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Turkey's capital market regulator prefers a solution that avoids state intervention.
1 Comment(s) 5/25/2013
Turkey's new alcohol law may have a dissuasive effect, says the world's leading spirits firm.
11 Comment(s) 5/25/2013
During his Reyhanlı visit, Turkish PM Erdoğan accused al-Assad of being involved in the bombings.
Turkey is again hopeful about Syria after international players converged in their opinions on the troubled country at a summit in Jordan’s capital.
‘A state will naturally protect its youth, its people from bad habits,’ PM Erdoğan says while defending a recent and controversial ban on alcohol use, sale and marketing.
A fierce row over whether to arm Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's forces has left the European Union deeply divided.
High prices in giant infrastructure projects may result in expensive tariffs for the customers...
Demolition awaits three skyscrapers spoiling Istanbul's historic silhouette.
Turkish stage actors protested in Istanbul against the government plan to privatizate the state theaters and state operas.
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ANKARA
Ankara residents, bidding to protest a “moral warning” for kissing couples in a local subway station, managed to complete a scheduled “kissing demonstration” at the Kurtuluş metro station.
ECONOMICS
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Turkey has managed to bring down its current account deficit, a problem that could have posed risks just like the ones in Greece, Deputy PM Ali Babacan has said.
Comment(s) 5/25/2013
ISTANBUL
Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, a controversial bureaucrat accused of shady practices during his years as a state of emergency governor, was laid to rest in Istanbul.
Top court ruling may replace conscientious objectors' prison sentences with community service
Turkey's Constitutional Court annuled a clause preventing the application of judicial supervision sentences in military courts, daily Hürriyet reported.
ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency
The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) called for a brand new Constitution, respecting all ethnicities, faiths and the diversity of the country.
ADANA
Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahçeli accused Turkish PM Erdoğan of trying to divide the country at another massive meeting organized in Adana.
ISTANBUL - Reuters
Syria's opposition resumed talks aimed at closing their fractious ranks, crucial to launching an international peace conference led by Russia and the US.
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5 Comment(s) 5/25/2013
Every year, more than 30 million tourists visit Turkey, making it the sixth largest tourist destination...
2 Comment(s) 5/25/2013
A cheering crowd was tearing down a huge statue of a man under whom they suffered gravely...
This week, yet another court decision underlined the limits of free speech in Turkey
23 Comment(s) 5/25/2013
The indispensable word in our political debates is “tutelage.”
Recently, a researcher who is an expert in Middle Eastern matters wrote “Ankara is still a teenager...
Shinzo Abe, now six months into his second try at being prime minister of Japan, is a puzzling man
On one side, there is a creature trying to show off his strength, superiority and perhaps...
2 Comment(s) 5/24/2013
Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents of Kabul. Each balloon contained a written message of peace from volunteers around the world.
A father has confessed to killing his own son, but denied it was due to his sexual orientation, during the latest hearing in a landmark homosexual murder case.
Brazil said it plans to cancel $900 million worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent.
Around a hundred gay rights activists marched in Ukraine despite fears of violence, marking the first gay pride event in the ex-Soviet country, where homophobia is widespread
The closeness of the eunuchs to the members of the Ottoman dynasty put them in a position of considerable...
A documentary on relatives wiped out at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s earned Cambodian-French director Rithy Panh a major prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Robert College is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. I am proud to say...
'Manuscripts Don't Burn' tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs and authorities' attempts to destroy the manuscript - a topic Mohammad Rasoulof, knows quite a bit about.
Two members of the Pussy Riot punk rock group who were due to appear at a festival in Finland have gone underground for safety reasons.
The Turkish government wants more economic growth, and growth in the domestic market seems to be the focus.
Istanbul to be scene of Dan Brown's new book
Endangered birds released into wild after recovery in Turkey
'Kissing protest' in Ankara
Ancient medical center to be restored after floors covered by laminated parquet
Female stars of Turkish television
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2012
Anadolu Efes Sports Club jokes at basketball team: Classical music concert turns into giant choir singing Efes fans' song
Turkish Army releases Atatürk's encolored photos
Heybeliada Island’s Halki Seminary
Sao Paulo Fashion Week
Spot for 3rd brigde over the Bosphorus revealed
Views of Istanbul from 150 meters up
Latest photos of demolition work at Istanbul's historic Emek Theater
Plan to turn Trabzon's Hagia Sophia into mosque underway
Minister’s gesture offends desperate cancer patient
2013 Pulitzer Prize photos
Second trailer released for 'Star Trek Into Darkness'
Turkish oil wrestlers face-off in Roman gladiators' arena
Animal bones unearthed during Marmaray excavations to be displayed at museum
Photos reveal child heroes of Turkey in times of war
Antalya's Kaş district serves as an underwater paradise for divers
Aerial photos of Istanbul show construction work
Police use pressurized water on May Day protesters trapped against a wall
Simit vendor’s ‘simit shake’ raises a smile on an eventful May Day
Sivas, home to centuries-old history
Burkinabe minister faints during press conference in Ankara
Deadly explosion in Turkish town on border with Syria
Beşiktaş bids farewell to iconic İnönü Stadium
PKK militants continue to withdraw from Turkey
Air show by Turkish military jets
Turkey’s fourth toy museum in Gaziantep
Historic Phrygian Valley attracts photographers
Syrian refugees feeling insecure after Reyhanlı bomb attack
'Star Trek Into Darkness' Hollywood premiere
Excavation unearths antique objects in southern province of Antalya
Clashes erupt between students and police during protests over Reyhanlı bombs
Key meeting between Turkish PM and US president at White House
Fine arts faculty transmits puppet tradition
Turkish PM visits Silicon Valley
Week in pictures: May 13 - May 19
Turkey celebrates Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
Pilot killed as plane crashes during air show
Balloons collide in Turkey’s Cappadocia
2013 BNP Paribas World Team Cup begins in Antalya
Bitlis, a historical centerpiece in Eastern Turkey
International Youth and Children's Theater Festival in Eskişehir
Fight breaks out between supporters of Saddam and al-Maliki at Iraqi embassy in Jordan
ProBASE World Cup Istanbul Showdown 2013
Mehter concert at Grand Central Station
Turkey’s Orthodox pray for release of bishops during Easter ceremonies
Hıdırellez celebrated joyfully around Turkey
TV's heartthrobs: The leading men of Turkish TV
Turkish Airlines alternative uniforms