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Sunday, August 25, 2019

Syrian Crisis Assad regime seizes northern Hama countryside The forces loyal to the regime of Bashar Assad seized a pocket of territory in northwest Syria from opposition fighters who had held the towns since the early years of the... More
Business US Chamber of Commerce rejects Trump's order The U.S. Chamber of Commerce rebuffed President Donald Trump's call Friday that U.S. businesses begin immediately looking for alternatives for operations in China after China... More
Life Turkish herbal teas to warm the cockles of your heart with countless benefits Herbal tea is very common in Turkey, consumed to cure ailments and illnesses, or just to join in the tea culture without sipping something that'll keep you up all night! More
Americas 'As white as possible': Michigan city council candidate shocks with racist remarks A city council candidate in Michigan shocked a public forum when she said she wants to keep her community white "as much as possible." Jean Cramer made the comment Thursday... More
Politics Politician forms party to fight anti-Muslim sentiment A Swedish politician of Turkish origin has formed a party named the Migrant Party to fight against anti-Muslim sentiment in the country. Mikail Yüksel, dismissed from the... More
Cinema Scarlett Johansson tops Forbes best-paid actress list for second year Superhero Black Widow is a woman at the top of her game, and so is the actress who plays her -- Scarlett Johansson is the world's highest paid actress for the second year... More
Automotive Yet to be unveiled, domestic car draws huge public interest Although the first prototype is yet to be debuted this year and the mass production is to begin in 2022, hundreds of Turkish citizens have already expressed desire to purchase the first domestically produced car More
World Putin orders 'symmetric response' to US missile test Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a reciprocal response after Washington announced this week it had tested a formerly... More
Investigations New clampdown on FETÖ military, civilian suspects Sixty-one suspects, including former soldiers and a number of civilians, were captured Friday in a crackdown against the FETÖ terrorist group More
Politics 18 years on, AK Party continues its journey with revival process on the way The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) celebrated the 18th anniversary of its foundation with a series of activities on Friday. It paid tribute to the party's... More
History Excavations reveal 2nd century fountain in ancient city in western Turkey Archeologists have unearthed a monumental fountain estimated to be from the 2nd century A.D. during excavations in the ancient city of Tripolis on the Meander in western Turkey's... More
Business Turkish growers celebrate record cherry exports Turkish cherry growers have surpassed their yearly export target of 80,000 tons, thanks to the opening up of the Chinese market and favorable seasonal conditions, generating... More
Turkey Turkish farmer sues boars for destroying his cornfield Courts in Turkey heard an odd complaint after a farmer in southern Muğla province filed a legal complaint against a flock of boars for destroying his cornfield. 66-year-old... More
Life Discover Turkey's most scenic campsites before summer ends Now that the weather has started to cool off, it's the perfect time to go camping in the most breathtaking locations across Turkey More
War On Terror Civilian Daesh members cause crisis in policymaking Reports claim that more than 41,000 citizens from 80 countries traveled to join Daesh in Iraq and Syria during the nearly five-year rule of the terrorist organization, of... More
Cinema Midsommar: Paradise and hell shockingly fused in folk horror Young director Ari Aster, who rose to fame with his horror film "Hereditary," is striking back with "Midsommar," an out-of-the-box folk horror. From the first second to... More
Minorities Greece keeps up pressure, denying Turks their rights The denial of rights for the Turkish minority in Greece has almost turned into the status quo. Governments change and relations between Turkey and Greece evolve, but the pressure... More

