Turkey

President Erdoğan appoints new head of Turkey’s Higher Education Board

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed Professor Yekta Saraç as new head of Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) on Nov. 12.

Saraç, who was the acting head of YÖK after former head Gökhan Çetinsaya was removed from his post, was appointed as the new head of YÖK by President Erdoğan.

Top 10: Turkey’s most visited museums

The Culture Ministry has announced that a total of 20,269,000 people visited Turkish museums and historic sites in the first eight months of 2014. The total number throughout the whole of 2013 was 29,481,000. Here is the list of the top 10 most visited museums in Turkey, according to the latest figures:
1) Topkapı Palace, Istanbul: 3,760,548 visitors

Both AKP and PKK unhappy with Turkish govt’s Kurdish dialogue

Signals coming from both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) indicate that neither is happy with the current state of the dialogue process, initiated by the Turkish government two years ago in pursuit of a political solution to the chronic problem.

Atatürk to be marked on death’s anniversary

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, is set to be commemorated on the 76th anniversary of his passing on Nov. 10, with official and unofficial ceremonies across the country.

In a written statement issued for the occasion from the Presidency, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country remembered the founder of the Republic with mercy and respect.

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