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İzmir’s Natural History Museum ‘connects visitors with science’
Ege University's Natural History Museum in the western province of İzmir hosts 20,000 visitors annually, giving them the opportunity to browse through its six rich galleries showcasing fossils, rocks and various ancient samples.
Election rule of 50 plus one will drag Turkey into chaos: Presidential aide
The constitutional obligation of garnering 50 percent plus one vote for being elected as the president causes serious political and systemic problems, a senior presidential aide and veteran politician has said, calling on both the government and the opposition to come together to fix it.
Euro court fines Turkey 115,000 euros for pecuniary, non-pecuniary damages over armed incident in Tunceli
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Sept. 12 fined Turkey a total of 115,000 euros over an armed incident in 2007 which involved Turkish soldiers killing one man and injuring another in the eastern province of Tunceli.
The crime of reporting the president's vacation
It was May 7, 2004, and Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Justice Minister Cemil Çiçek was at the podium in parliament, saying: "These amendments are a milestone in the history of the Republic of Turkey. They will hopefully further institutionalize our democracy, and our rights and freedoms will reach a more advanced point with these amendments."
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Claims about former AKP MPs' links to Gülen removed from Turkish coup panel report
Claims regarding two former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers' links to the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen were removed from a report prepared by the parliamentary commission formed to investigate the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt.
Turkish man with Cerebral Palsy heads to study in US thanks to mother's efforts
A Turkish man with Cerebral Palsy will head to the United States to study, with the help of his mother's encouragement and efforts.
Murat Can Çiçek won a scholarship from Google and will move to California with his mother, Nilgün Çiçek, 55.
Ground operation in Syria?
"Give up on PYD and instead let us fight against ISIL along with the Turkmen and Arab groups." This was the proposal made by the Turkish officials to their American counterparts last week during President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's trip to the U.S. In return for the intervention of Turkish troops on the ground, they asked for American air cover.
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Ground operations in Syria
Give up on the Democratic Union Party [PYD] and instead let us fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] along with the Turkmen and Arab groups." This was the proposal made by the Turkish officials to their American counterparts last week during President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's trip to the U.S.
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Finance minister says 'no' to meteorite tax in Turkey's east
After discussions both on traditional and social media, including a Twitter poll by the country's finance minister and an official investigation, it has been decided villagers in the eastern province of Bingöl who found and sold meteorite pieces at inflated prices did not need to pay taxes for this sort of income.
Turkish villagers object to taxation of meteors 'sent by God'
Turkey's Finance Ministry has dispatched officials to conduct tax inspections on meteorites found in the eastern Turkish province of Bingöl, prompting fierce opposition on the part of local villagers who say the meteorites were "sent by God" and are not quantifiable.