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A new era began in northern Cyprus on April 26 with the election of Mustafa Ak?nc? as president of Turkish Cyprus. Not because Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an slammed Ak?nc? over his description of his country?s relationship with Turkey as ?two equal brothers? instead of ?motherland and babyland,?

Police seized 358 kilograms of heroin, allegedly brought from Iran and worth approximately 9 million Turkish Liras, from a flat in Istanbul's Esenyurt district on April 27.

I happened to be in Beirut last week. It was a good chance to catch up with Lebanese and regional politics and see friends. Besides, I could follow the Armenian Genocide commemoration. It was a sad week for Lebanon to mark two tragic events, since it also marked the 40th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war. 

Armenians in Greece held a memorial service in Nea Smyrni, south of Athens, to commemorate the centennial of the Armenian genocide. The service was held at the memorial of genocide victims at Chrysostomou Smyrnis Square on Friday afternoon, before a gathering at Syntagma Square. Protestors then marched to the Turkish Embassy as a sign of protest.

The Turkish Lira dropped to its lowest rate, 2.742, against the U.S. dollar on April 24, as the euro gained excessively.

The euro rose to 2.9 liras, nearly 1 percent in just one day. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said that Turkey shares the pain of the Armenian community on the centennial anniversary of the mass deportation of Ottoman Armenians, which he described as "sorrowful events."

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said that Turkey shares the pain of the Armenian community on the centennial anniversary of the mass deportation of Ottoman Armenians, which he described as "sorrowful events."

The hourglass measures time in a very strange way. Unlike our round watches, or digital timekeepers, it does not treat every sand particle equally. Towards the end it speeds up. Tiny sand particles that are left at the end drop so fast that one wishes to stop it at some point.

When a Turk is writing about the Armenian problem from a Turkish point of view, he is conscious that he will probably not be heard by the rest of the world. Countries such as Germany have now decided to reject Turkey?s side of the story and support the ?genocide? thesis, i.e.

EU Minister Volkan Bozk?r will represent the Turkish government at a religious ceremony to be held at the Armenian Patriarchate on April 24 to honor the memory of Anatolian Armenians killed during World War I. The ceremony will be the first for the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul.