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Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The second day of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to Turkey was packed by political meetings on topics ranging from economic cooperation to regional situation. Xi met with Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek and held...
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The Arab League has suspended its observers' mission task force and is instead seeking UN help to dispatch an international peacekeeping force to Syria. Ankara plays host to Syrian opposition and leaders of the Free Syrian Army whose numbers have been...
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In this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister's Press Service, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, poses for cameras with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Uighur protesters in Ankara... View Photo »
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If the EU tries to block the accession of Turkey, we will rename the Copenhagen Political Criteria the Ankara Political Criteria and the Maastrict Economic Criteria the İstanbul Economic Criteria.
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Colors From the Silk Road, an exhibition featuring 60 contemporary Chinese artists, was held at CerModern, Ankara's modern art museum. Ertugrul Gunay, Turkey's culture and tourism minister, was quoted as saying at the opening of the exhibition that...
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They are mere tokens of the goodwill China wants to convey, to the host countries and the world at large. From Washington D.C. to Dublin and Ankara, Xi has been assuring his hosts and the rest of the international community of China's steadfast...
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Turkey, a key NATO member and an active mediator in the Middle East, is the Chinese leader's third and final stop on a trip that also took him to the United States and Ireland. The two countries will broaden cooperation in combating terrorism, a sphere...
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Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (back row-R) and China's Vice President Xi Jinping ( back row-L) attend a signing ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, on February 21, 2012. Xi began talks with Turkey's leaders on issues such as the crisis... View Photo »
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Necessarily, a new Republican administration would mean a change for Turkey. Ankara has no greater friend in America than currently in the White House
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Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. The city has a population (as of 2005) of 4,319,167 (Province 5,153,000), and a mean elevation of 850 m (2800 ft). It was formerly known as Angora. The Hittites gave it the name Ankuwash(Citation Needed), the Galatians and Romans called it Ancyra, and in the... Full Article
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China's Vice-President Xi Jinping (2L), flanked by unidentified officials, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara on February 21, 2012. Xi Jinping on Tuesday began official talks with Turkey's leaders amid a protest...
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China's Vice-President Xi Jinping attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara on February 21, 2012. Xi Jinping on Tuesday began official talks with Turkey's leaders amid a protest of activists from China's Uighur minority.
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, right, and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul look towards the city center from a balcony after a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. The Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's , three-day visit started amid protests by dozens of Uighurs who...
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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, left, and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul pose as they shake hands during a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Xi Jinping is widely expected to become president of the world's most populous nation next year, and is scheduled to hold...
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China's Vice President Xi Jinping (R) and Turkey's President Abdullah Gul speak at a balcony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara February 21, 2012. China's leader-in-waiting Xi visits Turkey on Tuesday, his last stop on a trip that has taken him to the United States and Ireland, a...
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Uighurs living in Turkey stage a demonstration outside a hotel where Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is staying in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. The protesters carried placards that read "Stop the Chinese Massacre against Uighurs" and "Freedom for Eastern Turkistan" and...
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Ethnic Uighur demonstrators holding a defaced poster of China's Vice-President Xi Jinping shout slogans during a protest in Ankara February 21, 2012. China's leader-in-waiting Xi visits Turkey on Tuesday, his last stop on a trip that has taken him to the United States and Ireland, a...
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Ethnic Uighur demonstrators, waving blue East Turkestan flags, set fire to a Chinese flag during a protest against China's Vice-President Xi Jinping's visit in Ankara February 21, 2012. China's leader-in-waiting Xi visits Turkey on Tuesday, his last stop on a trip that has taken him to...
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Uighurs living in Turkey set on fire a Chines flag as they stage a demonstration outside a hotel where Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is staying, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. The protesters carried placards that read "Stop the Chinese massacre against Uighurs" and waved...
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Uighurs living in Turkey set on fire a Chines flag as they stage a demonstration outside a hotel where Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is staying, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. About 100 Uighurs set two Chinese flags on fire to protest China's crackdown on the minority...
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, (L) spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Communion arrive to speak to the members of a parliamentary subcommittee seeking an all party consensus for a new constitution in Ankara, on February 20, 2012.
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I , the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, left, speaks to the members of a subcommittee of Turkey's parliament seeking all-party consensus for a new constitution that will replace the one ratified in 1982 while the country was under...
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A young bear prepares to step down from a rock at a snow covered zoo in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Turkey has been hit by a cold snap that has blanketed much of the country in snow.
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