http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ en-US Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:25:57 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rss.aspx Hurriyet Daily News RSS Generator http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exposed-realities-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14304&NewsCatID=425 Two separate developments have exposed some bitter and unfortunate realities of this country. The foremost reality ... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exposed-realities-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14304 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/crisis-feeds-every-segment--.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14307&NewsCatID=405 Some of my readers will get quite angry today. Since I know they will be cross because I am telling the truth, I am ready to take on all critics. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/crisis-feeds-every-segment--.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14307 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/g-20-turns-to-politics-despite-financial-woes.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14336&NewsCatID=359 The UN’s inability to calm regional tensions brings the G-20 to the fore, with the economic group eyeing to douse political fires instead of dealing with the meltdown Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/g-20-turns-to-politics-despite-financial-woes.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14336 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/austrian-head-of-chamber-of-commerce-suggests-selling-greek-islands-to-turks-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14361&NewsCatID=351 Negative European attitude toward the Greek administration could be eased if Athens made the symbolic gesture of selling one of their islands to Turkey, according to the head of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:25:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/austrian-head-of-chamber-of-commerce-suggests-selling-greek-islands-to-turks-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14361 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/libya-ruler-admits-impotency.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14366&NewsCatID=352 Libya’s leader admits his transitional government, fails to control militias who do not lay down arms and commit to central governments, as more than 100 people are reportedly killed in tribal clashes in past 10 days Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/libya-ruler-admits-impotency.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14366 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/al-shabaab-nixes-somalias-spring-uk-pm.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14367&NewsCatID=351 Somalia should be enjoying an Arab Spring of its own but its al-Shabaab insurgents are fomenting jihad both at home and abroad, British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/al-shabaab-nixes-somalias-spring-uk-pm.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14367 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/high-turnout-in-yemens-presidential-elections.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14369&NewsCatID=352 Yemeni electoral officials hailed a high turnout in a landmark vote that ended President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule, despite boycott calls in the south where violence marred polling. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/high-turnout-in-yemens-presidential-elections.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14369 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/abkhaz-leader-escapes-from-deadly-ambush.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14370&NewsCatID=355 The leader of a Russian-backed Georgian breakaway region narrowly survived an assassination attempt yesterday that killed two of his bodyguards, local media reported. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/abkhaz-leader-escapes-from-deadly-ambush.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14370 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-students-killed-in-attack-on-school-bus-in-southern-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14381&NewsCatID=341 Two students were killed and another was wounded in a recent attack on a school bus... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-students-killed-in-attack-on-school-bus-in-southern-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14381 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-becomes-hub-of-aesthetic-operations.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14382&NewsCatID=373 Recently, Istanbul has become an important center for health tourism. According to officials, 350,000 tourists come to Turkey every year for medical reasons Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-becomes-hub-of-aesthetic-operations.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14382 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bankruptcy-hormone-discovered-in-research.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14383&NewsCatID=373 Financial market traders and keen gamblers take note. Scientists have found that a chemical in the region of the brain involved in sensory and reward systems is crucial to whether people simply brush off the pain of financial losses. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bankruptcy-hormone-discovered-in-research.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14383 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stem-cell-implants-cure-parkinsons-in-monkeys.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14384&NewsCatID=373 Monkeys suffering from Parkinson’s disease show a marked improvement when human embryonic stem cells are implanted in their brains, in what a Japanese researcher said Wednesday was a world first. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stem-cell-implants-cure-parkinsons-in-monkeys.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14384 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stolen-artifacts-recovered.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14385&NewsCatID=375 During a police operation in the southeastern province of Adıyaman on Feb. 21, 150 historic artifacts from the Roman, Byzantine and Hellenistic periods were found in a car. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/stolen-artifacts-recovered.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14385 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chinas-car-firms-expand-overseas-manufacturing.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14386&NewsCatID=345 China’s Geely is set to make passenger cars in Egypt. The facility in the North African country will have an annual capacity of 300,000 cars. The news comes after Great Wall Motor’s decision to invest in Bulgaria Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chinas-car-firms-expand-overseas-manufacturing.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14386 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/uk-central-bank-approves-to-pump-cash.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14388&NewsCatID=346 Bank of England policymakers voted 7-2 earlier this month to inject Britain’s faltering economy with an extra £50 billion ($79 billion), minutes of their meeting showed yesterday. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/uk-central-bank-approves-to-pump-cash.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14388 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/german-union-concludes-frankfurt-airport-strike.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14390&NewsCatID=347 Strikers at Frankfurt airport, Europe’s third busiest, were to return to work yesterday evening, following five days of walkouts, after a new offer of talks with management, their union said. