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Police detain 18 in anti-trafficking operations in 5 provinces
A total of 18 people were detained on March 29 as police from the western province of ?zmir carried out simultaneous operations in five different provinces against a suspected web of human trafficking organizations.
1,277% rise in refugee arrivals in 2016 1st quarter! (photos)
The situation on the refugee crisis in Greece is dire and is expected to deteriorate even further, according to the Hellenic Union of Coastguard Officers.
Turkey, US agree Cyprus deal possible this year
Turkey and the United States agreed March 28 that a political settlement may be possible this year in Cyprus, the Mediterranean island that has been divided for four decades.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu met U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, and both diplomats were upbeat about chances for a deal.
Central Bank head says forex, food hikes caused 2015 inflation target miss
Central Bank Gov. Erdem Ba?ç? has said the main reason the 2015 inflation target could not be reached was cumulative rises in foreign exchange rates and food prices, in response to a question from a main opposition party deputy.
US vows to keep following journalists' trial despite outrage from Ankara
U.S. representatives will continue to monitor judicial proceedings like the controversial trial of daily Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül despite harsh criticisms from Ankara, U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby has said.
Turkey eyes $5 billion from health tourists annually amid tourism woes
Turkey has the potential to increase its annual revenue from health tourism to $5 billion over the next two years, with officials looking for ways to boost and diversify the country's tourism appeal amid a downturn in the sector.
Three Syrian children killed, six wounded as fire erupts at tent city in Turkey's southeast
Three Syrian migrant children were killed and six others were injured after a fire broke out at a tent city in the Derik district of Turkey's southeastern Mardin province. The fire was the second reported in one week, after 21 tents burned down on March 25.
Italy says its consul general acted according to Vienna Convention at journalists' trial
The Italian Foreign Ministry said the Italian Consul General in Istanbul acted within the scope of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic and consular relations when attending the first hearing of the trial against two prominent Turkish journalists on March 25.
Turkey 'cannot wait forever' for a new constitution, says Deputy PM
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? has said a new draft constitution by the ruling party will likely be submitted to parliament by the end of April.
New Hasankeyf settlement almost completed
Eighty percent of the new settlement of Hasankeyf, replacing the historical part of the town that is set to be submerged under the water of the controversial Il?su Dam, has been completed.
Too early to say if EU-Turkey refugee deal is working
Initial reports indicate a decline in the number of refugees trying to cross to Greece from Turkey since Ankara and the EU concluded their controversial agreement on refugees. The agreement foresees the return to Turkey, as of April 1, of all those who crossed illegally to Greece after March 20. Turkey will in return send a similar number of "legal refugees" to Europe.
Ambiguity in women's policies
It was on my return flight from the Paris meeting of the world's cosmetic giant L'Oreal held their "For Women in Science" program organized together with UNESCO for 18 years that I read a piece written by Family Minister Sema Ramazano?lu in Turkish Airlines (THY) inflight magazine, Skylife.
Turkey in ring of fire, as security zone off Syria-Iraqi lines: PM
Turkey, as a country shaken through consecutive massive terror activities, is currently in the middle of a ring of fire, the Turkish prime minister has said, adding its security starts off its Syria-Iraqi borders and over a line passing through Syria's Latakia, Aleppo and Iraq's Mosul and Sulaymaniyah.
New charter will redefine top court, judiciary, PM says
The new constitution being written by the ruling party will bring about a new definition for the role of the entire judiciary, including the Constitutional Court, the Turkish prime minister has said, adding they wouldn't allow any constitutional body to establish superiority over the will of the people.
Petrol Ofisi indictment and the facts
HOW CAN A NON-EXISTENT TAX BE EVADED? The indictment issued by Adem Meral, an Istanbul prosecutor who seeks up to 24.5 years in prison for Ayd?n Do?an, the Honorary Chairman of Turkey's leading Do?an Holding, is full of mistakes and contradictions. For instance, it is impossible to collect or evade a tax for an import transaction that is not taxed in legislation.