Foreign bid is unlikely for Turk Telekom stake; news signals setback for privatization plans

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Turkish government's decision to halt plans to privatise its telecommunications industry, may affect hopes that a foreign investor would buy 20% of the national telecommunications carrier Turk Telekom.

Asset sales & divestitures, General services, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, COMMUNICATION, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Telecommunications Regulation, Management, Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications regulations, Economic policy, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Telecommunication policy, Telecommunications policy, Turk Telekom

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Turkey and Azerbaijan reach natural-gas purchase agreement

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Turkey agreed to a key natural-gas purchase deal with Azerbaijan, making U.S.-Turkish plans for new energy export routes from the Caspian Sea basin a greater possibility.

United States, International economic relations, Natural Gas, Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Natural Gas Distribution, Crude petroleum and natural gas, Strategic alliances, Gas transmission and distribution, Gas Transmissn & Distributn, Azerbaijan, Contracts, Gas industry, Gas transmission industry

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Turkey appears propelled into wider terror conflict: experts say latest attacks suggest a new generation of al Qaeda is on the rise

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Car-bomb attacks in Istanbul indicate that al Qaeda's influence continues despite the ongoing war on terror. Turkey's government had volunteered to send support troops to help US and British forces in Iraq, and the attacks are viewed as retribution.

Police Protection, International politics, Terrorist Control, Security Mgmt-Kidnapping & Terrorism, International aspects, Influence, Political aspects, Military policy, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Iraq War, 2003-

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