An explosive device that was placed inside the house of Judge Abdul-Mahdi Najar who lives in Tuz Khormatu went off about three o’clock this afternoon on the 2nd of January 2009.
The blast occurred in the Aksu neighbourhood in Tuz Khormatu district which is one of the Turkmeneli districts; it is located on the highway between [...]

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TURKEY PUSHES FOR CLOSER POLITICAL TIES WITHIN THE TURKIC-SPEAKING WORLD
http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2373559
By Saban Kardas
Monday, November 24, 2008
 

The speakers and delegates of the parliaments of the Turkish-speaking countries—Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey—met in Istanbul on November 20 and 21 for a Conference of Turkic-Speaking Countries’ Parliamentary Speakers. Turkish Speaker of Parliament Koksal Toptan, Azerbaijani Speaker of [...]

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The idea of establishing Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries was initiated by President of Kazakhstan PNursultan Nazarbayev in 1996.
 
Agreement has been signed on establishment of Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries in the “Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries”, the Chairman of Turkey- Azerbaijan parliamentary group of friendship Mustafa Kabakchi has [...]

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Baku. Elnur Mammadli–APA. Delegation of Azerbaijani Parliament will leave for Turkey on Thursday to participate at the 1st Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries. The Azerbaijani delegation will be headed by Speaker Ogtay Asadov, Spokesman for the Parliament Akif Nasirov told journalists, APA reports. The conference will take place on November 20-22. Delegations [...]

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By John C. K. Daly
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
 

In the aftermath of the Georgian-Russian confrontation, Ankara sees an opportunity to expand its trade relations with Central Asia, particularly the rising petro-states of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Seeking to capitalize on the changing geostrategic environment for Caspian energy exports, Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Koksal Toptan, accompanied by other [...]

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Posted by: Junior Faculty Development Program <jfdp@americancouncils.org>
The Government of the United States of America is pleased to announce the open competition for the Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) for the 2009 spring semester. The JFDP is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State (ECA). American [...]

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ALMATY. July 15. KAZINFORM. Businessmen of the Turkish Bursa city will visit Kapchagay region of Kazakhstan on 18 July to study investment opportunities. At the same time, the Kazakh culture days will be held in Bursa city, Dariga Isgendergizi, the deputy chairman of Turkic Nations Culture Foundation, which operates in Kazakhstan, told Trend News. At [...]

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Kazakhstan, Almaty, 11 July /corr. Trend News R.Mashadihasanli / Constituent conference of Union of Enlighteners of Turkic World took place in Almaty.
The conference was attended by the representatives of Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. Academician Haji Kheyrulla was elected as the Chairman of the Union, and the professor of Gazi University [...]

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Posted on: Sunday, 20 July 2008, 15:00 CDT
Text of report by corporate-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN website
Baykonur (Kazakhstan), 16 July: The discontinuation of military units and the transfer of [Russian] Defence Ministry facilities located at the Baykonur space launch site to enterprises of the Russian space rocket sector will be completed in the [...]

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