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TURKEY Parliament speaker should pave way for Berberoğlu’s return to deputyship: CHP spokesperson

Parliament speaker should pave way for Berberoğlu’s return to deputyship: CHP spokesperson
TURKEY Talks between Turkey, Greece to continue at NATO: Turkish defense minister

Talks between Turkey, Greece to continue at NATO: Turkish defense minister
Social Security Institute refuses policewoman’s martyrdom due to ‘15-minute’ gap

Social Security Institute refuses policewoman’s martyrdom due to ‘15-minute’ gap

Turkey’s Social Security Institute (SGK) refused to declare a policewoman as a “martyr,” who was killed in a traffic accident on the way to her workplace in the western province of İzmir in 2018, as she was not on duty at the time of her death with just “15 minutes difference.”
TURKEY Prosecutor launches investigation against Greek daily after Erdoğan’s criminal complaint

Prosecutor launches investigation against Greek daily after Erdoğan’s criminal complaint
TURKEY Partying on boat tours on Bosphorus continue despite COVID-19 measures

Partying on boat tours on Bosphorus continue despite COVID-19 measures

Organizers of boat tours on the Bosphorus have found ways to organize weddings despite strict regulations in place as coronavirus measures, by camouflaging events as business meetings and asking couples to dress in disguise, according to daily Hürriyet.

TURKEY Lipstick sales drop, eye makeup sales rise as face masks shift beauty priorities

Lipstick sales drop, eye makeup sales rise as face masks shift beauty priorities

Face masks are changing beauty consumptions significantly, as the sales of lipsticks have fallen by 10-12 percent, while eye makeup items have been on the rise since the pandemic started.
TURKEY Plan B ready for schools, if virus outlook worsens: Education minister

Plan B ready for schools, if virus outlook worsens: Education minister

Turkey has a plan B ready in the event that the COVID-19 pandemic outlook in the period ahead renders face-to-face education impossible, Education Minister Ziya Selçuk has said as schools in the country partially reopened.

Wanted terrorists among neutralized in Turkey TURKEY

Wanted terrorists among 'neutralized' in Turkey
Rise in severe virus cases slows, but not enough, says Turkish health minister TURKEY

Rise in severe virus cases slows, but not enough, says Turkish health minister
Railway to be built between Iraqs Mosul, Turkey TURKEY

Railway to be built between Iraq's Mosul, Turkey
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes central Turkey TURKEY

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes central Turkey

Refugees more vulnerable with COVID-19 crisis, official says TURKEY

Refugees more vulnerable with COVID-19 crisis, official says
Greece’s pick and choose policy: Op-ed TURKEY

Greece’s pick and choose policy: Op-ed
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Turkish, Kosovar leaders meet in Istanbul TURKEY

Turkish, Kosovar leaders meet in Istanbul

The Turkish president on Sept. 20 met with his Kosovar counterpart in Istanbul, the country's largest metropolis.
Akşener gets re-elected as chair of İYİ Party TURKEY

Akşener gets re-elected as chair of İYİ Party

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener was re-elected as party chair by acquiring the votes of all 1,289 delegates who attended the second congress the party on Sept. 20.

Teams go door-to-door to check on people in isolation TURKEY

Teams go door-to-door to check on people in isolation

Teams have been set up to check on people who are in self-isolation due to COVID-19 to see if they are abiding by the rules and to meet their needs.
Master plan ready for protection of iconic lake in Turkey’s south TURKEY

Master plan ready for protection of iconic lake in Turkey’s south

A master plan has been prepared within the scope of a project aimed at protecting Lake Salda in the southern province of Burdur, which was declared a Special Environmental Protection Area (SEPA), Turkey’s Environment and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum has said.

Language of sanctions never work for Turkey: Presidential spokesperson TURKEY

Language of sanctions never work for Turkey: Presidential spokesperson

European politicians should see that the language of sanctions does not deter Turkey, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said on Sept. 20, elaborating on the upcoming summit of the European Union on Sept. 24-25.

Turkish defense minister slams despicable Greek news headline TURKEY

Turkish defense minister slams despicable Greek news headline

The Turkish defense minister on Sept. 20 slammed a despicable headline in a Greek newspaper about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Mediterranean tourism hub Antalya records record-high temperature in 70 years TURKEY

Mediterranean tourism hub Antalya records record-high temperature in 70 years

Turkey’s tourism hub Antalya on the Mediterranean coast is experiencing the hottest September of the last 70 years due to warm weather front from North Africa, causing rising temperatures across the region.

Huge forest fire in Aegean paradise brought under control TURKEY

Huge forest fire in Aegean paradise brought under control

A massive forest fire affecting more than 40 hectares of land near the Devil’s Table in the Ayvalık district of the western province of Balıkesir is now under control and fully extinguished.

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