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• Beşiktaş says embattled Bilic staying for now

  Turkish top flight football side Beşiktaş on May 16 rejected reports that it was planning to replace Croatian manager Slaven Bilic after a string of poor results.
  

• Inside Iran on eve of nuclear deal

  Ahead of the June 30 deadline for a nuclear deal with world powers, daily Hürriyet has delved into the heart of Turkey's neighbor Iran to explore a country at a crossroads.
  

• Turkey says it shoots down regime helicopter, Syria TV reports it was drone

  Turkey has announced that Turkish jets on May 16 shot down a Syrian helicopter violating its airspace, while Syrian state TV reported that it was a surveillance drone that was.
  

• Turkey’s Erdoğan slams Mursi death sentence as return to 'ancient Egypt'

  Turkish President Erdoğan has slammed the death penalty issued for former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi, likening the country to 'ancient Egypt' while criticizing the Western stance over the coup. Turkey's main opposition leader, on the other hand, called on Cairo to stop 'political executions'
  

• Dutch traveler 'escapes sexual assault' in western Turkey

  A Dutch traveler has said that she escaped an attempted sexual assault in western Turkey, breaking her arm.
  

• Istanbul's main airport improves traffic record

  Atatürk Airport in Istanbul broke its air traffic record on May 14 when a total of 1,375 planes took off and landed.
  

• Turkey arrests ex-top policeman in eavesdropping case

  Turkey has placed under arrest the powerful former police chief of the southeastern city of Diyarbakır and nine others as part of a case into eavesdropping of top officials.
  

• Beşiktaş says embattled Bilic staying for now

  Turkish top flight football side Beşiktaş on May 16 rejected reports that it was planning to replace Croatian manager Slaven Bilic after a string of poor results.
  

• Inside Iran on eve of nuclear deal

  Ahead of the June 30 deadline for a nuclear deal with world powers, daily Hürriyet has delved into the heart of Turkey's neighbor Iran to explore a country at a crossroads.
  

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US special forces kill senior ISIL leader in Syria: Pentagon U.S. special operations forces have carried out a raid inside Syria, killing a man identified as a senior ISIL leader who helped direct the group's oil, gas and financial operations, the Pentagon and White House said on May 16. Comment(s) 5/16/2015

Obama seeks to reassure Gulf allies, sees no early end to Syria war U.S. President Obama has said that Washington would help Gulf allies face conventional military aggression but also get them to work more in their own defence against destabilising Iranian actions in the region.  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

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AMERICAS Boston bomber Tsarnaev sentenced to death BOSTON - Agence France-Presse A US jury sentenced 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, one of the worst assaults on American soil since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Comment(s) 5/16/2015

MURAT YETKİN CHP leader: Erdoğan has no chance for the presidential system Murat Yetkin “He has no chance left for a shift to the presidential system,” said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), while gesturing with his right hand as if he was sweeping away dust in the air Comment(s) 5/16/2015

Visa requirements lifted on Cyprus amid peace talks NICOSIA - Anadolu Agency Turks and Greeks on the divided island of Cyprus can cross to the other side from today on, thanks to the removal of visa requirements as a goodwill gesture amid ongoing negotiations over the island's future. Comment(s) 5/16/2015

5/15/2015‘Sex tape’ claims stir Turkish politics

5/15/2015Two members of Turkey’s top election body criticize Erdoğan’s role in campaigns

5/15/2015Banknotes scattered across Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport

5/15/2015Turkish PM slams main opposition’s election vows

Florida woman who fled to avoid son’s circumcision still jailed WEST PALM BEACH - Associated Press A Florida woman remains behind bars after she fled to avoid the circumcision of her son. Comment(s) 5/16/2015

Real and Olympiakos reach Euroleague final MADRID - Reuters Real Madrid and Olympiakos Piraeus reached the premier club competition's final with contrasting wins. Both semi-finals generated an electric atmosphere in Madrid's Palacio de Deportes, with several thousand frenetic Turkish fans making Fenerbahçe feel almost at home.  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

Turkish unemployment hit 11.2 percent in February period ANKARA Turkey’s unemployment rate hit 11.2 percent in the February period, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on May 15 Comment(s) 5/15/2015

Reversal of Ergenekon decision demanded by Supreme Court  ANKARA – Anadolu Agency Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals Prosecutor’s Office has demanded the reversal of the decision in the Ergenekon coup plot case from a methodological perspective, without entering into the essence of the case.  Comment(s) 5/15/2015

