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Trio cancels concert at Ankara Music Festival due to US Embassy statement
Yet another concert at the 33rd International Ankara Music Festival, which opened on April 4, has been canceled.
According to a written statement made by the festival committee, the U.S. trio Sierra Ensemble canceled their appearance in the festival due a travel restriction posted by the U.S. Embassy on April 1 over security concerns in several cities.
Nearly 80 Syrian refugees sent to new homes in EU
Turkey has sent around 80 Syrian refugees to various countries of the European Union as part of a migrant agreement between the EU and Turkey that was signed to curb the refugee flow to the bloc.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said 78 Syrian refugees had been sent to Europe to their new homes.
HDP's Demirta? assures Bahçeli: There is already a massacre in Nusaybin
Turkey's nationalist opposition leader's public call on Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to "level" a southeastern district "to the ground" as part of ongoing security operations against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party has infuriated a co-leader of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who responded to the opposition leader by saying, "There is already a m
Halfeti's Ulu Mosque to 'resurface'
The historic Ulu Mosque, some parts of which were flooded because of the Birecik Dam, will come to the surface again with a restoration process to be carried out with special technics.
After the restoration, the mosque in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa's Halfeti district will be open to worshippers and tourists.
French students renew protests as labour reform heads to parliament
High school and university students opposed to labour reforms were planning fresh protests across France on April 5 as the lower house National Assembly was to begin examining the contested bill.
Previous protests, spearheaded by France's powerful labour unions and students, have brought hundreds of thousands of demonstrators onto the streets over the past month.
Turkey's nationalist leader urges PM to 'level Nusaybin to the ground'
Turkey's nationalist opposition leader has strongly urged Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu "to not drag his feet" and complete ongoing security operations against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in order to reach a lasting solution, as he openly called on the prime minister to "level" a southeastern district "to the ground."