Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Turkey's parliament has passed legislation that would ban strikes and lockouts in the country's aviation sector after a protest by workers at Turkish Airlines this week forced the national carrier to cancel many flights.
If Turkey's president approves the legislation, it will become law.Turkish Airlines, Europe's fourth largest carrier, said the decision on Tuesday by many of its workers to protest the pending legislation by calling in sick had forced it to cancel 223 flights — affecting more than 100,000 passengers — and cost the company nearly $2 million (€1.61 million). A simultaneous attack on the airline's website blocked sales on it.Turkish Airlines sacked 305 workers accused of taking part in the job action, the company said. The carrier has some 17,000 employees and more than 180 planes.Parliament approved the legislation by a show of hands on Wednesday night.Mustafa Yagci, secretary general of the civil aviation workers union Hava-is, said Thursday that it expects President Abd...A Turkish court on Monday formally pressed charges against members of Israel's military for the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish ship trying to break Israel's...
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