Turkey
Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkey’s trial of journalists
Media Freedom
February 23, 2018
Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkey’s trial of journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), repeated its condemnation of the trial of 29 journalists and media workers that is expected to…
Journalists in State of Emergency – 122
Editor's Choice
February 23, 2018
Journalists in State of Emergency – 122
Çetin Kurşun, a reporter for the shuttered Kurdish-language newspaper Azadiya Welat, was imprisoned pending trial on February 21, 2018, on the charge…
Seventeen Turkish citizens, who escaped from persecution of Erdoğan regime, seek sanctuary in Greece
Turkey
February 22, 2018
Seventeen Turkish citizens, who escaped from persecution of Erdoğan regime, seek sanctuary in Greece
Seventeen Turkish nationals, including six children, have requested asylum in Greece after crossing over from Turkey, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has…
No permit yet for Gazprom’s TurkStream land pipeline – Reuters
Economy
February 22, 2018
No permit yet for Gazprom’s TurkStream land pipeline – Reuters
Turkey has yet to issue a permit for Russia’s Gazprom (GAZP.MM) to start building the land-based part of the TurkStream…
[OPINION] Erdoğan saves jihadist network: the Vasat terror group in Turkey
Editor's Choice
February 21, 2018
[OPINION] Erdoğan saves jihadist network: the Vasat terror group in Turkey
One of the most devastating impacts the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has inflicted on the national security…
Erdoğan: Turkey foiled Syrian move into Afrin after Putin talks
Turkey
February 21, 2018
Erdoğan: Turkey foiled Syrian move into Afrin after Putin talks
Turkey thwarted a possible deployment of Syrian government troops into the northwest Afrin region after talks with Russian President Vladimir…
Russia and Turkey in “marriage of convenience”
World
February 21, 2018
Russia and Turkey in “marriage of convenience”
Russia and Turkey have drawn closer in recent years, in part due to converging mutual interests in the ongoing Syrian…
[OPINION] Turkish small and medium business: A valuable lesson for Ukraine
Editor's Choice
February 21, 2018
[OPINION] Turkish small and medium business: A valuable lesson for Ukraine
When people describe the business in Turkey, they usually laud its small and medium business. Definitely, about 96% of all…
Ukraine’s agri-food exports to EU increase to EUR 5.52 bln in 2017
Business
February 21, 2018
Ukraine’s agri-food exports to EU increase to EUR 5.52 bln in 2017
The value of Ukraine’s agri-food exports to the European Union increased by 27%, or EUR 1.2 billion, to EUR 5.52…
“It was so cold, it felt like an arrow through my heart”
Editor's Choice
February 20, 2018
“It was so cold, it felt like an arrow through my heart”
Fatih Yasar is the survivor of the tragedy on Evros River. He prays every day for the three children and…