2008's best travel discoveries Oct 21, 2008
The result is some of the city's most interesting food: sour-cherry kebabs from Gaziantep and yoghurt, wild mint and wheat berry soup from Van. Li Qun, Beijing, China. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
U.S. Consulate Attacked Jul 28, 2008
A police official told CBS News that Turkish police were able to inflict significant damage on the main al Qaeda cells in the country during recent operations in Gaziantep, a southeastern province close to Iraq. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to discuss the matter, added that Wednesday's attack might have been carried out in revenge of the recent anti-terror operations - the work of a weak cell in support of al Qaeda, but not likely getting orders... (CBS News)
Turkey: "Muslim Calvinists" in Anatolia Show How Piety Can Blend with Modernity Jul 25, 2008
"Tell me where Allah is and I will give you an orange. Tell me where Allah is not and I will give you an orange grove." This particular Koranic phrase graces a whiteboard at the entrance to the third biggest company in Gaziantep, a city of 1 million close to Turkey s border with Syria ... A sociologist in Konya, a conservative city 500 miles west of Gaziantep, Yasin Aktay agrees that the growth of conservative capital has changed religious life-styles ... While Konya and Kayseri have long been... (EurasiaNet.org)
Suspect in Istanbul attack denies knowledge of terror plot Jul 13, 2008
NTV television also suggested the attack could have been in retaliation to police raids in January on a suspected al-Qaeda cell in the southeastern province of Gaziantep that killed five people. The United States has been co-operating with Turkey against the group. (Globe and Mail -- International)
After deadly blaze, Turks and Germans urge restraint Feb 12, 2008
Islamic preachers read prayers through loudspeakers as relatives of the victims wailed behind nine coffins draped with red-and-white Turkish flags and strewn with red roses at a cemetery in the southern city of Gaziantep ... Their bodies were flown to Gaziantep on Sunday ... The mayor of Gaziantep, Asim Guzelbey, called for restraint, assuring the mourners that "German authorities were doing their best to shed light on the incident.". (International Herald Tribune)
Turkish police raid suspected al-Qaida cells Jan 24, 2008
Four officers were wounded as they stormed houses said to belong to a radical Islamist group in the city of Gaziantep around 2am local time (midnight GMT), police said. Those inside refused to give themselves up and opened fire, it was reported. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Close encountersof the Turkish kind Oct 31, 2007
By June 13 in the same year, Sabah newspaper was leading with the headline "Everyone searching for UFOs" in a story that detailed how in Usak locals had stoned an alien, in Gaziantep the police had videoed a UFO and that people all over the country were phoning in reports of strange occurrences to their local jandarma (constabulary). The reports continued in a slightly hysterical atmosphere well into 2002 and included an event in Gebze on May 31, 2002 where a UFO was reported circling with... (Asia Times Online)
Helicopters, troops pound PKK targets inside Turkey Oct 31, 2007
Meanwhile, Anatolia reported that a group of PKK terrorists attempting to cross the border with Syria in the southern province of Gaziantep fled back to Syrian territory after an encounter with troops. The soldiers found 10 kilograms of explosives, one land mine and 10 hand grenades in boxes left by the terrorist group as they escaped. (Yahoo News -- Turkey)
A Turkish Raid into Iraq Could Have Significant Economic Ramifications for Ankara Oct 18, 2007
When chaos in Baghdad prevented the Iraqi government from holding its first post-Saddam international fair last May, Ankara lobbied hard and successfully to host proceedings in its southern city of Gaziantep. Turkish trade with Iraq reached $3 billion in 2006 and "could top $5 billion this year," Turkey s trade minister Kursad Tuzmen told around 500 Turkish and Iraqi businessmen at Gaziantep s second Iraqi fair. (EurasiaNet.org)
Fuel tank row strains ties with Israel Sep 14, 2007
Over the weekend, Turkish television broadcast pictures of what it said were Israeli fuel tanks found in the provinces of Hatay and Gaziantep near the Syrian border, though the tanks did not have any national markings. If accurate, the report would be the first concrete evidence that Israeli warplanes were in the area. (Yahoo News -- Turkey)
Turkey's AKP picks economist as its poster boy Jul 3, 2007
One scorching day in the town of Islahiye, in the southern province of Gaziantep where he is standing, he gave a fluent rendition of his campaign speech to several hundred AKP supporters, mostly farmers and small-town traders ... As the leading AKP candidate in Gaziantep, he is certain to be elected. (MSNBC -- Business)
A silent revolution in Turkey Jun 26, 2007
Most probably their roots are in an Anatolian village or burgeoning Anatolian urban center such as Adana, Denizli, Gaziantep or Kayseri. But they are thriving in increasingly cosmopolitan Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara. (Asia Times Online)
Research and Markets: Tesco Aims to Become One of Turkey's Top Three Retailers May 29, 2007
Also in March, competitor Carrefour opened its 16th Turkish hypermarket in the city of Eskisehir, the first hypermarket in this area, and has also opened a supermarket in the southeastern city of Gaziantep, a part of the country which thus far has been largely ignored by foreign retailers. German retailer Rewe has also announced that it will enter the Turkish MGR market this year through its Penny Market discount chain. (BusinessWire)
Candidate lists allude to parties' election strategies May 20, 2007
Other names missing from the CHP candidate list are Ankara deputy Oya Arasl; Mustafa Ylmaz from Gaziantep; Mehmet Kesimolu from stanbul; and Fikret nl, a former minister of youth and sport. Independent Zlf Livaneli, who is well known for his left-wing mindset, is also not going to be a candidate. (Yahoo News -- Turkey)
Three murdered at Turkish bible publishing house Apr 19, 2007
And last year an American missionary in the south-eastern city of Gaziantep was bound and gagged by two assailants claiming to be members of al-Qaida. Although they did not kill him, the attackers promised to come back and finish him off unless he and his family left Turkey immediately. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
