Word: erdogan
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...ousted dictator Slobodan Milosevic and his wife, Mira Markovic, as key suspects in that killing. More than 1,000 people, including several prominent judges and prosecutors, have been arrested so far because of mob links. - By Dejan Anastasijevic/Belgrade Trouble in the Skies greece Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, persuaded a 20-year-old Turkish draft dodger to surrender and release 200 hostages after hijacking an Istanbul to Ankara flight and forcing it to land in Athens. The hijacker used three razor blades and four candlesticks to commandeer the aircraft. A Greek prosecutor charged him with a string...
TURKEY Recep Tayyip Erdogan, head of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) party, was appointed Prime Minister after parliament overturned a law barring him from public office because of a conviction for inciting religious hatred. He is likely to call for a second parliamentary vote on a motion to allow the deployment of U.S. troops on Turkish soil. Washington wants to open a northern front in any war against Iraq and needs Turkish bases to do so. Parliament's approval of the deployment would be controversial, since the Turkish public is overwhelmingly antiwar. The cash-strapped government has negotiated...
...votes came from the ruling Justice and Development party (AK), which until now has been an outspoken opponent of the war. "When there is no chance left to block a war, it means participating in re-establishing peace as soon as possible," AK leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan told deputies. To sweeten the pot, the U.S. promised up to $15 billion in grants and backing for loans. It also agreed to let Turkey send its own troops into northern Iraq once the war started; not to occupy territory or engage in combat, but to contain Kurdish militants along the Turkish border...
...Nicosia. Denktash said the protesters damaged his bargaining position and that there was "not much chance" of reaching a deal on the island's future if the two sides were not given more time to talk. But time may be running out for Denktash, since Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in principle endorsed Annan's plan - in order to boost Turkey's own bid to join...
...inconceivable that Germany will end up the lone dissenter on an Iraq resolution. Such ambitions will no doubt take precedence when Schröder decides how to cast his vote. - By Charles P. Wallace/Berlin TURKEY Ready to Rule The Turkish parliament cleared the way for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), to become Prime Minister later this year. Erdogan, whose Islamic-leaning party won a landslide victory in November elections, had been barred from taking the top post because of a Turkish law excluding from public office anyone convicted of inciting religious hatred...