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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.
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.