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Turkey court orders YouTube blocked
A Turkish court ordered telecom authorities Tuesday to block access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube, over videos that allegedly insulted the country's leaders, a report said.
Gul becomes Turkey's controversial new president
Turkey's newly-elected president, Abdullah Gul, is the first head of state with an Islamist past in the 83-year history of the secular republic, and public opinion is sharply divided over commitment to the country's basic tenets.
Turkish beach bikini attack highlights split society
An attack by Islamists on a young Turkish woman wearing a bikini on a beach has reopened the question of the direction that the country, overwhelmingly Muslim but traditionally secular, is now taking.
Turkey in shock, government under fire after attack on top court
Turkey was in shock on Thursday after a Muslim fundamentalist gunman's shooting spree that left one judge dead and four wounded at the country's top administrative court, while the Islamist-rooted government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan came under a bar
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Turkish ruling party cracks down on alcohol
Turkey's Islamist-rooted governing party has begun a crackdown on alcohol in the local districts that it controls, in a move that has sparked heavy criticism in the majority Muslim, though strictly secular, EU candidate country.
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Turkey sentences 'Caliph of Cologne' to life in prison
A Turkish court on Monday sentenced Muslim extremist Metin Kaplan, alias "The Caliph of Cologne", to imprisonment for the rest of his life for plotting to overthrow Turkey's strictly secular system.
'Caliph of Cologne' rejects terror charges
A Turkish Islamist militant on Monday rejected charges of terrorism but spoke out in favor of religious rule for Turkey as his trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the country's secular system opened here under tight security.
Headscarf row mars Turkey's 81st birthday
Turkey celebrated the 81st anniversary of its foundation on October 29, but the festivities were marred by an embargo that President Ahmet Necdet Sezer slapped on women with Islamic headscarves at a reception in his palace.