Europe 35,000 people protest racism in Dresden ahead of polls Around 35,000 people marched against hate and racism in the eastern German of city Dresden on Saturday, organizers said, a week before state elections when far-right party... More
History 2,500-year-old post office found in Turkey's Amasya Archaeologists have discovered a 2,500-year-old post office from the Persian civilization during excavations at the Oluz Höyük settlement mound in the village of Toklucak... More
Health US reports first death in vaping-related illness A person in the U.S. state of Illinois has died amid a wave of e-cigarette-related lung illnesses, US health authorities said Friday. Authorities cautioned that they have... More
Science NASA launches investigation after astronaut accused of committing first space crime American space agency NASA has launched an investigation into one of its astronauts who claimed to be responsible for the first crime committed in space, media reports said... More
Syrian Crisis ‘Turkey remains committed to open-door policy’ Turkish government rejects the allegation that Syrian refugees face deportation in Turkey, wrote Turkey's presidential communications director in a recent article published... More
History Ancient ram-headed tombstone discovered in northwestern Turkey A Turkish historian in northwestern Bursa province has discovered a hundreds of years old tombstone bearing a ram-head figure, which is an important symbolic figure in the... More
Arts Turkic world meets at Chingiz Aitmatov Monument The Chingiz Aitmatov Monument in Kyrgyzstan stands out as a place that brings together thousands of people from the Turkic world. The monument, in the foothills of the Tian... More
World G7 summit to be 'a difficult test of unity,' Tusk says The summit of G7 nations opening on Saturday will be "a difficult test of unity and solidarity" after a year during which leaders of the rich nations have found it hard to... More
War On Terror Losing son to PKK, mother takes on HDP Seventy-year-old Hacire Akar, who claims her son was abducted by the PKK, carried out a sit-in protest in front of the pro-PKK Peoples' Democratic Party provincial headquarters More
War On Terror Turkey launches Operation Claw-3 in northern Iraq Turkey officially launched Operation Claw-3 in northern Iraq on Friday against the PKK terrorist group, the Defense Ministry announced Saturday. "Operation Claw-3 is being... More
Science Russian capsule carrying humanoid fails space station docking A Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has failed to dock as planned with the International Space Station. A statement from the Russian space agency Roscosmos... More
Europe Over 45,000 refugees entered Europe in 2019, UN says A total of 45,505 irregular migrants and refugees reached Europe by sea since the beginning of 2019, the UN migration agency said Friday. Of that figure, 859 died at sea,... More
Politics Work done to enhance presidential system: Erdoğan President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged to strengthen and address the aspects that need to be improved about the presidential system at the 18th anniversary ceremony of the... More
Business Dow ends down 2.4% on escalating US-China trade war Wall Street stocks tanked Friday after President Donald Trump vowed a tough response to new Chinese tariffs, escalating the trade war amid rising fears of recession. At... More
Economy Trade war deteriorates as Trump increases tariffs The United States and China exchanged blows Friday as each side increased punitive tariffs on the other, intensifying a trade war that is threatening to engulf the global... More
Diplomacy 'Turkey's presence in E. Med. in line with int'l law' Turkey's drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean basin are completely legal, an official from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) said. "Turkey's... More

Columns

Italy quo vadis? Emre Gönen Italian politics are in turmoil. One could even say they are a mess. The rather disparate coalition of political... More

PKK political manipulation for terrorism ends now İhsan Aktaş In the Cold War era, Bulgaria was almost as important as Russia with respect to intelligence. How could it not... More

Liberal delusions about ethno-terrorism in Turkey Burhanettin Duran The public debate over the dismissal of three mayors rages on in Turkey. Observers concentrate on the various legal... More

The brutality of the Assad regime remains unchanged Kılıç Buğra Kanat Six years ago this week the Bashar Assad regime used chemical weapons against civilians in Ghouta. More than 1,400... More

Global concerns and currency wars Kerem Alkin Saudi Arabia's oil and gas exports exceeded $190 billion and made up 65% of the country's $295 billion exports... More

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Opinion

Strained South Korea-Japan relations and Turkey's role Muhammet Ali Güler The relationship between South Korea and Japan was normalized in 1965 with the signing of the Treaty on Basic Relations... More

The Turkish diaspora in Bulgaria Ali Bektaş Around 350,000 ethnic Turks were forced to flee from Bulgaria because of the communist regime and its leader Todor... More

Palestine 101: Kushner lacks even most basic knowledge Najla M. Shahwan If Kushner had known the history of the Palestinians and had seriously studied their struggle and resistance, he... More

Tunisia heads to polls as Arab countries face anti-democratic crackdowns Ali Abo Rezeg At least five prominent names have already decided to run in the upcoming presidential race in Tunisia after the... More

Al-Aqsa caught between Israeli aggression and Arab negligence Baraah Darazi Fifty years after the burning of Al-Aqsa Mosque, an escalating Israeli policy of targeting the mosque has been... More

Saudis' nuclear endeavors benefit from US loopholes Tiffany Renner In February 2019, the House Oversight Committee released a report, prepared for Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, revealing... More

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