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Turkey: Syria-bound Swedish girl detained, deported
Turkish authorities have detained and deported a 15-year-old Swedish girl before she crossed the Turkish-Syrian border, allegedly aiming to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Income inequality reaches highest levels since records begin: OECD
Income inequality has reached record highs in most OECD countries and remains at even higher levels in many emerging economies, said the organization in a new report. The richest 10 per cent of the population in the OECD now earn 9.6 times the income of the poorest 10 per cent, up from 7:1 in the 1980s and 9:1 in the 2000s, according to the OECD report.
Be?ikta? to part ways with Bilic at season's end
Turkey?s Be?ikta? has decided to part ways with Croatian coach Slaven Bilic at the end of the season, intensifying efforts to replace him after the last two games of the league campaign.
Turkey's top election board rejects HDP's 4th complaint about Erdo?an
Turkey?s top election board has now rejected for a fourth time the Peoples? Democratic Party?s (HDP) complaints regarding the president?s rallies alleged to be in favor of the ruling party.
The Supreme Election Board (YSK) rejected the fourth complaint with a majority of the votes late May 20.
Turkey consumer confidence index falls to six-year low
Turkey's consumer confidence index fell in May to 64.29 points, its lowest in more than six years, from 65.35 in April, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) said May 21.
VIDEO: Turkish principal wipes blackboard with student's head
The principal of a middle school in Ankara wiped the blackboard of a classroom with a student?s head as punishment for not having cleaned the board earlier, according to a video secretly recorded by another pupil in the class.
Teacher arrested for harassing 10-year-old student in Turkey's west
An elementary school teacher in Turkey?s western province of Bal?kesir was arrested on charges of harassing a 10-year-old female student and asking her parents for permission to marry her while claiming he had a dream where they had married.
43 tech stores close in seven months in Turkey
A total of 43 tech retail stores have closed down in the last seven months in Turkey, mainly due to restrictions on the use of credit cards to purchase mobile phones, while also increasing revenues as they cut costs, figures have shown.
Turkey's main opposition vows to build new mega city
The main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) has announced its much-trumpeted ?project of the century,? which will be focused on building an entirely new city named ?Center Turkey? with an investment of $200 billion.
Greek-US defense meeting aimed at strengthening ties
Defense Minister Panos Kammenos and US Defense Undersecretary Christine Wormuth met to discuss cooperation between Greece and the United States. Measures to clamp down on terrorism, undocumented migration and close ties in defense were discussed.
Health condition of singing contestant improving: Doctor
The doctor of 19-year-old singing contestant Mutlu Kaya, who was shot in the head allegedly over her decision to join the singing competition, has stated the young woman's health condition was improving.
Kaya has been recovering at the intensive care unit of a hospital in southeastern Diyarbak?r province where she has been in an induced coma for more than two days.
Few Turks from Europe join foreign terrorist fighters
A recent report of the United Nations Security Council 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee?s Monitoring Team estimates that 25,000 foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) from 100 countries are linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), with an overwhelming majority of those fighters in Iraq and Syria.
Belek sets the bar high in golf, aims to host 2019 Solheim Cup
From the balcony of a luxury hotel room in the Mediterranean resort town of Belek, overlooking swimming pools and a golf course, the fierce political debates with 17 days to go for the general elections seem so distant. Under the scorching sun, even President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s high-toned rebuke to the media is music to the ears.
Erdo?an's dwindling presidential hopes
The general elections are fast approaching. Many are wondering whether the political scene in Turkey will experience a change that may not relegate the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to the backseat, but which will nevertheless see it lose the magic that has brought it a succession of electoral victories since it first came to power in 2002.
Ready, steady, go!
Amid the heated debates about NATO's collective defense capabilities' relevance in new, evolving security challenges in its eastern and southern flanks, NATO Foreign Ministers' Summit met in Antalya, Turkey between 13-14 May 2015.