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Friday, April 08, 2016

Economy Industrial production increases 5.8 pct year-on-year Turkey's seasonally and calendar adjusted industrial production increased by 0.5 percent in February compared with the previous month, while calendar adjusted industrial production... More
Syrian Crisis Daesh-led explosion kills 7, injures 15 in Egypt At least five Egyptian soldiers, a military officer and a civilian woman were killed, and 15 injured, on Thursday in the Sinai peninsula, after armoured personnel carriers... More
Investigations Neo-Nazi gang members linked to German security agency German media reported that Uwe Mundlos, a deceased member of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU) gang, and Beate Zschaepe, the gang's only surviving member,... More
Business Borsa Istanbul sees highest real profit rate in March Borsa Istanbul yielded its highest monthly real profit with rates of 8.87 percent and 9.35 percent, according to the Domestic Producer Price Index (D-PPI) and Consumer Price... More
Europe Belgium struggles to win back tourists after attacks Gone are the usual snap-happy crowds on Brussels' famed Grand Place, visits to the Atomium monument have plummeted and hotel rooms are empty. Two weeks after the Belgian... More
Politics Greece halts deportations to Turkey, deal with EU unaffected, experts say As part of the readmission agreement made between the European Union and Turkey, the first group of 202 Syrian refugees were sent from Lesbos and Chios to the Turkish coastal... More
World 60 world leaders to attend UN climate signing in NY on April 22 About 60 world leaders will attend an April 22 ceremony in New York opening the period for signatures on last year's Paris climate change agreement, though it remains unclear... More
Europe Icelandic politician says he's the country's new PM Iceland's fisheries minister emerged from the president's residence Thursday and announced he has become the island nation's new prime minister after days of political turmoil. Sigurdur... More
Politics Family minister sues opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu Turkish Family and Social Policies Minister Sema Ramazanoğlu took legal action against the main opposition leader Thursday, accusing him of causing her mental anguish and... More
MidEast Israel to build new part of controversial wall in occupied West Bank Israel began construction on a controversial part of its separation barrier in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, near a Palestinian Christian town, an AFP journalist reported. Cranes... More
Turkey NGO files criminal complaint against CHP leader over sexist insult The Women and Democracy Association (KADEM), a prominent women's nongovernmental organization (NGO), has filed a criminal complaint against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the... More
History Şanlıurfa to be awarded 'Medal of Independence' The Parliament on Thursday passed a legislation awarding the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa the "Medal of Independence" for the bravery and heroism it showed during Turkey's... More
Health Immunotherapy: The big new hope for treating cancer Immunotherapy has reached a new renaissance in recent years, Dr. Marie-Paule Sablin, an oncologist at Institut Curie Research Centre in Paris, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive... More
Diplomacy 'Turkey will always promote good Bosnia-Serbia ties' Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said that Turkey always encourages friendly relations between the nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its two neighbors Serbia and Croatia. "We... More
Europe Panama Papers part of US plot against Russia: Putin President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken... More
Politics AK Party proposes petition for amendment to Constitution on lifting parliamentary immunity The Justice and Development (AK) Party on Thursday proposed a petition to the parliamentarians for amendments to the Constitution on lifting parliamentary immunity. To... More

MidEast Lebanon ex-minister jailed for 13 years on 'terror' charges A Lebanese military court sentenced former information minister Michel Samaha to 13 years in prison with hard labor on Friday for attempting to carry out "terrorist acts",... More
Europe Armenian, Azerbaijani foreign ministers shake hands in Moscow Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, who were in Russian capital Moscow for an international meeting, shook hands prior the start of the meeting on Friday, raising... More
War On Terror Four PYD/YPG suspects detained attempting to cross into Turkey from Syria Turkish security forces arrested on Thursday four foreign suspects, who are allegedly members of PYD/YPG terrorist group, attempting to cross into Turkey from Syria. The... More
Politics US envoy Bass calls on PKK to stop attacks U.S. Ambassador to Ankara John Bass said that the U.S. strongly supports the government's right to protect its population against terrorist threats and violence that are perpetrated... More
Syrian Crisis Lebanon cracks down on sex traffickers targeting Syrian women Lebanese security forces disrupted a network of human traffickers who were kidnapping and forcing women into prostitution. Security forces moved to dismantle the network... More
Investigations Manager of arms factory arrested for selling Turkish rifle's production plans to American firm The manager of Turkey's major arms producer MKE's Kırıkkale factory, Mustafa Tanrıverdi, was detained on Thursday by security forces on charges of 'espionage'. Tanrıverdi... More
Syrian Crisis Sweden charges Daesh suspect deported by Turkey A 20-year-old Swedish national, who had been stopped by Turkey twice has been charged with preparing to a make a suicide bomb, a prosecutor said Thursday. Prosecutor Ewamari... More
Football Black Eagles to fly home next week Beşiktaş will debut their new stadium this weekend and will play their first home game, at their new stadium set to open with a spectacular ceremony More
Syrian Crisis Assad displays no intention to compromise, experts say As the Syria peace talks resume next week, Bashar al-Assad, backed militarily by Iran and Russia, shows no willingness to compromise, much less step aside to allow a transition... More

Columns

Theses falsified by crisis: The inflation-interest rate relationship Cemil Ertem We see many assessments that place emphasis on the inflation-interest rate relation these days. Since developed... More

Will his removal be bloody or bloodless? Hilal Kaplan The title of a recent column in Sözcü, one of Turkey's bestselling and favorite newspapers for secular, Kemalist... More

If your towns were under siege by terrorists İlnur Çevik There is no doubt that Turkey is killing Kurds in the southeast is a total lie. What we hear today in the mainstream... More

Israel and BDS: Assassinating an idea? Hatem Bazian Targeting individuals will not assassinate the idea of the BDS. On the contrary, it illustrates the bankruptcy... More

What is Erdoğan saying? Fahrettin Altun The PKK is an ultra-pragmatist terror organization that can use even the peace rhetoric to fool communities More

The art of the meddah: Traditional Turkish storytelling Ekrem Buğra Ekinci Long-established, traditional Turkish storytellers, known as 'meddah,' used to perform at coffeehouses, palaces... More

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