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Former first lady's clothes mirror Turkey's journey
ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) - An evening gown slit discreetly from the neck to the navel worn by Turkey's former first lady Mevhibe Inonu is on show in an Istanbul exhibition, tracing how her style helped define the image of the young Turkish Republic. Full Article
Dogan resumes legal challenge as tax talks fail
* Axel Springer says 29 percent purchase plan cancelled Full Article
Dogan resumes legal challenge as tax talks fail
* Axel Springer says 29 percent purchase plan cancelled Full Article
UPDATE 2-Garanti posts 65 percent rise in Q3 net profit
ISTANBUL, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Garanti Bank <GARAN.IS>, Turkey's most actively traded stock, posted a 65-percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Monday, helped, like its rivals, by a string of interest rate cuts. Full Article
UPATE 1-Turkey's Ziraat Bank 9-month net profit up 63 pct
ISTANBUL, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Turkey's state-owned Ziraat Bank, the country's largest bank, posted a 63 percent rise in nine-month net profit to 2.67 billion Turkish lira ($1.8 billion) on Monday. Full Article
UPDATE 3-Sudan's Bashir to miss OIC summit after EU objected
* Iran's Ahmadinejad, Afghan Karzai in Istanbul for summit Full Article
Sudan's Bashir to miss OIC summit after EU objected
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir pulled out of an Islamic summit in Istanbul on Sunday -- a trip that the European Union had objected to because of his indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Full Article
UPDATE 1-Turkey's Akbank's profit, bad loans rise in Q3
* Non-performing loans rise to 4.3 pct from 3.5 pct in Q2 Full Article
Turkish bonds slide further on borrowing worries
ISTANBUL, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Turkish bond prices continued their rapid slide on Monday on worries related to rising state borrowing as Ankara bids to spend its way out of recession, while equities and the lira weakened. Full Article
Watchdog starts pre-inquiry on Turk Telekom's Avea
ISTANBUL, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The Turkish communications watchdog has started a preliminary inquiry into an all-networks tariff offered by Turk Telekom's <TTKOM.IS> mobile subsidiary Avea, the regulator and the operator said on Thursday. Full Article
