Finance
    Turkey's Akbank says workforce down some 600Turkey's Akbank says workforce down some 600
    Turkey's Akbank, largest bank with market capitilization, said Friday its number of employees had fallen by 613 to 15,176 since end of September. (UPDATED)
  • Turkish assests gain on deposit guarantee reports
  • Turkish pres approves bill to attract expat funds
  • Citigroup weighs options including firm's sale
  • Turkey signals a wider economic package prepared
  • World
    "Cyprus peace deal can't serve Turkey's interests"
    Any deal to reunify Cyprus that is engineered to serve Turkish or other countries’ interests is doomed to fail, Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias said Friday. (UPDATED)
  • Global crisis to stall EU enlargement-Turkish FM
  • Turkey fails to destroy land mine stockpiles
  • Somali pirates make $150 mln in a year: Kenya
  • Turkey extradites al Qaeda suspect to Germany
  • Eurozone officially in recession
    The eurozone officially slips into recession after new figures show that the economy contracted 0.2% in the third quarter.
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    Russian MPs back presidency move
    Lockerbie bomber bail bid fails
    'US raid kills eight' in Pakistan