Word: turkish
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...Turkish town of Batman sues makers of The Dark Knight. Nation plans to sue Butterball...
...Ibrahim Kalin, a Turkish-born Islamic theologian who teaches at Georgetown University, was one of 38 Muslim scholars and imams who sent a "letter of clarification" after the Pope's speech. Exactly one year after Regensburg, he helped establish "The Common Word" committee of Muslims to improve relations with all Christian denominations. His group has already met in the U.S. and Britain with Protestant leaders. To be now invited to the Vatican, Kalin says, is a major step toward a permanent dialogue to improve relations between Muslims and Christians...
...hand-woven Turkish carpet hangs behind the bed while panels of patterned fabric replace the standard-issue drab Harvard shades. Two large photographic prints are mounted in silvery frames on the wall. An white orchid plant, stems blooming, rests by the window. A Louis Vuitton suitcase has been transformed into a coffee table. A pair of wooden screens rest against the wall. Shemtov added these screens to mask “prison-like” feel of Leverett’s singles...
...Muslim identity cannot be dismissed. On Monday, the first court session of this trial had to adjourn because of the crush of people in the courtroom as protesters thronged Silivri prison-court. Tensions are high in Turkey, not because of empty political wrangling, but rather because dozens of prominent Turkish men, including former top army officers, face charges for planning alleged attacks and assassinations to destabilize the Turkish state. Government prosecutors have accused the men of comprising the Ergenekon group, a secret network allegedly so sinister it had composed a menu of targets to be eliminated as part...
...oddities that the Steag plant, the Isdemir steel factory and the Renault plant are either joint ventures with or wholly owned by an organization called OYAK, which is the military's professionally managed pension fund. Unusually for a pension fund, OYAK directly owns and operates major sectors of the Turkish economy, and it has boomed along with Turkey these past six years. Indeed, OYAK is now the third largest business in the nation, behind the conglomerates owned by the Sabanci and Koc families. Its rapidly growing profits this decade have ensured that military officers now get substantial lump sums when...