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Saturday, July 21, 2018

Economy G20 finance ministers to tackle trade war impact on global economy Global trade conflicts triggered by the protectionist policies of US President Donald Trump are set to dominate this weekend's meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers in... More
Americas Cartoonist fired from US newspaper after drawings critical of Trump When longtime editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers was fired from his job at a prominent U.S. newspaper for drawings that criticized U.S. President Donald Trump, it was one more... More
Finance Trump accuses China, EU of currency manipulation President Donald Trump on Friday attacked China and the European Union for keeping their currencies artificially low to gain a trade advantage, while again blasting the Federal... More
Americas Cohen secretly taped Trump discussing payment to Playboy model: report U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer secretly recorded Trump discussing payments to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with him, The New York... More
Europe UK police, intelligence use child spies in secret ops British police and intelligence agencies reportedly make use of child spies in secret operations against terrorists, drug dealers and gangs, a parliamentary report published... More
Diplomacy Turkey, Netherlands to normalize bilateral ties Turkey and the Netherlands have decided to normalize bilateral relations and have restored full formal diplomatic ties, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Friday. The decision... More
Europe 9 injured in knife attack on bus in Germany Nine people have been injured in an attack on a bus in the northern German city of Luebeck, the interior minister for the state of Schleswig-Holstein said on Friday. Hans-Joachim... More
Politics Turkish Cypriots mark 44th anniversary of peace op Turkish Cypriots and the Turkish Armed Forces on Friday marked the 44th anniversary of Turkey's military operation conducted to protect Cyprus' Turkish community from massacres. Friday... More
Americas 17 dead after duck boat capsizes in Missouri lake The country-and-western tourist town of Branson, Missouri, mourned Friday for more than a dozen sightseers who were killed when a duck boat capsized and sank in stormy weather... More
War On Terror HDP deputies under probe for attending PKK funeral Turkish prosecutors on Friday launched a probe against two Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers for attending the funeral of a PKK terrorist in southeastern Batman province. Batman's... More
Europe Macron's office says guard who hit protester to be fired A top security aide for President Emmanuel Macron, caught on camera beating a protester, has been detained and is being questioned by authorities. A judicial official said... More

Portrait Osman Hamdi Bey: Self-orientalist Raised in a Greek family and educated in France, prominent painter Osman Hamdi Bey painted in the Western style while his subjects were mostly unique to Eastern urban culture More
Finance Minister Albayrak to attend G20 finance ministers meeting in Buenos Aires Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, accompanied by Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CRBT) Governor Murat Çetinkaya, is making his first overseas trip since... More
Travel Enjoy the best of Aegean at Izmir's coastal towns If you want to spend your summer holiday on the coasts of the azure waters of the Aegean Sea while discovering the millennia-old history of the land, no need to get lost in maps: Just set your course to İzmir More
Defense US Defense Secretary Mattis warns Congress not to ban F-35 sale to Turkey U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has warned the U.S. Congress to not ban the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. U.S. lawmakers were seeking to do so in response to Turkey's... More
Europe Pentagon sends $200 million in defense aid to Ukraine The Pentagon on Friday said it will provide $200 million in defensive aid to Ukraine in a move that is unlikely to be welcomed by Moscow, which is supporting pro-Russian separatists... More
Syrian Crisis 26 killed by regime airstrikes in Syria's Daraa Twenty-six civilians were killed in airstrikes Friday on areas controlled by the Daesh terror group in southern Syria's Daraa province, a war monitor said. Rami Abdel Rahman,... More
Feature Evil eye talisman: An ancient charm protecting people for centuries Since the beginning of time, people have always sought protection from evil spirits. While most ancient practices no longer exist, people still want protection from evil, often turning to ‘evil eye' talismans More
Turkey Merkel renews pledge on probe over neo-Nazi murders of Turks Criticized for not fulfilling her pledge to fully shed light on connections of Germany's National Socialist Underground (NSU) gang that killed eight Turks, German Chancellor... More
Americas Home Depot employee says he was fired over response to racist customer A Home Depot employee in Albany, New York, said he was fired after responding to a rude and racist rant by a customer, according to a local news report published Thursday. The... More
Diplomacy 'Turkey working to not be affected by Iran sanctions' U.S. delegation of Treasury and State Department officials met with Turkish authorities on Friday to discuss upcoming U.S. sanctions targeting Iran. In a statement following... More
Istanbul Road collapses near Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace A road in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district between Dolmabahçe Palace and Vodafone Park collapsed on Friday, leaving a hole 2 meters in diameter. No one was reported injured... More

Columns

Israel's nation-state bill is racist İbrahim Kalın With the new bill, the Zionist plan to eradicate the Palestinian people and land from the face of the earth enters... More

The Turkish peace operation in Cyprus, 44 years on Saadet Oruç Turkey marked the 44th anniversary of its military operation conducted to protect northern Cyprus's Turkish population... More

The Helsinki summit's impact on the Middle East Burhanettin Duran The Helsinki summit between presidents Trump and Putin reaffirmed that Russia, not the United States, is the top... More

Israel: Neither Jewish nor a nation-state Hakkı Öcal Either he doesn't know what nationhood and religion are, or Benjamin Netahyahu is trying to redefine history for... More

Resisting the institutionalization of Zionism and discrimination Sadık Ünay Seismic changes in the world order indicate that we are headed for a reversal of economic, political and social... More

New Turkey and its mission: Turkic republics İhsan Aktaş We were in Uzbekistan, the land of our ancestors, to participate in a meeting of the Confederation of Public Servants... More

'Tight' and 'tense' agenda for the G20 Kerem Alkin In 2015, when Turkey was the term president of the G20 Summit and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the world's... More

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Opinion

Is the NATO crisis between the Anglo-Saxon alliance and European members? Cafer Talha Şeker Amid political contradictions, trade wars and social issues, the incumbent U.S. administration and European allies... More

Nelson Mandela's legacy, 100 years after his birth Mushtak Parker Mandela, the first democratically elected president of a non-racial South Africa, is still respected all over the... More

Is there a legal gap in defining cultural value? Let's look at late historian Sezgin's case in Frankfurt Ferhat Küçük The investigation launched by German authorities against late Turkish historian Fuat Sezgin is completely political... More

The rise of nationalism in Turkey Oğuzhan Bilgin From the 1980s onward, literature that called for the end of nation-states and nationalism grew dramatically over... More

Rule of Law: The last hope against Islamophobia Farid Hafez The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the latest version of the Muslim ban, what U.S. President Donald Trump claims... More

NATO split to deepen unless allies acquire a shared threat perception Talha Köse NATO is considered the most potent and successful military alliance in modern history. Every year, leaders of the... More

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