Latest News from Turkey
Iraq raids Shiite militia HQ over kidnapping of Turkish workers
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on Sept. 4 spoke on the phone with his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi over the abduction of 18 Turkish workers in Baghdad on Sept. 2, as Iraqi security forces raided the Baghdad headquarters of a powerful Iranian-backed Shiite militia.
Drowned Syrian boys' aunt fights to bring family to Canada
The aunt of a drowned Syrian boy whose death has sparked global outrage about the plight of refugees in Europe says she still hopes to bring the rest of her family to Canada.
Migrants stream into Austria from Hungary
Thousands of exhausted migrants streamed into Austria from Hungary on Sept. 5, after Vienna and Berlin agreed to take in thousands of refugees desperate to start new lives in Western Europe.
Pierre Moscovici says Europe should not act ‘nationalistic’ on refugee crisis
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said Europe’s response to the refugee crisis should not be nationalistic, in statements he made from Ankara Turkey, where he is attending talks of world financial leaders.
Israel gripped by Iranian rather than ISIL threat
Israeli officials have clearly drawn a line between potential threats posed by Iran and jihadists against their country, putting at Tehran at the top of the list.
Moving Image offers new media tour of Istanbul
New media fair Moving Image, organized simultaneously with ArtInternational, welcomes artists for the second time in Istanbul. Orozobekov, the co-founder of the fair, expects a high number of visitors. This year Moving Image is presenting single-channel works and major installations from 20 artists during the Art International fair.
The story behind the picture that tells it all
Turkey is a beautiful country. The Akyarlar beach, the one that the tiny body of a Syrian toddler washed up on the other day, is one of the most beautiful places in this country.
Turkey rushes to its most chaotic election ever
One of the issues that the National Security Council (MGK), Turkey?s top security board, discussed at its meeting earlier this week focused on the measures to be taken for the early elections set for Nov. 1. This is not groundless. As was stated by Peoples?
Turkey's peace process still on
Lately, we all have been wondering if the peace process in Turkey is over or still on. Only when President Erdo?an said two weeks ago that the process is ?in the fridge,? it became clear that it is on ?stand by? mode.
Yet when is it going to get out of that fridge? And once it resumes, what are the new parameters going to be?
The media and Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs
Mehmet Görmez, the head of the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), recently said the relationship between the media and religion is the ?most important problem? of modern times.
He said he finds this relationship ?saddening and annoying.?
What did we do? Or, what did we not do?
A Syrian child speaks into the microphone on the Greek island of Kos. This is what he says: ?It is better to die on the road than living in Turkey.?
When asked about the most undesirable way of dying, most people would say ?drowning.?
This child is saying that the worst way to die is living in Turkey.
China has what Turkey had in the late 1980s
I started my career as an economist at the Capital Markets Board of Turkey. It was the 1980s. I was fresh out of school and excited to be part of a milestone in my country?s economic policy: opening the Turkish stock market to foreign investors.
Too Early to Speak of Russian Airstrikes on IS, President Putin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday it is early to speak about a possible participation of the country in military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group.
Turkish Lira weakens to record lows against dollar
The Turkish Lira weakened to record lows of over 3 to the U.S. dollar on Sept. 4, weighed down by political uncertainty and security concerns, after the announcement of the latest U.S. jobs data.
Global economy in fragile recovery: IMF chief
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said the world economy is recovering but fragile mainly due to lower productivity rates in a business conference on the sidelines of the G-20 finance ministers' meeting in the Turkish capital city of Ankara.