<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Targeting Value in Eastern Europe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11081-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11081-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Julian Mayo, whose Eastern European stock holdings have helped his mutual fund outperform all of his U.S. peers since 2000, bought shares of Turkish companies for the first time on optimism the country will join the European Union.]]></description><author> Danielle Kost</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Many Turks' Eyes, U.S. Remains the Enemy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41024-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41024-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ISTANBUL, April 9  --  In Turkey, heralded as the model of a Westward-looking Muslim democracy, sales records were shattered this spring by a book that imagines a U.S. invasion of this nation, a longtime U.S. ally. Polls show an overwhelming majority of Turks regard that scenario as a real possibility.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beliefs Endure as Believers Move On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26644-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26644-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MIDYAT, Turkey <br>On the day the genies show up, seemingly everyone in this historic town in southeastern Turkey heads for the door.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethnic Groups Try to Stake Claim on Kirkuk]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47641-2005Jan29.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47641-2005Jan29.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[KIRKUK, Iraq -- Mustafa Rafiq, a 21-year-old medical student, plans to vote in Sunday's elections -- a vote, he said, that in this northern Iraqi city has more to do with the past than the future.]]></description><author> Jackie Spinner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[E.U., Turkey Agree To Membership Talks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6869-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6869-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a compromise, Turkey agreed to extend an existing trade accord to the newest 10 E.U. members, which include Cyprus -- a kind of de facto recognition, but short of what European leaders had wanted.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In German City, an Old Crime Hovers Over E.U. Expansion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3138-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3138-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SOLINGEN, Germany -- Eleven years ago, neo-Nazi arsonists scrawled swastikas on buildings near a Turkish family's home and in the children's sandbox before pouring flammable liquid under the front door. Five people -- three little girls and two young women -- died in the fire, victims of a terror campaign intended to drive foreigners out of Germany.]]></description><author> Craig Whitlock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey a Step Closer to Joining E.U.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13148-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13148-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Turkey took a significant step Wednesday toward its long-cherished goal of joining the European Union when the E.U.'s executive branch proposed opening formal negotiations over membership for the predominately Muslim nation.]]></description><author> Glenn Frankel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkish Captives in Iraq Executed, Videotape Shows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57303-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57303-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A militant group run by a Jordanian-born insurgent released a videotape showing its members killing three men identified as Turkish hostages, according to al-Jazeera television.]]></description><author> Rajiv Chandrasekaran</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ManTech to Aid Air Force Network]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25031-2004Aug22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25031-2004Aug22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ManTech International Corp. of Fairfax won a $20.9 million contract from the Air Force to provide network and telecommunications services in Europe and in Turkey.]]></description><author> Roseanne Gerin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics on Collision Course at Iranian Airport]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52874-2004Aug9.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52874-2004Aug9.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The opening of Iran's airport was proof that the country was reaching out to the world, but its seizure last May is one more manifestation of contradictions within a government still deciding how it feels.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens Dead in Turkey Rail Crash]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6059-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6059-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A passenger train derailed Thursday night while traveling from Istanbul to Ankara, the Turkish capital, killing at least 36 people, according to Turkish health officials.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showdown Looms Over Self-Rule for Kurds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41461-2004Jul10.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41461-2004Jul10.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nationalist sentiments are likely to bring the country face to face with the question of its legal status with the government in Baghdad.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bomb Was Uncovered Before NATO Summit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24402-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24402-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ISTANBUL, July 2 -- Fourteen pounds of powerful explosives were found  at Istanbul's airport on June 25, two days before President Bush arrived for a NATO summit and two hours before Turkey's prime minister landed at the heavily guarded facility, police confirmed on Friday.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hostage Broadcasts Spark Backlash Among Iraqis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19034-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19034-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The videotape of a bound and blindfolded U.S. Marine held hostage in Iraq has produced a backlash of revulsion among Iraqis.]]></description><author> Doug Struck and Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Chides Allies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13881-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13881-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush criticized unnamed Mideast allies for compromising with extremists and called on the Islamic world to move toward democracy.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['We Have Kept Our Word,' President Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13218-2004Jun28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13218-2004Jun28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush celebrated the transfer of political authority in Iraq on Monday, but warned that violence and the U.S. military presence in the country are unlikely to end soon.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group Threatens Marine Hostage in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9571-2004Jun27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid 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Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Heads to Europe, Seeking NATO Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4173-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4173-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The president will attend twin summits Friday amid increasing signs of token -- but politically important -- support for the fledgling Iraqi government.]]></description><author> Mike Allen and Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bombings Rock 2 Turkish Cities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4137-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4137-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/turkey/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 2:50:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Small bombs exploded in Turkey's two largest cities Thursday in advance of a summit of leaders of NATO alliance countries that starts in Istanbul on Monday.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item></channel></rss>
