US, Russia starts third day of Syria talks The United States and Russia on Sept. 14 began a third day of talks to hammer out an agreement on eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons Morning Brief: Syria Talks Yield Plan for Broader Peace Conference Syria Talks Yield Plan for Broader Peace Conference Top news: The United States and Russia on … Read more
Gezi wasn?t a factor in Istanbul?s bid for 2020 Olympic Games, Mayor Topbaş says The Gezi Park events did not play a major part in Turkey?s unsuccessful bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş said Foundation plans an art museum in Dolapdere Underground tunnel in Istanbul?s Taksim Square opened to traffic The underground … Read more
Let the blames begin; Yeni Safak accues Reuters of sabotaging Olympic bid by …showing the news? http://t.co/MHFEzbIYFw via @yenisafak ? Andrew Finkel (@FinkelAndrew) September 8, 2013 A long list of possible construction work planned for Turkey’s bid can be found here. From NYT piece: For the International Olympic Committee, environmental concerns in Japan appeared … Read more
https://twitter.com/barry_stocker/status/376440369241546752 Istanbul reaches the final round in IOC’s 2020 Olympics host city vote Istanbul and Tokyo reach the second round of IOC’s voting for the host city of the 2020 Olympics. Madrid was eliminated Armenian community members in Argentina protest against Istanbul 2020 bid Members of the Armenian community in Argentina protested over the presence Istanbul’s bid … Read more
A confidence unparalleled (!) in every aspect of Foreign policy…. Turkey’s spate of drug-test failures may harm 2020 Olympic chances ? Dozens of athletes expected to be confirmed positive ? Olympic 1500m champion Cakir Alptekin an early failure Turkey’s chances of hosting the 2020 Olympics have been dealt a serious blow with a widespread doping … Read more
Istanbul 2020 from Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul, Turkey?s unofficial capital, has failed in its four previous bids to host the Olympic Games Turkey PM tells Japan to withdraw 2020 Olympics bid from Yahoo news By Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan jokingly asked his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to withdraw … Read more