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A local court in Edirne ordered the release of an academic and a teacher, who were suspended from their duties as part of the ongoing probe into the July 15 failed coup attempt, after they attempted to escape to Greece illegally
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A Turkish beekeeper has failed in his latest attempt to take the world record for the number of bees covering a person
British music legend Sir Elton John praised his Turkish audience during a performance in the Mediterranean resort province of Antalya
The Turkish government takes control of 28 municipalities, mostly in the southeast, on account that the local jurisdictions had ‘terror links’
The struggle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was the government’s obligation to the Turkish people, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 11, while giving a statement for the Eid al-Adha holiday
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) continues to carry out a variety of duties to maintain security and stability across Turkey, the region and the world, while getting stronger with the removal of “traitors” from within its ranks, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar has said
Some 20 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed on Sept. 10 in an aerial campaign against the jihadist group, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said in a written statement on Sept. 11
Russia plans to sign an agreement with Turkey next month on the implementation of the Turkish Stream gas export pipeline project, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Sept. 10
Turkey will invest 2 billion Turkish Liras ($675 million) to rebuild the Sur district in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, which has been left in ruins by conflicts between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces
The United States marked the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sept. 11 with solemn services to commemorate the victims of the deadliest terror strikes on U.S. soil, which changed the world forever
The brother of Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), paid a visit to Imralı Island Prison in the Marmara Sea on Sept. 11
Turkish Airlines announced it carried 42.7 million passengers in the first eight months of the year, a 3.8 percent increase compared to the same period of 2015, in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Sept. 9
MIDEAST
ALEPPO/BEIRUT
Air strikes have killed dozens in rebel-held parts of Syria as all sides wait for a U.S.-Russia truce deal due to take effect on Sept. 12
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EUROPE
PARIS - Reuters
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sept. 11 there would be new attacks in France but proposals by former president Nicolas Sarkozy to boost security was not the right way to deal with threats
TEHRAN - Agence France-Presse
Russian and Iranian firms began work on Sept. 10 on two additional reactors at Iran’s nuclear power plant on the Gulf coast at Bushehr, the project manager said
ISTANBUL
Prominent journalist Ahmet Altan and his brother, academic and columnist Mehmet Altan, were detained on Sept. 10 for questioning.
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ATHENS/BRUSSELS - Reuters
The European Union will more than double emergency aid to Greece in order to improve living conditions for refugees and migrants who have been stranded in the country for months
WASHINGTON - Agence France-Presse
Hillary Clinton said Sept. 10 she regretted saying that half of Donald Trump’s supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables” - a remark the billionaire Republican slammed as her “worst mistake of the political season.”
MEXICO CITY - Agence France-Presse
Thousands of people marched throughout Mexico Sept. 10 to protest President Enrique Pena Nieto’s initiative to legalize gay marriage
Sevil Erkuş - ANKARA
Ankara has demanded the European Union lay down a “concrete road map” for visa liberalization, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Sept. 9 following a proposal by Ankara for an interim formula to meet EU criteria for Turkish citizens’ visa-free travel
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ANKARA
Turkey’s efforts to create a safe zone in Syria will continue until the Turkish border is safe and all threats to the country have been removed, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Sept. 9, Reuters reported
Nazlan Ertan – BODRUM
Greenpeace Turkey’s Sail to the Sun Campaign, which aims to promote the use of solar energy in Turkey, kicks off in Bodrum before heading to Seferihisar, İzmir and Istanbul
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Basri Aktepe, a former top officer of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was arrested on Sept. 7 in Ankara over having alleged links to Fethullah Gülen, the U.S.-based Islamist preacher who is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding the bloody coup attempt of July 15
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This must have been really beyond anyone’s imagination
Thanks to social media, government secrets are less protected today than they were in the past
When the state of emergency (OHAL) was declared, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself said it would “absolutely not be used as a practice against democracy, the law and freedoms. On the contrary, it aims to protect and strengthen these values.”
Turkey has launched its “Euphrates Shield” military operation under a certain consensus with Russia, Iran and the United States. It is conducting the operation through the same consensus
Before anything else, let us correct a mistake. Since the morning of Sept. 8, almost all media organs and internet sites have announced an “end to winter time,” while what we call “winter time” is the “normal and closest to natural” time
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Aug. 8 that the government would establish “crisis desks” in order to hear complaints about “unfair” detentions, suspensions and dismissals from office in the probes following the bloody failed coup attempt of July 15
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In the World Giving Index, Turkey always ranks among the bottom. In 2010, among 153 countries, Turkey was 134th; in 2011, it was 136th; in 2012, among 146 countries, we were the 137th; in 2013 and 2014, among 135 countries, we were 128th. In other words, our latest ranking was seventh from the bottom in the world
Turkish director Reha Erdem received the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival, organizers announced on Sept. 10
Başakşehir maintained its perfect record in league play and replaced Galatasaray atop the Spor Toto Super League standings after Sept. 10’s games
The 53rd Antalya International Film Festival will be held this year between Oct. 16 and 23
Despite Syria’s civil war, archaeologists in the ancient city of Karkamış have unearthed sculptures, mosaics and other artifacts. Now they plan to open the remains of the strategic city from the Hittite era to the public next year
Archaeologists have discovered the sculpture of the mother goddess Kybele in Ordu’s Kurul Castle, which is said to be the most important finding in the Turkish excavation season this year
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (BIPO), the flagship of Borusan Sanat and the resident orchestra of the International Istanbul Music Festival since 2003, will welcome the 2016-2017 season with Borusan Music House concerts
Turkey’s Nazmiye Muratlı broke the world and Paralympic record on Sept. 8 on her way to gold in the women’s up to 41kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Paralympics Games in Rio De Janeiro
Şanlıurfa’s Halfeti, parts of which were inundated by the Birecik Dam, has become a magnet in the region, bucking the trend in a region better known for clashes
‘One and the Many,’ a new exhibition at Salt Galata, looks into production and distribution in Turkey between 1955 and 1995