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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

MidEast UAE firm hired PR company to make anti-Qatar films Former CEO of a British PR firm that ran top secret influence operations during the Iraq War for the Pentagon was hired by a Dubai-based company to produce a film defaming... More
Syrian Crisis France, US and Middle Eastern partners to discuss Syrian crisis in Paris A senior-level meeting on the Syrian conflict is expected Thursday in Paris, after the conclusion of an international conference in the French capital on preventing terrorism,... More
Automotive Audi recalls 1.2M cars, SUVs worldwide because of fire risk Audi is recalling about 1.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the electric coolant pumps can overheat and possibly cause a fire. The recall covers the 2013 to 2016... More
Diplomacy Trump commemorates 'Meds Yeghern', Armenian deaths of 1915 U.S. President Donald Trump, in a traditional presidential statement issued every April 24, used the term "Meds Yeghern," an Armenian term meaning "great calamity," and once... More
Europe UK launches mobile app to register EU citizens after Brexit, but lawmakers sceptic British officials presented their plans to ensure 3 million European Union citizens can be granted rights to remain in Britain after Brexit, but their presentation in Brussels... More
Syrian Crisis Israel vows action against Syria regime air defense Israel's defense minister warned yesterday his country would destroy any advanced Russian air defense system deployed in Syria that are used against Israeli jets, but insisted... More
Turkey Earthquake in southeastern Turkey injures 39 An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hit southeastern Turkey's Adıyaman province early Tuesday, lightly injuring 39 people and destroying homes. Health Minister Ahmet Demircan... More
Defense Airbus offers to replace Germany's Tornado aircraft with Eurofighter jets Airbus on Tuesday put forward a possible successor to the German army's increasingly outdated fleet of Tornado aircraft, offering to further develop its Eurofighter jets for... More
MidEast Twitter blocks Israeli lawmaker for wishing teen Palestinian activist shot A hard-line Israeli lawmaker is sarcastically thanking Twitter for briefly freezing his account following a post he wrote about wishing a teen Palestinian protester had been... More
Turkey Turks read more books than most Europeans: study Turks on average spend more time reading books than most of their European counterparts – including Britons, Spaniards and Dutchmen – research published Monday... More
MidEast Palestinian boy shot by Israeli forces loses leg Doctors have amputated the leg of a Palestinian boy whose image went viral after he was shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza border with Israel. A picture of 12-year-old... More

Elections Confused opposition running against confident AK Party and Erdoğan Claiming victory in all elections his party participated in so far, Erdoğan comes out as a confident candidate, while the opposition is struggling to unite around a joint candidate More
Turkey Syrians in Istanbul return home after Turkish ops Turkey's ambitious goal to restore safety in Syria to assist in the return of refugees continues paying off as some 100 families living in Istanbul lined up for the return... More
Tourism Turkey standout destination for British, sees 84 pct rise in bookings Turkey has become a standout destination for British holidaymakers, as it is currently seeing a substantial increase of 84 percent in bookings compared to last year More
Arts Artist weaves spatial concepts Anna Laudel Contemporary is currently holding an exhibition titled ‘Un-Weave,' bringing together Balpınar's unique weaving techniques with inspiring scientific themes from physics and astronomy, to be held across three floors of exhibition space until June 1 More
Diplomacy Ankara, Berlin willing to carry on normalization process for bilateral ties The foreign ministers of Turkey and Germany exchanged views on the state of the bilateral ties between Ankara and Berlin, agreeing that a positive trend in the normalization process of relations will continue More
Business Spain biggest investor in Turkish firms with $9.3B International audit and consultancy firm Ernst & Young (EY) Turkey Corporate Finance Department Head Müşfik Cantekinler said yesterday that Spain is the country that has... More
Europe Swiss authorities approved export of potential sarin ingredient to Syria A chemical that can be used to make the nerve agent sarin was exported from Switzerland to Syria with the approval of Swiss authorities, the economic affairs department in... More
Turkey Opposition leader stirs outcry with another case of misogyny Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), is no stranger to controversy when it comes to his remarks about women. Retorts he blurted... More
Life Southern Anatolia new hot spot for diving tourism Hundreds of scuba divers travel to Antalya's tourism haven Kemer every day to discover the districts' underwater wonders More
MidEast Qatar must pay for presence of US troops in Syria: Saudi FM Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir issued a warning to Qatar on Tuesday, saying it should pay for the presence of U.S. military forces in Syria, according to the Saudi... More
Business 5 more Turkish firms to export tomatoes to Russia Favorable news for Turkish tomato producers and exporters continues to come from Russia as its agricultural watchdog, the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary... More

Columns

Kılıçdaroğlu, CHP have failed the left İlnur Çevik The AK Party uses left-wing arguments since there is no genuine left opposition to address the needs of the p.... More

Why are June 24 elections crucial? Nagehan Alçı Last week marked a turning point in Turkish politics as Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli... More

'History and Repetition': Past and present Cemil Ertem Turkey will undergo an accelerated historical transition over the next two months. While the mechanisms of the... More

Paradigm shift in Turkey-EU relations Muhittin Ataman Europe is suffering from domestic challenges, identity problems, politicians trapped in short-term visions and... More

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