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  • Leader of Turkish islamists calls on Muslim states to create anti-missile system

    Leader of Turkish islamists calls on Muslim states to create anti-missile system

    ErbakanNecmettin Erbakan, leader of the Turkish Islamic Felicity Party (Saadet partisi), called on Muslim countries to create anti-missile defense system.

    Speaking of the anti-missile systems to be deployed in Turkey, Erbakan noted that Turkish authorities would finally agree to this initiative, Beyazgazete reported.

    “We, Muslim states, should create our own anti-missile defense system. No good will come of anti-missile system of gavurs ( the word used by Turks to describe non Muslims),” he said.

    https://news.am/eng/news/38663.html, November 19, 2010

  • A futuristic Turkish taxi cab with a see-through roof for gazing at the skyline is among three finalists in New York City’s search for the “Taxi of Tomorrow.”

    A futuristic Turkish taxi cab with a see-through roof for gazing at the skyline is among three finalists in New York City’s search for the “Taxi of Tomorrow.”

    A taxi crosses Times Square after a snowstorm blanketed the eastern United States with as much as a foot of snow, in New York March 2, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Chip East (UNITED STATES)

    By Bernd Debusmann Jr.

    NEW YORK

    (Reuters) The model V1 by Turkish automaker Karsan Otomotiv made the short list along with models by Nissan Motor Co and Ford Motor Co, the city announced.

    The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission launched the “Taxi of Tomorrow” competition in 2007, searching for a fuel-efficient and wheelchair-accessible car to win an exclusive contract to provide cabs for at least 10 years. The city has not said how much the contact would be worth.

    “The yellow cab is one of the most iconic symbols of New York City. Taxis have been an important part of our mass transit system and we are going to create a new taxi for our city that is safer, greener, and more comfortable than the ones we have today,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

    The Turkish model V1, which also features a wheelchair ramp that can reach the curb, has its advantages but will have to overcome a lack of experience in producing and selling vehicles in the United States, said David Yassky, chairman of the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

    The Ford entry, known as the Ford Transit Connect, is a compact van of the kind more commonly found in Europe. The Transit Connect was awarded the “North American Truck of the Year 2010” at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

    Nissan’s entry is similar to Ford’s in that it resembles a small van, based on Nissan’s NV200 model. Unlike the other two models, there are plans in the works to make it fully electric, Yassky said.

    The city expects to announce the winner in early 2011 with the new vehicles on the road no later than 2014. The new taxis would be phased in as older models retire.

    New York City has 13,237 licensed taxicabs with 16 different models from nine manufacturers.

    , Nov 17, 2010

  • Apple trying to eliminate Turkish partner, daily claims

    Apple trying to eliminate Turkish partner, daily claims

    ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News

    ipadU.S.-based technology giant Apple is looking to break its relations with Bilkom, a local Turkish partner, daily Milliyet reported Friday.

    Apple founded an Istanbul-based company under the name of “Apple Technology,” in May, Milliyet said, adding that the company was managed by Apple Europe.

    The executives of Koç Holding, Bilkom’s parent company, announced that the new company would act in concert with Bilkom, Milliyet said.

    But the fact that iPad, one of Apple’s most prominent recent products, is still not distributed in Turkey raises question on the relations between the two companies, it said.

    The reason for the delay is Apple’s efforts to eliminate Bilkom, the paper said.

    Koç Holding had said the new Apple branch in Turkey would aim to speed up the operations in the fast-growing local market.

    The record-breaking iPad is not officially sold in Turkey despite having been on the market for seven months in other countries.

