Ankara

Turks seem to be fed up with the number of Syrian refugees coming to Turkey. According to a recent survey by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center, 67 percent of Turks believe that "Turkey should allow fewer refugees from Syria and Iraq." Does that mean that Turks now consider Syrians as a burden?

In yesterday's Hürriyet Daily News, the headline story came from a statement by President Tayyip Erdo?an: "ISIL, PKK, Syria intelligence behind Ankara bombing." The president had spoken at a gathering of trade unions, touching upon the recent horrible suicide bombing in Ankara that killed more than 100 people.

'Everywhere there was the smell of 'mangal' (barbecue), the smell of burning flesh, burning people. There were brains, blood and hearts physically on the ground'Last week we could not write about the Oct. 10 terror attack in Ankara because of a total media blackout. This week the ban has been lifted. Next week it may be back on.  

Deniz Gamze Ergüven's 'Mustang,' an award-winning coming-of-age tale with strong female characters, was released on Oct 23 in Turkish theatersAlready seen by close to half a million people in France, Deniz Gamze Ergüven's eagerly anticipated debut film, "Mustang," premiered in Turkey on Oct. 23 following high praise on the festival circuit.

One of the drivers of the two suicide bombers in the Ankara attack on Oct. 10 which killed 102 people, including the two bombers, has been identified as a former member of al-Nursa who is a current member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), state-run Anadolu Agency reported security officials as saying. 

Top diplomats from Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey fail to make any major breakthrough on how to end the Syrian conflictTop diplomats from Russia, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Oct. 23 failed to make any major breakthrough on how to end the Syrian conflict, with the sides sharply at odds on the future of Bashar al-Assad.

A soldier who was killed by lightning on Oct. 22 in the Da?l?ca district of southeastern Hakkari province during an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been laid to rest in his hometown in southeastern Ad?yaman province.

To celebrate Turkey's Republic Day on Oct. 29 the Istanbul Optimum Outlet shopping mall will host an exhibition titled "Atatürk and The Gains of the Republic" between Oct. 24 and Nov. 1, focused on the founder the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

US electric carmaker Tesla Motors sold more than 3,000 cars in China, the world's biggest auto market, in the first nine months of this year, it said Oct. 23.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said on Oct. 22 that the government would help young people marry if their parents fail to do so, as part of his Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "employment and entrepreneurship" plans.