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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Asia Pacific Pakistani court suspends sentences for PM Sharif, family A Pakistani court suspended the prison sentences of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law on Wednesday and set them free on bail pending their appeal... More
Tech Facebook's job ad targeting system accused of discriminaton A complaint has been filed with the U.S. government accusing Facebook and 10 other companies of using the platform's job ad targeting system to discriminate on the basis of... More
Sports Rival Koreas plan to bid for 2032 Summer Olympics North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in said in a statement Wednesday that the countries planned to jointly bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics. At... More
War On Terror 9 YPG terrorists caught in Afrin remanded by Turkish court Nine People's Protection Units (YPG) terrorists accused of being behind an attack that killed two Turkish soldiers during Operation Olive Branch in northern Syria have been... More
Real Estate Property sales to foreigners in Turkey double in August The number of housing sales to foreign citizens in Turkey has maintained its upward trend in August as the figure more than doubled, reaching 3,866, while it increased to 18,540 in the first eight months More
Football Galatasaray beats Lokomotiv 3-0 in Champions League Galatasaray returned to the Champions League in style on Tuesday, beating Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0. After spending two seasons outside Europe's premier club competition, the... More
Tech Sony announces retro mini console PlayStation Classic Sony Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of retro mini console PlayStation Classic, exciting nostalgic gamers around the globe. The PlayStation Classic will be a revamped... More
Diplomacy Çavuşoğlu, Pompeo hold phone call on Idlib deal Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held a phone call with his U.S. counterpart Mike Pompeo Tuesday to inform him about the deal reached between Turkey and Russia on a military... More
Environment World's largest brands responsible for Indonesia forest destruction: Greenpeace Palm oil companies supplying some of the world's largest brands have destroyed 130,000 hectares of Indonesian rainforest since 2015, environmental group Greenpeace said in... More
Business Qatar Airways suffers $69M revenue loss this year amid boycott by Arab nations Qatar Airways suffered a $69 million loss this fiscal year, an over $800 million swing from the year before that the long-haul carrier blamed on the ongoing boycott of Doha... More
Diplomacy UN Syria envoy thanks Erdoğan, Putin for Idlib deal A U.N. representative for Syria on Tuesday praised the agreement reached between Russia and Turkey that has averted what officials had warned could have been the worst humanitarian... More

Economy 'Turkey-US partnership to strengthen with investment, trade' Relations between Washington and Ankara will strengthen with investment and trade President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in speech to businessman from the United... More
Europe 'Hungary will never be a country of migrants' Hungary's foreign minister denounced U.N. officials Wednesday for "spreading lies" with their criticism of Budapest's anti-migration policies, insisting that his country would... More
Tourism Cathay Pacific spells name wrong on airplane Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific caused a stir on social media Wednesday after accidentally spelling its name wrong on an airplane. "Oops this special livery... More
Finance Danske Bank CEO resigns over $235B money laundering scandal The chief executive of Denmark's largest bank resigned Wednesday after an internal report into allegations of massive money laundering via an Estonian subsidiary showed that... More
Istanbul Istanbul firefighters win 24 golds at WFG in SKorea Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Fire Department delivered a dominant performance at the 13th World Firefighters Games held in Chungju, South Korea. The international... More
Turkey Turkey commemorates war veterans on Veterans Day Turkey honored its war heroes who fought in the wars in Korea, Cyprus, the July 15, 2016 attempted coup and against terrorism with commemoration ceremonies across the country... More
World Global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met: World Bank The number of people living on less than $1.90 a day has fallen to record low of about 655 million - or 9 percent of the world's population - but a global target of ending... More
Europe Poland urges US to consider setting up ‘Fort Trump’ Poland's leader pressed President Donald Trump on Tuesday to consider creating a permanent American military base in Poland, offering a tempting incentive: The installation... More
Asia Pacific Kim vows to dismantle nuke site in deals with SKorea South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced a sweeping set of agreements after their second day of talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday that... More
Business New Turkish citizenship rules to encourage investment Turkey has reduced required limits for foreigners to acquire Turkish citizenship to encourage investment, according to new regulations published in the country's Official... More
Energy Energy giants, banks launch new blockchain platform for oil and gas deals Fifteen multinationals including energy behemoth Royal Dutch Shell and banking giant Citi on Wednesday announced the launch of a new blockchain platform to facilitate oil... More

Columns

Turkey shoulders the tough mission in Idlib İlnur Çevik Turkey and Russia's joint announcement on forming a demilitarized zone in Idlib spells hope for the region, although... More

Idlib crisis ends with major diplomatic victory for Turkey Burhanettin Duran President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday. The leaders... More

Fortifying and nourishing Turkish-Russian relations Muhittin Ataman Talks on Syria have brought Ankara and Moscow closer together, and are helping in developments and collaboration... More

Turkey has seen failure of conventional thinking, will change standpoint Cemil Ertem With the Medium Term Program (MTP) to be announced this week, Turkey will discuss the basic macroeconomic targets... More

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Opinion

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

Turkish-Russian strategic partnership fails first stress test in Idlib Talha Köse Turkish-Russian relations were strained after the downing of a Russian fighter jet that had crossed over Turkey's... More

US wants Turkey to be an agricultural power not industrial Cafer Talha Şeker If the late prominent American international relations theorist K. N. Waltz were alive today, he would be blessing... More

Can Idlib be a milestone for a peaceful Syria? Markar Esayan A debate about a cease-fire in Syria in front of the world's press defined the recent summit in Tehran on Sept... More

Somalia's return to COMESA: More harm than good Abdiqadar Abdigani Mohamed The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a free trade zone with 21 member states, extending... More

From the wealth of nations to the fall of nations: The hegemonic protection of elites Ferhat Küçük The question of why some nations are economically or politically more successful compared to others can be explained... 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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