Tag: Turkey

Egypt's President Morsi has ordered the military to maintain security and protect state institutions in the run-up to a referendum on the constitution. The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says ...

Works have been initiated to bring the healing thermal water of Muğla’s İçmeler district into the tourism sector. The water is believed to cure some women’s diseases as well as ...

President Abdullah Gül defended on Dec. 7 his approval of the controversial bill redrawing the boundaries of municipalities, which had angered opposition parties. Stressing that he examined the bill in ...

Turkey intends to store up to 15 percent of the gas used in the country in underground storage facilities in the future. In this regard the country plans to increase ...

Even the country's prime minister thinks the show maligns Suleiman the Magnificent, and it could lead to a law banning misrepresentation of historical figures. Age: He was born in 1494 and ...

The number of “Psittacula” ringed-necked parakeets is increasing every day in Istanbul. The parakeets, which were first brought to Istanbul by animal sellers and are said to have settled in the city ...

Celebrating global Human Rights Day, the Hürriyet Daily News takes a look at human rights violations in recent history with a brief journey through Turkish cinema. Hunger strikes, political prisoners, ...

Allegations by Afghanistan's president that the recent suicide attack on the country’s spy chief was planned in neighboring Pakistan have raised bilateral tensions before key talks between the presidents of ...

Turkish Culture Minister Gunay introduced a ceramic mosaic of the mythic poet Orpheus. Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay introduced a ceramic mosaic of the mythic poet Orpheus brought ...

The Turkish provinces with relatively sufficient income when compared with the are limited to 14, while some 40 other are facing a ‘middle income trap,’ which refers to incapability to ...