Ali Yalçın

Several teachers staged a one-day strike on May 10 to protest violence against educators, resulting in empty classrooms across the country, notably in Istanbul.

Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Alabanda in the western province of Aydın have brought to light the fragments of the statue of Roman Emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.

The statue is believed to date back 1,900 years.

The government and unions have come to an agreement over a salary rise offer for millions of civil servants and retired civil servants in Turkey, covering 2018 and 2019.

The government has announced its final salary rise offer for millions of civil servants and retired civil servants in Turkey, covering 2018 and 2019. 

The government has announced its final salary rise offer for millions of civil servants and retired civil servants in Turkey, covering 2018 and 2019. 

Labor Minister Jülide Sarıeroğlu said the government's offer is a 3.5 percent salary rise for the first six months of 2018 and another 3.5 percent for the remaining six months of the year.

The Turkish government has announced its salary hike for millions of civil servants and retired civil servants in Turkey for 2018 and 2019 as 3 percent for each six-month period.

The offer, which was announced by the Labor and Social Security Minister Jülide Sarıeroğlu on Aug. 14, was immediately rejected by the Civil Servants' Trade Union (Memur-Sen). 

The U.S. dollar reached a historic high of 3.4998 Turkish Liras on Dec. 1 in the afternoon, as the euro rose to 3.7162, again an all-time high.

The Borsa Istanbul also lost some 2 percent.

The national education council is set to discuss the introduction of religious courses to primary schools and kindergartens across Turkey, raising fresh concerns over the rise of religious conservatism in the country.