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/german-union-concludes-frankfurt-airport-strike.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14390 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/china-calls-for-more-democracy-at-world-bank.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14391&NewsCatID=344 China’s state-run Xinhua news agency called yesterday for democratic and transparent elections for the next World Bank president, saying the U.S. strangle-hold over the job was outdated. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/china-calls-for-more-democracy-at-world-bank.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14391 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-leader-opposes-intervention-in-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14392&NewsCatID=338 Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu agrees with the need for... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-leader-opposes-intervention-in-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14392 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/deputy-gets-apology-for-series-character.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14393&NewsCatID=338 A production firm publicly apologized to opposition deputy Nur Serter after she vowed... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/deputy-gets-apology-for-series-character.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14393 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/face-transplant-patient-offered-job-at-university.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14394&NewsCatID=341 During a live press meeting held together with his doctors, Turkey’s first face transplant... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/face-transplant-patient-offered-job-at-university.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14394 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-seeks-annulment-of-mit-law-in-top-court.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14395&NewsCatID=338 The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) submitted an application to the Constitutional... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chp-seeks-annulment-of-mit-law-in-top-court.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14395 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/eu-funded-project-for-children-rights.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14396&NewsCatID=339 A 3.15-million euro project aimed at increasing protection for minors within the justice system, funded by the European Union, was launched yesterday with cooperation between several Turkish ministries, the E.U. and UNICEF. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/eu-funded-project-for-children-rights.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14396 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/beirut-to-host-turkish-film-festival-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14397&NewsCatID=381 The Lebanese capital of Beirut will host a Turkish film festival organized by the İzmir Cinema Association next month. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/beirut-to-host-turkish-film-festival-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14397 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/jailed-lawmakers-to-receive-their-salaries.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14398&NewsCatID=338 Eight opposition lawmakers who remain behind bars will be permitted to receive their salaries... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/jailed-lawmakers-to-receive-their-salaries.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14398 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/foreign-doctors-have-to-pass-language-test-for-job-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14399&NewsCatID=341 Foreign doctors will be required to pass a Turkish language test in order to gain permission to work in private health institutions in the country. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/foreign-doctors-have-to-pass-language-test-for-job-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14399 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/salt-research-uncovers-artistic-archive.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14400&NewsCatID=385 SALT Galata gives visitors the chance to discover books, periodicals, journals and much more, thanks to its extensive archive at the research center of the venue Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/salt-research-uncovers-artistic-archive.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14400 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cpj-slams-legal-treatment-towards-scribes-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14401&NewsCatID=339 A recent analysis published on the website of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) slams the treatment of journalists in Turkey, saying that many journalists - especially Kurdish and leftist sympathizers - face extremely harsh legal treatment. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cpj-slams-legal-treatment-towards-scribes-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14401 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/famed-director-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14402&NewsCatID=381 Well-known Turkish director Yusuf Kurçenli died yesterday of cancer at the age of 65 in Istanbul. He had receiving treatment for the disease for a few years. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/famed-director-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14402 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/burgan-joins-gulf-banks-flirting-with-local-lenders.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14403&NewsCatID=346 Kuwait’s Burgan Bank is set to acquire Greek Eurobank EFG’s 70 percent stake in Eurobank Tekfen... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/burgan-joins-gulf-banks-flirting-with-local-lenders.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14403 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/daily-asks-what-better-suits-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14404&NewsCatID=341 Daily Aydınlık published a controversial comparison of two photographs on its front page yesterday. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/daily-asks-what-better-suits-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14404 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/internet-third-largest-source-of-revenue-says-dogan-exec.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14405&NewsCatID=345 The internet has become the third largest source of ad revenues in Turkey... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/internet-third-largest-source-of-revenue-says-dogan-exec.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14405 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-chief-shot-dead-before-cameras-in-turkey-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14406&NewsCatID=341 A district police chief in the Mediterranean province of Antalya lost his life when an assailant’s pistol went off at a gas station at around 3 p.m. in the district of Konyaaltı yesterday. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/police-chief-shot-dead-before-cameras-in-turkey-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14406 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/fener-in-must-win-game-for-survival.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14407&NewsCatID=448 Fenerbahçe Ülker will be on court for probably its most important match this season as the Turkish champion will wave goodbye to its Final Four dreams if it loses tonight’s home game. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/fener-in-must-win-game-for-survival.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14407 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/wade-scores-30-to-lead-heat-to-win-over-kings.