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1. A DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW OF ISLAMIC TAXATION
(Blog II)
... Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey, Qatar, U.A.E, and Yemen are few of the more recent memorable instances from a very long roster. Taxes and tax systems are among ...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his government increased the efficiency and productivity of Turkey's economy by making comprehensive reforms, carrying out new arrangements in ...
... in the liberal daily Al-Wafd. Egypt's leadership before the January 25 revolution failed to engage with some regional powers going as far as "rejecting Turkey and Iran, preferring (to deal with) Israel," ...
4. Beware the sociopath
(Life and Style/Wife and Husband)
... use the same pathways in the brain as drug addictions. That's why Chloe has to go cold turkey with this guy, and why it will feel like withdrawal. The secret, as they say in recovery programs, it to take ...
... as those who are strictly against the Palestinians. Turkey is with us, naturally. In any case, in the General Assembly there are a possible 130 votes." During the next few days after he left Bosnia and ...
As the only Muslim member of NATO and the first country in the wider Middle East to forge relations with Israel, Turkey had long been seen as having its diplomatic feet firmly planted in the West. But ...
... with the population of Greeks in Turkey. Yet the owners were determined to keep it going and one even went asso far as to sell his own private property in order to do so. The Greek financial crisis, ...
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was freezing defense industry trade with Israel and stepping up Turkish naval patrols in the Eastern Mediterranean, deepening Ankara's feud with the ...
Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and suspended military co-operation between the countries ahead of the anticipated official release of a United Nations report into Israel's deadly raid ...
Turkey wants to stabilize the Balkans in order to open the door to a more aggressive economic approach, Mirza Kusljugic, member of the Presidency of the Social Democratic Party [SDP] of Bosnia-Hercegovina, ...
... place at Skopje's fortress. Erhan Türbedar, Ph.D., is a foreign policy analyst with the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV).  ...
12. Leaders of the Balkans, unite!
(World/Balkans)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey told regional regions from Sarajevo they should create a new vision of the Balkans as a stable and prosperous region. Ahmet Davutoglu is on a several-day visit ...
13. Turkey warns Israel: You have one day to apologize for Gaza flotilla raid
(World/World)
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu says UN-authored Palmer report on the 2010 incident must be published by September 2 as scheduled, and threatens sanctions if Israel doesn't apologize beforehand. Turkey ...
14. Davutoglu says Turkey wants more integration in Balkans
(World/Balkans)
... problems. Turkey wants to see a new Balkans at the beginning of the 21st century that will be marked by peace, understanding and cooperation... It should be an economically and culturally united region, ...
15. Eid Ul-Fitr 2011 in the Balkans
(World/Muslim world)
... in Albania, Kosovo, Sandžak, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania and Turkey also held festivities to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Bosnia marked the first ...
... million Turkish immigrants in Germany. Today, Germany's immigrants from Turkey are often lumped into a single category of "Muslims." Their critics say that it is not Turkish parents' own lack of education ...
... increasingly difficult for countries to achieve their other goals," he said. Acknowledging that "there is still need for much progress," Aydın explained that Turkey's current IT projects and its rapid ...
18. Maginot Line is Moving South: Greece to Build 120km Anti-Tank Trench Along its border with Turkiya
(World/Balkans)
After the announced fence along its border with Turkey, Greece is now planing to built 120km giant anti-tank trench, probably to stop illegal immigrants in case they decide to cross over the border using ...
19. Greece is on Fire, literally
(News/Latest)
... wildfire continued to burn for a third day in the northeastern region of Evros, near the border with Turkey. Authorities there declared a state of emergency and requested six firefighting planes from ...
20. Steady Right-Wing Extremism in Serbia
(World/Balkans)
... International Relations at Baskent University in Ankara, Turkey. Q: How would you define the right-wing extremism in Serbia? A: I think the right-wing extremism in the Balkans is not something specific ...