http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/TÜRKİYE'NİN AÇILIŞ SAYFASI6060http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/http://rss.hurriyet.com.tr/msn/images/hurriyetcomtrlogo.jpgIt was not a "first" when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose not to shake the hands of President Abdullah Gul's wife, Hayrunnisa Gul, at a formal dinner at Cankaya Presidential Palace this last week. Many of my readers reminded me of this yesterday after I mentioned the matter in my column, bringing to light the memory that Erdogan also didn't shake Hayrunnisa Gul's hand at the October 29 Republic Day ceremonies last year at Cankaya.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8094774.aspThu, 24 Jan 2008 12:36:56 GMThttp://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8094795.aspThu, 24 Jan 2008 12:39:09 GMTThe Turkish press has been putting ample focus on the fact that the last Greek Prime Minister to have visited Turkey (49 years ago) before the current Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was in fact Prime Minister Konstantin Karamanlis, the current PM's uncle.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8102487.aspFri, 25 Jan 2008 14:09:14 GMTI have never seen such a "nationalist party" in my life before. Here is one which is proposing to its own people to take up Arab culture.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8102568.aspFri, 25 Jan 2008 14:12:54 GMTThese are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on February 27th, 2008. Hurriyet English does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8305918.aspWed, 27 Feb 2008 06:33:50 GMTThe Iraqi government on Tuesday denounced the Turkish incursion and demanded an immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern Iraq, while Erdogan defended the operation. Turkish army said on Tuesday two more soldiers were killed on Monday night.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8314414.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 13:58:28 GMTTurkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said on Tuesday the election of a new Cypriot president offered a chance for relaunching reunification talks, that could come as early as April and he believed a solution could be found by the end of 2008.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8316494.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 11:02:00 GMTInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) Turkey Mission Chief Lorenzo Giorgianni urged Turkey to make more progress in social security reform to complete 7th review under the current stand-by arrangement.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8315908.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 11:13:56 GMTRally against Turkey's ground operation to hunt outlawed PKK separatists in northern Iraq turned violent in Van, following pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party's (DTP) press statement on Tuesday.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8318485.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 14:40:16 GMTThe Pentagon is projecting that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007, a senior general said Monday.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8317153.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 11:04:41 GMTTurkish conglomerate Dogan Holding said on Tuesday it was considering offers of talks over Turkey's upcoming privatisation of highways and bridges in Turkey, but had reached no firm agreement.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8314519.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 07:34:54 GMTThe Khojali tragedy, as a result of which hundred of people were killed and more than thousands suffered in 1992 in Khojali, Karabakh, was commemorated in the 16th year today.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8318338.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:45 GMTTurkish Transportation Ministry will soon send to State Planning Organization (DPT) a feasibility report on a new highway project in Istanbul, including the third bridge planned to be built at Bogazici (Bosphorus).http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8314622.aspTue, 26 Feb 2008 08:09:10 GMTAn AKP official said there is no need to change the additional 17th article of the Higher Education Law to lift the headscarf ban, reversing an earlier agreement between the governing party and nationalist MHP, who supported the constitutional amendments as the legal dispute grows.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8305417.aspMon, 25 Feb 2008 13:38:53 GMT41 more PKK terrorists were killed in Turkey's ground operation on Monday and Turkish troops entered 25 kilometres inside the Iraqi border, DHA reported. Pro-Kurdish party DTP urged Turkey to end the operation.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8306128.aspMon, 25 Feb 2008 15:02:06 GMTTurkish General Staff released the video of the ground operation against the PKK in the northern Iraq. You may find the link of the video here. (Please note the website is in Turkish)http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8308414.aspMon, 25 Feb 2008 14:38:19 GMTTurkey, which has seen strong support from authority in Washington, DC for its air and land operation in Northern Iraq, is preparing to hear this support reiterated in Ankara by none other than US Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Gates will be in the Turkish capital for an official visit on February 27 and 28.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8310264.aspMon, 25 Feb 2008 12:55:31 GMTInternational efforts to reunify Cyprus are set to take a step forward after communist party chief Demetris Christofias was elected president vowing to renew contacts with the rival Turkish Cypriots. Mehmet Ali talat asked for swift talks.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8306387.aspMon, 25 Feb 2008 12:30:55 GMTCubas parliament Sunday elected Raul Castro the new president after nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel, in a historic milestone which seems set to keep the Caribbean island on the communist path.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8308728.aspMon, 25 Feb 2008 10:20:13 GMTMinisters of Oil and Energy of states participating in the Arab Gas Pipeline (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Turkey ) reviewed in a meeting the finishing touches for operating the pipeline and mechanisms for following-up the implementation of the project.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/8306369.aspMon, 25 Feb 2008 13:07:23 GMT