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Commenting on the results of the European Parliament elections in the Guardian on May 26, British historian Timothy Garton Ash concluded by declaring: “I have a dreadful feeling in my bones that future historians may write of the May 2014 elections: ‘This was the wake-up call from which Europe failed to wake up.’”

Turkey’s main opposition leader has asked how the government can take an illegal organization as a counterpart when asked about children allegedly abducted by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

Another of Turkey’s best preserved natural areas is at increasing ecological risk, as the largest lake in the Aegean region, the Bafa Lake, has turned green and started to release toxic foam, with experts sounding the alarm bells.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s sharp criticism of the Central Bank over its interest rate policy has exposed a split among Turkey’s top economic managers, who are divided over the limits to interference in the bank’s independence.

Tension grows between the AKP and the opposition over the PM’s ‘orders’ to bring back children who have reportedly been kidnapped by the PKK

A cryptic message tweeted by the governor of Istanbul on the early hours of May 28 has sparked a debate on Turkish social media just before the first anniversary of the Gezi Park protests.

The number of tourists to Turkey is expected to rise to a record high of 43 million this year, with a moderate increase in tourism income also projected, according to Başaran Ulusoy, the chairman of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB).

The Turkish prime minister’s harsh criticism of the Central Bank has rattled markets as investors have priced in concerns that pressure on the bank will continue.

The Sabancı Foundation Turkey’s Changemakers Program is continuing in its fifth season to share the unique stories of extraordinary people who contribute to social development. The latest Changemaker in the fifth season is “Another School is Possible Association.”

American R&B singer Justin Timberlake dedicated one of his songs, “Until the End of Time,” to the victims of Soma mine blast during his concert on May 26 in Istanbul.

Some 301 miners died two weeks ago in Turkey’s worst ever industrial disaster, where an explosion in the Soma coal mine, located in western province of Manisa, caused an underground fire.