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TRAIN: President Abdullah Gül (certer) inaugrates the Turkish section of the Trans-Caucasus railway with Georgian and Azerbaijani counterparts, Mikhail Saakashvili (L) and İlham Aliyev. AA Photo

Armenia misses the trans-Caucasus train

Turkish stretch of a strategic railway project excluding Armenia inaugurated in Kars at a time when Ankara signals positive moves to normalize ties with Yerevan. 'The project is open to all countries in the region,' says Gül

Turkey joined with two other regional leaders in a show of power yesterday in inaugurating the 76-kilometer Turkish section of a strategic railway that bypasses Armenia, which has long opposed the more »

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'Where is the 47 percent that voted AKP,' asks Claudia Roth
Where are the 47 percent who voted for the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, asked Claudia Roth yesterday, astonished that people are not on the streets protesting despite the fact that only a more »

Political leaders or journalists tell the truth?
The 100th anniversary of lifting the censorship of the Turkish press was marked yesterday, under the shadow of several obstacles that continue to stand in the way of a free media today. Turkey more »

Turkey and Armenia extending olive branch to each other
Political circles and the public in Armenia are quite curious about Turkish President Abdullah Gül's response to an invitation extended by Armenian more »

The shadow of Hrant Dink on Turkish-Armenian debate
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»	Üskül refutes parliamentary negligence in Okkır's death
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»	Obama in Berlin looks to restore transatlantic ties
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»	Japan hunts for injured after powerful quake
»	British PM faces fresh test in Scotland by-election
»	French parliament adopts law ending 35-hour week
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»	Tim Burton casts his Alice in Wonderland
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»	Downloadable 'Watchmen' video games will prequel upcoming
»	'3 Aspects of Design' at Istanbul Modern
»	Turkey the stage for world-famous detective stories
»	Struggling South Korean movie industry hopes for revival
»	Radio Tarifa member in Çeşme tonight
»	As Iraq, Afghan wars lengthen, emotional toll on military families deepens
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»	'Where is the 47 percent that voted AKP,' asks Claudia Roth
»	Armenia misses the trans-Caucasus train
»	Turkey and Armenia extending olive branch to each other
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»	Domesticating political Islam *(Yusuf KANLI* )**
»	The shadow of Hrant Dink on Turkish-Armenian debate *(Barçin YİNANÇ)*
»	A new railway line and some regional realities *(Semih İDİZ* )**
»	Submarine (and You Tube) warfare on the Aegean *(Burak BEKDİL* )**
»	Comfort must be boring for Turks *(Mehmet Ali Birand)*
»	The marriage economy *(Mithat MELEN* )**
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»	Global rim giant praises subsidiary's success
»	Pendik Park Outlet Center to open in August
»	Penthouses put up for sale in Eltes Güneşi
»	Considerable increase in construction costs
»	Companies come up with new ways to combat high interest rates
»	TeliaSonera profit gains on Turkey
»	German business confidence falls
»	Rakı consumption drops to 43 million liters
»	District banks in US report price pressures
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»	Credit Suisse returns to profit
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»	Iraq banned from the Olympic Games
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»	'Where is the 47 percent that voted AKP,' asks Claudia Roth (829)
»	Armenia misses the trans-Caucasus train (736)
»	Submarine (and You Tube) warfare on the Aegean (709)
»	Turkey and Armenia extending olive branch to each other (409)
»	Comfort must be boring for Turks (403)

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Yusuf KANLI Domesticating political Islam
David JUDSON A maxim for the TDN: Ready, fire, aim...
Ilter TÜRKMEN Polarization and two lawsuits
M.Ali BIRAND Comfort must be boring for Turks
Cengiz ÇANDAR From the Turkish Revenge Brigade to Ergenekon
Elif SAFAK
Burak BEKDIL Submarine (and You Tube) warfare on the Aegean
Barçın YINANÇ The shadow of Hrant Dink on Turkish-Armenian debate
Mustafa AKYOL Why the CIA funds me and other nonsense
Cengiz AKTAR Busy July in Cyprus
Cüneyt ÜLSEVER Death or malaria?
Sylvia TIRYAKI What would Kafka have said
Semih IDIZ A new railway line and some regional realities
Gila BENMAYOR The courage of Suna Kıraç
Ariana FERENTINOU A cool break in Stockholm from a hot Turkish summer
Murat YETKIN Hilmi Özkök, the democrat general
Orhan KILERCIOGLU EU shouldn't interfere in our business
Ali KÜLEBI The global food scarcity and Turkey
C. Cem OGUZ
Mithat MELEN The marriage economy
Dennis REDMONT Sex, lies and wiretaps