Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leyman Demirel and Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The meetings were designed to improve Israel's shadowy relations with what the late David Ben-Gurion called its "periphery alliances" on the outskirts of the Arab world. Iran, for example, supplies nearly all of Israel's oil. Turkey, after aloofness following the 1967 Middle East war, has again begun to trade and talk...
...assistance at least three' times: to ease his transition to power, advise Ted Sorensen when his nomination as CIA director ran into implacable Senate opposition, and serve as the President's special envoy in an attempt-so far unsuccessful-to help negotiate a settlement between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus...
Lebanese officials meanwhile admitted to knowing of only 20 cases in their country (unofficial estimate: 100). Jordan announced 314 cases, Saudi Arabia 17. Israel had three, all West Bank residents, one of whom had traveled to Jordan. While Turkey remained silent about the disease within its borders, a woman who had just arrived in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, from the Turkish city of Erzurum was hospitalized with cholera. The four other cases in Europe also involved victims who had been traveling in either Turkey or Iraq. Opposition politicians in Turkey accused the Ankara government of hiding the news that 34 children...
Sources here speculated at the time that the Caramanlis administration had political motivations for keeping the gift a secret. Greece had been at war with Turkey over Cyprus the previous year and the Greeks were attempting to build up their military strength...
...unique architectural showcase. Among the ruins are examples of many different styles and periods, and the influences of European, Muslim, and ancient Greek cultures blend together in a timeless harmony. The remains of a Greek temple on the Acropolis of Lindos tower over the city, facing out towards Turkey. Far below, the white houses of Lindos stand in sharp contrast to the stark hills...