Latest News from Turkey

Turkish PM calls dragged corpse pic 'unacceptable'

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has deplored a tweeted image of a corpse tied to the back of a security vehicle being dragged along a street in southeast Turkey where security forces are battling militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK). 

Turkey turned into AKP state: CHP head

Turkey has become a state of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), with all means of the Republic of Turkey, from its president to low-ranking government officials, working on behalf of the AKP, Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said.

Conference to celebrate two decades in women's studies

The 20th year of the Gender and Women?s Studies Graduate Program is now being celebrated with a three-day event, the International Conference on Knowledge and Politics in Gender and Women?s Studies, between Oct 9 and 11 at ODTÜAnkara?s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) institutionalized feminism and began its quest to give master?s diplomas to people from different generations of feminist

Sleepless nights over Turkey's foreign currency deficit

Some 45 percent of Turkish deposits has now been converted into foreign currencies. The concern is for this to rise in a ?dollarization panic.? When risks increase,the foreign currency trend accelerates.From the businessperson to the politician, from the debtor to the creditor, everybody?s eyes are on the dollar?

Is it the same Erdo?an for Europe?

Turkish President Erdo?an?s short tour of Europe seems be serving two main purposes.

Sponsors for Cyprus, why?

It is difficult to understand why Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc? and his team have started seeking international sponsors for a Cyprus deal while there is, as yet, no such deal ready.

Turkey's competitiveness gap

If you thought my last column painted a gloomy picture of the Turkish economy, you should know that you didn?t see even half of it. Space constraints prevented me from going over the plunge in exports, lending, and the Central Bank?s reserves as well as several reports.

Turkey, EU agree to migrant action plan: Report

The European Union and Turkey have agreed in principle to a plan of action to help ease the flow of migrants into the bloc, a German newspaper reported Oct.4.

Russia says its planes struck 10 ISIL targets in Syria

Russian planes have flown 20 sorties in Syria and struck 10 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in the past 24 hours, the country's defence ministry said in a statement on Oct.4.

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