TURKEY:  Restoration Plan Over Bumpy Road
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ANKARA, Jan 21 (IPS) - A day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy  expounded on his plan for 2008 and coined the term "policy of  civilisation", Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan  presented his road map for the new year, which he baptised the  "national restoration plan".
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The European Commission was set on Wednesday to give Turkey the green light to start entry negotiations with the EU, while warning there is a long and potentially bumpy road ahead.
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Two Turkish villages illustrate the impact of radically different approaches to development.
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I am a professor of geography visiting Taiwan, and have read about the proposed construction of a freeway from Taipei to Hualien. The experience of communities in North America and Europe has been fairly consistent
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Turkeyâs election is being cast as a battle between Islamists and secularists. But the real struggle is not over whether the country should be more religious but over whether it should be more European--and more free.
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Turkey begins building a major dam, despite fears it will ruin an ancient site and displace communities.
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By S.A.S.  IT was reported in the media that the Teluk Kemang beach project in Port Dickson would be widened and its facilities upgraded.   What the authorities overlooked is the fact that the E.
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VISEGRAD, Bosnia  - The decaying Ottoman bridge on Bosnia's River Drina at Visegrad is soon to be restored, but the community whose life around it was chronicled in an epic novel is unlikely to be the same again.
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A section of the M25 which was closed after a fatal crash may have to be resurfaced before it can be re-opened.
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Sri Lankan soldiers patrol a section of the national A-9 highway in the northern town of Jaffna in November 2006.Comment
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Turkey and Iraq try to iron out reported differences over a deal to allow Turkish troops to chase Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
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ISTANBUL, Dec. 5 (IPS) - On its long and winding road to becoming the first  Muslim nation of the European Union, Turkey's accession  talks are heading towards a breakdown. The question is whether  there will be a minor collision or a major crash that could  eventually derail its membership bid.
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The row over a proposal to outlaw adultery in Turkey has shone the spotlight on the state of women's rights in the Muslim country.
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That centuries-old riddle will be asked again Thursday, when Turkey is expected to take a big step in its troubled quest to join the European Union.
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: Turkeyâs two main parties signalled today the government may be dropping plans for a controversial adultery ban that has outraged liberals, unnerved markets and irked the EU that Ankara wants to join.
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Politics: 24 October 2004, Sunday. A new road will connect Bulgaria and its western neighbour Macedonia.
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Nothing more stands in the way of Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU. Both sides have cleared up their differences. But are the irritations between Brussels and Ankara really dispelled?