  • AMU Prof. Dr. Abdul Latif Visited to Istanbul, Turkey & Germany

    AMU Prof. Dr. Abdul Latif Visited to Istanbul, Turkey & Germany

    Aligarh: Dr.Abdul Latif, Associate Professor & Chairman, Department of Ilmul Advia (Unani Pharmacology & Pharmaceuticals Sciences) , Faculty of Unani Medicine,Aligarh Muslim University has been invited to Turkey  & Germany. He has presented two papers on:

    1. HERBAL UNANI ANTIOBIOTIC 2. INTRODUCTION OF MUSEUM OF IBN SINA ACADEMY WITH SPECIAL REFRENCE OF IBN SINA and Chaired a scientific session in  6th International Congress of international Society for History of Islamic MEDIC

    prof latifINE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY from 25th Oct to 28th Oct. DR. ABDUL LATIF  invited by Prof Stefan Reichmuth, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany he attended this University  as Guest from 29thOct to 31st Oct 2010 and presented his talk on ‘Development of Ilmul’ Adawiya’ during Abbasid Period’ in an function which was attended by distinguished personalities. He has also attended the Library & Museum of Institute of History of Arabic and Islamic Sciences and Technology, Goethe Universtitat, Frankfurt am main, Germany and returned back to India on 5th Nov.2010.

  • Kingdom, Turkey to cooperate in health affairs

    Kingdom, Turkey to cooperate in health affairs

    By SAEED AL-KHOTANI | ARAB NEWS

    Published: Nov 18, 2010 23:48 Updated: Nov 18, 2010 23:48

    MINA: The Kingdom is to cooperate with Turkey in matters relating to healthcare, including the manufacturing of blood plasma, said Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah.

    The health minister made the announcement after meeting Professor Rajab Akdagh, the Turkish minister of health, at the Mina Emergency Hospital on Wednesday.

    “We will also cooperate with the Turkish Ministry of Health in exchanging expertise in mass gathering management, particularly in information technology relating to Haj,” said Al-Rabeeah. “Furthermore, we will receive Turkish physicians to work along with their Saudi counterparts in providing health care to pilgrims and sharing experience,” he added.

    Al-Rabeeah also took his Turkish counterpart on a tour of the Haj Healthcare Operation and Control Center from where all health-care facilities in Makkah and the holy sites are managed. Following a presentation on the center, Akdagh asked Al-Rabeeah to allow a team of Turkish experts to observe it. Al-Rabbeah accepted the request saying it would be a pleasure.

    Akdagh also commended the successful way the Kingdom manages such a large number of pilgrims every year, providing them with multiple types of services, especially in health care.

    Seventy thousand Turkish pilgrims performed Haj this year.

  • Google Says China, Turkey Internet Curbs Act as Trade Barriers

    Google Says China, Turkey Internet Curbs Act as Trade Barriers

    Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine, urged the U.S. to combat Internet censorship abroad as an unfair trade barrier.

    China, Vietnam, Iran and Turkey are among countries that have shut off of search engines, blogging platforms or social- media websites such as Facebook, Google said in a white paper released today. Those actions are harming the ability of U.S. companies to profit, Google said.

    “Governments around the world are restricting, censoring, and disrupting the free flow of online information in record numbers,” according to Google’s paper, which was posted today on its blog. “These actions unnecessarily restrict trade, and left unchecked, they will almost certainly get worse.”

    Google disclosed in January that Chinese hackers had targeted its mail servers and announced that the company would no longer censor search results in the country. Google then began redirecting all searches in China to a site in Hong Kong.

    China is the world’s biggest Internet market with 384 million Web users at the end of 2009, according to the China Internet Network Information Center, a government agency that registers online domain names.

    The Google paper outlines a series of rules under the World Trade Organization that might apply to Internet censorship. WTO rules call for reasonable, objective and impartial rules, and say that “exceptional measures” must be narrowly applied.

    “The WTO negotiators set clear limits on the ability of members to invoke such exceptions,” the Google paper said.

    Google also asked U.S. negotiators to strengthen protections for Internet freedom in pending agreements with South Korea, in the Doha Round of global trade talks and in a broader Asian measure known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

    To contact the reporter on this story: Mark Drajem in Washington at mdrajem@bloomberg.net

    To contact the editor responsible for this story: Larry Liebert at lliebert@bloomberg.net.

    via Google Says China, Turkey Internet Curbs Act as Trade Barriers – Bloomberg.