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Protecting EU borders not turning out well, says Merkel referring to Greece

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for better protection at the extrenal borders of European Union so as to maintain the Schengen zone.

“We need to protect our external borders because we want to keep Schengen,” Mrs. Merkel said in her weekly podcast adding that if EU fails to protect its external borders, the free movement of people would be jeopardized.

Turkish military launches large air campaign on PKK targets in northern Iraq

The Turkish military has launched a wide-scale air campaign against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq.

The operation started on Feb. 3 and continued on Feb. 4, military sources have told Hürriyet.

US calls for immediate halt to Russian airstrikes in Syria

Russian airstrikes in Syria should be halted, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Feb. 5, adding that humanitarian access talks are ongoing.

"Russia is using what are called free-fall bombs - dumb bombs," he told reporters at the State Department. "They are not precision bombs, and there are civilians, including women and children, being killed in large numbers as a consequence."

Turkey to soon adopt key convention on protection of personal data

Turkey is preparing to adopt a critical international convention for the protection of personal data, with the document now just awaiting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's approval.

Action Plan far from addressing root causes of Kurdish issue

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu unveiled on Feb.

'Traitors' in the ruling party

Turkey has lots of burning issues today, from the insurgency in the southeast, to the civil war in Syria, to the ever-increasing number of refugees. Yet in the past week, none of these have occupied political minds as much as a mere TV interview did: The two-hour long talk on CNN Türk with Bülent Ar?nç, the co-founder of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Policy reforms in Turkey and Iran

Today there are two types of countries in our region, the Middle East and North Africa. Within these two categories there are countries that are functioning market economies and those that aren't. The first category is rather lonely: only Turkey and Israel have functioning market economies in our neighborhood.

Letting Istanbul listen to music for 44 years

This year in June music lovers will again be able to enjoy famous vocalists and ensembles during the Istanbul Music Festival - not only in Istanbul but all over Turkey.

A Turkish bank in northern Syria

"The zeitgeist dictates to us the following: While respecting the existing borders, we need to create common economic, political and cultural zones that go beyond borders, and to make the people converge in this way."

Sentenced to death in Turkish jails

The Justice Ministry recently announced that there are 387 inmates in Turkey's prisons with serious illnesses. Of these inmates, 114 are suffering from cancer.

Did you know that more than 300 prisoners die every year in Turkey? Indeed, almost every day a coffin comes out of our prisons. They say it is fate, but it is not exactly like that...

Bulgaria Leads in Early Bookings for Summer 2016 at TUI Russia

Officials at TUI Russia believe that Bulgaria has all the chances to become the most sought-after destination for ??early booking by Russian tourists this summer, Travel Russian News reported on Friday.

Bulgaria has attracted more than 60% of the early bookings for the upcoming summer season, according to trn-news.ru.

Gov’t admits that some EU countries want to close borders

It is the first time that the Geek government admits that several countries of European Union want to close their borders referring to Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic and stating that they are not implementing Europe’s policy on the refugee crisis.