WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Kemal Kerkuki calls on the U.S.

Text of report in English by Turkish privately-owned, mass- circulation daily Hurriyet website on 9 October Websites will continue to be banned as long as they post content inappropriate for Turkish families, a Turkish minister said Wednesday [8 October].

Turkey has banned access to 853 Web sites in what critics say is an affront to freedom of speech rights of Turks. Today's Zaman reported Saturday that among the sites restricted by the Turkish government is the video-sharing site YouTube.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Thursday in Istanbul for his first visit to Turkey as president of Iran. During a meeting, Ahmadinejad and his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, failed to agree on the details of a proposed pipeline to carry natural gas from Iran to Turkey, Hurriyet reported.

Wildfires have blackened 25,000 acres in Turkey's prime tourism region, leaving at least one person dead, authorities said Saturday.