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Fog on the Dardanelles obstructs sea... Intense fog on the Dardanelles Strait has negatively affected transportation routes by sea.
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Sumela sees increase in visitors The Sumela Monastery, based on the skirt of the Karadağ Mountain, situated in the Altindere Valley in Trabzon's Maçka district, is seeing an increase in visitors after having opened its doors to an Orthodox Christian mass for the first time in 88 years.
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A big day in Erzurum While in Erzurum for the opening ceremony for the new 600-million lira facilities built in Erzurum for the 2011 Winter Universiade, Prime Minister Erdoğan stated that their goal was now to host the winter Olympics.
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Topkapı Museum’s Harem in demand According to Professor Ortaylı, a group of foreigners acted ‘very disrespectful’ by requesting to rent the Topkapı Museum’s Harem section as if it were a hotel.
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Foreigners leave Tunisia as unrest spreads Tunisia was rattled by further unrest early Saturday even after President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali had fled the country.
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Turkish tourists to Syria more than doubled in... Improved ties with Turkey and expanding international airline links will push the number of tourists coming to Syria up by 40 percent this year, Tourism Minister Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa said on Thursday.
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Kurdish club scene booming as Baghdad bans alcohol Dozens of men gathered in the smoky little club to watch five scantily clad dancers sway their hips to the beat of a drum and the grooves of an electric piano. Once a common sight in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, the scene can now only be found in the more liberal Kurdish north.
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Jolly Tur to increase destinations and achieve 40... Having provided vacations for 300,000 people both abroad and within Turkey in 2010, Jolly Tur intends to expand by 40 percent this year by adding a series of new destinations.
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At 6,000 years old, wine press is oldest yet found Archeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia.
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Study suggests economic insecurity boosts obesity The stress of being exposed to economic insecurity may mean people living in countries with so-called "free market" economies are more likely to become obese, British researchers said on Friday.
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Luxury boats help keep UK industry afloat Britain's marine industry, buffeted by falling revenue and employment last year, is looking to new markets and models to steer it into calmer waters.
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Skiing pleasure at Palandöken Tourists from Iran, Ukraine, and Russia as well as from all over Turkey are flocking to Erzurum's Palandöken Skiing Center to enjoy the 25-centimeter high snow.
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A bomb threat on a Turkish Airlines plane leads to... A note containing a bomb threat found on a THY flight from Nicosia to Istanbul on Sunday night resulted in widespread panic aboard the aircraft and necessitated priority landing in Istanbul. A note was found shortly after take-off of the 106-passenger Turkish Airlines flight TK 5407 which read, “There is a bomb on the plane that will explode in 45 minutes.”
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Istanbul selected as Europe’s new ‘party capital’ The English press has named Istanbul as the ‘new party capital of Europe’. An article published in The Observer by Andrew Finkel describes Istanbul as ‘buzzing.’
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