Last week, thousands of protesters closed businesses and blocked highways in Ankara and Istanbul, shouting, The government must resign! and waving placards with the words Youre sucking our blood.

Investment-grade issuersare expected to dominate emerging markets in the next few months, offering a chance to diversify from Argentina and Turkey.

The death of a political prisoner in Turkey last week may spark a chain of similar action by other inmates on hunger strike in the countrys prisons, a medical doctor has warned.

Prior to Klerides and Denktas summit on Dec. 4 the Turkish Cypriot business community cal the two leaders to act responsibly. KKTC-İSAD also urges Denktas to raise prospect of a new partnership of two states properly.

Nadire Mater, an award-winning journalist has fallen prey to the flimsiest of whisper campaigns. She is accused of accepting a payment to produce a book critical of the Turkish military at the behest of the CIA.

The exhibition stretches over three floors and explores the cultural heritage of Turkish Jews over the passed seven centuries starting from the Ottoman conquest of Bursa in 1326. A large number of these Sephardic Jews found refugee in the Ottoman Empire.

Pro-Kurdish HADEP calmly reacts against recent reports of militarys concerns of their increasing support in the Southeast. We are a guarantee for the countrys porgress to democracy, says deputy-chair Osman Ozcelik.

Human Rights Association (IHD) warns that landmines laid down in Southeast during the conflict between the army and the guerilla PKK continue explode. Previously depopulated locals are yet fearful to return home of the risks posed by landmines.

Should the modern forces also succeed in gathering some minor forces of the right, the whole panorama of Turkish politics might change, says Rusen Cakir, an analyst on Islamist movements.

Only the government here appears to be pleased with its new economic recovery programme. Announced on the weekend, the programme, which is backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has spawned a wave of criticisms and labour rallies.

The schism between the governments attitude and the public sentiment is so apparent that, football matches in Istanbul have witnessed loud anti-USA protests when the audience is called for standing for condolence for the victims of the attack on USA.

The recent Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting ends without any joint proposal. Unless submechanisms are not introduced the JPC will remain a dialogue of the deaf, believes political analyst Dr. Cengiz Aktar.