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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Health Excessive exercise negatively affects dental health of athletes, study warns Excessive exercise has a negative effect on dental health, as half of the elite-athletes included in a recent U.K.-based study turned out to have tooth decay despite implementing... More
Diplomacy Erdoğan, Putin discuss regime attacks in Idlib President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call Friday recent developments in Syria, including the Syrian regime's latest... More
Life Turkish herbal teas to warm the cockles of your heart with countless benefits Herbal tea is very common in Turkey, consumed to cure ailments and illnesses, or just to join in the tea culture without sipping something that'll keep you up all night! More
Americas Billionaire US industrialist David Koch dies at age 79 Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother, Charles, transformed American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, has died at age... More
Defense 'US offer to sell Patriot system to Turkey expired' The U.S. offer to sell Raytheon Co's Patriot missile defense system to Turkey is "off the table," having expired following Ankara's decision to accept Russian S-400 systems,... More
Environment Extracted eggs may stop extinction of northern white rhino, scientists say Wildlife experts and veterinarians said Friday there is hope to prevent the extinction of the northern white rhino because they successfully extracted eggs from the last two... More
Diplomacy 'Turkey to resolutely continue hydrocarbon exploration' Turkey will resolutely continue the exploration of hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday evening during a news conference... More
Asia Pacific India toughens up Kashmir restrictions over protest Authorities in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir tightened security ahead of Friday prayers after calls for a protest march to a U.N. office, with streets bristling... More
Istanbul Flood-hit Istanbul recovers while mayor fails 1st test Unprecedented flash floods over the weekend were disastrous for businesses in Istanbul's harbor side bazaar in Eminönü. Shop owners slammed new Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu for not helping them while thanking the government for support as they recover More
Americas Worry over Amazon fires grows but Bolsonaro defiant Amid global concern about raging fires in the Amazon, Brazil's government complained Thursday that it is being targeted in smear campaign by critics who contend President... More
Life Children without older siblings have better verbal skills, study says Children who do not have an older sibling have better verbal skills than those who do, while kids with older sisters have better language skills than those with older brothers,... More
Europe China introduces new tariffs on $75B of US imports China announced Friday it will hit U.S. imports worth $75 billion with new tariffs starting September 1 and December 15, as retaliation for Washington's planned tariff hikes... More
Asia Pacific Gentlemen jailbreakers return to Papua prison to complete sentences More than 270 inmates — including convicted murderers — who bolted from a prison torched during violent riots in Indonesia's Papua region have returned to finish... More
Energy Russia's floating nuclear power plant sets sail across Arctic Russia launched the world's first floating nuclear reactor Friday, sending it on an epic journey across the Arctic, despite environmentalists warning of a "Chernobyl on ice." Developed... More
Europe Malta says 6 EU nations to take 356 migrants on Ocean Viking ship Malta's prime minister said on Friday that six EU countries had agreed to take in 356 migrants stranded on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean as charities warned food supplies... More
Life NASA names space rock on Mars after the Rolling Stones There is now a "Rolling Stones Rock" on Mars, and it's giving Mick, Keith and the boys some serious satisfaction. NASA named a little stone for the legendary rockers after... More
Asia Pacific 30 missing in Indonesia after ferry catches fire At least 30 people are missing from the blazing wreckage of a ferry off the coast of Java island, a port official said Friday. The KM Santika Nusantara was traveling between... More

