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Starbucks 'doesn't plan to sell alcoholic beverages in Turkey'
Starbucks does not plan to sell alcoholic beverages in Turkey, its country business director Tunç Tunaveli has said, as reported by Turkish daily Dünya.
Starbucks has been testing alcohol sales at select stores in the Chicago area since 2012, and it has recently begun selling beer and wine at a number of other locations throughout the U.S.
Hungary's Orban: EU should pay Turkey, other countries to help handle migrants
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sept.7 that the European Union should give financial support to Turkey and other non-member countries to help them deal with the stream of migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe.
HDP's Demirta? cancels Germany trip, returns to Turkey after Da?l?ca attack
Selahattin Demirta?, co-chair of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP), has cancelled an intense program in Germany to return to Turkey after a large-scale militant attack in the southeastern province of Hakkari, on the Iranian and Iraqi border.
CHP leader blames Erdo?an's '400 deputies' aspirations for violence
Turkey?s main social democratic leader has condemned the latest deadly attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), while directly pointing his finger at President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an for focusing on his own political aspirations amid the killing of people.
Refugees get hero's welcome in Germany as UN raps Europe
Thousands of exhausted migrants received a hero's welcome as they streamed into Germany on Sept. 6 as the UN criticised the huge disparity in European efforts to help them.
Qatar jets to join anti-ISIL strikes from Turkey: Sources
Qatar is set to join the U.S-led coalition's air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Turkey, according to Turkish sources, as France is also considering participating in the war against the jihadists.
Pro-government protesters pelt daily Hürriyet building with stones
Daily Hürriyet's Istanbul headquarters was attacked by around 150 pro-government protesters early Sept. 7, hours after a deadly terrorist attack in Turkey's southeast.
The group attacked security personnel at the outer gate of Hürriyet's office in the Ba?c?lar district and forced their way to the door, which they pelted with stones.
Re-elections in Turkey amid the escalating Kurdish problem
* The article was written before the outlawed PKK's deadly Da?l?ca attack on Sept. 6.
If stability also means predictability in both economy and politics, it is not valid for Turkey at all times.
It would have been very difficult for an observer to predict both the current political scene and the Kurdish issue as a major problem in Turkey six months ago.
Why do we bash the West but not Saudi Arabia?
We are talking about Saudi Arabia.
It is a country that is filthy rich and sends its petro dollars to U.S. banks.
The members of the family live in the utmost luxury.
They enjoy palaces that are much bigger than ours. Saudi Arabia has closed its door. It does not allow even one desperate refugee to pass through the doors of the country.
US evacuation
Isn?t it simple? Washington got (permission to use) ?ncirlik base in Turkey and started to hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets, and now it is evacuating the families of the personnel that are on duty in Turkey?s critical regions.
Let me explain how we came to this point, in the light of recent events.
Sacrificing Turkey for what?
Even if there might me many ostriches around, irrespective of how dreadful it might be, reality cannot be hidden forever.
Turkey's trio of economic challenges
Last week?s data exposed the economy?s ?trio of challenges.? For one thing, Markit?s purchasing managers? index (PMI), which was released on September 1, fell below the critical 50 threshold in August, ?signaling an overall deterioration in business conditions at Turkish manufacturers.?
Treating migrants like natural disasters 'dehumanizing'
The more the world talks about migrants as numbers, the more it dehumanizes and stigmatizes them, according to Professor Ayhan Kaya. ?With such problems, we are all responsible for the loss of lives of these human beings,? he adds Society tends to associate migrants with words such as ?influx,? ?occupation,? ?invasion? and ?flood,?
The most interesting minister in Turkey's new government
He has just started as Turkey?s new culture minister, but he has already declared war on foreign media and concert pianists who allow their audiences to drink wine and sit on cushions on the floor.
Has Turkey fallen out of the G-20 league due to low growth?
Turkey is unable to escape the low-growth path it has been stuck in since 2012. This situation of low-growth of around 3 percent is expected to continue both due to Turkey's specific circumstances and the effect of low growth tendencies in the world economy.