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14409&NewsCatID=366 The Miami Heat used a fourth-quarter offensive burst to defeat the Sacramento Kings 120-108 behind a 30-point performance from superstar Dwyane Wade on Feb. 21. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/wade-scores-30-to-lead-heat-to-win-over-kings.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14409 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/democratic-control-over-intelligence-organizations-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14410&NewsCatID=409 The ongoing row between the judiciary and the intelligence service has been under discussion with its reflections of politics and law in Turkey. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/democratic-control-over-intelligence-organizations-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14410 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-pkk-and-the-child-soldiers-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14411&NewsCatID=419 Turkey has been struggling with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for a long time. The question has, of course, political ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-pkk-and-the-child-soldiers-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14411 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-question-for-the-eu-why-why-why-delilah-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14412&NewsCatID=400 More than 40 years ago, as America waged its Vietnam War and Europe stood divided between two ideological camps ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-question-for-the-eu-why-why-why-delilah-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14412 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greece-pushed-into-dangerous-chaos-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14413&NewsCatID=405 Greece is entering the most unstable period in its recent history. The European Union has given the green light for the second ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greece-pushed-into-dangerous-chaos-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14413 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/fener-chief-set-to-continue-his-rigging-defense.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14414&NewsCatID=362 Aziz Yıldırım will again be at center stage as the Fenerbahçe chairman will continue his defense at the landmark match-fixing trial today. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/fener-chief-set-to-continue-his-rigging-defense.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14414 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/is-entrepreneurship-a-trend-to-stay-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14420&NewsCatID=407 Last weekend in Antalya there were more Turkish Internet investors than in any other place, with Etohum holding its startup camp in Rixos ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/is-entrepreneurship-a-trend-to-stay-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14420 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/afghan-rage-peaks-despite-apologies.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14423&NewsCatID=356 Violent protests over burning copies of the Quran leave at least eight dead despite apologies from NATO, the Pentagon and the United States Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/afghan-rage-peaks-despite-apologies.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14423 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tehran-confuses-on-iaea-talks-tartous-docking.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14425&NewsCatID=352 The U.N. nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed disappointment yesterday over lack of progress during two days of talks in Tehran and said its request to visit a military site had not been granted. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tehran-confuses-on-iaea-talks-tartous-docking.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14425 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nato-commander-stavridis-visits-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14426&NewsCatID=338 NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Adm. James Stavridis visited the Chief of Turkish General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel yesterday on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Turkey’s joining the alliance, the Turkish General Staff said in a written statement. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nato-commander-stavridis-visits-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14426 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-toy-museum-chosen--as-a-nominee-for-ema-awards.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14427&NewsCatID=385 Istanbul Toy Museum’s application for the 2012 Best European Children’s Museum Award has been accepted. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-toy-museum-chosen--as-a-nominee-for-ema-awards.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14427 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-western-journalists-killed-in-homs.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14428&NewsCatID=359 As two Western journalists were killed along with dozens of Syrians in Homs, France asks Syria to provide secure medical access to wounded journalists Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-western-journalists-killed-in-homs.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14428 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/concert-posters-of-grup-yorum-are-banned.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14429&NewsCatID=383 Grup Yorum introduced the posters a week before, but they were not allowed, said organizer Zafer Çetin, at the top. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/concert-posters-of-grup-yorum-are-banned.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14429 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/french-court-to-keep-genocide-bill-diaspora.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14430&NewsCatID=351 One of the leading figures of the Armenian diaspora in France, Franck Mourad Papazian, said there was no likelihood of the country’s constitutional court overturning the draft bill to criminalize the denial of Armenian genocide allegations. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/french-court-to-keep-genocide-bill-diaspora.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14430 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-starts-nuclear-talks-with-china.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14433&NewsCatID=348 Ankara and Beijing will start talks on a planned Turkish nuclear power plant soon, says Deputy PM Ali Babacan. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-starts-nuclear-talks-with-china.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14433 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraq-wants-to-hike-oil-exports-through-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14436&NewsCatID=348 Iraq is mulling options to boost oil exports through Turkey or to reopen disused pipelines in case Iran blocks the strategic Strait of Hormuz as threatened, the Planning Minister said yesterday. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/iraq-wants-to-hike-oil-exports-through-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14436 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kale-inks-jet-engine-deal-with-ministry-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14437&NewsCatID=345 The Defense Ministry and Kale Group signed a deal for turbo jet engine production to be used for military aircraft and missiles. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0200 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kale-inks-jet-engine-deal-with-ministry-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=14437