Rights abuses after failed coup lead news summary including couple's surrogacy odyssey, a vacation-pay conflict and a gender-based passport dispute.
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Read More »July 25, 2016 Comments Off on Failed coup spurs rights abuses, lawyers say
Rights abuses after failed coup lead news summary including couple's surrogacy odyssey, a vacation-pay conflict and a gender-based passport dispute.
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Read More »July 30, 2015 Comments Off on Discovery to buy CNBC-eTV channel in Turkey
Discovery Communications Inc. will buy the CNBC-e TV channel in Turkey as it sets up a new strategic operation with billionaire Ferit Sahenk’s Dogus Holding AS. Discovery, based in Silver Spring, will continue to air the existing schedule and keep ...
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Read More »September 26, 2014 Comments Off on Choice adds hotel in Turkey
Choice Hotels International Inc., of Rockville, announced the signing of its second property in Turkey, the Clarion Hotel Istanbul Airport North. The 237-room hotel is near the international Ataturk Airport and is scheduled to join the Choice Hotels portfolio in ...
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Read More »April 7, 2014 Comments Off on Turkish expat sues book publisher for libel
The former leader of a charitable foundation in Turkey, who now lives in Florida, has filed suit against the Maryland publisher of a book about a Turkish religious leader now living in Pennsylvania. Also named as a defendant is the book’s author — a human rights attorney in Texas.
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Read More »November 18, 2013 Comments Off on Not enough turkeys?
Two words you don’t want to hear this time of year: turkey shortage.
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Read More »November 22, 2011 Comments Off on Where’s the salt? Hidden in your Thanksgiving menu
WASHINGTON — No need for a salt shaker on the Thanksgiving table: Unless you really cooked from scratch, there’s lots of sodium already hidden in the menu. Stealth sodium can do a number on your blood pressure. Americans eat way ...
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Read More »November 22, 2011 Comments Off on Bad economy means another scaled-back Thanksgiving
Some are holding potluck dinners instead of springing for the entire feast. Others are staying home rather than flying. And a few are skipping the turkey altogether. On this the fourth Thanksgiving since the economy sank, prices for everything from ...
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Read More »October 27, 2011 Comments Off on Wegmans recalls pine nuts over salmonella concerns
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Turkish pine nuts sold in bulk at Wegmans, an upscale grocery store chain, have been linked to a salmonella outbreak that sent two people to hospitals and sickened 40 others in five East Coast states and Arizona. ...
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Read More »May 4, 2011 Comments Off on Turkey renovates Armenian monuments as gesture
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has launched a project to conserve an ancient Armenian cathedral and church in what is seen as a gesture of reconciliation toward its neighbor. Turkey and Armenia have been locked in a bitter dispute for decades ...
Read More »November 24, 2010 Comments Off on Animal lovers prepare feasts fit for turkeys
Bina Ahmad hugged an old friend this weekend — a turkey named Opal she first met five years ago. “She’s a lot older and chunkier now but she’s still so beautiful,” said Ahmad, a vegan who joined hundreds of people ...
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