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Bulgaria Will Have to Wait More for Schengen Accession - Austrian Ambassador
With the Schengen borderless area going through "a challenge", it is not the right moment for Bulgaria to insist on joining, Austria's Ambassador to the country, Roland Hauser, has said.
Eighteen Refugees Drown as Boat Sinks off Turkey
Eighteen people drowned as the boat carrying them sank in the Aegean Sea off the Turkey's southwestern coast late on Friday.
The wooden vessel, which was packed with refugees, including citizens of Syria and Iraq, was attempting to reach the Greek island of Kos when it sank in Bodrum bay.
Number of Forced Displaced People Expected to Exceed 60 Million in 2015
According to estimates of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the number of people subject to forced displacement will exceed 60 million for the first time in 2015.
This means that one in every 122 people in the world has been forced to flee their home.
Refugee boat sinks off Turkey's Aegean coast, 18 killed
Eighteen people have drowned off the southwestern coast of Turkey when a vessel carrying refugees sank late on Dec. 18, according to the Turkish Coast Guard.
The wooden boat - packed with refugees, including Syrians and Iraqis - was seeking to reach the Greek island of Kos when it sank in Bodrum Bay.
Inspiration for Obama as US welcomes Syrian scientist
In Obama's words, the sick Syrian scientist and his family will be supported with compassion by the great people of Michigan? It's not that we lack compassion, supportiveness or greatness here - only we have to divide it by 2 millionDear Mr. Barack Obama,
Obama welcomes Syrian scientist, a refugee from Istanbul
In Obama's words, the sick Syrian scientist and his family will be supported with compassion by the great people of Michigan? It's not that we lack compassion, supportiveness or greatness here - only we have to divide it by 2 millionDear Mr. Barack Obama,
2015 Migrant, Refugee Arrivals in EU Close to One Million - IOM
A total of 990,671 migrants and refugees have entered Europe in 2015 from Africa and the Middle East by a combination of irregular land and sea routes, the International organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.
Four Iraqi migrants drown off western Turkey
Four Iraqi migrants, including two children, drowned after a Greece-bound boat capsized off the Turkish resort town of Bodrum early on Dec. 18.
The boat carrying a total of eight Iraqi migrants capsized off the Aegean province of Mu?la, leaving four dead, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Latest boat accidents kill eight migrants off western Turkey
Eight migrants - five of them children - drowned in two separate boat accidents off Turkey's Aegean coast early Dec. 18.
Four Iraqi migrants, including two children, drowned after a Greece-bound boat capsized off the Turkish resort town of Bodrum early Dec. 18.
Migrants saved off Turkey's west rise 70 pct in five years
The number of migrants rescued off Turkey's west coast after failed attempts to reach European countries by the Aegean Sea has risen by 70 percent over the past five years, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
EU sees little drop in migrants since Turkey deal: Document
The European Union has seen little evidence that Turkey has managed to reduce departures of migrants for Greek islands in the two weeks since it signed an agreement to do so, an EU document showed on Dec. 17.
ILO calls for employment of Syrian refugees to be turned into opportunity
Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trThere is a need for comprehensive measures to regulate the employment of Syrian refugees in Turkey, in order to minimize the negative impact on the local labor market and to turn the issue into an opportunity rather than a threat, according to a new report by the International Labor Organi
Following the footsteps of Aziz Sancar
2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate professor Aziz Sancar felt like a breath of fresh air.
Because he has kept his Turkish citizenship even though he has been living in the United States for many years. Because he mentions the gains of the republic at every opportunity. Because one of the values he prioritizes is "hard work."
Book outlines steps to fight workplace violence against women
Turkey's top business organization has outlined the steps which need to be taken by workplaces to fight violence against women in a book.
The book stressed that violence against women still posed a major problem both in Turkey and abroad, regardless of "excuses" people have often pointed to such as low education and income levels.
12 mln Turkish people internally migrate in five years
More than 12 million people moved from one Turkish city to another between 2009 and 2014, according to data compiled by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K), while a separate report defined Istanbul as a megacity with a population that could swell to 17 million by 2030.