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Friday, August 17, 2018

Investigations Cyber attack spreads terror propaganda via SMS to 4.5M in Turkey Over 4.5 million of Turkish citizens in the southern Mersin province have been subjected to terror propaganda via text messages from the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality's... More
Europe 4.6M people take part in EU-wide poll on daylight saving time An EU-wide online poll on whether to preserve daylight saving time got 4.6 million responses before it closed late Thursday, the European Commission said Friday. Millions... More
Finance Treasury and Finance Ministry announces relief measures for real sector credits Turkey's Treasury and Finance Ministry announced a number of measures Friday to support the real sector and its loans, saying that credit channels will be kept open, and elasticity... More
Asia Pacific China fires regional officials over growing vaccine scandal China's Communist Party has sacked a dozen provincial and local officials and vowed to punish a pharmaceutical firm over a vaccine scandal that inflamed public fears over... More
Economy Turkey's external assets at $224.7B in June, Central Bank says Turkey's external assets totaled $224.7 billion as of June this year, down 3.5 percent from the end of 2017, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced Friday. The... More
Asia Pacific Death toll in floods hitting India's Kerala hits 164, hundreds of thousands displaced The worst floods in a century in the southern Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than 200,000 into relief camps, officials said on Friday, with... More
Economy 'Turkey to continue responding in kind to US sanctions under WTO rules' Turkey has responded in kind to U.S. sanctions under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and will continue to do so, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said Friday. Turkey's... More
Tech Apple reassures customers after Australia teen breaches secure network A schoolboy who "dreamed" of working for Apple hacked the firm's computer systems, Australian media has reported, although the tech giant said Friday no customer data was... More
Defense F-35 Joint Program says will continue with all partners F-35 Joint Program Office announced Thursday it would continue to execute current program plans with all partners including Turkey and to abide by any future policy guidelines. "The... More
Economy Fiscal discipline, free market rules permanent guidelines for Turkish economy Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak emphasized that Turkey will continue diversifying its investment portfolio while maintaining a tight fiscal policy and ensuring concordance with free market economy More
Diplomacy 'Problems cannot be solved with US' current approach' Turkey and the United States can easily overcome their problems but not with Washington's current approach, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Thursday. Speaking at... More

Europe Germany reaches deal with Greece on migrants Germany has reached an agreement with Greece to send back migrants to the Mediterranean country if they have already applied for asylum there, a German Interior Ministry spokeswoman... More
Asia Pacific 'China military likely training for strikes against US' China's military has expanded its bomber operations in recent years while "likely training for strikes" against the United States and its allies, a Pentagon report released... More
Politics US and Turkey to start training for joint patrols in Syria’s Manbij next week United States service members and Turkish forces are set to begin their joint patrol training within the next three days near the city of Manbij in Syria, U.S. broadcaster... More
Business Ankara municipality boycotts US food brands, stops issuing licenses Boycotts against the United States continue across Turkey as the Keçiören Municipality in Ankara made a unanimous decision to stop issuing business licenses to any American... More
Diplomacy Defense Minister Akar, intelligence chief visit Moscow to discuss Syria Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, accompanied by National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Chief Hakan Fidan, visited Moscow Friday to discuss Syria and other cooperation... More
Diplomacy Former US ambassador to Ankara appointed as Trump’s special Syria envoy Former United States Ambassador to Turkey James F. Jeffrey was appointed as Washington's Special Representative for Syria Engagement in a swearing-in-ceremony on Friday at... More
Football Beşiktaş advances to Europa League group stage playoffs Istanbul's Beşiktaş on Thursday advanced to Europa League group stage playoffs after having eliminated LASK Linz of Austria on away goals. LASK Linz defeated the Istanbul... More
Football Gündoğan unlike Özil wants to keep playing for German national team Ilkay Gündoğan has said he wants to keep playing for Germany and not follow Mesut Özil into retirement, despite the furore over their pre-World Cup meeting with President... More
History Fossils including 8.5 million year old rhino skull excavated in central Turkey’s Çankırı Over 140 fossils, including a rhino skull believed to be over 8.5 million years old, have been discovered during an excavation in central Turkey's Çankırı. In this year's... More
Economy More sanctions ready over Brunson: US Treasury Sect. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that Washington has more sanctions ready if Turkey refuses to release terror-linked pastor Andrew Brunson, according to... More
Americas 'We're not enemies of the people' Newspapers from Maine to Hawaii pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on "fake news" with a coordinated series of editorials in defense of a free press... More

In fact, Turks are deeply disappointed with Trump İlnur Çevik The crisis we face in U.S.-Turkish relations has turned into a war of attrition, where some members of the U.S... More

Will Ankara-Washington tensions keep rising? Nagehan Alçı It would be misleading to assume that Turkey-U.S. relations have been facing the lowest point in their history... More

Trump unifies an economic front against the US Hilal Kaplan Turkey will head toward establishing closer political and commercial cooperation with its neighbors, especially... More

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U.S.' miscalculated plan for using hard power Markar Esayan The already tense relations between Turkey and the U.S. hit a new low over the detention and trial of pastor Andrew... More

Preserving Turkey-US alliance serves Washington's interests Khalid Al Jaber The decades-old Turkey-U.S. strategic alliance is currently undergoing its gravest crisis since the congressional... More

Rise of institutional Islamophobia in the West Mushtak Parker The rise of populist politics and parties in recent years in Western democracies and in Russia, Eastern Europe... More

The relevance of Turkey's participation in the ASEAN regional forum Teoman Ertuğrul Tulun The latest statements and press reports indicate that Turkey's relations with the Asia-Pacific region, and specifically... More

Will the EU really save Italian banks? Ahmet Akyıldız The fact that the finance market in Italy, one of Europe's heavy industry giants, is facing bankruptcy risk is... More

Recalling the Spirit of August Syrus Sajjad Qazi Today, millions of Pakistanis all over the world are celebrating the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan. This day... More

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Women harvest, dry hot red peppers under scorching Şanlıurfa sun to make signature Turkish spice

02 August 2018, Thursday Women harvest, dry hot red peppers under scorching Şanlıurfa sun to make signature Turkish spice VIEW ALL

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