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Protestors disrupt funeral of retired Turkish colonel who allegedly ordered torture in 1980s
April 30, 2019
Protestors disrupt funeral of retired Turkish colonel who allegedly ordered torture in 1980s
A group of Turks held a protest at the Monday funeral of retired Col. Raci Tetik, 88, the infamous Ankara…
Teacher claims Turkish Foreign Ministry protested Kurdish language course at Tokyo university
April 30, 2019
Teacher claims Turkish Foreign Ministry protested Kurdish language course at Tokyo university
Vakkas Çolak, a teacher of Kurdish language at the University of Tokyo, said the Turkish Foreign Ministry approached Japanese officials…
Turkey’s military spending increased by 24 percent in 2018: international monitor
April 30, 2019
Turkey’s military spending increased by 24 percent in 2018: international monitor
Military spending in Turkey increased by 24 percent in 2018 to $19 billion, the highest annual percentage increase among the…
Turkey seeks to buy more Iraqi oil as US cancels waivers for Iran trade: report
April 30, 2019
Turkey seeks to buy more Iraqi oil as US cancels waivers for Iran trade: report
Turkey is seeking ways to buy more oil from Iraq, already a major supplier of crude to the Middle East’s…
Turkey’s consumer confidence surges by 3.4 percent, signaling recovery from currency crisis
April 30, 2019
Turkey’s consumer confidence surges by 3.4 percent, signaling recovery from currency crisis
Turkey’s consumer confidence index rose by 3.4 percent in April, reaching 84.7 points, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said on…
Turkey’s top court to examine petitions of 10 convicted journalists
April 30, 2019
Turkey’s top court to examine petitions of 10 convicted journalists
Turkey’s Constitutional Court will on Thursday review the petitions of 10 journalists who were jailed in the aftermath of a…
Criminal complaint filed against British speaker who likened Atatürk to the devil
April 30, 2019
Criminal complaint filed against British speaker who likened Atatürk to the devil
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, a British Muslim convert of Greek heritage…
Israel afraid of Turkey due to religious high school graduate administrators, says Erdoğan’s son
April 30, 2019
Israel afraid of Turkey due to religious high school graduate administrators, says Erdoğan’s son
Bilal Erdoğan, a son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said Israel is afraid of Turkey because Turkey is…
2 years on, Wikipedia still remains blocked in Turkey
April 30, 2019
2 years on, Wikipedia still remains blocked in Turkey
April 29 marked the second anniversary of a ban imposed by Turkish authorities on access to popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia,…
In Turkey, Syrian refugees no longer welcomed as economy teeters
April 28, 2019
In Turkey, Syrian refugees no longer welcomed as economy teeters
Media reports reveal that as Turkey’s economy gets worse and affects Turkish people’s purchasing power, the attitude toward the Syrian…