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Turkish firm acquires luxury chocolate firm

Turkish firm Yildiz has bought the luxury Belgian chocolate brand Godiva from its previous owners, Campbell Soup.The confectionary makers are named after legendary Anglo-Saxon noblewoman Lady Godiva.Campbell Soup went ahead with the $850 million (£428 million) sale after deciding that expensive chocolate did not fit in with their focus on selling simple foods such as soup.The US company's chief executive, Donald R Conant, commented on the deal: "The agreement allows Ulker to expand and diversify its portfolio with an elite, global luxury brand and enables Campbell to sharpen our...

21-12-2007 - read more...

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Turkish club given favourable draw

Turkish history-makers Fenerbahce have been given a favourable draw in the last 16 of the European Champions League.The side have been drawn against Sevilla, the Spanish side, avoiding giants still left in the draw such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Manchester United.Sevilla's sport director Monchi said he intends to pay the Turkish champions the respect they deserve.Monchi told Goal.com: "We cannot be unhappy."They are a team that have spent a lot of money and will probably strengthen again in the winter market."They have a few Brazilians, with the main one being...

21-12-2007 - read more...

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Turkey chooses Eurovision entry

Turkey has chosen the artists to represent the country in next year's Eurovision Song Contest.Rock band Mor ve Ortesi will sing in Turkish at the 53rd instalment of the event, which will be broadcast all over the continent, reports the Turkish Daily News.The band has been playing together since 1995 but only recently released there first album.Explaining the selection process, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation's assistant general manager, Ali Guney, said: "The TRT contacts many artists and auditions them all through the year. "Sometimes names stay on the agenda even...

19-12-2007 - read more...

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Greek tourism head calls for co operation

A senior Greek tourism figure has called for Greece and Turkey to work together in order to meet their goals, possibly attemtping to tap into the secret of Turkey's touism success.President of the Greek Travel Agencies Union (HATTA) Yannis Evangellou was optimistic when talking about the future developments concerning tourism initiatives between the two countries.Speaking at the Travel Turkeytourism fair in Izmir, Mr Evangellou expressed hope that the two countries could market "common destinations" in the future.He said: "For the last 10 years, efforts to build cooperation...

18-12-2007 - read more...

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Fenerbache through to Champions League knock outs

Istanbul-based football club Fenerbache have made it into the knock-out stages of the world's premier club competition, the Champions League, for the first time in their history.They qualified from a challenging group containing Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven and CSKA Moscow.Arch rivals Galatasaray have traditionally led the way in European competition, winning the UEFA Cup in 2000 and even dumping giants Manchester United out of the Champions Cup, as it was then known, in 1994.But Brazilian coach Zico felt that his side's efforts had merited their place in the history books of Turkish...

14-12-2007 - read more...

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Skal ecotourism award winners give reaction

The winners of the Skal International Ecotourism Awards at its World Congress, which was held in Antalya, Turkey, last month, have reacted to receiving their honours.One of those recognised at the prestigious awards, which are seen as the highest honours for best practice in travel and tourism, was Aqua-Trek Beqa's Fiji Shark Dive, who were declared the winner of the Ecotourism Award for Tour Operators worldwide.The criteria on which the ecotourism winners were decided included conservation of nature, preservation of cultural heritage,community involvement, educational features, business...

13-12-2007 - read more...

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Movie star praises Turkish PM

US movie star George Clooney has spoken of his liking for Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and even responded to remarks that he and the Turkish figurehead look like each other.Clooney told a Turkish TV station at the fourth Dubai International Film Festival that he was very impressed with Mr Gul, reports the Turkish Daily NewsThe star of Ocean's Eleven and Three Kings told NTV: "I watched Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on US TV Channel PBS in September and I find him smart and wise.When asked about a possible resemblance to Mr Erdogan, Clooney remarked jokingly: "I...

11-12-2007 - read more...

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Ottoman road project planned

Turkey will collaborate with Azerbaijan to work on a project which hopes to establish the route used by the Ottoman Army as a tourism destination.A level of historical awareness will be built up by initiatives from the two governments, highlighting the significance of the roads which the Ottomans trod on the way to rescue Azerbaijan from the Armenians, reports the Turkish Daily News.The project is titled 'Historical Victory and Martyrdom Path of Ancestors' and was a proposal from the Azerbaijan Culture and Tourism Ministry.Culture and Tourism Ministry and Foreign Relations Office Turkish...

11-12-2007 - read more...

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