According to some reports, Turkish firms might stop acting as intermediaries for the Indian firms to purchase crude oil from Iran in the wake of increased tensions between the authorities in Iran and western powers.

Oil firm officials have held meeting with Indian oil ministry officials in order to discuss alternative actions including routing remittances through Russia. The oil firms in India might also have to suspect import of oil from the country altogether to avoid any adverse actions by western countries.

A turkey ranch merely exterior to the city is in quarantine by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency subsequent to quite a lot of birds experienced optimistic for H5 avian influenza which is the initial eruption of its type in the region. Provincials and Federal strained on Wednesday that there is no threat to people as the ranch was a strain operation just providing eggs to hatcheries. No one out of the turkeys through the process, situated in the Rustic Municipality of Rockwood was murdered for eating.

The community of Tuzkoy in Turkey's central Cappadocia region has been the victim of a specific kind of epidemic for recent the past.

Twenty-three years earlier a doctor found unusual levels of mesothelioma in the region, a kind of lung cancer which is linked with asbestos - leading to the village being dubbed "cancer city".

Almost all suggested the villagers to move, some five years ago - but it's a process that has been developing in a gradual manner.

Having a dialogue in a live broadcast discussion at the Bloomberg TV channel, Babacan pointed out to the flexibility of the Turkish banking sector beside the fright of the global economic crisis and admired the solid position as amongst one of the main factors serving Turkey withstand the disaster without difficulty.

He further added that earlier, Turkey was extensively looked upon as a big trouble by the EU, but this observation is no further valid.

Forensic evidence has indicated that most of the nine Turks killed during the Israeli commando raid on a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza had multiple gunshot wounds.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Tuesday that Turkish government forensic specialists conducted the test.

The report further said that the tests determined 31 gunshots were fired during the May 31 raid, seven of the Turks aboard the flotilla were shot more than once and five died of bullet wounds to the head.

The officials of Turkey have said that the deal on nuclear program of Iran is supposed to be closed. They are saying that on the basis of the joint talks in Teheran. It was attended by the Prime Minister Mr. Erdogan. His main aim was to convince the Iranian leaders to send their nuclear material abroad for processing.

The first nudist hotel was opened in Turkey just six days ago and now it is facing huge lot of trouble. It was the first of its kind in hugely Muslim populated Turkey.  Even other Muslim countries don’t have such hotels. Now, it has been ordered to be closed immediately.

The local authority of inspection have ordered to close down the hotel as one of its balcony is build according to proper architect’s design. The visitors and guests have been disappointed by this decision.

The hotel owner has said the authorities will permit them to modify the balcony then the hotel will open on Wednesday.  

It has been reported that Turkish officials are to meet in Washington with an Armenian delegation in an effort to repair bilateral relations.

It was also reported that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan on the sidelines of a nuclear conference in Washington.

Recently, a trip to Turkey was organized by two pharmaceutical companies in which few doctors were taken to Istanbul, Turkey to attend a seminar. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has begun its search operation for these 200 doctors.

A month back MCI has made a law that doctors will be banned from accepting any gifts, travel facilities and hospitalities from pharmaceutical companies. Despite of this law many doctors have acknowledged this expensive trip.

Turkey has taken delivery of six Heron drone aircraft from Israel after a long and acrimonious dispute.

The delayed delivery followed a fence-mending trip to Turkey that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak took to in January in a bid to ease the fallout of a diplomatic tiff spanning from the late order and Ankara's criticism of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.

Placing the order with Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit, Turkey awarded the lucrative contract five years ago. Both companies beat major U. S. competitors but the contract was bogged from the start with delays stemming from technical problems.

India managed to hold their joint third spot as India has defeated Turkey 2.5-1.5 in a nail biting match in the seventh round of the World Team Chess Championship (WTCC) at Bursa in Turkey on Tuesday.

First three games ended without a result and score was tied at 1.5 points each when Grandmaster G N Gopal guided India to victory by registering victory over Abdel Razek Khaled of Turkey.

Ankara (Turkey), December 20 : Scientists have successfully sprouted a 4,000-year-old lentil seed that was unearthed in an archeological excavation, which might lead to invaluable data for comparisons between the organic and genetically engineered plants of today.

According to a report in Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review, project leader and Dumlupinar University archeology faculty Professor Nejat Bilgen said they found the seeds during an excavation undertaken last year in Kutahya province in Turkey.

Bilgen said that a layer from the container in which they found the seeds was determined to be from the middle bronze age.

Istanbul (Turkey), Dec. 9 : Only 5.4 percent of the world''s population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws in 2008, up from 3.1 percent in 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today in its second report on the global tobacco epidemic.

This means that 154 million more people are no longer exposed to the harms of tobacco smoke in work places, restaurants, bars and other indoor public places.

Istanbul, Dec 7 : At least five Turkish soldiers were killed Monday in a terrorist attack in the country's east, according to television reports.

Several soldiers were reportedly also injured in the attack, which took place near a village in the Tokat region. The soldiers were on patrol when they came under attack, possibly by members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK).

Ankara, Dec 6 - One person was killed and another injured by an explosion in the Turkish capital city, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.

The blast occurred in a working place ina industrial district in Ankara, Xinhua reported. (IANS)

Ankara, Dec 3 - Muslims should consider withdrawing their money from Swiss bank accounts in response to the country's ban on construction of minarets, a Turkish minister said.

"I am certain this (vote) will prompt our brothers from Muslim countries who keep their money and investments in Swiss banks to review their decision," said Egemen Bagis, cited by Turkish daily Zaman.

Bagis is the chief negotiator for Turkey's European Union accession as well as minister for European affairs.

Istanbul - The appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as president of the European Union was met with concern in Turkey because of the Belgian's previous comments against Ankara's joining the EU.

The headlines of Turkey's major papers voiced something approaching alarm in announcing Van Rompuy's appointment. "Bad News" wrote the daily Radikal. "Opposition to Turkey at the top of the EU," wrote Vatan, another major daily.

Istanbul  - The Turkish government has ended the isolation of jailed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, media reports said Tuesday.

Ocalan has been held in solitary confinement on the island prison of Imrali, off the coast from the city of Bursa, since his capture in 1999.

Despite his isolation, Ocalan maintains a high level of control over the PKK and remains a popular figure in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish south-east.

Istanbul - Turkey's parliament Friday began debating a highly-contested "democratization initiative" aimed at solving the country's decades-old Kurdish problem.

Speaking in parliament, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said the government's move was designed to bring "more democracy for everyone."

"The democratic opening will not harm the country but consolidate it," he said.

Istanbul - The Turkish government has removed restrictions limiting the amount of time private TV channels can broadcast in languages other than Turkish, the semi-official Anatolian Agency reported Friday.

The lifting of the time restrictions is being seen as another step in the government's "democratization initiative", a reform program mostly aimed at easing longstanding tensions with Turkey's large Kurdish minority.