Read more Turkey stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/142/turkey.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:13:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71403/clinton-helps-save-turkey-armenia-accord.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurkey and Armenia signed a landmark agreement today to establish diplomatic relations after a century of enmity and re-open their sealed border. The move came after Hillary Clinton helped clear a last-minute snag that nearly foiled the day. The contentious issue of whether the killing of up to 1.5...http://www.newser.com/story/71403/clinton-helps-save-turkey-armenia-accord.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 17:30:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70013/pairs-remains-may-date-to-trojan-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a discovery one professor calls “electrifying,” archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a couple believed to have lived during the Trojan War era in Turkey’s ancient city of Troy, Reuters reports. “If the remains are confirmed to be from 1200 BC it would coincide with the Trojan war period”...http://www.newser.com/story/70013/pairs-remains-may-date-to-trojan-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 14:30:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69604/worlds-tallest-man-wants-to-meet-lots-of-girls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world's new tallest man, Sultan Kosen, is in it for the chicks. "I want a car that I can fit in, but more than that I want to get married," says the 27-year-old Turk. The 8-foot-1-inch Kosen, who has pituitary gigantism, also nabbed the 2010 Guinness World Records for...http://www.newser.com/story/69604/worlds-tallest-man-wants-to-meet-lots-of-girls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 13:27:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69133/turkish-women-lured-to-fake-big-brother-filmed-naked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice rescued nine young women who had been lured to a Turkish villa where they were duped into believing they were part of a Big Brother -style reality show and photographed naked, reports the BBC and local media. The women stayed in the villa for 2 months, initially believing they...http://www.newser.com/story/69133/turkish-women-lured-to-fake-big-brother-filmed-naked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 5:09:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68948/20-killed-in-turkish-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlash floods gushed across a major highway and a commercial district in Istanbul today, killing at least 20 people and stranding dozens in cars or on rooftops, AP reports. Eight people are missing. Fueled by the worst rain in decades, waters rose more than 3 feet high in the city's...http://www.newser.com/story/68948/20-killed-in-turkish-floods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 7:11:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68272/turkey-armenia-move-toward-diplomatic-ties.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArmenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation today by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won't discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule. The sides say they...http://www.newser.com/story/68272/turkey-armenia-move-toward-diplomatic-ties.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 21:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68084/us-may-scrap-polish-czech-missile-sites-russia-pleased.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House may drop sites in Poland and the Czech Republic where the Bush administration planned to build a billion-dollar missile defense shield, the New York Times reports. The alternative plans under consideration would please Russia and Germany but strain ties with Eastern Europe, where the Obama administration's review...http://www.newser.com/story/68084/us-may-scrap-polish-czech-missile-sites-russia-pleased.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 5:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64323/drying-euphrates-cripples-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraqis are suffering as the Euphrates river dwindles, a result of Turkish and Syrian dams upstream, a 2-year drought, and Iraqi’s own mismanagement of its water supply, the New York Times reports. Farmers and fishermen have been ruined and key grain-growing land desiccated. “The old men say it’s the worst...http://www.newser.com/story/64323/drying-euphrates-cripples-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 8:53:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis was probably only a matter of time: A Turkish game show starting this fall will bring on 10 atheists per show and give holy men from four faiths the chance to convert them, the Guardian reports. A Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, and a Buddhist monk...http://www.newser.com/story/63439/turkish-game-show-tries-to-convert-atheists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 1:29:08 CDT