Turkey

The first Gulf War in 1991 introduced the concept of Northern Iraq to Turkish political jargon. For the two decades that followed the Gulf War, not a day went by without a Turkish official underlying the importance of Iraq?s territorial integrity and warning Iraqi Kurds against their aspiration for independence and even autonomy. Turkish officials avoided using the terms ?Iraqi Kurdistan?

Site preparations have finished in Turkey?s eastern province of Diyarbak?r, whose ancient sites may soon receive world heritage status. The 5,700-meter long and 12-meter high historical walls, along with the 700-hectare Hevsel Gardens, which are a like an open-air museum and symbol of the city, are waiting for UNESCO?s World Heritage status decision.  

Turkey's top security board has expressed concern over "demographic changes" in northern Syria to the advantage of Syrian Kurds and "terror acts" committed by jihadists against civilians, while avoiding to give a clear sign of a military intervention into its southern neighbor.
 

The Turkish gov't is reportedly cherry-picking teachers by asking extremely difficult questions to some candidates - such as queries about the weight of a ping pong ball Teacher candidates in Turkey should memorize Wikipedia and work their brains like Google in order to guarantee promotion by the state, according to a recent report in the Turkish media.

The Turkish government is reportedly cherry-picking teachers by asking extremely difficult questions to some candidates - such as queries about the weight of a ping pong ball Teacher candidates in Turkey should memorize Wikipedia and work their brains like Google in order to guarantee promotion by the state, according to a recent report in the Turkish media.

Three Turkish journalists, including daily Hürriyet reporter Nurettin Kurt, were honored with the European Union Investigative Journalism Awards for the first time this year at a ceremony in Istanbul on June 29 for original investigative reporting in 2014 that had significant social impact in Turkey.

Daily Hürriyet reporter Nurettin Kurt

Turkey’s Presidency has presented a ‘virtual tour’ of its massive presidential palace, which remains off-limits for most people. Click through for its photos

Eccentric Turkish model Tu?çe Kazaz has stepped into the long-running toilet dispute between President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Republican People?s Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, saying the extravagant presidential palace does not have gold-plated toilet seats. 

Hours before Turkey?s newly elected parliament was scheduled to gather on June 30 to elect a new speaker, candidates resumed visits to party leaders to seek support for their bids, while the legitimacy of one candidate was questioned and two of the four parties in parliament refused to visit each other?s candidate.

A "cat town" has been established after two years of work in the northern province of Samsun with the aim of giving a healthy and comfortable life to stray cats. 

The Samsun Metropolitan Municipality established the facility, named "cat town," on a 100-square-meter area in its animal shelter. Sick cats will also be treated in the facility.