Latest News from Turkey
AKP mayor attacked at his office in Bursa, remains in critical condition
The mayor of the Gürsu district in Turkey's western province of Bursa was shot at his office along with his security guard on May 20. He remains in a critical condition at hospital.
Cüneyt Y?ld?z, the mayor of Gürsu from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was immediately taken to hospital with his guard, who is a former specialist sergeant, after the attack.
Polling committee head dismissed in Germany over multiple vote attempt
A polling committee head living in Frankfurt has been caught while attempting to vote in the name of somebody else in Turkey's upcoming June 7 general election.
The president of the number six ballot box Hasan Tüfek, who is also a religious official in the city, cast his own vote on May 14 and took photos of himself while voting.
Turkey to open first satellite test center
Turkey is to open its first satellite assembly and test center on May 21, according to a statement from the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).
The Spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Test Center, located northwest of Ankara, in Kazan, will initially test the Göktürk-1 satellite, a civil and military observation satellite to be launched in November.
Turkey second worst performer of Europe, Central Asia in human capital index
Turkey has regressed eight places in the latest Human Capital Index of the World Economic Forum (WEF). It now ranks 68 out of 124 countries and is the second worst in Europe, after Moldova, and Central Asia.
Among countries in Europe and Central Asia, Turkey and Moldova, 71, hold the last spots in the region, according to the WEF's 2015 Human Capital Report.
Woman wiretaps son, catches cheating husband
A Turkish court has decided a woman, who wiretapped her son to prove her husband's infidelity, will receive 30,000 Turkish Liras in material compensation.
The woman, from Turkey's western province of Izmir, was suspicious that her spouse, who continuously arrived home late and insisted on getting a divorce, was being unfaithful.