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Turkey’s intelligence agency had posted two recent warnings to all security units in the country over possible attacks on tourists in Turkey along with foreign mission buildings and other foreigners, daily Hürriyet has learned
Comment(s)1/13/2016
An Istanbul court imposed a ban on reporting the investigation into the Jan. 12 attack in Istanbul, including “all kinds of news, interviews, criticism and similar publications in print, visual, social media and all kinds of media on the Internet”
Comment(s)1/12/2016
Turkey received an outpouring of solidarity messages from across the world on Jan. 12, after a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people, including many tourists, in the busy and popular historic neighborhood of Sultanahmet
An ISIL militant kills 10 tourists in the center of Istanbul’s tourist district in the latest jihadist attack on Turkey
An explosion occurred on Jan. 12 in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet Square, killing 10 while wounding at least 15, Istanbul governor's office has said
Numerous human rights, the right to life being number one, are being violated in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, a delegation from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has said
Turkey is a country which struggles in the most determined manner against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and has paid the price for such a stance, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said
Click for photos from Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet Square where an ISIL bomb attack killed 10 and injured 15
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Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has chastised Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for being incapable of governing the country, citing the swift imposition of a broadcast ban following the Jan. 12 suicide bomb attack in Istanbul as evidence of such incapability
Russia could restore the licenses of Turkish-owned tour operators that were revoked as part of Moscow’s sanctions against Turkey, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Jan. 11
Turkey’s national income per capita has been forecasted to decrease below $10,000 for the next two years, projected to lower to $9,286 in 2015 and $9,364 in 2016 on the dollar-basis rather than purchasing power in the government’s new medium-term economic program
MIDEAST
ANKARA
Both Russia and Iran are on a dangerous path because of their policies in the Middle East, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, adding that the two countries are “fueling tension” in the region
Comment(s) 1/12/2016
POLITICS
Turkey’s main opposition leader has questioned the presence of the heads of top judicial bodies at an event hosted by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, at which Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), delivered a speech
ISTANBUL
Turkish Airlines said it expects passenger numbers to reach 72.4 million in 2016 and sales revenues to reach $12.2 billion, in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Jan. 12
MOSCOW
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted that his country could grant asylum to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but noted that elections must first take place in Syria so that the country’s people can choose their own future
MOSCOW - Reuters
Russia will create three new military divisions on its Western flank in 2016 and bring five new strategic nuclear missile regiments into service, Sergei Shoigu, the country’s defense minister, was quoted as saying by news agencies on Jan. 12
UNITED NATIONS - Agence France-Presse
Aid trucks have reached three besieged towns in Syria, while negotiations to evacuate some 400 Syrians on the brink of death are being conducted
Turkey has ratified the establishment agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which was signed in June 2015
JEDDAH
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has appointed four women to top positions in the 47-year-old organization with the aim of bolstering the pan-Islamic group’s social role
ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency
Turkey’s national flag carrier Turkish Airlines agreed a one-year marketing deal with the U.K.’s tourism agency VisitBritain on Jan. 11
ANKARA - Anadolu Agency
A new breed of Turkish financial technology company (fintech) is bringing cutting-edge high-tech solutions to customers at banks and financial services companies
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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
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
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
Celebrities walked the red carpet at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards at Beverly Hill, California on Jan. 10. Epic survival thriller "The Revenant" and space blockbuster "The Martian" won the top film awards
Comment(s)1/11/2016
British music legend David Bowie has died after a long battle with cancer, his official Twitter and Facebook accounts said Jan. 11, prompting an outpouring of tributes