January 7th, 2009
ANKARA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation arrived in Ankara on Wednesday for talks on a new agreement between the Fund and Turkey, a government source said.
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January 7th, 2009
ANKARA (AFP)--Turkish police Wednesday rounded up more than 30 people, including academics and retired generals, as part of a countrywide investigation into a purported plot to topple the Islamist-rooted government, media reports said.
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January 7th, 2009
Ankara, Jan 7 : Some 1,500 police were called to Ankara's Ataturk Arena late Tuesday after fans and demonstrators forced a European Cup basketball match between a local and an Israeli team to be called off.
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January 6th, 2009
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday.
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January 6th, 2009
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has been restructuring its intelligence community. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has overseen the reorganization of Turkey's intelligence community.
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