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Fish caught in Sivas not piranha
A fish caught by three fishermen a few days ago in the Kızılırmak River, running through the city center of the Central Anatolian province of Sivas, and said to be a piranha has been revealed to be a pacu, officials have said.
Turkish cinema goes to Hollywood
The Hollywood Turkish Film Festival will be held on Sept. 20, 21 and 22 at the world famous Paramount Studios for the first time in Turkish cinema history. The event is supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Tourism General Directorate of Cinema in a bid to reunite Turkish cinema with the global market.
How will Turkey survive until 2019?
Politics in Turkey is entering a highly stressful two years this fall. Since the referendum, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to be running a one-man show in decision-making and Ankara's bureaucracy seems to be looking to his Beştepe residence for every small paper to be signed. So can this system survive until the necessary laws are passed? Will they even pass anyway?
Turkish Cyprus President's mandate set to change
When Cyprus intercommunal talks started in 1968, the target of Turkish Cypriots in the process was to negotiate "local autonomy."
Unbearable lightness of Pyongyang tourism during nuke crisis
When the American university student Otto Warmbier died back in June soon after coming home in a coma following a 17-month detention in North Korea, the China-based tour company that took him there announced it would no longer sell such tours to United States citizens. Then I started paying attention to the Western enthusiasm to see the world's last remaining iron curtain.
Fox-type Gülenist officer
One of the things that drew my attention the most during the proceedings following last year's failed coup attempt was the "denialist" attitude of the officers on trial over charges of involvement in the coup attempt.
30 billion dollar loss in tourism income
Turkish tourism is coming to life and occupancy rates are increasing this year but it does not bring money in return since it does not attract western tourists with "money."
Turkey, Iran against Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum
Iran's Chief of General Staff Maj. Gen. Mohamed Baqeri kicked off his three-day Turkey visit on Aug. 15 with a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Gen. Hulusi Akar, with the security situation in the region dominating the agenda.
AKP surveys voters amid party restructuring
As President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan repeatedly urges the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to embrace radical changes and refresh its organizational structure ahead of the 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections, the party's central executive board has revealed complaints from AKP voters over "money and power-driven local branches."
Metal fatigue or spring fatigue?
"Esteemed President," said Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım toward the end to his speech at the Aug. 14 ceremony celebrating the 16th anniversary of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) in Ankara, "in recent speeches you have mentioned 'metal fatigue' in our [party] organization. But I believe this fatigue will pass away as quickly as spring fatigue.
Seven millennia-old structure discovered in Gökçeada
Excavations in the Uğurlu-Zeytinlik Mound in the northwestern province of Çanakkale's Gökçeada (Imbros) island have unearthed a 7,000-year-old structure complex as well as 13 skeletons belonging to men, women and children in a large pit.
Dacic: Holbrook told Milosevic that US "will never recognize Kosovo"
Richard Holbrooke
Ivica Dacic seems to be in charge of making waves these days - after the Kosovo "delimitation" proposal, he has spoken about "Holbrooke's Kosovo letter."
Moscow reacts to Skopje's accusations: Let's see transcripts
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Accusations about Russia's alleged interfering in the internal affairs of FYROM (Macedonia) are "fabricated and unfounded," says MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Greece seeks EU help as wildfires rage
Firefighters battled wildfires raging northeast of Athens for a third day on Tuesday as Greece asked for help from its European partners to prevent them from spreading.
The fire started in Kalamos, a coastal holiday spot some 45 km (30 miles) northeast of the capital, and has spread to three more towns, damaging dozens of homes and burning thousands of hectares of pine forest.
Turkey's Eid al-Adha holiday extended to 10 days
The Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) holiday has been extended to 10 days in Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Aug. 15, speaking after a cabinet meeting.
According to the cabinet decision, the Eid al-Adha holiday will start on Aug. 28 and end on Sept. 3.
Bozdağ also said that state retirement payments will be made on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29.