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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Americas Former Ford Argentina executives sentenced to jail over torture of workers An Argentine court on Tuesday sentenced two former Ford Motor Co. executives to prison for helping agents of the country's former dictatorship round up 24 Argentine union... More
Diplomacy ‘Armenia ready to build direct relations with Turkey’ Armenia is ready to establish relations with Turkey without any precondition, said acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, whose bloc won Sunday's snap parliamentary elections. "I... More
MidEast Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli police in Hebron A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday, according to the Health Ministry. Omar Awawdeh, 27, was shot in... More
Arts 2018 presidential arts awards winners announced Turkey's 2018 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards were announced on Monday, honoring the achievements of a historian, director, composer and photographer, as well as... More
Asia Pacific Former Canadian diplomat detained in China amid Huawei spat A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, two sources said on Tuesday, and his current employer, the International Crisis Group, said it was seeking his prompt... More
Americas Trump threatens government shutdown after heated meeting with Democrats on border wall Arguing heatedly in public with Democratic leaders, President Donald Trump threatened repeatedly on Tuesday to shut down the government if Congress doesn't provide the money... More
Americas US police spark fury after trying to rip toddler from mother's arms Outrage built Monday over a video showing police officers violently yanking a toddler from his mother's arms at a Brooklyn public benefits office, with officials criticizing... More
MidEast Yemen's government, Houthi rebels exchange lists of 15,000 prisoners, set date for mass swap Delegations from Yemen's warring parties have agreed on Tuesday to set Jan. 20 as a final date to swap over 15,000 prisoners from both sides of the country's devastating civil... More
Tech Boeing opens 1st engineering, tech center in Istanbul Established as part of the Boeing Turkey National Aerospace Initiative, aviation giant Boeing's new Engineering and Technology Center in Istanbul will focus on design engineering and research in aerospace More
World Time names slain, imprisoned journalists as Person of the Year Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country's Istanbul consulate, was on Tuesday named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" alongside several... More
Europe Spain threatens to send national police to Catalonia Spain's interior minister said Tuesday in a radio program that the government will send state police to Catalonia if local authorities fail to stop pro-independence protests,... More
Turkey Prominent Turkish businessman Ali Raif Dinçkök dies at age 74 Prominent Turkish businessman Ali Raif Dinçkök, the board chairman of Akkök Holding, has died at the age of 74, after a long battle with colon cancer, the company said Tuesday... More
MidEast Image of Salt Bae seasoning Jesus' food at Last Supper prompts arrests in Jordan Two journalists were arrested in Jordan for publishing a religiously offensive image, said a judicial source Monday, after their news website shared an altered version of... More
Tourism Turkish-German airliner SunExpress eyes expansion to help tourism post record numbers in 2019 Turkish-German carrier SunExpress will offer a record high capacity of 6.4 million seats in its international flights for summer 2019. In addition to increasing its seats... More
Travel Ancient city of Assos awaits visitors to quiet, magnificient scenery Ancient harbor city of Assos is located in Behramkale village about 17 kilometers to the south of Ayvacık district in Çanakkale. More

EU Affairs Turkey expects EU to keep visa liberalization promise The meeting held yesterday by four ministers served to remind the EU that it still has a promise to keep in terms of visa liberalization, for the implementation of which Turkey has fulfilled a set of reforms More
Diplomacy Ankara, UN in talks over international probe of Khashoggi murder Turkey is in talks with the United Nations regarding an investigation into the killing of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said... More
Finance Efforts continue to issue new securities by collecting broad demand in capital markets Following Friday's issuance of asset-backed securities, which collected nearly 2.5 times higher demand than the nominal value of TL 3.15 billion ($596.26 million) the Treasury... More
Turkey Microfinance empowers 33,000 Turkish women The Turkey branch of Grameen Bank, a microcredit or microfinance organization conceived by Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has reached out to thousands of women... More
Business Sales of imported smartphones shrink by almost 30 pct with new installment limit An amendment restricting the number of installments on credit card shopping and loans in Turkey has shifted the balance in the smartphone market.After the number of installments... More
Turkey 'Headscarf ban violated student’s right to education' The Constitutional Court (AYM) of Turkey has ruled that a university student's right to education and freedom of religion was violated due to the headscarf ban imposed in... More
MidEast Egypt bans yellow vests, detains lawyer for wearing An Egyptian prosecutor ordered on Tuesday that a lawyer who posted a picture of himself wearing a yellow vest similar to those worn by protesters in France be detained for... More
Tech US Congress questions Google CEO on privacy, bias Questions on privacy, data collection, China, Russia —and especially political bias — dominated Google CEO Sundar Pichai's grilling before Congress Tuesday. House... More
Europe UK PM May gets stuck in car during Berlin visit British Prime Minister Theresa May, who is boxed in on her options for Brexit, had her room for maneuver further diminished when she was briefly locked in her car in front... More
Turkey Police chief killed in shooting at Rize Police Dept. A police chief has died and three others were wounded in a shooting by a disgruntled police officer Tuesday at Rize Police Department in northeastern Turkey. Provincial... More
Arts FARC arms hammered into art gallery in Colombia The weapons once used by the militant group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in a 52-year-long civil war against the Colombian government have been hammered into... More
Religion Turkey, Saudi Arabia sign 2019 'Hajj Protocol' The head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate met Monday with Saudi Arabia's minister of Hajj and Umrah to reach an agreement on services to be provided next year for... More
Americas Canadian court grants bail to Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou A Canadian court has granted bail to Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, the Associated Press reported late Tuesday. The ruling comes after China detained Michael Korvig, a... More
Football Galatasaray advances to UEFA Europa League round of 32 Istanbul's Galatasaray advanced to the UEFA Europa League round of 32 despite losing against Portugal's Porto 2-3 on Tuesday at the UEFA Champions League. Following the... More

Columns

Gulf states support Saudis in Khashoggi case Mehmet Barlas Economic dependence on the Saudis has led the Gulf states to declare their support and trust for the kingdom throughout... More

Macron is in trouble, but he isn't alone Burhanettin Duran Although the protesters' anger is directed against French elitism, we cannot afford to ignore that the ongoing... More

The alarming reality of European politics Muhittin Ataman People in Western European countries have been on the streets for the last few months demanding something from... More

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Opinion

Transatlantic relations at a crossroads Karel Valansi The alliance between the U.S. and Europe is still of great importance for global security and stability and the... More

Another Islamophobic conspiracy theory: The Islamization of the 'yellow vests' Farid Hafez In every period, when divisive incidents occur, rumors regarding Islamophobic conspiracies arise. When millions... More

Rumi and his holistic human rights theory Ergin Ergül Human rights, in its broadest definition, mean undeniable and indispensable natural acquirements arising from the... More

Macron may well be the 'president of the rich,' so is the media? Mehmet Solmaz Shortly after his fifth month as president in September 2017, French President Emanuel Macron was labeled "the... More

Far-right movements and the trajectory of neoliberal economies Ahmet Akyıldız Although the aim of the neoliberal approach is to maintain price stability and limit price hikes, the fact that... More

Center-right, liberals, far-right: Andalusia's new government model? Klaus Jurgens It may be a risqué assumption but could it be that the recent success of far-right movements and parties at European... More

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