News archive of November 2016

A partnership project featuring nine international research centers located in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district has been launched.  

Erdal Tosun, a well-known Turkish actor of stage and screen, died early on Nov. 30 in a car accident in Istanbul's Sarıyer district. He was 53.

State-run Anadolu Agency reported that a driver struck Tosun's car after hitting a median strip on Büyükdere Street in Sarıyer.        

Tosun died at the scene and his body was taken to the Kağıthane State Hospital.        

The adage “One man’s meat is another man’s poison” probably could not find a better application to the various crazy sexual customs and traditions from around the world.

A minimum of three years is needed to ship gas to global markets via Turkey from the Aphrodite Gas field in Greek Cyprus and the Leviathan field in Israel, the general manager of the Turkish Zorlu Energy Natural Gas Group said Nov 30.

As we've said before, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras now finds himself at more or less the same point his predecessor Antonis Samaras stood at in the fall of 2014. Tsipras was in a hurry to take power and, following a hard-to-believe adventure with a huge cost attached, ended up being confronted with tough dilemmas. What is clear at this point?

Turkish Search and Rescue Association (AKUT) head Nasuh Mahruki resigned from his duty on Nov. 30, Doğan News Agency has reported.

"I no longer have signing authority. I will perform my duty as an honorary head. AKUT was under pressure due to my oppositional discourse so I have chosen to do [resign]. From now on, Saygun Gökşin will perform this duty," he said.

The prospect of forming a nationalist-led cabinet within the current Parliament has divided opinions in Bulgaria, with the biggest party itself split over the move.

The 10th Rakija Fest will be held at Belgrade's Mikser House venue on December 3, under the title, "Balkan Urban Experience."

The Tourism Organization of Belgrade said that visitors will "get warmed" by rakija (Serbian for fruit, most commonly plum brandy) as well as "many Serbian delicacies, and specialty sweets."

Three former members of the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), to be tried over links to the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, were ordered to be kept under house arrest and wear electronic bracelets, pending trial on Nov. 29. 

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has criticized controversial remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who on Tuesday questioned the legitimacy of the Cypriot flag which depicts the entire island.

"Such comments are unacceptable," Anastasiades said after talks with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Nicosia on Wednesday.