Turkey

The process for writing a new constitution, which will include a shift to a presidential political system from the current parliamentary one, will be accelerated "to meet the expectations of the Turkish people," Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has vowed.

One Turkish soldier was killed on March 26 when a rocket projectile fired from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) region hit the Bashiqa camp near Mosul in northern Iraq, marking the first such Turkish casualty in the camp.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas expressed the difficulty of guarding Greece’s sea borders on Sunday morning speaking to SKAI TV channel.

About 11,600 people have remained at the camp at Idomeni, on Greece's border with Macedonia, as of Saturday after the Greek authorities started evacuating refugees to nearby camps the day before, AFP reported, citing official Greek figures.

Police in Turkey have warned of possible Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks against Christians and Jews over the Easter weekend, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 26.

The police issued a nationwide alert warning of possible attacks targeting churches during Easter on March 27, as well as synagogues, according to the news agency.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has severely criticized a group of Western diplomats who attended the trial of two daily Cumhuriyet journalists on March 25. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has severely criticized a group of Western diplomats who attended the trial of two daily Cumhuriyet journalists on March 25. 

"Your resume seems fine but we prefer a male programmer because I don't think that women are suitable for flexible schedules," one employer told Melek Elmas.      

Turkey rebuked Greek Cypriot administration on March 25 over its announcing a tender for new hydrocarbon exploration offshore the long-divided Mediterranean island.

There is a famous dialogue in Mike Nichols' 1967 film, "The Graduate."  It is a film about a young college graduate who has an affair with the older Mrs. Robinson, who is the wife of his father's business partner. Dustin Hoffman plays the lead as young Benjamin. In this scene, he is talking to an old acquaintance of the family, Mr. McGuire, played by Walter Brooke.