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Hip hop championship announces changes
A key event in hip hop culture, the Red Bull BC One, has entered its 13th year with big changes. In order to open up the event year-round to a wider community, there will be Red Bull BC One camps all over the world instead of six regional finals.
Turkish Airlines ads prompt demands for tickets to 'Gotham' and 'Metropolis'
A number of people have apparently been confused by the latest Turkish Airlines (THY) commercial for the upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" movie featuring fictional destinations, phoning call centers to demand tickets to "Gotham City" and "Metropolis."
World tourism map redrawn since attacks
The world's tourism map is being redrawn at lightning speed as holidaymakers switch preferences prompted by terror attacks, epidemics and migrant crises.
Gö?ü? named new Hürriyet CEO
Ça?lar Gö?ü?, a board member at daily Hürriyet newspaper, has been appointed the new chief executive officer of the company, replacing Ahmet Özer, Hürriyet has said in a filing to the stock exchange.
Özer will remain as a board member, the filing said.
Jazz nights at Istanbul's Swissotel
Swissotel The Bosphorus tonight continues its "Ambassadors of Jazz Music are in Town" concert series, presented every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at the hotel's Les Ambassadeurs Bar.
On Feb. 18, the ?enay Lambao?lu Quartet will perform live on the stage, followed by the A?k?n Arsunan Quartet on Feb. 19 and the Jef Giansily & Sibel Köse Trio on Feb. 20.
Russia FM believes US-led coalition will prevent Turkey from invading Syria
The U.S.-led coalition will not allow Turkey to realize its "crazy" plans of a full-scale invasion of Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with daily Moskovsky Komsomolets on Feb. 10, according to TASS news agency, adding that Turkey and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were negotiating in secret, discussing new ways of smuggling oil.
An early Christian church discovered in Turkey
A team of Turkish archaeologists have found an early Christian church in an underground settlement near Nevsehir, in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey.
The archaeologists have dated the church to the 5th century CE. They discovered the church in a large underground city that the scientists found in March 2015, as sci-news website mentions.
Woman's dead body found in suitcase in Istanbul
The body of an unidentified woman was found in a suitcase in Istanbul on Feb. 9.
Fiba's Credit Europe Bank to exit Russia
Turkish Fiba Holding's Credit Europe Bank is exiting the Russian market, according to daily Kommersant, at a time when economic relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate in the wake of the jet-downing crisis in November 2015.
Turkish Airlines' success becomes case study at Harvard
The success of Turkish Airlines, the country's national flag carrier, has become a case study at Harvard Business School (HBS), one of the world's most prestigious institutions.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia to hold joint drills
Turkey and Saudi Arabia will hold joint military drills as part of a decision to strategically cooperate against common threats, sources have told daily Hürriyet.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia to hold joint drills: Military sources
Turkey and Saudi Arabia will hold joint military drills as part of a decision to strategically cooperate against common threats, sources have told daily Hürriyet. However, the state-run Anadolu Agency quoted military sources as denying such a planning.
Turkish president questions relations with US over Syrian Kurdish groups
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has publicly raised questions over the nature of bilateral relations with the United States, as Washington has not categorized Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) as a terrorist organization.
Japan's negative yield bond explained
The yield on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond dipped below zero for the first time this week, offering the topsy-turvy promise of investors paying to lend someone money.
Sovereign bonds are a way for governments to raise cash for their spending plans, promising lenders (investors) a guaranteed income - or yield - per year.
Military operations to expand to ?dil, Nusaybin, minister says
While military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are coming to an end in the southeastern town of Cizre, they will be intensified in the region's ?dil and Nusaybin districts, according to Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala.