1- Armenians urged to reject Ankara-Yerevan deal

2009-11-13 23:56:00 / ÜMİT ENGİNSOY / ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News

The head of ANCA, one of the most radical Armenian-American groups, urges Armenians throughout the world to reject the ratification of historic protocols with Turkey.

TURKEY / DIPLOMACY

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=armenians-urged-to-reject-ankara-yerevan-deal-2009-11-13

2- Number portability hits Turkcell profits

2009-11-13 23:55:00 / ISTANBUL - Bloomberg

Turkcell, Turkey’s biggest mobile-phone company, said third-quarter profit fell 45 percent after number portability pushed prices lower.

ECONOMIC REVIEW / NATIONAL

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=number-portability-hits-turkcell-profits-2009-11-13

3- Ethnic restaurants of Talimhane

2009-11-13 23:55:00 / MİNA ERÇEL / ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

Despite its vast size, Istanbul lacks many ethnic restaurants. In Taksim's small Talimhane neighborhood, however, one can find a dizzying array of different flavors.

TURKEY / NATIONAL

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=ethnic-restaurants-of-talimhane-2009-11-12

4- Students earn scholarships from TV soaps

2009-11-13 23:54:00 / NURAN ÇAKMAKÇI / ISTANBUL - Milliyet

Income from frequent film productions at Beykent University's Ayazağa campus helps to provide scholarships for successful but financially needy students.

TURKEY / NATIONAL

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=allowances-from-soaps-2009-11-12

5- ‘Do not perceive me as a girl but an apprentice’

2009-11-13 23:53:00 / EYÜP SERBEST / ISTANBUL - Hürriyet

Gülçin Aksu, 18, is the only female apprentice jockey to graduate from the Ekrem Kurt Apprentice Training Center this year alongside 27 males.

TURKEY / NATIONAL

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=8216do-not-perceive-me-as-a-girl-but-an-apprentice8217-2009-11-12

6- Polarized media, record tax fine worrying, says US rights group

2009-11-13 23:52:00 / FULYA ÖZERKAN / TBILISI – Hürriyet Daily News

A Washington-based Freedom House researcher says the large tax fine leveled against the Doğan Media Group is very suspicious and is likely politically motivated.

TURKEY / DIPLOMACY

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=polarized-media-record-tax-fine-worrying-says-us-rights-group-2009-11-13

7- War+Kurdishness+Guns: Culture industry’s formula for rating

2009-11-13 23:51:00 / IŞIL EĞRİKAVUK / ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey’s social landscape has turned upside-down and a film claiming to be about the Kurdish issue has found eager audiences.

CULTURE / MOVIES

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=hh-warkurdishnessguns-culture-industry8217s-formula-for-rating-2009-11-13

8- Opposition criticial of gov’t’s road map, offers its own measures

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News

The opposition harshly criticized the government and its road map for a solution to the decades-old Kurdish question on Friday.

TURKEY / POLITICS

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=opposition-criticial-to-gov8217t8217s-road-map-offering-its-own-measures-2009-11-13

9- What’s not been said?

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / YUSUF KANLI

As the leaders of the DTP, the MHP and the CHP evaluate the government's Kurdish initiative, it seems there is evidence of an unspoken agreement between the AKP and the PKK.

OPINION / YUSUF KANLI

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=what8217s-not-said-2009-11-13

10- On our way to Copenhagen

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / GİLA BENMAYOR

We have three more weeks left to the Copenhagen Climate Summit organized by the United Nations.

OPINION / GİLA BENMAYOR

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=on-our-way-to-copenhagen-2009-11-13

11- Confessions of an expat çay drinker

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / Eli Dvorkin

My name is Eli Dvorkin and I’m a çay addict. Not by choice, mind you. It was pure peer pressure.

OPINION / CONTRIBUTOR

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=expats-be-one-with-the-cay-2009-11-13

12- Welcome to the Wiretapping Republic of Turkey

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / SEDAT ERGİN

The recent scandal over the wiretapping of members of the Judiciary raises significant legal issues. It is time for the justice minister to make a public announcement on the matter.

OPINION / SEDAT ERGİN

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=welcome-to-wiretapping-republic-of-turkey-2009-11-13

13- Bilge school left without teacher

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / MARDIN – Doğan News Agency

A newly constructed primary school in the village of Bilge is missing a preschool teacher, and the students who once attended the school are no longer coming to class

TURKEY

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=bilge-school-left-without-teacher-2009-11-13

14- Mexican bar a magnet for Latin Americans in Istanbul

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / ÖZGÜR ÖĞRET / ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

Mario Elis Zavala is a Mexican-Argentinean entrepreneur who offers the diversity and warmth of Latin American music and culture at his bar, Barrio Latino.

CULTURE / MUSIC

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=mexican-bar-as-a-magnet-for-latin-americans-2009-11-13

15- FICAC Congress Chairman Aykut Eken looking forward to World Congress

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / ANKARA/ISTANBUL – Hurriyet Daily News

When 250 consuls come together for an annual global meeting, who plays 'consul' for their designs?

TURKEY / DIPLOMACY

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=ficac-congress-chairman-aykut-eken-looking-forward-to-world-congress-2009-11-13

16- Today's lesson: Omar Al Bashir

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / CENGİZ AKTAR

The moves surrounding Sudanese President al-Bashir's aborted visit to Istanbul are exactly those which should be avoided while opening to the world.

OPINION / CENGİZ AKTAR

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=todays-lesson-omar-al-bashir-2009-11-13

17- İdil Elveriş coordinator of legal clinics

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / BARÇIN YİNANÇ / ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Dail News

İdil Elveriş spends her spare time working on legal education projects for high security prisons and encourages students to help disadvantaged members of society.

TURKEY / NATIONAL

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=idil-elveris-coordinator-of-legal-clinics-2009-11-13

18- The White Man’s Mess

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / Aijaz Zaka Syed

OPINION / CONTRIBUTOR

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=the-white-man8217s-mess-2009-11-13

19- THE CORRİDOR

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / GÖKSEL BOZKURT

The government has embodied short-, middle- and long-run approaches in the Kurdish initiative by sending Parliament a bill on children throwing stones at police and by explaining the details of the plan in a plenary session Wednesday.

OPINION / CONTRIBUTOR

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=the-corridor-2009-11-13

20- Abbas is set to destabilize

2009-11-13 23:50:00 / İLHAN TANIR

The Middle East Institute held its annual conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. last week. The climate in the conference was grim, and one heard the word “despair” more than “hope,” and “collapse” more than “collaboration” in the conference.

OPINION / İLHAN TANIR

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/h.php?news=abbas-is-set-to-destabilize-2009-11-13