Americas 'As white as possible': Michigan city council candidate shocks with racist remarks A city council candidate in Michigan shocked a public forum when she said she wants to keep her community white "as much as possible." Jean Cramer made the comment Thursday... More
Automotive Yet to be unveiled, domestic car draws huge public interest Although the first prototype is yet to be debuted this year and the mass production is to begin in 2022, hundreds of Turkish citizens have already expressed desire to purchase the first domestically produced car More
Cinema Scarlett Johansson tops Forbes best-paid actress list for second year Superhero Black Widow is a woman at the top of her game, and so is the actress who plays her -- Scarlett Johansson is the world's highest paid actress for the second year... More
Turkey Turkish farmer sues boars for destroying his cornfield Courts in Turkey heard an odd complaint after a farmer in southern Muğla province filed a legal complaint against a flock of boars for destroying his cornfield. 66-year-old... More
World Putin orders 'symmetric response' to US missile test Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a reciprocal response after Washington announced this week it had tested a formerly... More
History Excavations reveal 2nd century fountain in ancient city in western Turkey Archeologists have unearthed a monumental fountain estimated to be from the 2nd century A.D. during excavations in the ancient city of Tripolis on the Meander in western Turkey's... More
Politics 18 years on, AK Party continues its journey with revival process on the way The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) celebrated the 18th anniversary of its foundation with a series of activities on Friday. It paid tribute to the party's... More
Investigations New clampdown on FETÖ military, civilian suspects Sixty-one suspects, including former soldiers and a number of civilians, were captured Friday in a crackdown against the FETÖ terrorist group More
Business Turkish growers celebrate record cherry exports Turkish cherry growers have surpassed their yearly export target of 80,000 tons, thanks to the opening up of the Chinese market and favorable seasonal conditions, generating... More
Life Discover Turkey's most scenic campsites before summer ends Now that the weather has started to cool off, it's the perfect time to go camping in the most breathtaking locations across Turkey More
War On Terror Civilian Daesh members cause crisis in policymaking Reports claim that more than 41,000 citizens from 80 countries traveled to join Daesh in Iraq and Syria during the nearly five-year rule of the terrorist organization, of... More
Cinema Midsommar: Paradise and hell shockingly fused in folk horror Young director Ari Aster, who rose to fame with his horror film "Hereditary," is striking back with "Midsommar," an out-of-the-box folk horror. From the first second to... More
Minorities Greece keeps up pressure, denying Turks their rights The denial of rights for the Turkish minority in Greece has almost turned into the status quo. Governments change and relations between Turkey and Greece evolve, but the pressure... More
Americas Uruguay's anti-tobacco president has lung cancer, gov't says Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, a physician who has campaigned against the influence of big tobacco companies, is being treated for a malignant lung tumor, his office... More
Turkey Murders of women by violent husbands spark outrage "I don't want to die," a crying, screaming woman soaked in blood shouts as a young girl screams "mother, please don't die." This eight-second video that went viral online... More
Tourism Turkish officials visit abandoned resort in TRNC Officials from Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) traveled Friday to Varosha (Maraş), an abandoned tourist resort in the northern part of the divided... More

Columns

Italy quo vadis? Emre Gönen Italian politics are in turmoil. One could even say they are a mess. The rather disparate coalition of political... More

PKK political manipulation for terrorism ends now İhsan Aktaş In the Cold War era, Bulgaria was almost as important as Russia with respect to intelligence. How could it not... More

Liberal delusions about ethno-terrorism in Turkey Burhanettin Duran The public debate over the dismissal of three mayors rages on in Turkey. Observers concentrate on the various legal... More

The brutality of the Assad regime remains unchanged Kılıç Buğra Kanat Six years ago this week the Bashar Assad regime used chemical weapons against civilians in Ghouta. More than 1,400... More

Global concerns and currency wars Kerem Alkin Saudi Arabia's oil and gas exports exceeded $190 billion and made up 65% of the country's $295 billion exports... More

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Opinion

Strained South Korea-Japan relations and Turkey's role Muhammet Ali Güler The relationship between South Korea and Japan was normalized in 1965 with the signing of the Treaty on Basic Relations... More

The Turkish diaspora in Bulgaria Ali Bektaş Around 350,000 ethnic Turks were forced to flee from Bulgaria because of the communist regime and its leader Todor... More

Palestine 101: Kushner lacks even most basic knowledge Najla M. Shahwan If Kushner had known the history of the Palestinians and had seriously studied their struggle and resistance, he... More

Tunisia heads to polls as Arab countries face anti-democratic crackdowns Ali Abo Rezeg At least five prominent names have already decided to run in the upcoming presidential race in Tunisia after the... More

Al-Aqsa caught between Israeli aggression and Arab negligence Baraah Darazi Fifty years after the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque, an escalating Israeli policy of targeting the mosque has been... More

Saudis' nuclear endeavors benefit from US loopholes Tiffany Renner In February 2019, the House Oversight Committee released a report, prepared for Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, revealing... More

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