Turkey's Basci Still Seeks Reasons to Cut as Market Frets
Turkish central bank Governor Erdem Basci helped send the lira tumbling to an eight-month low as he left the door open to deeper interest-rate cuts by predicting oil’s slide will ease pressure on prices. The currency extended the second-biggest drop ...
Turkey not helping Lebanon in hostage crisis: report
BEIRUT: Turkey will not join efforts to help secure the release of the Lebanese soldiers and policemen held hostage by Islamist militants, a local newspaper said Friday. Erdogan has reportedly said that the situation of the kidnapped Lebanese servicemen is ...
Bob's Turkey Farm celebrating anniversary with an open house
LANCASTER — In honor of its 60th anniversary, Bob's Turkey Farm, 181 Old Common Road, is holding an open house. People attending on Saturday, Oct. 11, will have complimentary tastes of Bob's home-style products, such as BBQ pulled turkey sliders, turkey ...
Turkey Considers More Active Role Against Islamic State
ISTANBUL--Turkey is considering taking a more active role that would dramatically boost the campaign against extremist group Islamic State, as the country comes under pressure from an American administration impatient for quicker movement. President Barack ...
Turkey embraces more refugees
Kurdish Syrian refugees stand in a truck at the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province September 25, 2014. [Photo/Agencies] ANKARA -- Turkey, home to 1.5 million Syrian refugees, is prepared to embrace hundreds of ...
Kurds see Turkey impeding Islamic State fight
SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and its Kurdish population — for decades in conflict — suddenly find themselves facing a common enemy in the Islamic State group. So it may reasonable to expect prospects for long elusive peace between Turkey and Kurdish ...
Amid border chaos, Kurds suspect Turkey of hindering fight against Islamic State
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police in riot gear guard the Mursitpinar frontier post with Syria, and army personnel carriers patrol nearby stretches of a border where Islamic State’s advance has opened new political fault-lines. Kurds are crossing it in ...
Turkey Weighs Greater Role in Islamic State Coalition Amid U.S. Pressure
Turkish officials say the scope of its role will depend on their unique security concerns and whether the U.S. will broaden the narrowly focused campaign against Islamic State to include measures to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power ...
Kurds bus to besieged Syrian town to fight IS
Kurds who made their way across Turkey to a strategic Syrian border town besieged by Islamic State (IS) militants are vowing to "fight ourselves" to drive the extremists back.
I love lists, Friday!
If you’re looking for your life’s purpose, read this. Surviving jet lag WITH KIDS. Some healthy tips for real food newbies. Note to Self: Take Care of Yourself I believe that a home is not a home unless it’s full of books. OMG. Yes to #14 This makes me sad. On the TO DO LIST: Maple Pumpkin Latte Syr ...
Apple begins selling the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in more than 20 new countries
Fresh from a record 10 million iPhone sales over launch weekend, Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are going on sale in 20 more countries today. The list of countries that will begin selling the new iPhones from Friday include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, ...
Apple begins selling the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in more than 20 new countries
Fresh from a record 10 million iPhone sales over launch weekend, Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are going on sale in 20 more countries today. The list of countries that will begin selling the new iPhones from Friday include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, ...
ISIS and the biblical factor / pope as ISIS target
ISIS AND THE BIBLICAL FACTOR The Propaganda of Beheadings POPE FRANCIS AS ASSASSINATION TARGET His blunder in supporting the US vs ISIS http://www.sisterraquel.com/2014/09/isis east wind jour nals 128 By Bernie Lopez eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com Permission is granted to re-publish with credits and not ...
Malaysian police detains three headed to join the Islamic State
The three were detained Thursday at the Kuala Lumpur international airport while waiting for a flight to Turkey, to eventually join the Islamic State in Syria. The post Malaysian police detains three headed to join the Islamic State appeared first on Firstpost.
General Studies: Daily Answer Writing Challenge – 25
ARCHIVES 26 September 2014 World History 1) How did the policy of appeasement escalate the problem of Nazi aggrandizement? Explain. (200 Words) Reference 2) “By 1914, the sick man of Europe was no longer just Turkey : it was Europe itself.” Explain. (200 Words) Reference
From Honey to Stink - A Fungi Walk
Posted by Rosie Yesterday I wrote how the September weather here in Normandy has been fabulous. Whilst daytime temperatures could all too easily be mistaken for midsummer, a closer look clearly shows that we are in early Autumn. The nights are chillier, the mornings full of mist. Autumnal colours ar ...