Border skirmishes between Azerbaijan, Armenia a sign of diplomatic failure There are growing concerns in Azerbaijan that a failure of diplomacy will increase the likelihood of... 08/09/2010 | Politics Droutsas makes first visit in new capacity to Greek Cyprus On his first official visit in his new posting, Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas arrived in ... 08/09/2010 | Politics U2's Bono, Erdoğan converge on İstanbul Abrahamic religions project idea Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U2 frontman Bono have discussed holding an interfait... 08/09/2010 | Politics Turks largest foreign citizen group in EU in 2009 Turkish citizens were the largest group of non-European Union citizens living in the EU at the start... 08/09/2010 | Politics Turkey sets sights on Germany after 2 straight qualifying wins As coach Hiddink implicitly noted, Turkey's victory over Belgium did not conceal the fact that the n... 08/09/2010 | Sports Fishermen waiting for cold weather Fishing boats expectantly took to the sea at midnight on Sept. 1, when the fishing season finally be... 08/09/2010 | Politics Holiday city Antalya eyes own toy museum Antalya, a hip city on Turkey's Mediterranean coast sometimes dubbed the Turkish Riviera, is looking... 08/09/2010 | Arts & Culture The 'U2 alternative': National Youth Symphony Orchestra While over 50,000 people, who paid between TL 100 and TL 750 per person, went to see the rock band U... 08/09/2010 | Arts & Culture EVENTS OF TOMORROW Tomorrow is Tajikistan's Independence Day. On this day in 1991, Tajikistan declared independence fro... 08/09/2010 | Arts & Culture A ‘no' will be a step backward Venice Commission President Gianni Buquicchio has lent strong support to the constitutional package ... 07/09/2010 | Politics Germany's Turkish community concerned over Sarrazin's racist remarks Controversial remarks insulting Muslims in Germany made by German Central Bank (Bundesbank) board me... 07/09/2010 | Politics EU defends reform package against naysayer intellectuals from Turkey The European Commission has insisted on labeling the constitutional reform package to be voted on at... 07/09/2010 | Politics