EU and Turkey: A long-gone dream?
EMRE GÖNEN The best advice for both the EU and Turkey is that threatening each other with punitive measures has never been a good idea in international relations in […]
naturalisation row: Decision to deny citizenship to Turkish woman reversed (in Switzerland)
By swissinfo.ch and agencies October 18, 2017 9:08 PMOct 18, 2017 – 21:08 The woman was initially rejected due to her being insufficiently integrated.(Keystone) A local parliament in eastern […]
View from Turkey: Time for cautious optimism on Iraq
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik Information from Irbil shows that there is a growing pessimism and an atmosphere of dejection especially among the Barzani administration people. This is only normal because they embarked on a mission impossible by insisting on holding a referendum for independence which was not only illegal but […]
A Turkish writer’s detention sends a sombre message about Islam
Source: The Economist Mustafa Akyol’s arrest in Malaysia has been linked to his views on coercion NOT long ago, Turkey and Malaysia were often bracketed together as countries that inspired […]
Turkish military crosses the border into Syria’s Idlib to enforce de-escalation agreement
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo Turkish military units have started expeditionary activities in Syria’s Idlib in line with the de-escalation zone deal agreed by Astana parties, the Armed Forces (TSK) said in a statement Monday. The statement published on TSK’s website stated that the military elements that will take […]
US, Turkey suspend visa services amid arrested employee row
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The U.S. consulate building in Istanbul. The U.S. embassy in Ankara said Sunday that all non-immigrant visa services in its diplomatic facilities in Turkey were suspended after the arrest of one of its employees over the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) ties. A statement released by the […]
Participation Insurance (Takaful): An Alternative to Conventional Insurance
CMS Legal Turkey September 29 2017 Purpose and scope of the regulation The Regulation on the Operational Procedures and Principles of Participation Insurances’ (“Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette on 20th September 2017 and will enter into force on 20th December 2017. The regulation aims to provide a formal legal framework for participation […]
Germany redeploys anti-Isis surveillance jets to Jordan
Source: The Local Germany on Wednesday moved four Tornado jets flying surveillance missions against the Islamic State group to Jordan after withdrawing them from Turkey amid a bilateral dispute, the defence ministry said. Berlin decided in June to pull out the contingent after Ankara repeatedly denied German lawmakers the right […]
Santa Claus’s tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church
Source: The Guardian BY Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul Turkish archaeologists have dashed the hopes of millions of children by claiming to have uncovered the likely burial place of Saint Nicholas. Surveys […]
Santa Claus’ untouched grave may be beneath church in Turkey’s Antalya, archaeologist says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA File Photo Related Articles Turkey Archeologists hunt for St. Nicholas’s remains Minorities The saint who inspired Santa Claus remembered in his hometown Archaeologists […]
Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey reaches 3,208,131
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Children play at the Öncüpınar camp for Syrian refugees next to the border crossing with Syria, near Kilis in southeastern Turkey, June 20, 2016. (AP Photo) […]
‘Snowball’ wins Van cat beauty contest in eastern Turkey
DAILY SABAH WITH DOGAN NEWS AGENCY ISTANBUL AA Photo A Van Cat named Kartopu (Snowball) won this year’s feline beauty contest held in Van, eastern Turkey. In the competition […]
Opinion: Science under duress in Turkey
By Simon Jäggi This content was published on September 29, 2017 A Swiss-based researcher is one of several from all over Europe who are concerned about the unpredictable future of research freedom in Turkey. (Keystone) The tense situation in Turkey is making it increasingly difficult to conduct research there. Foreign scientists working in […]
Turkish clout in Balkans creates jitters in some European capitals
YUNUS PAKSOY @yunuspaksoy ANKARA Turkey’s development projects, soft power activities and growing economic operations in the Balkans, especially over the past 15 years, have sounded alarm bells in some European capitals as Turkish influence has led to one-sided verbal skirmishes from time to time. Ankara has sought ways to implement […]
Iraqi Kurdish independence poll: How far will Turkey go?
By AFP – Sep 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A photographer takes photos as soldiers stand next to tanks bearing Turkish and Iraqi flags during a joint military exercise near the Turkish-Iraqi border on Tuesday (AFP photo) ISTANBUL — Turkey has reacted with unbridled fury to the independence referendum in Iraq’s […]
In Turkey’s New Curriculum, Ataturk, Darwin and Jihad Get Face-Lifts
NYTimes By DAN BILEFSKYSEPT. 18, 2017 When high school students in Turkey arrive for the fall term, Charles Darwin will be conspicuously absent from biology classes. In elementary school religion classes, teachers will promote the nonviolent meaning of the word jihad — “to struggle” — as “love of homeland.” And, perhaps most significantly […]
Uproar in Turkey over removing evolution from biology class
Source: Associated Press By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY ISTANBUL (AP) — Students in Turkey are returning to school Monday where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology […]
Geneva to Turkey: Priceless Roman sarcophagus heads home after legal saga
By Simon Bradley This content was published on September 11, 2017 The three-tonne marble sarcophagus that dates from the second century AD is carved with detailed images of the 12 Labours […]
KRG’s Barzani ignores calls to postpone independence referendum
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL KRG leader Masoud Barzani attends a rally in support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Zakho, Iraq September 14, 2017. (Reuters Photo) Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani vowed Friday to go ahead with the planned independence referendum on September 25 […]
Erdoğan urges Muslims to unite against crises, challenges
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo In his address before heads of states and representatives from predominantly Muslim countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged Muslims around the world Sunday to unite […]