Official Gazette

Turkey's Privatization Administration (Ö?B) has opened tenders for the privatization of a total of 10 hydropower plants, the Official Gazette said on July 29. 

The power plants will be privatized in three groups. 

Turkey's top court has declared the closing of private tutoring centers, known as "dershanes," were a restraint on the right to education and would leave the private enterprise unprotected, thus making it unlawful to shut them down. 

Turkey's Privatization Administration (Ö?B) has opened tenders for the privatization of a combined cycle and gas turbine power plant in Alia?a in the Aegean province of ?zmir and a gas plant in Bursa in northwestern Turkey, the Official Gazette said on July 15, as reported by Reuters. 

Using and sharing posts on social media during school time without the knowledge of a teacher has been banned in high schools across Turkey.

A major reshuffle of some 40 ambassadors has gone into effect, with Öztürk Y?lmaz, the former Turkish consul general to Mosul who was taken hostage last year along with 48 others by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants for 101 days, appointed as ambassador to Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe.

A tender for the link roads within the scope of the Northern Marmara Highway project, which includes the under-construction third bridge over the Bosphorus, has been postponed yet again, as the interested parties need more time to finalize their proposals, according to an announcement by the General Directorate of Highways.

A total of 29 hydroelectric and gas-turbine powered  power plants of the Turkish Electricity Generation Corporation (EÜA?), and Turkey's state-run oil company TPAO's oil distribution unit, TP Petrol Da??t?m, have been put under a privatization program, according to a written statement published in the Official Gazette on June 24. 

The Turkish Armed Forces' (TSK) new amendment on employing civilian officers for military positions requiring specific qualifications will alter the superior-subordinate relationship as it will allow chief civilian officers to command their military subordinates, daily Habertürk reported June 16. 

An Istanbul court revoked an amendment on June 11 for the construction plans of the access roads to Istanbul?s third bridge, which is being built in the northern part of the city. The court?s move may halt the bridge?s progress, as the construction of link roads will lose their legal ground.

A comprehensive military and defense industry agreement between Turkey and Qatar will enable the former to deploy troops in Qatari territories for joint drills and training purposes, in a bid to further intensify the partnership between the two countries.