Latest News from Turkey

TAP Gas Project's Capacity 'to be Doubled'

Shareholders in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline designed to carry gas from Azerbaijan to Europe via Turkey and Greece, are working to double its capacity, a Greek daily reports.

Their move comes against the background of Russia's decision to botch the South Stream project announced last week, Kathimerini writes.

Family doctors to go on one-day strike

Doctors across Turkey working as family doctors in local health centers will go on strike today at 12 p.m., in protest at the "on-duty" system.

Magnificent Century's Hürrem, Meryem Uzerli returns to Turkey for new project

Meryem Uzerli, better known as Hürrem Sultan in the popular Turkish TV series “The Magnificent Century” (Muhteşem Yüzyıl) has returned to Turkey, after signing a contract with O3, the Turkish production company of the biggest TV channel of the Arab world, MBC.

No quick fix to Cyprus talks

Expectations for a quick fix to the crisis in the Cyprus talks process appear to have come to a dead end. Turkey is reiterating that under no condition will it agree to abandon support for the equal partnership rights of the Turkish Cypriot people on - as well as off - the island, with the Greek Cypriots.

Brothers in arms?

“These mist covered mountains are a home now for me”

The Ahmet Davutoğlu government’s recent attempt to change the conscription system in Turkey may be the beginning of a change in the military's culture, but it is also the end of an era in terms of equality.

Inequality is the only problem in Turkish education

There is only one problem in the Turkish education system; all other problems are sub-titles of this single problem: Inequality.

Education is the place where all the nationwide inequalities experienced in every walk of life start, and where they are reproduced every year.

Erdogan says Barbaros to stay in Cyprus EEZ until energy deal is reached

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday pledged to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots to have a share of the gains from any hydrocarbon discoveries made inside Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as he announced plans to set up a drilling platform off the island’s coast.

Main opposition leader blasts Turkey’s human rights violations

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed Turkey’s record of violating human rights, while also blaming President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, without openly mentioning his name, for individuals killed by security forces.

Corruption is present in all countries, says Turkish deputy PM

Corruption is present in all G-20 countries, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said at the fifth Bosphorus Summit on Dec. 11, adding that the fight against corruption would be one of the main topics at the G-20 agenda this coming year.

President Erdoğan to chair Cabinet in 2015

President Erdoğan is set to extend his reach even further with plans to begin chairing Cabinet meetings starting next month, his aide says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will begin chairing meetings of the Cabinet in the upcoming year, one of his close aides has announced, while ruling out any conflict of authority between the president and the prime minister.

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