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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Turkey Turkish man beaten by far-right group in Belgium A Turkish man was severely beaten by a racist Dutch mob in Belgium for supporting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reports said Monday. The incident took place in Neerpelt... More
Football Valverde confirmed as new Barcelona coach Barcelona has hired former player Ernesto Valverde as its new coach. The club confirmed on Monday that the longtime Athletic Bilbao manager will replace Luis Enrique, who... More
Tourism Parade of 1,453 trucks marks Istanbul's conquest A special ceremony involving 1,453 trucks was arranged Monday near Istanbul's new airport to celebrate the 564th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul More
Turkey Yeni Akit editor-in-chief killed by son-in-law in knife attack The editor-in-chief of Turkish daily Yeni Akit, Kadir Demirel, was killed by his son-in-law in a knife attack in Istanbul's Başakşehir district. According to Habertürk... More
Business 'Who's the king?' Belgian royal family angered by Burger chain ad Burger King is in trouble with Belgium's monarchy over an advertising campaign asking Belgians to vote online to "crown" the global fast-food giant the true ruler of the country... More
Business $4 billion wiped off bitcoin’s value as price falls 20 percent The world's most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin was trading at $2,179 on Monday, losing nearly 20 percent of its value from the record of $2,791 last week. As a result... More
Life Student in PKK terror-hit eastern Turkey develops ‘bomb-detecting spy drone’ An 11-year-old middle school student in eastern Muş province, Mert Delibalta has developed a drone that can detect the location of buried explosives. The student living... More
Syrian Crisis Iran wants to deploy ‘peace force’ to observe Syria ceasefire Iran is ready to send a "peace force" to Syria to ensure the continuation of the ceasefire in the country, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Bahram Ghasemi said Monday. Speaking... More
Tourism Russia’s new passenger plane embarks on maiden flight, eyes Airbus, Boeing mid-range market share Russia carried out the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first post-Soviet foray into production of a mainline commercial aircraft... More
Syrian Crisis Russia expects China to help resolve Syrian crisis Moscow hopes for China's help in solving the Syrian crisis and restoring the country, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said Monday. "Our cooperation with China... More
MidEast Millions in Yemen suffer from hunger during Ramadan Nearly 17 million people are facing hunger in war-torn Yemen as Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan. The U.N. described the situation in the country... More

War On Terror Syria's Arab tribes join forces to retake lands from PYD terrorists A supreme council consisting of Arab tribes from different regions of Syria has decided to start a fight against the PYD, accusing the terrorist group of destroying Arabic heritage and forcing local populations to migrate in order to shift demographics in northern Syria More
War On Terror New US policy reason for PJAK's renewed attacks against Iran An attack on Saturday targeting Iranian border guards carried out by the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), the PKK's Iranian offshoot, may be a repercussion of the U.S.'s... More
Europe Greek anarchists vow to use warfare methods they learned from PYD in Syria Greek daily Eleftheros Typos claimed in a news piece that anarchists living in Athens went to areas controlled by PYD terrorists in northern Syria to "learn methods of urban... More
Arts Games and art intertwine at innovative exhibition space Digi.logue's new series 'Everything,' created by world-renowned movie producer and game programmer David O'Reilly is open to visitors at Istanbul's Zorlu Center More
Investigations Suspects dodge blame, seek to prolong trials on coup attempt Much to the chagrin of families of the victims who died in the July 15 coup attempt, defendants, mostly those caught red-handed while executing the putsch bid last year, stuck... More
Politics Supreme Military Council to be restructured as civilan-majority body Following a presidential decree on July 25, 2016, the changes made to the structure of the Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) have been made public, including the decision to... More
Football With 15th title, Beşiktaş mark many 'firsts' The Black Eagles have, for the first time, won back-to-back championships under a Turkish coach. While Şenol Güneş became the first local coach to pin a star on Beşiktaş's jersey, Club President Fikret Orman, became the first to oversee consecutive title wins since club legend Süleyman Seba More
EU Affairs Ankara says EU talks should go on by opening new chapters Addressing the media following the Cabinet meeting held yesterday at Çankaya Palace, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said that Turkey aims to enhance relations with... More
World Putin’s Russia bigger threat to global security than Daesh, US Senator McCain says U.S. Senator John McCain warned Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than Daesh terrorist group. While Daesh does terrible... More
War On Terror PKK arsenals destroyed in anti-terror operations Two major weapon arsenals used by PKK terrorists have been destroyed by ongoing anti-terror operations in eastern Turkey. According to military sources, Turkish warplanes... More
Europe Moldova's government to expel 5 Russian diplomats Moldova's government is expelling five Russian diplomats from the former Soviet republic. A spokeswoman for the Foreign and European Integration Ministry confirmed Monday... More

Columns

Is a harmonious world order possible? İbrahim Kalın We will not be able to establish political order and economic equality unless we establish the principles of harmony,... More

Explaining the July 15 coup attempt to the world Nagehan Alçı On July 15, 2016, Turkey went through the most horrendous night in its history. Istanbul, one of the most important... More

Gülenist terrorists believe they still have a chance İlnur Çevik Remaining faithful to their plan to damage the Turkish state and democracy, Gülenist terrorists believe they still... More

Turkey and Europe: Now what? Emre Gönen President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Washington and Brussels was awaited with awe and anxiety by most political... More

Terrorism cannot be eradicated with terror Ozan Ceyhun It will be too late when the EU and the U.S. realize that they undermined NATO's fight against terrorism instead... More

Markets ignore China downgrade, Merkel warns, Fed to tighten Taha Meli Arvas For those who subscribe to the "sell in May and go away" adage, now is your last chance. Monday was a bank holiday... More

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