Tag: Turkey News

Turkey Steps Up Counterterrorism with 17 Daesh Arrests in Ankara In a significant counterterrorism operation, Turkish authorities arrested 17 individuals allegedly involved with Daesh’s network in Ankara. The arrests follow ...

Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Integration or Increasing Tensions? Overview of Syrian Refugees in Turkey Turkey has hosted millions of Syrian refugees since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in ...

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.  ...

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 ...

Says bill was passed to clamp down on privacy violations, not to crackdown on freedom of speech. Museums in Turkey were visited by nearly 30 million people in 2013, according to ...

Russia’s 15-year-old Julia Lipnitskaia will face a formidable Japanese rival in her path to the title on home ice when she goes up against two-time world champion Mao Asada, the ...