Anatolia Minerals commences Copler Gold Mine construction Sep 23, 2008
Edward C. Dowling, President and CEO of Anatolia stated, "This is a milestone achievement for Anatolia. I'm pleased we have delivered on the objectives that we outlined at our annual meeting. Since receiving our final permits last month, we completed a review of our construction execution plan and are ready to proceed. Copler represents an important partnership between Anatolia and the communities of the Province of Erzincan." Permitting and pre-construction activities have been ongoing.... (Canada Newswire)
Turkish soldiers killed in blast Aug 12, 2008
The blast went off as a military vehicle was passing by the town of Kemah in Erzincan province, according to the private Dogan news agency. Two soldiers were also injured in the blast, reports said. (BBC News -- Europe)
Roadside bomb kills 9 soldiers in Turkey Aug 11, 2008
Gov. Ali Gungor said the bomb went off on a road near the town of Kemah, in Erzincan province, as a military vehicle was passing by. He said eight soldiers were killed and three were wounded in the attack. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
* PKK threatens to attack economic targets in Turkey Aug 10, 2008
We are expecting the fire to last for one or two days, Guler said on Friday in Erzincan, in eastern Turkey, where the fire broke out. The fire will burn under the control of firefighters and a technical team. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Eight arrested after blasts rock building in Istanbul Aug 8, 2008
The blast occurred late on Tuesday in a pump at a section near the eastern town of Refahiye, in Erzincan Province. The fire was likely to continue burning for another two days until the oil remaining in the pipe runs out, an official from Turkeys state-run oil and gas company BOTAS told Anatolia. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Crude Oil Heads for Weekly Decline as Consumption Slows and Dollar Gains Aug 8, 2008
The pipeline is able to ship 1 million barrels a day, Ali Gungor, governor of the Erzincan province, where the blast occurred, said yesterday. A Kurdish separatist group claimed responsibility for bombing the link. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Oil rises as blast shuts down Azerbaijan pipeline Aug 8, 2008
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* World News Quick Take Jul 14, 2007
Another soldier was killed and one was wounded in Erzincan in a mine blast, the provincial governor said. The PKK launched an armed struggle against the state in 1984, with more than 30,000 people killed since then. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
TULIN DALOGLU: Genocide or not Apr 10, 2007
Tolga remembers his grandmother: "Until she died five years ago, she wept for her father. She used to tell stories about World War I, and how the Armenians raided their home in Erzincan late at night and took her father and uncle. Days later, they found her uncle's body dismembered on the side of a small stream. They never found her father." Tolga says that until he moved to California, he'd accepted the past as a tragedy of war. But his experience in the United States has opened his eyes to how... (Washington Times)
