Turkey

The kidnappers of 18 Turkish workers will be treated as terrorists, Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Ibadi has said.

?Today [Sept. 2], I gave instructions for those involved in the kidnapping event in Baghdad to be treated as terrorists,? al-Ibadi said in a written statement.

An ancient Greek sculpture depicting goddess Dimitra or her daughter Persephone worth around 1.5 million pounds was found to have been illegally brought to the UK after it was looted from a world heritage site in Cyrene, Libya. Judge John Zani ruled that the 4ft marble statue dug up in the ancient Greek colony of Cyrene that was smuggled to Britain in 2011 has to be returned.

Downside risks to the global economy have risen and a combination of threats including slower growth in China and rising market volatility could severely cut the outlook, International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff warned on Sept. 2.

Turkey?s top security board discussed security measures to be taken for the safety of upcoming snap elections amid growing concerns on the security conditions especially in the country?s eastern and southeastern Anatolian region. 

The Turkish Embassy in Thailand is casting doubt on reports that its nationals were involved in the Aug. 17 bombing of a Bangkok landmark that killed 20 people.

Two Vice News journalists and their assistant who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been transferred to a prison more than 500 kilometers (300 miles) away from their lawyers and the courthouse where they face trial, a lawyer said Sept. 3.

Heart-rending pictures of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror on Sept. 2 as the cost of Europe's growing refugee crisis hit home.
  

Serbia's Foreign Ministry protested on Wednesday over the "provocative definition" of the jurisdiction of the Turkish Embassy in Serbia on the Turkish Foreign Ministry website.

It said the Turkish ambassador to Belgrade Mehmet Kemal Bozay had been summoned to the Foreign Ministry where he was handed a protest.

Pictures of the dead body of a small boy swept to Turkey?s Aegean cost on the morning of Sept. 2 shattered the hearts of millions in the country.

I will start this article with a highly risky and ambitious sentence.

The genuine people of this country?

Do you want democracy in your country? Is the only wish you have is to have justice? Are what you miss justice, brotherhood and peace?

There are three things you have to do.