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A prosecutor demanded up to five years in jail for a British academic, who was taken into custody on suspicion of “conducting terrorist propaganda” for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on April 29
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A Turkish kebab restaurant owner in the Portuguese capital Lisbon has become an Internet hero after he defended himself with meat cleaver when a violent mob descended on his store
Two male armed robbers who attempted to rob a jewelry store in burqas were caught in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the Governor’s Office has announced
A joint attempt by France and Germany to build a so-called “emergency brake” for future visa-free travel agreements with non-EU countries such as Turkey has led to debate as the attempt has been revealed only days before the EU’s executive arm is to decide on May 4 whether to recommend that member states approve the visa waiver scheme by the end of June
An Ankara court has decided to halt the extraordinary party congress process of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) as a precaution, MHP deputy leader Oktay Öztürk announced on April 29
Police believe the suicide bomber who killed herself and wounded 13 others in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa on April 28 was a woman identified as Suzan B., according to reports citing intelligence sources
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League for not being able to stand together in Muslim unity
Germany’s Justice Ministry has completed a draft to abolish a criminal law that enables Germany to try its citizens on charges of insulting foreign political leaders, Deutsche Welle Turkish reported on April 28
Two rocket projectiles fired from the Bab region of northern Syria under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) hit the border province of Kilis on April 29, adding to the latest rocket strikes by the jihadist group in the region
U.S. State Department Spokesperson John Kirby has urged Turkey’s government to respect the “independent professional judgment” of journalists
Turkey’s tourism revenue decreased by 16.5 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period of 2015 due to a significant decrease in the number of Russian tourists visiting the country and rising security concerns after a number of suicide attacks
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has completed its investigation into a former chief civil inspector who allegedly prevented the detection of public officials involved in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
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Meltem Özgenç – ANKARA
Turkey’s Health Ministry is planning to build migrant health centers staffed with only Syrian medical professionals across a number of provinces that host a refugee population above 20,000
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Uğur Ergan - ANKARA
The distribution of new biometric passports containing chips, which are necessary to travel to Schengen countries, will start on June 1, with the government working on the necessary legal regulations
KARABÜK
According to Görmez, the Turkish nation’s verdict has precedence over a verdict by ECHR, which recently found Turkey guilty of violating Alevis’ right to religious freedom and discrimination by withholding public funds for Alevi worship houses
ISTANBUL
Koç Holding has been named Turkey’s most popular company for 2015, followed by Turkcell and Arçelik, another Koç company, according to a survey of senior executives conducted by monthly economy magazine Capital
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s daughter, Sümeyye Erdoğan, has set May 14 as the wedding date with Selçuk Bayraktar, a defense industrialist engineer producing unmanned aerial vehicles
Neşe Karanfil - ANKARA
Energy Minister Berat Albayrak has said environmentalist groups should protest an old nuclear power plant in Armenia if they really want to protest nuclear energy
OSLO - Agence France-Presse
At least 11 people died on April 29 when a helicopter transporting 13 people from a North Sea oil platform crashed off the coast of western Norway, rescue services said
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Twelve militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed during ongoing operations in two southeastern Turkish provinces on April 28, the Turkish military stated on April 29
Istanbul is set to mark May 1, International Workers’ Day, in a different venue than the contested and symbolic Taksim Square due to security concerns
DOHA/ISTANBUL
Signing a free trade agreement with Qatar is a major goal for Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said April 28, according to Reuters
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In two separate speeches delivered on April 28, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan strongly criticized the Islamic world for failure in a number of areas
Comment(s)4/30/2016
Why bother penning an article on the Armenian issue when we have just passed April 24, the anniversary of the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians in 1915, without much fuss this year – something that usually means we can sleep easily on the issue until next year
Are President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu at loggerheads?
The other evening, I delivered a speech in the southern Mediterranean tourism hub province of Antalya at Akra Barut Hotel’s grand hall for businessmen
The fist fight that occurred in the parliamentary commission while the constitutional amendment on immunities was being discussed on April 28 is alarming
Gaza has many problems
A few hours after Turkey’s European Union Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkır said the government could fulfil all necessary benchmarks by May 2 for visa-free travel for Turkish citizens within the EU, the parliament in Ankara had to take a two-day recess due to escalating tension among deputies
A Turkish doctor has developed a breakthrough device that will decrease the possibility of deaths from internal bleeding dramatically in any emergent traumatic injuries
‘I did not die because I developed a resistance to his beatings. My mother and I never hit him back to defend ourselves, not even once... We knew what would have happened if we did…’
The 27th Ankara International Film Festival will screen a total of 213 films from 45 countries until May 8. The festival opened on April 28
Akbank Sanat will celebrate International Jazz Day with saxophonist Chico Freeman and bassist Heiri Känzig, who have a new album ‘The Arrival.’ Freeman sat down with HDN ahead of the performance to discuss the music he loves
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal emotions, thoughts, social behavior and a failure to understand reality
For Mother’s Day, May 8, Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul has prepared a nice surprise for moms with a sumptuous brunch accompanied by live piano music and also a fun cupcake decoration class for the kids
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has ordered Ankaragücü to play five games without spectators following an attack by the club’s managers and VIP guests on Amedspor officials last week as a legal investigation into the violence continues
Turkish Super League leader Beşiktaş will take on Kayserispor on April 30 at its new home with the hopes of avoiding any more slip-ups in the title run-in
Beşiktaş midfielder Necip Uysal, a product of the football club’s youth academy, has been granted the 2015 Best Player Behavior Award by the Turkish National Olympic Committee (TMOK)
Antalya’s historic town of Kaleiçi is on its way to becoming a cultural heritage site on the UNESCO World Heritage list. After work was completed, the region had all the qualifications for submission, says the mayor
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and other top officials in unannounced visits to Baghdad and Arbil on April 28 to show support for a government battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) amid political and economic crises