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Japan remembers subway gas attack, 20 years on
Japan marked the 20th anniversary on March 20 of coordinated attacks on the Tokyo subway system, when a doomsday cult released a Nazi-developed nerve gas on packed trains, killing 13 people and injuring 6,000.
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Turkey commemorates fallen soldiers of WWI in Sarıkamış
Tens of thousands of people came together to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the SarıkamıŠoperation, during which around ten thousand Turkish soldiers froze to death in the northeastern part of the country during World War I.
Activists hold vigil against privatization of idyllic İztuzu beach
The vigil against the privatization of the protected beach of Ä°ztuzu on the Mediterranean will enter its second week beginning on Jan. 6, with activists relying on each other to prevent the transfer of the right to run the recreational facilities at the site to the new holders.
Turkish people’s profile revealed in new survey
A recent survey about the lifestyle and attitudes of Turkish people has revealed intriguing results, with a large majority of people â 84 percent â saying that the best thing they do to pass the time is "watching TV." Almost half of respondents admitted that they never do exercise, even walking.
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The ‘Oil War’
âDid you know thereâs an oil war? And the war has an objective: to destroy Russia,â said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a live television speech last week. âItâs a strategically planned war ⦠also aimed at Venezuela, to try and destroy our revolution and cause an economic collapse.
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HDP co-leader calls for election threshold to be ‘torn down’
The co-leader of the Peoplesâ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin DemirtaÅ, has released his most vocal criticism yet against the 10 percent election threshold, calling on voters to âtear downâ the measure that has prevented smaller political parties from entering Parliament.
Iran ‘must end isolation for economy to flourish’
Iranâs President Hassan Rouhani said Jan. 4 that foreign investors should no longer be viewed as a threat and signaled his countryâs decades-long isolation from the world economy could soon end.
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PKK youth branches’ ditches being filled in calmer Cizre town
The municipality of Cizre, the southeastern town in the province of Åırnak that recently witnessed deadly unrest, has begun closing ditches dug by the youth branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workersâ Party (PKK). The ditches had been dug in a bid to prevent the security forces enter particular neighborhoods.
Motherhood is not a career, famous Turkish writer Elif Şafak says in reaction to health minister
Turkish writer Elif Åafak has taken to Twitter to respond to Health Minister Mehmet MüezzinoÄlu's controversial recent statements concerning motherhood, stating that âmotherhood is not a career.â
âMotherhood is not a career. Turkish women should decide their own paths in life [not male politicians from above],â Åafak wrote on her official Twitter account on Jan. 1.
Turkish Constitutional Court head complains of ‘pressure’ on members
The head of Turkeyâs Constitutional Court, who is set to retire within months, has complained of âintense pressureâ being applied to members of his Court, while also stating that a key decision on whether to lift the 10 percent election threshold for legislative representation will be announced soon.