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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Asia Pacific Turkey hails third inter-Korean summit Turkey on Friday welcomed the third inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang on Sept. 18-20 and the Pyongyang Joint Declaration. "Turkey sincerely wishes that the dialogue process... More
Minorities Moscow church accused of 'earthly' ambitions in row with Ukraine The Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Istanbul, the leading authority in the Orthodox world, accused the Moscow Patriarchate of "earthly" ambitions in a dispute over the... More
Europe 7,000 child refugees arrived on Greek islands this year The number of refugee and migrant children arriving on Greek islands has soared, with more than 7,000 making the perilous voyage so far this year, a U.N. official said on... More
Economy US sanctions Chinese agency for buying Russian arms The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Chinese military agency and its director for buying defense equipment from Russia in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions... More
Business Turkish entrepreneur signs $9 million deal Turkish entrepreneur signs on $9 million export deal after successfully selling his specially designed industrial carpet cleaner machine to 56 countries. Ayhan Yemyeşil,... More
Health Excessive drinking killed over 3 million people in 2016, WHO says Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said Friday. The U.N. health agency also warned that current... More
MidEast Iran showcases its strength in military drill in Gulf A joint aerial military drill in the Gulf was carried out by The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Friday, presenting a "pounding reply" to the country's rivals. Tehran has... More
War On Terror 'Turkey-US patrols in Syria's Manbij to start soon' Turkey and the United States have almost completed work on joint patrols in northern Syria's Manbij area and those patrols and joint training will begin soon, presidential... More
Europe May's Brexit summit in Salzburg a 'humiliation' Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit proposals were declared dead by the British media on Friday after what they cast as a humiliation at the hands of European Union leaders... More
Europe Ukrainian President Poroshenko suing BBC for libel over claim he paid to meet Trump Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko is suing British broadcaster BBC for libel over an article that said Kiev paid $400,000 to secure a meeting with U.S. leader Donald Trump... More
Tech Kenan Sofuoğlu beats Solo Türk jet in Teknofest race A tech festival in Istanbul kicked off on Thursday with an unusual race between a motorcyclist and a fighter jet. The audience at Teknofest Istanbul watched in awe as renowned... More

Energy 40 years of experience: Hedging mechanism for Iran's oil trade under sanctions despite inevitable slump Iranian experts and businesspeople highlight their past experience as a shield against U.S. sanctions hitting the country's oil sector, while there seems to be no escape from the decline in the volume of Iran's oil exports, which exceeded $65 billion last year More
War On Terror Idlib under siege by Iran-backed foreign terrorists More than 100,000 foreign terrorists backed by Iran continue their activities at around 230 locations in Syria, backing the Bashar Assad regime's in campaign against opposition fighters across the country More
Investigations 100 from Air Force detained for links to FETÖ terrorist group Authorities detained 100 active-duty officers of the Turkish Air Force on Friday in one of the biggest crackdowns against military infiltrators of the FETÖ terrorist group, which is blamed for the 2016 coup attempt More
Diplomacy US' continued armament of YPG amid Manbij deal a concern for Ankara Turkey is concerned over the United States' arms support for the PKK's Syrian affiliate, the People's Protection Units (YPG), amid efforts to implement the Manbij deal, which... More
Tech The future is in the skies: Tech enthusiasts meet at TEKNOFEST Turkey's biggest tech festival TEKNOFEST has opened its doors and will continue until Sept. 23. Inviting people of all ages, Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) Board of Trustees Chairman Selçuk Bayraktar talked to Daily Sabah about the dreams that helped them realized the event More
Europe Ecuador attempted to give Assange diplomat post in Russia, rescinded upon UK response Ecuador in 2017 gave Wikileaks founder Julian Assange a diplomatic post in Russia but rescinded it after Britain refused to give him diplomatic immunity, according to an Ecuadorean... More
Asia Pacific Honey the lonely dolphin, abandoned in Japanese aquarium, sparks public outcry The plight of a lonely dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium in Japan since the start of the year sparked protests, with activists... More
Diplomacy Indian envoy: Turkey, India need new mechanisms to reach mutual economic goals India's Ambassador to Ankara Sanjay Bhattacharyya praised the developing ties between India and Turkey, underscoring that the political, military and economic relations could... More
Music New season of Istanbul Recitals ready to kick off Istanbul Recitals features an energetic, extraordinary and amazing new season, which will host master and champion pianists from Asia, Europe and the United States. Promising... More
Fashion San Francisco museum shows off modern Muslim women's fashion The head covering is among the most identifiable elements of Muslim women's dress and most likely to be portrayed as drab and restrictive to the Western eye. But a new... More
World China, Russia warn US against military sanctions China called on the United States on Friday to withdraw sanctions it imposed on a Chinese military organization for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia or... More

Columns

Balancing, discipline, change: The new economic program Sadık Ünay The eagerly awaited New Economic Program (NEP), for the 2019-2021 period was announced by the Minister of Treasury... More

Idlib agreement: A strategic threshold Burhanettin Duran If Russia and Turkey can make the Idlib deal work, their cooperation in Syria will mean the two countries have... More

Time to reform the UN system Kılıç Buğra Kanat It is high time for the international community to develop problem-solving mechanisms to manage world conflicts;... More

Law, religion and disorder in Arab states Hatem Bazian Law in contemporary Arab states is an amalgamation of statutes, codes and regulations put in place over the past... More

Turkish foreign policy and economy İhsan Aktaş In 2011, we had dinner together with a number of European businesspeople. The Scandinavian and German businesspeople... More

'New' Economic Program found credible Kerem Alkin Turkey, with regards to a principle shaped at the G20 summits, was the first country to act on sharing its three-year... More

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Opinion

Tourism-phobia spreading across Europe Ayşe Betül Bal In the romantic comedy-drama, "Sabrina," late movie star Audrey Hepburn says, "Paris is always a good idea." The... More

The European day of action against Islamophobia and religious intolerance Farid Hafez Many Muslims still remember the killing of a pregnant Muslim woman in a German court based on anti-Muslim motivation... More

The 'Trump effect' and world diplomacy Nazlı Ece Bulgur In the last couple of weeks, Turkey has witnessed many hot issues in both the foreign and economic fields. The... More

The view from Germany: President Erdoğan is very welcome Klaus Jurgens Four weeks from today President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will travel to Germany on an official state visit. That will... More

Is Trump's policy toward Turkey uncharacteristic of US policies? Rabee Al-Hafidh What illuminates the amount of damage that the U.S. is happy to allow to afflict Turkey is the strategic value... More

Rethinking Somali national identity Mohamed Salah Ahmed The process of building a national identity in Somalia requires the country's political elites and federal government... More

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14 September 2018, Friday Students compete at rocket race in central Turkey's Aksaray as part of upcoming Teknofest VIEW ALL

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