30.06.2012 13:50
TOP NEWS.TURKISH SPECIALLY AUTHORIZED COURTS.
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TOP NEWS:
TURKISH SPECIALLY AUTHORIZED COURTS: Turkey is keeping a watchful eye on the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government as it prepares to propose a law that would abolish or significantly curtail the powers of specially authorized courts in Parliament for discussion this weekend.
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WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL: Turkey's women's basketball team earned a Olympic place after a win on Friday against their Argentinean rivals at the the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women.
UN GENEVA SYRIA: The UN-Arab League joint envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, has invited the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the US, Russia, China, Britain and France -- as well as Turkey, the European Union, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar to the ministerial talks in Geneva to discuss political transition in Syria.
PM ZANA MEETING: Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and independent deputy Leyla Zana from the southeastern province of Diyarbakir is expected to hold a meeting on Kurdish issue.
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RUSSIA CLINTON: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in St. Petersburg on the eve of a conference in Geneva aimed at ending 16 months of violence in Syria.
OTHER RUNNING:
EU MINISTER BULGARIA: Turkey's Turkish European Union (EU) Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis visited Kardzhali, a province in Bulgaria where many Bulgarian Turks live.
TURKEY SOCCER MATCH-FIXING: An İstanbul court will deliver on Monday its ruling on a massive match-fixing case, which has rocked Turkish football since it began last summer, presiding judge Mehmet Ekinci said during a hearing on Friday.
EU ECONOMY: A long night of debate finally yielded results when European leaders decided early on Friday to recapitalize failing EU banks. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy referred to direct capitalization of banks as a breakthrough.
TURKEY SYRIA FIGHTER JET CRISES -7-: Rebel forces attacked Syria's main court in central Damascus on Thursday, state television said, while Turkey deployed troops and anti-aircraft rocket launchers to the Syrian border, building pressure on President Bashar al-Assad.
1980 MILITARY COUP TRIAL: The Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) announced on Friday that the health of former generals who face charges of perpetrating the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup prevents them from attending court hearings, including the fifth one to be held today.
RUSSIA NUCLEAR EDUCATION: Russia's Rosatom Nuclear Energy State Corporation (ROSATOM) trained the public specialists that will work in the public relations of the nuclear power plant to be built in Turkish southern city of Mersin's Akkuyu district.
EUROPE EURO 2012: The Italian football team reaches the Euro 2012 final, after a dramatic 2-1 semi-final victory against Germany in Warsaw.
TURKEY NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: Turkey's National Security Council said on Thursday it would respond to Syria's "hostile" downing of one of its reconnaissance jets last week with determination but within international law.