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Court slams Turkey for violating paper's freedom of expression
Turkey violated national newspaper Cumhuriyet's freedom of expression when it prevented further publication of an interview given by the current President Abdullah Gul to Britain's The Guardian in 1995.
09 October 2013
Turkish MPs extend possible troop dispatch mandate in Syria conflict
Turkey's parliament on Thursday extended for one year a mandate that would allow Ankara to send troops to war-ravaged Syria if necessary.
05 October 2013
Chess: Zhansaya Abdumalik wins silver at World Junior Chess Championship
13-y.o. Kazakhstan chess-player Zhansaya Abdumalik has won silver at the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2013 in Turkey.
27 September 2013
Kazakhstan Defense Minister visits military plants in Turkey
Kazakhstan Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov is in Turkey to visit Aselsan and TAI military companies.
25 September 2013
Tennis: Kukushkin wins another tournament in Turkey
Kazakhstan tennis professional Mikhail Kukushkin has become the winner of the ATP Challenger series in Izmir, Turkey.
23 September 2013
Sobering times for Turkish winemakers as new law takes effect
Blasted by winds whipped up on the Aegean Sea, the Turkish island of Bozcaada sits close to the ancient city of Troy and has been known since the time of Helen and Paris for one thing: wine.
20 September 2013
Tennis: Kazakhstan's Kukushkin wins tournament in Turkey
Mikhail Kukushkin, a professional tennis player from Kazakhstan, won the ATP Challenger series in Istanbul, Turkey.
17 September 2013
Kazakhstan and Turkey to build night vision equipment factory in Astana
Kazakhstan and Turkey and mulling a factory to produce electronic optical devices in Astana.
06 September 2013
Police block Istanbul's Gezi Park as peace protests erupt
Turkish police Sunday blocked the entrance to Istanbul's Gezi Park, the epicentre of anti-government protests in June, to prevent a demonstration against a possible military intervention in Syria.
02 September 2013
Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkey discuss cooperation prospects
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Gabala, Azerbaijan.
16 August 2013
Turkey losing regional clout as Egypt crisis flares: analysts
Turkey's clout in the Middle East is taking a beating with the brutal sidelining of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood derailing Ankara's hopes to lead a regional surge of Islamist political power.
16 August 2013
Obama, Erdogan discuss Syria and Egypt
US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone Wednesday to discuss developments in Syria and Egypt.
09 August 2013
Atyrau chemistry teacher's movie wins prize at Turkish festival
A short movie called Сevirmek shot by Khakan Kanmaz, a chemistry teacher at Kazakh-Turkish Lyceum in Atyrau, received the third prize at the International Festival and Culture in Turkey.
08 August 2013
Gay Muslims in Turkey: torn between religion and sexuality
"When I was a child, I was told that homosexuals would burn in hell," said Ertugrul, a Muslim fighting for greater freedom for gays in a country where homosexuality remains taboo.
07 August 2013
Turkey court sentences ex-army chief to life in mass coup trial
A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former army chief to life in prison in a high-profile trial of 275 people accused of plotting against the Islamic-rooted government.
07 August 2013
Protests will flare again, says Turkey's 'Standing Man'
Protests in Turkey may have died down but they are by no means over, predicts the country's "Standing Man", who pioneered a novel form of resistance to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic-rooted government.
02 August 2013
Turkey mulls more regular flights to Kazakhstan
The aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and Turkey may increase the number of regular flights between the two countries.
25 July 2013
Turkey may present Kazakhstan with ultimatum over charter flights ban: media
Turkey is concerned about Kazakhstan’s ban on foreign charter flights.
17 July 2013
Turkey police crack down on Syria aid workers after unrest
The finger of blame which the Turkish government pointed at foreigners for orchestrating anti-government protests now appears to target foreign aid missions helping internally displaced Syrians.
05 July 2013
Obama, Erdogan discuss Turkish protests
President Barack Obama spoke to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday about the importance of free expression, following days of violence in anti-government demonstrations.
25 June 2013