Turkey’s EU accession process has made the country’s political culture in recent years more liberal than ever before, says a Greek academic of Turkish politics.
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There are major changes to the civil – military relations, raising hopes to further democratization in Turkey, said experts on Saturday at a panel in Istanbul organized by a German think tank.
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Up a cobble-stoned street near where Portuguese mariners set off to explore the world, a challenge to the narratives of global media was launched Thursday night. (PHOTO GALLERY) Up a cobble-stoned street near where Portuguese mariners set off to explore the world, a challenge to the narratives of global media was launched Thursday night. (PHOTO GALLERY)
State of Affairs exhibit connects 13 points on the globe by news events that occurred in a single week that began July 20. This photograph was taken in Johannesburg during the eviction of families from illegal settlements.   |
Landslides devastated several houses in northeastern Turkey on Saturday, killing at least three people.
Landslides devastated several houses in northeastern Turkey on Saturday, killing at least three people.
Devastating floods and landslides in Trabzon on Friday. AA photo |
'Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?' (Can This Heart Forget You?) is a new TV series that aims to recount the post-1980 period by depicting torture at Diyarbakır Prison No.5. 'Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?' (Can This Heart Forget You?) is a new TV series that aims to recount the post-1980 period by depicting torture at Diyarbakır Prison No.5.
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Murat Belge opened the first session of the international symposium “Contemporary Perceptions of Byzantium” on Saturday with a talk about historical amnesia in Turkey. Murat Belge opened the first session of the international symposium “Contemporary Perceptions of Byzantium” on Saturday with a talk about historical amnesia in Turkey.
Professor Murat Belge at the symposium in Istanbul. |
Turkey is hopeful that progress toward a solution on Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate normalization of Ankara-Yerevan relations. Turkey is hopeful that progress toward a solution on Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate normalization of Ankara-Yerevan relations.
Armenian President Serge Sarkisian (R) shakes hands with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev during their meeting in October. AFP photo |
Zuhal Gözüküçük is a entrepreneur from Kayseri who has come from a hard way to reach where she is at today.
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The museum, also known as the Green Mausoleum or Green Dome, is the original lodge of the Mevlevi whirling dervishes, a mystical Sufi Muslim group.
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A Turkish lieutenant was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison for causing the deaths of four soldiers when he made one hold a live hand grenade
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Three Turkish soldiers have been convicted by an Istanbul court for 'intentionally wounding' a conscientious objector.
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Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build and operate the country's first nuclear power plant.
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Çayan Demirel has turned events that occurred at Diyarbakır Prison No.5 into a documentary based on eye-witness accounts.
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Jérôme Bastion is both a journalist and a journeyman by nature. Turkey, however, has tamed the latter by feeding the former.
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Defending champion Beşiktaş hosts league leader Fenerbahçe at İnönü Stadium on Saturday.
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The Young Guru Academy, or YGA, a non-profit organization based in Istanbul and the United States, held a leadership workshop in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss prospects for a better Turkey.
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The EU parliament's Green party on Friday called on Herman Van Rompuy, the first EU president, to clarify his position regarding Turkey's candidature.
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The inflation rate in Turkey will be volatile until the end of the first quarter next year, says Central Bank Governor Durmuş Yılmaz.
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An increasing number of hedge funds and brokerages are scrutinizing professional poker to find talent and analytical tools, according to financial recruiters including Options Group, a New York-based executive-search company. Pennsylvania-based Susquehanna International Group, an options and equity trading company, has been using poker to teach its new traders since it was founded in 1987
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Protesters hurl stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko have announced a compromise deal on the thorny issue of gas supply.
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Muslim countries prepare for a tough war on protecting religious symbols and beliefs from mockery by bringing a ban proposal on blasphemy to a vote in the UN General Assembly. The move comes four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world
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Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama says that the US and its allies are discussing possible new penalties against Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program
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