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Germany has sent a team of specialist investigators to Istanbul following the Jan. 12 blast in the city's historic Sultanahmet Square where 10 Germans were killed when an ISIL-linked suicide bomber blew himself up
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Most Turks see Russia as the biggest threat to Turkey, according to a survey recently conducted by a university in Istanbul
Turkey has captured dozens of people with suspected links to ISIL, including three Russian citizens, in the wake of a deadly attack in Istanbul which killed 10 foreign nationals and wounded 15 others
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said the number of detainees in relation to the deadly bombing in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet Square has increased to five
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bomber who killed 10 tourists by blowing himself up in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet Square has been identified as a Saudi national who recently appealed to a district directorate of migration management to seek asylum in Turkey
Germany and Ankara herald closer cooperation against terrorism in the wake of the Jan 12 ISIL attack in Istanbul that killed 10 Germans
Ten Germans died in the suicide bombing that ripped through the historic heart of Istanbul, Germany's foreign ministry said Jan. 13
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere visited the site of the explosion at Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet Square and placed carnations in front of the Obelisk of Theodosius
The victims of an ISIL suicide attack have been commemorated in Istanbul’s historical Sultanahmet Square, the site of a Jan 12 explosion that killed 10 tourists and wounded 15 others
Turkey’s top business bodies have condemned the suicide bomb attack in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet neighborhood, calling for the country to stand together against such acts
A notorious convicted criminal has publicly issued death threats against academics and intellectuals who called on the Turkish government to end security operations in Southeast Anatolia, just a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan labeled more than 1,000 national and international academics as “poor excuses for intellectuals”
The number of Syrian refugees who have sought refuge in Turkey has now exceeded 2.5 million, pushing Turkey’s total population beyond 80 million, according to figures presented to a parliamentary commission by the Directorate General of Migration Management
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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş said the Turkish Cypriot community held the priority for the water pumped through the Northern Cyprus Water Supply project, while other countries would also have the chance to receive water from the same project but only after the Turkish Cypriots met their demand
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MOSCOW - Reuters
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Jan. 13 his country needed to be ready for the worst case economic scenario amid oil plunge, but said the situation for now was manageable
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency
The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed demands for an interim injunction to lift ongoing curfews in two southeastern districts where operations against outlawed PKK militants are continuing
BRUSSELS – The Associated Press
The European Commission decided Jan. 13 to open a case against Poland over new constitutional court and media legislation that have been criticized as running counter to the bloc’s fundamental principles about the rule of law
ISTANBUL
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said it delivered very strong support for the Turkish economy as investments hit a record high of 1.9 billion euros in 2015 in a written statement on Jan. 13
Academics and intellectuals who publicly called on the Turkish government to end security operations in southeastern Anatolia and return to the table for talks to resolve the Kurdish issue are the “conscience of the country,” a co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
The Youth and Sports Ministry, the Energy Ministry, and the Labor and Social Security Ministry have all seen a big increase in their share of the state budget in 2016, according to the cabinet’s newly announced Medium-Term Financial Plan
İZMİR – Anadolu Agency
Germany’s consulate-general to Turkey’s Aegean province of İzmir has started collecting bids to sell its former historic building, where it resided 82 years
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Turkey for dissolving a political party in 2009 for alleged ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), saying the party did not promote violence nor warrant such a severe sanction
BERLIN - Associated Press
Germany will make it easier to deport criminal foreigners following public outrage over the New Year’s Eve assaults in Cologne, officials said on Jan. 12
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Turkey was the site of yet another terrorist attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Jan. 12, in Istanbul’s highly touristic historical area Sultanahmet
Yesterday’s attack perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has important differences from the jihadist organization’s two previous suicide bombings on Turkish territory, the Oct. 10 twin suicide attack in Ankara and the July 22 bombing in Suruç in Şanlıurfa province
Turkey was shocked Tuesday morning with yet another deadly terrorist attack. As has become a routine application of the advanced Turkish democratic governance authorities immediately clamped a news blackout on the heinous incident
It was in the mid-1990s when Turkey’s military and defense procurement officials agreed the country was in “urgent need” of acquiring scores of attack helicopters
If the first thing that comes to one’s mind is “Oh what about the effect on tourism,” it means we have truly lost our souls and humanity
Yesterday a suicide bomber hit Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square, killing at least ten people, mostly international tourists
Before I start writing my scenario, please note that my formula is based on the assumption that opposition parties the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalistic Movement Party (MHP) will, under no condition, consent to the “presidential system model” suggested by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party)
The government has announced its new economic targets covering the three-year period from 2016-2018
D-Smart, a subsidiary of Turkey’s Doğan TV Holding and a leading digital platform, has inked a substantial multi-year first-run Pay TV deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution
Norwegian international footballer Martin Linnes arrived in Istanbul on Jan. 12 to sign a contract with Galatasaray
The Burdur Archaeology Museum displays a number of significant artifacts unearthed during excavations at the ancient city of Sagalassos, including five-meter-tall statues of emperors Marcus Aurelius and Hadrian
Istanbul’s historic Emek Movie Theater is ready to host cinema goers again with a capacity of 600 people and eight new movie theaters
The number of tourists visiting the Ihlara Valley, one of the most important routes of Cappadocia in the Central Anatolian province of Aksaray, increased by 12 percent to 491,380 last year compared to 2014
Pioneer-era tale ‘The Revenant’ wins three awards including best drama film at the Golden Globes. The other big winner was space adventure ‘The Martian’
Museums and ancient sites in the western province of Muğla were visited by nearly 850,000 people last year, with the revenue from these visits topping 6 million Turkish Liras
New research by Aetna International, one of the world’s leading health benefit providers, has revealed the three most popular dieting and weight-loss programs in Turkey last year were the Dukan, Keto and Paleo diets
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Istanbul’s Mili Reasürans Art Gallery’s exhibition titled “Three Cities, One Coffee: Cairo, Istanbul, Vienna” explores the culture of coffee with photographs by Manuel Çıtak