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The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government supported the "Ergenekon" coup plot case between 2007 and 2011, according to Turkey's former military chief, ?lker Ba?bu?, who claimed the main actors behind the conspiracy were the sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. 

This year, "Restaurant Week" is being celebrated in seven cities of Turkey from April 1 through April 30. Gourmets have opportunities to discover new tastes in Istanbul, Ankara, ?zmir, Adana, Bursa, Antalya and Gaziantep where one can participate in activities such as Chef Table, Street Food&Street Jazz and Wine&Bite.

When developing Asia was in crisis in the 1990s, the world valiantly upheld monetary orthodoxy. Then Europe went into crisis in 2008, and world leaders came up with unconventional monetary policy. That's when we all learned about monetary easing and negative interest rates. So the poor were forced into discipline, while the rich could indulge in "helicopter money." Well, guess what?

The head of the Boat and Yacht Exporters Association (GY?B) has said the regional uncertainties in Turkey's neighbors have negatively affected the country's boat and yacht exports, adding that a further decline is expected in figures this year. 

GY?B President Ba?aran Bayrak noted that Turkey's exports in this field decreased 19 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year. 

Turkey's tourism industry, facing a sharp drop in foreign visitors this year, aims to boost the number of domestic tourists traveling both within the country and abroad to 20 million from the current 16.5 million, a leading industry representative said at a Jan. 20 event organized by daily Hürriyet. 

Turkish tourism sector players expecting a continued decline in the number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey in 2016 unless the current diplomatic crisis between the two countries is resolved will launch a promotional campaign in Europe under the leadership of the Tourism Ministry to overcome the potential losses, according to a leading sector representative.

A team, including prosecutors and Bar Association board members, was attacked Nov. 28 by guns and bazookas as they were approaching the crime scene, where Diyarbak?r Bar head Tahir Elçi and one policeman were killed earlier in the day. 

Turkish tourism representatives have voiced concern after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov advised Russians on Nov. 24 not to visit Turkey, after Turkey downed of a Russian plane on the Syrian frontier.
 
Lavrov also said the threat of terrorism in Turkey was no less than in Egypt, where a bomb attack brought down a Russian passenger plane last month.

In a tough year for tourism in Turkey, Germans have topped the list of tourists visiting the country in the first eight months of 2015, according to figures from the Culture and Tourism Ministry.

About 3.75 million German tourists visited Turkey during the period, followed by Russian tourists at 2.78 million, and British tourists at 1.8 million.

The wounded man seen hugging his injured wife in the iconic image captured by Reuters photographer Tümay Berkin in the aftermath of the Oct. 10 Ankara bombing was ?zzettin Çevik, a teacher working in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa.