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Turkish ministry probes drug maker over bribe claims
Turkey's Health Ministry has said it launched an investigation into allegations a drug-maker, which it did not name, secured $85 million in business advantages through bribery.
Reuters reported this week an anonymous whistleblower accused Swiss company Novartis of paying bribes through a consulting firm to secure advantages worth an estimated $85 million.
Turkey eyes $5 billion from health tourists annually amid tourism woes
Turkey has the potential to increase its annual revenue from health tourism to $5 billion over the next two years, with officials looking for ways to boost and diversify the country's tourism appeal amid a downturn in the sector.
Death toll rises to 36 in Ankara attack
The death toll in a car bomb attack that targeted the Turkish capital Ankara on March 17 has risen to 36 when an injured person succumbed to his injuries at a hospital on March 21, the Health Ministry has announced.
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Four Istanbul attack victims remain in intensive care
A total of four people who were injured in the March 19 suicide bombing on Istanbul's central ?stiklal Avenue remain in intensive care at hospitals in the city, Turkey's Health Ministry said in a statement on March 21.
Five killed, 36 injured in suicide attack in central Istanbul
Five people were killed and 36 others were injured in a suicide bomb attack on March 19 in central Istanbul, on the busy ?stiklal Avenue in Taksim.
Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Müezzino?lu said 36 people, including 12 foreign nationals and a child, were injured, and seven of the victims in hospitals were in critical condition.
PKK-affiliated group claims Ankara attack
The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), a terror group linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 35 people in the capital Ankara, according to a statement on its website on March 17.
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Bulgarian Milk Producers Threaten Protest over Low Farmgate Prices
Bulgarian milk producers have threatened protest action on March 24 over the farmgate prices of their produce which they see as too low, BGNES reported on Monday.
Meeting in Stara Zagora, in southern Bulgaria, milk producers have also asked the prosecuting authorities to launch a probe of a suspected cartel agreement among milk processing factories.
Armored ambulance starts serving clash-hit southeastern Diyarbak?r
An armored ambulance has been deployed in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbak?r province by the Health Ministry to serve in Diyarbak?r's Sur district where clashes between security forces and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are ongoing.
Death toll in Ankara bombing rises to 29
The death toll from the deadly suicide bomb attack that targeted service vehicles carrying military personnel in the Turkish capital on Feb. 17 has risen to 29, after an elderly man who was injured in the attack died early on Feb. 23, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported, citing sources from the Health Ministry.
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Minister: 1,300 Syrians currently jailed in Turkey
Some 1,300 Syrians are currently jailed in Turkey, Justice Minister Bekir Bozda? announced, noting that 2,400 Syrians in total have been imprisoned due to arrests or convictions. Bozda?'s announcement came late Feb. 17 during a session of the parliament's general assembly while he was responding to questions from opposition deputies on a draft law concerning citizens' personal data.
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