Following the meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and European Union officials in Brussels on May 25, at which the parties agreed to resume bilateral dialogue after months of strain, diplomatic traffic between and Ankara and Brussels is again gaining momentum
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Turkish international and Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan announced on June 6 that he retired from international football amid a row surrounding his attack on a sports journalist
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The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office has demanded up to one-and-a-half year in jail for an employee at a McDonalds’ branch who threw boiling water on a seven-year-old boy
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on June 6 Ankara will retaliate immediately if the operation by U.S.-backed forces to capture Raqqa, Islamic State Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) de facto capital in Syria, presents a threat to Turkey.
U.S.-backed forces launched a major move to take Raqqa, the headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria on June 6, with Ankara warning that it will retaliate immediately if the military operation poses a threat against Turkey.
A number of nations, including Turkey, have been engaged in intense diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the escalating crisis between Qatar and a group of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has urged the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to remain neutral in an ongoing diplomatic crisis of a number of Arab nations’ cutting ties with Qatar on June 5
The values of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are “rapidly weakening,” former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said, commenting on a file that emerged online in 2016 that called for the resignation of several figures from the AKP.
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has criticized the government’s move to denaturalize 130 people, including U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is believed to have masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt, stressing that they should remain accountable before Turkish courts
The denaturalization of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen would not create an obstacle to his extradition from the U.S. to Turkey, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said June 6
One Turkish soldier was killed and six were wounded in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attack in the eastern province of Hakkari on June 6, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Security forces on June 6 seized 320 kilograms of hashish hidden in 10 sacks in a vehicle that was stopped in the southeastern province of Mardin, the directorate of security has stated
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Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has harshly criticized the Turkish government for not consulting employees over a much-debated plan to make a major change to the country’s severance payment system, which concerns millions of citizens
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An Ankara court has awarded the family of a victim who was killed in an Ankara twin bomb attack, done by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in October 2015, a total of 500,000 Turkish Liras ($141,000) in damages for mental anguish, daily Milliyet reported on June 6
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If Turkey has sufficient physical gas storage to trade large volumes of gas passing through its territories, the country will have every opportunity of becoming a genuine energy hub for southeast Europe, International Energy Charter Secretary-General Urban Rusnak told state-run Anadolu Agency.
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Death by drug overdose is on the rise in Europe spurred by more lethal strains of heroin, the EU's drug monitoring body warned in a report released on June 6.
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At least 741 workers died in the first five months of 2017 in workplace accidents, with at least 146 worker deaths in May alone, according to a report recently released by a non-governmental organization dealing with worker health and safety issues
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has increased its profit forecast for the global airline industry, citing surging demand.
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The arrested son-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç told an Ankara judge that he had accepted the presidential post of a Gülen-affiliated institution because Arınç told him it would be “beneficial” for him to be in charge of such an organization.
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The arrested brother of one of the central figures from Turkey’s coup attempt has denied all charges, saying he “did not choose” to be the brother of fugitive Adil Öksüz.
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The European Court of Human Right (ECHR) has sentenced Turkey to pay a total of 8,523 euros (nearly 34,000 Turkish Liras) in compensation in a case into two surgeries that left a patient with severe neurological damage.
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Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet on June 6, in which he took credit for the Saudi-Egyptian move on Qatar for himself, it can be said that the options before Emir of Qatar Thamim al-Thani are more limited than the day before.
As the region boils with the current crisis between Qatar and its neighbors, Turkey’s domestic agenda is still locked in the coup trials and the purges in government.
In this part of the world many things happen with no easy answers and no resolutions
What is the reality on the land? What is the reality perceived by Turks or Greeks in Cyprus? Do they see the same reality? These and such questions that might appear odd to outsiders indeed touch the core of the Cyprus problem: a difference in perception.
The stances of Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Undersecretary Hakan Fidan on the night of the coup attempt on July 15, 2016 were the hottest debate last week.
Some countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have severed their diplomatic relations with Qatar. Their reason is that Qatar provides financial support to terrorist groups in the region.
Was it a huge absence that no football teams from İzmir were playing in the Turkish Super League? Yes, it was a huge deficiency, because sports is currently a major industry and İzmir was not benefiting from this locomotive power. For this reason, at the final game on June 4 evening I was a Göztepe fan. We all were
Diplomatic action against Qatar by Saudi Arabia did not come as a total surprise, following a number of indications over the last few months. But the June 5 move was beyond expectations: Firstly it was not only from Saudi Arabia, but it also looks to be aiming for the economic as well as diplomatic isolation of the Gulf country.
For many outside the country, Turkish food brings to mind images of pitta bread stuffed with shavings of meat roasted on a vertical spit, but there is more
Photos showing the hard life of Bodrum’s sponge divers underwater 63 years ago are on display at an underwater exhibition in a boat submerged off Çeşme
A new jazz event in Bodrum, We Jazz Bodrum, will kick off on the second day of the Ramadan holiday on June 26 before continuing in various spots in the western town throughout summer
Giresun Island in the Black Sea region is known for its myths as well as its historical ruins. Dramatizations of ancient Greeks and Turks are made on the island for tourists
Bob Dylan has completed his Nobel course requirements. The Swedish Academy announced on June 5 that it has received the mandatory lecture from the 2016 literature winner, enabling Dylan to collect 8 million Swedish kronor ($922,000) in prize money
Austrian man Christian Kollinsky, who lives in the southern province of Antalya’s Kemer district, organizes donkey tours that are drawing great interest from tourists
An international group exhibition at Arter, titled ‘Ways of Seeing,’ brings together 33 artists, consisting of 70 works ranging from 1,000 B.C. to the present
Göztepe became the third team to advance next season to Spor Toto Super League with a 4-3 win over Eskişehirspor in a penalty-shootout on June 4 at Antalya Stadium, ending its 14-year longing for the top flight action
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Who does not like cherries? Luscious and lush, the cherry is undoubtedly the most attractive of all the fruits. Everywhere in the world, cherry-picking time is a joy, a true manifestation of summer. Cherries belong to June and its appearance is always an early celebration of a bountiful summer.