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Bulgaria Allocates Additional BGN 4.5M for Building Border Fence
Bulgaria's government on Wednesday extended an additional BGN 4.5M (EUR 2.25M) for the construction of the remaining 132.6 km of razor-wire fence along the country's border with Turkey.
Turkish PM urges calm amid rising tension
Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu urged for calm amid rising tension across Turkey, in a series of tweets posted on Sept. 8.
Davuto?lu said military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) would continue "with determination," but people should not take matters into their own hands.
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Building of Turkish daily, broadcaster attacked in Istanbul
A group of people marching from Istanbul's Mecidiyeköy neighborhood to the Be?ikta? district to condemn terror, after three deadly attacks killed a total of 30 Turkish security officers in in Turkey's eastern provinces in just three days, began protesting the media group which includes daily Sabah and private broadcaster ATV while in front of their common building late Sept. 8.
Deputy PM Akdo?an strikes back at HDP, calls it 'extension' of PKK
Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an has retaliated against the co-chair of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP), who earlier accused the government of supporting a campaign of ?lynching? and dragging the country into war after two nights of attacks against its offices.
Mount Athos photo exhibition from September 15 till January 2016
The Photography Museum of Thessaloniki continues its specials on different photography genres, this time with an exhibition of beautiful images from Mount Athos, known as the ‘Holy Mountain’, in Chalkidiki, Macedonia.
Key graft scandal figure sets up new company to open hotel in Macedonia
Reza Zarrab, who was embroiled in Turkey's huge graft probe that went public in December 2013, has established a new company, Brilliant Invest International, to open a hotel in Macedonia.
His advocate, ?eyda Y?ld?r?m, has confirmed the company was set up in Macedonia to make a hotel investment, but added the project has not yet been realized.
MHP leader appeals for 'prudence' in face of ethnic turmoil, provocations
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has joined calls for ?common sense? in the face of rising violence and polarization in Turkey, warning that any reaction against violence must not serve to spark an ethnic conflict.
Turkey passing through a tough test for societal peace: CHP
Turkey is passing through a tough test to maintain societal peace, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said, amid ongoing tension following deadly terrorist attacks that sparked violent public demonstrations across Turkey targeting citizens of Kurdish origin.
Balkan States Told to Take in More Refugees
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, on Wednesday proposed a new plan for accepting 160,000 refugees in the EU and at the same time proposed that non-EU countries in the Western Balkans be put on a list of safe countries.
The proposition presented to the European Parliament adds another 40,000 to an existing plan for quotas set in May.
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Hittite women's hair tie discovered
Excavations that have been continuing in Alacahöyük, one of the centers of Hittite civilization and considered Turkey?s first ?national excavation field,? have unearthed nearly 3,700-year-old hair ties and jewelry made of animal horns.
The head of the excavations, Professor Aykut Ç?naro?lu, said they had found the hair ties during excavations in the chambers of the mine factory.
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