Tag: news from turkey

Turkey is the secret jewel of Europe. This is well known for those who live there. Many people, especially outside of Europe, aren’t familiar with Turkey. For some, discovery of ...

Refuting critics both inside and outside Turkey, Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdoğan has said a new bill on the Internet will not lead to censorship and the restriction of freedom, but rather ...

Deputy PM Babacan says 9.9 percent unemployment rate is in line with 2014 targets. Turkey's Central Bank's policy decisions have helped to calm down the volatility of markets and encourage ...

The 50th edition of the Presidential Tour of Cycling, or Tour of Turkey, will be run between April 27 and May 4, as the route and calendar were announced yesterday.  ...

Freedom House released its 2014 report, where Turkey is shown as "partly free," but political analysts think "the report is unfair." The Freedom House report of political and civil liberties in Turkey is ...

Popular televised series produced and aired by Gülen-affiliated TV channel showered with criticism over its exploitation of Prophet Muhammad for its own benefit. The Gülen Movement is blatantly using religious ...

President Abdullah Gül used the Feb. 12 ceremony for the opening of a new metro line in Ankara as an opportunity to deliver a message of “unity for the sake of the ...

After reports that voters will be manipulated not to vote for AK Party in the upcoming local elections, the AK Party took a number of measures against interference, including assigning 800,000 AK ...

Says bill was passed to clamp down on privacy violations, not to crackdown on freedom of speech. Turkey's European Union minister has told senior EU officials that an internet bill was passed ...

After almost four years of stalemate due to the deadly May 2010 Mavi Marmara incident, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday  that the Turkish-Israeli relationship is closer to normalization than ever. Stressing ...