Turkey

Turkish actress Damla Sönmez, who won the Best Actress Award at the Milan International Film Festival for her role in the film "Deniz Seviyesi" (Across the Sea), received her award at a ceremony held in Milan on Sept. 9. 

The festival was organized earlier this year in the Italian city between May 7 and 17. 

Turkish warplanes struck 64 outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in overnight raids on northern Iraq, dropping 80 bombs, according to reports on Sept. 11. 

At least 60 PKK militants were killed in the strikes, carried out by 21 Turkish F-16 and F-4 warplanes, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported, quoting security sources. 

Roma People Confederation of Turkey head Ahmet Çokya?ar said the organization is working to build a textile factory to employ Roma people in the northwestern province of Kocaeli in cooperation with authorities. 

Çokya?ar said a project aiming to remove obstacles before the employment of Roma people in Kocaeli was about to be finalized at a meeting in Kocaeli. 

The trading of Turkish equity index derivatives products on the London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market will start on Sept. 14, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has said following a partnership agreement signed between the LSEG and Borsa Istanbul earlier this year.

The Turkish economy is expected to grow only 3 percent this year, a reduction from the government's target of 4 percent growth, Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Y?lmaz told Anadolu Agency on Sept. 11.

Erospolis interviews a mysterious stranger who talks about the 'operating model' for successful raids and the makings of a true vandal "Ah, the youth today," said the old man with the weather-beaten face and weary eyes, reading a Hürriyet Daily News and speaking some implacable accent of English. "They think that they can do anything without having to work on it.

Turkey and Russia have been unable to make progress in the planned Turkish Stream project and have frozen talks for now, according to high-level Turkish energy officials.

A tough test awaits Turkey on Sept. 12 at Eurobasket 2015 when it takes on title favorite France, led by all-time Eurobasket top scorer Tony Parker, for a quarterfinal berth.

The "12 Giant Men" finished Group B fourth after a 111-102 victory in overtime against Iceland on Sept. 10 to set up the Round of 16 clash with France in Lille.

According to the preliminary figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Friday, Bulgarian exports to the EU and third countries increased in the first half of 2015.

Between January and June, Bulgarian exports to the EU amounted to BGN 14.2 B, which represented an increase of 12.4 % compared to the same period last year.

The head of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (?TO), ?brahim Ça?lar, has said the private sector?s debts have increased by 17.5 billion Turkish Liras ($5.7 billion) over the year due to a dramatic loss in the lira?s value and called on Turkey?s Central Bank to sell the dollar at 2.7 to Turkish companies which have short-term debts.