9 March 2010, 4:58 am
By Hatice Aydogu ANKARA March 9 (Reuters) - Turkey is planning to sell off nine groups of power stations, government sources said on Tuesday, as the country tries to boost state revenues and private investment in its energy sector. Turkey's Privatisation Administration is also looking to sell four t... Read More »
9 March 2010, 4:21 am
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A news report quotes the Turkish prime minister as saying Israel has accepted that Turkey will again mediate talks with Syria. Turkey's NTV television quotes Recep Tayyip Erdogan as telling reporters in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that the stalled talks may resume soon.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 2:48 am
Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled village houses and killed 51 people this week, the Turkish government acknowledged Tuesday.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 11:02 pm
ANKARA, Turkey - A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday, knocking down houses in three small villages and killing at least 38 people, an official said.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 6:53 pm
ANKARA : A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey Monday, killing at least 17 people, the government said.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 5:00 pm
ANKARA (AFP) - Search-and-rescue operations in remote villages in eastern Turkey were called off Monday, some eight hours after a powerful quake hit the region, claiming at least 57 lives, officials said.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 1:48 pm
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has decided to deploy another naval vessel in a Western-led anti-piracy mission in the Gulf. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 8:30 am
ANKARA - A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey yesterday, killing at least 41 people and knocked down howuses in at least six villages, an official said.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 7:59 am
March 8 (Bloomberg) -- At least 51 people died and 74 were injured when a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, the government said. The local governor’s office in the province of Elazig and the crisis management center in Ankara gave the figure of 51 dead.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 12:50 am
March 8 (Bloomberg) -- At least thirty-eight people died when a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, the government said. Almost 100 people were injured in the quake, which hit villages in the province of Elazig at 4:32 a.m. today, according to a statement published on the Web site of Pri... Read More »
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