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China and Turkey biggest sources of labor migrants to Kazakhstan
As of January 1, 2013 the overall number of valid work permits for migrants regardless of their country of origin totaled 21 712.
07 February 2013
After tobacco, Turkey bans hookah in public places
After banning smoking in public places, the Turkish government has gone one step further by clamping down on an ancient tradition -- the hookah, or water pipe.
28 January 2013
Turkey ready to take mutual trade with Kazakhstan to $10 billion
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Rifat Hisarcklolu, president of Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges.
23 January 2013
Turkey is yet to decide on use of land lots in Almaty and Aktau
Kazakhstan Parliament has approved the draft law On ratification of the protocol between the governments of Kazakhstan and Turkey on transfer of property in Kemer district of Antalya province, Turkey, into Kazakhstan ownership.
01 January 2013
Kazakhstan to develop tourism in Turkish Kemer
Kazakhstan will receive some land in the forest in Kemer district of Antalya province in Turkey.
26 December 2012
Media outnumber doomsayers in Turkish 'apocalypse haven'
As the village of Sirince waited for what some say is an apocalypse from which the tiny Turkish hamlet will be spared, its streets were teeming not with doomsayers but a hoard of disappointed journalists.
21 December 2012
US to deploy Patriot missiles, troops to Turkey: report
The United States plans to send two rocket-intercepting Patriot missile batteries and 400 military personnel to Turkey to deter Syrian attacks.
15 December 2012
Russia's Putin to meet Turkey's Erdogan for Syria talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a landmark visit to Istanbul on Monday to discuss their differences over the crisis in Syria.
03 December 2012
France proposes defensive weapons for Syria rebels
France raised the prospect of providing Syria's rebels with defensive weapons as Turkey joined it.
17 November 2012
US urges Egypt, Turkey, Europeans to press Hamas
The United States called Thursday on Egypt, Turkey and European powers to press Hamas to end bloodshed in Gaza, putting the onus on the Islamist movement to end rocket attacks on Israel.
17 November 2012
Refugee crisis mounts as Syria air raids worsen
Hundreds of Syrians are streaming into makeshift refugee camps on the Turkish border every day, fleeing for their lives as the government escalates air raids on northwestern towns and villages.
08 November 2012
Turkey under pressure over Kurdish hunger strike
The Turkish government is under increasing pressure over how to tackle a hunger strike by hundreds of Kurdish prisoners across the country as the protest nears its eighth week and their health deteriorates.
29 October 2012
Turkish Abdi Ibrahim bought Kazakhstan pharmaceutics company
Turkish company Abdi Ibrahim has purchased 60 percent in Kazakhstan’s Global Pharm.
18 October 2012
All speculations on Kazakhstan reportedly changing its foreign policy course have no substantiations: President’s spokesman
He said that when commenting on some of President Nazarbayev’s remarks that have been interpreted in the media as if Kazakhstan were going to give up on integration with Russia in favor of pan-Turkism ideas.
17 October 2012
Kazakhstan and Turkey signed agreements worth $1 billion
A range of agreements totaling around $1 billion were signed during Kazakhstan-Turkish business forum.
16 October 2012
Nazarbayev meets Turkish businessmen
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with representatives of Turkish business circles during his official visit to Turkey.
16 October 2012
Syria-Turkey tensions soar with flight bans
Turkey has banned Syrian flights from its airspace in a tit-for-tat move, while Iran handed a "detailed proposal" to UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi aimed at ending the conflict between the Syria's army and rebels.
15 October 2012
There are no outstanding issues between Kazakhstan and Turkey: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Prime-Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
15 October 2012
US berates Russia for aiding Syrian regime
The US has denounced Russia's policy of aiding the Syrian regime as "morally bankrupt," as tensions between Damascus and Ankara escalate over cargo seized from a Syrian passenger plane.
14 October 2012
Syria, Turkey trade accusations over jet's cargo
The war of words between Syria and Turkey escalated on Thursday when Ankara said it had found military supplies on a passenger plane it intercepted en route between Moscow and Damascus.
12 October 2012