Turkey

German mountaineers taken hostage fail to stir Turkish press

Ankara - News that three German mountain climbers kidnapped on Mount Ararat by separatists from the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was relegated to the inside pages of Turkish newspapers on Thursday,

US offers condolences to Turkish police slain outside consulate

Washington (dpa) - The United States offered condolences to the families of three Turkish police officers who were killed on Wednesday when gunmen attacked the US consulate in Istanbul. 

German diplomats assigned to PKK abduction case

Berlin - A team of German diplomats who specialize in solving abduction cases have been assigned to seek the release of three Germans seized by Kurdish guerrillas in eastern Turkey, Foreign Minist

Six people killed in attack outside US consulate in Istanbul

Istanbul, July 9 : Three Turkish policemen and three gunmen were killed outside US consulate in Istanbul today, when three assailants opened fire at the police checkpoint after jumping from a white

Turkish minority slams German citizenship test as culturally biased

Berlin - Questionnaires forming the basis of a citizenship test for immigrants seeking German nationality reflect cultural bias, a representative for the large Turkish minority said Tuesday.

Two dead in forest fire in southern Turkey

Ankara - Two people were burnt to death and more than 40 injured in a forest fire in southern Turkey on Tuesday, NTV television reported. 

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