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Turkey appoints new ambassadors to 13 countries
Turkey has appointed 13 ambassadors to foreign posts, according to the Official Gazette early on April 3.
A decree published with the signature of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Cahit Bağcı was appointed envoy to Azerbaijan.
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Turkish Farming Faces Devastating Decline
For five generations, Ahmet's family has farmed the rich agricultural land of Thrace in northwestern Turkey.
On 15 acres, the family for years grew sunflower, sugar beet and wheat.
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Ex-opposition party head sentenced to three years
A former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HPD) was sentenced to three-and-half years in prison on March 22 for insulting the Turkish president.
Selahattin Demirtaş, who attended the hearing at Istanbul's Bakırköy 46th Criminal Court of First Instance via video link, incurred the sentence for publicly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Alamos Gold determined to fulfill its commitment, says official
Following the announcement by ministry officials concerning the license cancelation of Canadian-based intermediate gold producer Alamos Gold, the general manager of Doğu Biga, a local company established by the producer, has announced that Alamos Gold has a license of 60 years and is determined to fulfill its commitment made to the Turkish government to extract the underground mine in Kaz Mount
Istanbul Municipality rescued nearly 1200 horses from Princes’ Islands last year
Following a ban of horse-drawn carriages in the Princes' Islands, an archipelago of nine islands off the coast of Istanbul, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality bought nearly 1200 horses and rehomed over 800 last year.
Historical mosque to be open to worship in March
The 600-year-old Güzelköy Mosque in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ's Şarköy district will be open to worship after a 400-day-long restoration, an official has said.
Nearly 2.4 million Turkish Liras ($325,000) was spent on the restoration of the Ottoman mosque, which was carried out by the Tekirdağ Municipality.
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Controlled blast at Akkuyu nuclear plant site creates political stir
A controlled blast at the construction site of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey's southern province of Mersin has created a political stir and unrest in the country as many residential areas around the site were affected by the blast.
Snap elections inevitable, says CHP leader
An early election is inevitable in Turkey, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, said on Jan. 18, reiterating the opposition argument that citizens want snap elections due to their economic problems.
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Fear of poisonous fish worries residents in eastern province
The death of one of the two people who were hospitalized on suspicion of food poisoning after eating fish has raised concerns of poisonous puffer fish.
Last week, a fishmonger living in the eastern province of Van cooked a puffer fish, which he likened to the rockfish, with someone else, reportedly a baker.
Turkish opposition mulling road map for system change: CHP chair
The Nation Alliance, made up of opposition parties, should soon start working on the details of the improved parliamentary system in a bid to abandon the executive presidential system, the head of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has said, claiming the next elections will constitute an historic milestone for Turkish democracy.