10 officers detained in Syria-bound intelligence trucks investigation Nurettin Kurt - ANKARA An operation was launched on May 15 in Istanbul and Ankara as a part of the investigation into the halting of Syria-bound National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks in January 2014 Comment(s) 5/15/2015

MHP: AKP and Gülen movement co-operated ISTANBUL Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) head Devlet Bahçeli has said if the Gülen movement, which Turkey’s National Security Council (MGK) deemed a threat to the nation, is a terrorist organization then the ruling AKP would need to be held accountable Comment(s) 5/15/2015

President Erdoğan defiant over right to speak on upcoming polls KIRIKKALE / ANKARA Despite rising criticism from opposition parties and a fresh reaction from two members of Turkey’s top election body, President Erdoğan insists that he will not halt public rallies ahead of the June 7 polls, in which he indirectly campaigns for his former AKP and a shift to the presidential system.  Comment(s) 5/15/2015

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• Why do Turks invest so much in construction?

  
  

  GÜVEN SAK writes :

  Since the 1980s, Turkey has transformed itself from a sleepy agricultural economy to a mid-tech industrial economy

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• The moral poverty of Turkish politics

  
  

  MUSTAFA AKYOL writes :

  Last week, a new political scandal was created in passing during a “political discussion” show on A Haber TV, one of the many pro-government propaganda channels

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• MHP ‘will not back’ Erdoğan’s presidential system

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  As Turkish national anthem is sung by 4,000 people before Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli takes the podium on May 14, young men and women raise their right arms to make the “grey wolf” hand gesture - a mythological symbol of Turkish nationalism. 

  Comment(s) 5/15/2015

• CHP leader: Erdoğan has no chance for the presidential system

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  “He has no chance left for a shift to the presidential system,” said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), while gesturing with his right hand as if he was sweeping away dust in the air

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• Train-equip program has started in Turkey

  
  

  VERDA ÖZER writes :

  “The train-equip program started in Turkey. 300 Syrian rebels already arrived on May 9.” These words were uttered by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu this week

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• The AKP’s unending Kurdish peace bids

  
  

  SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ writes :

  With just a few weeks left to the general elections, the political parties, as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, have geared up their campaigns with daily public rallies and increasingly harsh accusations against each other

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• Watching these men holding our noses 

  
  

  MELİS ALPHAN writes :

  The level of politics has sunk twenty thousand leagues under the sea…

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• Long live Turkish justice 

  
  

  MEHMET Y. YILMAZ writes :

  The Turkish leg of the Deniz Feneri (Lighthouse) charity embezzlement case, which a German court defined as “the theft of the century,” had a happy ending

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• Why do Turks invest so much in construction?

  
  

  GÜVEN SAK writes :

  Since the 1980s, Turkey has transformed itself from a sleepy agricultural economy to a mid-tech industrial economy

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• The moral poverty of Turkish politics

  
  

  MUSTAFA AKYOL writes :

  Last week, a new political scandal was created in passing during a “political discussion” show on A Haber TV, one of the many pro-government propaganda channels

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• MHP ‘will not back’ Erdoğan’s presidential system

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  As Turkish national anthem is sung by 4,000 people before Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli takes the podium on May 14, young men and women raise their right arms to make the “grey wolf” hand gesture - a mythological symbol of Turkish nationalism. 

  Comment(s) 5/15/2015

• CHP leader: Erdoğan has no chance for the presidential system

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  “He has no chance left for a shift to the presidential system,” said Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), while gesturing with his right hand as if he was sweeping away dust in the air

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• Train-equip program has started in Turkey

  
  

  VERDA ÖZER writes :

  “The train-equip program started in Turkey. 300 Syrian rebels already arrived on May 9.” These words were uttered by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu this week

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

• The AKP’s unending Kurdish peace bids

  
  

  SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ writes :

  With just a few weeks left to the general elections, the political parties, as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, have geared up their campaigns with daily public rallies and increasingly harsh accusations against each other

  Comment(s) 5/16/2015

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• Blues legend B.B. King dies at 89

  Guitarist B.B. King, who took the blues from rural juke joints to the mainstream and influenced a generation of rock guitarists from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died, the Los Angeles Times reported late on May 14. He was 89. 
  

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  Molly Crabapple, an artist and writer from New York, has painted murals for the Jeel School for Syrian refugee children in southern Turkey. Here are the photos
  

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Cannes kicks off with low-key French drama, Coen brothers, ballet The Cannes Film Festival unrolled its red carpet with a socially minded French drama as the glitzy festival began May 13 on a more serious note after January’s terror attacks in Paris.

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