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Sexy Evi Adam ‘rocks’ in Turkey (sexy pics)
Former Greek top model Evi Adam was rocking the decks at a beach bar in Zio a town of Alcati near the Izmir province in Turkey. The hot 43-year old brunette beauty, who is pursuing a DJ career hopped onto the bar and performed a sexy dance to the delight of all those present. Evi, who was invited to Izmir by the Greek consul had also taken her daughters with her to Turkey.
Turkey, US should be closer: TOBB head
Turkey and the United States should ally closer in security and military terms to overcome violence in the Middle East, said Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarc?kl?o?lu at an annual meeting of the American-Turkish Council (ATC) in Washington.
Nuclear energy should be in Turkey's public policy: IEA
Turkey needs a permanent and coherent public policy for nuclear energy, according to the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Britain to host China's Xi on first state visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Britain next month, the British government said on Sept. 29, 10 years after the last such visit by a Chinese president.
The news of Xi's Oct 20-23 visit comes a week after British finance minister George Osborne visited China to strengthen economic and financial ties.
Two police officers killed in gun attack in Turkey's south
Two police officers were killed on Sept. 28 in a gun attack in the Seyhan district of the southern Adana province, marking the second attack targeting police officers in the province in two months.
Relatives criticize authorities at funeral of police officers in Turkey's south
Two police officers who were killed on Sept. 28 in a gun attack in the Seyhan district of the southern Adana province were laid to rest on Sept. 29, with their relatives criticizing the government?s shifted stance on the Kurdish peace process.
Turkish lira drops to new low against dollar
The Turkish Lira dropped to 3.0687 against the dollar on Sept. 29, as political uncertainty ahead of elections weighed on trader sentiment.
In early morning trading on Sept. 29, the lira held at over 3.0680 for several hours.
Emerging market currencies around the world were also brought lower by the release of poor industrial production data from China.
Shares of Volkswagen Turkish distributor Do?u? hammered as scandal widens
Shares of Volkswagen AG?s main Turkish distributor Do?u? Otomotiv tumbled more than 12 percent on Sept. 28, hit by concerns that the emissions cheating scandal at the German automaker could undermine sales of its local dealers.
Do?u? imports more than 14 brands including VW group marques Porsche, Skoda and Audi, as well as Volkswagen.
Merkel's German conservatives dip to year low on refugee crisis: poll
Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has slipped to a one-year low of 38.5 percent, hit by voters' concerns about Europe's refugee crisis, a poll showed on Sept. 29.
Däniken visits massive underground city in Nev?ehir
Famous Swiss writer Erich von Däniken, responsible for popularizing the ?paleo-contact? and ancient astronaut hypothesis, has visited one of the world?s biggest underground cities in the Central Anatolian province of Nev?ehir.
Who are the useful idiots? The Saudis or the Americans?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has come to the defense of Saudi Arabia against domestic and international criticism after 770 pilgrims died in a stampede during the hajj at the beginning of Eid al-Adha last week.
Turkey's Syrian policy appears stationary
There is a flurry of new activity on Syria but none of it has Bashar al-Assad?s departure as the principle aim. The effort is increasingly focused on fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The fear is that if Assad falls hastily and in a disorderly manner, the way Saddam did, Damascus will be overtaken by chaos and overrun by ISIL and other al-Qaeda related groups.
Syrian child laborers earn $25 a week
One of the negative aspects of the long nine-day bayram vacation has been traffic accidents resulting in 134 deaths, but another one could be that important stories were overlooked during the vacation.
Two Turkeys in the Syria crisis
As Russia and the United States work on formulas as inclusive as possible to find a solution to the Syrian crisis, without letting the Islamist factions take over the entire country, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the European Union on Sept. 28 to do more to confront the migration crisis stemming from the four-year-old Syrian civil war.
Soldier faces 18 years for fatal shooting of protester in southeast Turkey
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded 18 years in prison for a private over the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Medeni Y?ld?r?m during a protest against the building of a new police post in Diyarbak?r's Lice district in June 2013.