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Could Turkey become more dependent on Russian energy?

Turkey has set very ambitious targets to decrease its energy dependency, including increasing its local energy production, becoming an energy hub and diversifying its energy sources.

To be sure, it is good for such an energy-hungry country to set such goals. However, Turkey may be failing to reach them.

Turkish composer Muammer Sun stands in solidarity with Fazıl Say

Internationally acclaimed Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say has had three pieces removed from the program of the Culture and Tourism Ministry’s Presidential Symphony Orchestra (CSO) in the new season.  The orchestra wanted to replace Say’s works with the works of another famous Turkish composer, Muammer Sun.

HDP co-chair Demirtaş responsible for any bloodshed: Turkish PM

PM Davutoğlu declares that HDP co-chair Demirtaş will be responsible for any violence in protests against a controversial new security package Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has upped the stakes in the Kurdish peace process, declaring that Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş will be responsible for any future bloodshed in the country.

Turkey and Russia meet again to negotiate gas discount

Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said Turkish negotiators would meet with representatives from Russia's Gazprom to discuss a gas discount for 2015 again Dec. 10.

"We are continuing to work to negotiate a bigger reduction in gas prices. Our target is to clarify the final price by the end of this month," Yıldız said at the signature ceremony for the Istanbul 2016 World Energy Congress.

Syrian ‘piano genius’ flies to Russia for competition after receiving Turkish citizenship

A Syrian teenager living in Turkey, who has made headlines as a piano “genius,” was set to fly to Russia on Dec. 10 for an international competition after being granted Turkish citizenship after an intense diplomatic procedure.

Turkish ministry orders villagers to ‘keep’ 6,000 dead olive trees felled for coal plant

Villagers in Yırca near the Aegean coal capital of Soma, who were unable to prevent the illegal cutting down of some 6,000 olive trees to build a power plant, have now been obligated to keep hold of the felled trees by the agricultural minister.

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