Tag: Turkey News

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has raised the possibility of bringing the issue of the demolition of Gezi Park to a referendum, ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Spokesperson Hüseyin ...

Turkish President Abdullah Gül dismissed necessity for a leaders’ summit over the ongoing Gezi park protests today. “All political party leaders summit might be helpful from time to time. At ...

Turkish prime minister will receive a group of students, academics and artists from Gezi Park on Wednesday. Turkish Prime Minister and Chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party Recep ...

New excavations this year are hoping to unearth traces of even earlier settlements than those previously discovered at Turkey’s well-known ancient site of Alacahöyük, which currently draws around 50,000 visitors ...

Istanbul Governor Mutlu stressed Turkish police intervened in Taksim only for cleaning, avoiding any clash. As marked by Governor of Istanbul Huseyin Avni Mutlu's remarks aimed to ease the tension, ...

Turkey’s stock market slid further on Monday after the prime minister accused banks, some of the country’s largest companies, economists and investors of encouraging the protests there so as to ...

Fourteen mentally and physically disabled children from the Bucak İsmail Şerife Care and Rehabilitation Center have formed a Janissary Band together. Bayram Keskin, the manager of the center, announced that ...

South African ex-President Nelson Mandela is spending a fourth day in a Pretoria hospital where he is being treated for a recurrent lung infection. The office of President Jacob Zuma ...

Istanbul Governor Mutlu said the reason for the police entering Taksim Square was removing the banners and photos hung over Ataturk Cultural Center via Twitter. Governor of Istanbul Huseyin Avni ...

‘((CH3)2CHCH=CH(CH2)4CONHCH2C6H3-4-(OH)-3-(OCH3))’ is read as “8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide,” the active component of chili peppers, now the unintended “new” flavoring of a great number of Istanbul’s residents. Turkish cuisine, especially the regional cookery of ...