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A delegation of Turkish educationists visited the Government College University (GCU) on Wednesday. The delegation, led by Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges Regional Director...

Fenerbahce clinched their 18th Turkish league title with a 4-3 win over Sivasspor on Sunday, moving ahead of the 17 won by arch-rivals Galatasaray....

Turkish security forces killed at least 12 Kurdish militants after they were spotted crossing the border from Iraq, the military said on Saturday, while...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani troops rescued Turkish ambassador to Ivory Coast and nine Nigerian citizens during the recent turmoil in the western African state.
"Pakistan Army troops rescued Turkish ambassador at Ivory Coast Yekcin Kaga Erensoi along with three other staff members, Golant, Mahmut (third secretary) and Ali Ahisk at Ivory Coast (Abidjan) on 11 April 2011," said an ISPR statement issued here on Wednesday.
Turkish ambassador was trapped in a hotel in a volatile

KARACHI - The newly-appointed Country Manager of the Turkish Airlines (TA) in Pakistan Huseyin Cepni vowed to promote air industry, tourism and bilateral ties between the two countries. In his maiden meeting with Pakistan Today in Karachi on Monday, he said that his first task would be to promote tourism and brotherhood with Pakistanis. Outgoing Country Manager of Turkish Airlines Utku Yazan and Marketing Manager Zahid were also present at the meeting. Every year, the number of

ISTANBUL - Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said he would press Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to defuse unrest by making reforms sought by the Syrian people when he speaks to him on Monday, newspapers reported on Saturday. "Beyond governmental change, there were expectations on removal of emergency rule, release of political prisoners and a new constitution," Erdogan told journalists who accompanied him on Friday on his way back from an official visit to London. "If those

ISLAMABAD - Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Khalid Shameem Wynne met Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Canakklae Naval Victory and Martyrs Day ceremony while on an official visit to Turkey, said an official statement issued here on Sunday. The 96th anniversary of Canakkale battles, which took place on March 18, 1915 during World War I, was celebrated with traditional enthusiasm, said the statement.

KARACHI - The proposed Gul Train between Islamabad and Turkey, named after the Turkish president, moved a step forward on Friday as a Turkish delegation led by Prof Dr Guven Sak, head of Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House Karachi. The delegation told the president that the pre-feasibility study of the project would be completed by Zardari's forthcoming visit to Turkey in April. Turkish Ambassador in Islamabad Mustafa

LAHORE - A delegation from the Turkish Universities of Northern Cyprus comprising Dr Tayseer Al-Shanableh, Director International Affairs of Near East University, and Memet Yalcin, General Secretary of European University of Lefke, arrived Thursday visited the University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore. They met Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad, Rector UMT, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for building institutional partnership. Dr Hasan said the visit would open windows

MILAN - As he put the finishing touches to his first collection for Milan Fashion Week, Turkish-born Erkan Coruh spoke about finding his inspiration from Islamic dresses and his native Istanbul.
"Everything I make is influenced by my childhood, by life in Istanbul, where East and West meet," 34-year-old Coruh said in an interview in a cold, echoing warehouse on the outskirts of Italy's fashion capital ahead of his debut. "My inspiration also comes from God and I try to reflect

LAHORE - Burcu Cetinkaya, a female racing car rally driver and a Red Bull athlete will tour Pakistan (Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad) from Feb 25 to Mar 5. Cetinkaya is chief guest of an exclusive Red Bull Dakar Rally 2011 screening in Karachi and will also be hosting the event. A special media event will be held in Lahore where people, including media and celebrities, will get a chance to compete against Burcu in a go-carting race.
She is coming with an aim to encouarge and

KARACHI - To avoid huge potential losses likely to be incurred as a result of the imposition of anti-dumping duty on garments and fabrics imports in Turkey, Pakistan has started intense lobbying in the foreign country to protect its domestic manufacturers.
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has sent the Chief Executive of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to Turkey, as part of diplomatic wrangling over the duties, he will hold talks with senior officials of the foreign

WASHINGTON - The US Treasury on Tuesday blacklisted six individuals and five business entities in Iran and Turkey for providing materials and support to Iran's ballistic missile development efforts.
The sanctions target a procurement network that has facilitated more than $7 million in transactions for Aerospace Industries Organisation, which oversees all of Iran's missile industries, the Treasury said in a statement. The actions ban US entities from transactions with the

ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday to meet his people's desire for change as he voiced support for democratic reform in the whole Middle East. In a weekly speech to his party's lawmakers in parliament, Erdogan described his appeal to Mubarak as very sincere advice, a very sincere warning.
"Hear the cry of the people and their extremely humane demands. Meet the people's desire for change without hesitation... In

LAHORE - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Gohar Ejaz has urged both President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to seek an exemption from duty imposed on Pakistan cotton fabric under safeguard measures by the Turkish government.
Turkey has imposed safeguard duty on import of cotton fabric, including denim, grey and processed fabric, from Pakistan, a measure likely to hit adversely $240 million exports from Pakistan. According to him,

ISTANBUL - Police detained 32 members of the Turkish Hezbollah movement in night raids in four cities, mainly in southeast Turkey, television news channels reported on Saturday.
The raids were ordered after some members of Hezbollah and the Kurdish separatist PKK militant group, freed earlier this month after spending over a decade in prison without being sentenced, failed to report to police stations and went underground.
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the rearrest of

ISTANBUL - Turkish police have detained 10 suspected Al Qaeda militants who they believe were planning an attack ahead of New Year, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.
The agency said the suspects, eight of whom were detained in anti-terror raids in the northwestern city of Bursa on Wednesday, were expected to be brought before a court on Friday.
A further two people were detained in Istanbul and taken to Bursa, the agency said. Bursa police said in a statement that