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Turkish PM downplays Europe’s ‘red line’ on press freedom after detentions Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has downplayed Europe’s “red line” on press freedom and rejected remarks by the head of the European Parliament over the detention of the top staff of daily Cumhuriyet on terror charges.

Turkey’s leaning minaret rivals Tower of Pisa  The angle of an 11th century mosque minaret near the eastern Turkish province of Elazığ has drawn comparisons to Pisa’s famous leaning tower.

Parrot trapped in shuttered news agency in Turkey  A parrot has been left trapped in a news agency that was shut down over its alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Agency (PKK) after Turkish authorities shuttered the office even though the bird remained inside.

• Turkish chief of staff Akar visits Russia 

  Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar is currently visiting Russia for talks on military cooperation and regional issues, the Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement on Nov. 1.
  

• Turkey deploys tanks to Silopi across from Iraq

  Turkish Armed Forces have begun deploying tanks and other armored vehicles from the Ankara-based 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade to Silopi in Şırnak near the border with Iraq, Anadolu Agency reported Nov. 1, three days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country would reinforce its troops along its border. 
  

• Main opposition CHP head urges party to resist ‘provocations’

  Attacks targeting the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will increase and the party must be careful to resist “provocations,” CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, after a senior party official was shot in the leg on Oct. 29. 
  

• Trustee appointed to Diyarbakır municipality

  A trustee was appointed to Diyarbakır Municipality on Nov. 1 after the arrests of the city’s mayors, Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
  

• AKP to work on limited measure to reinstate death penalty in Turkey

  The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said it is working on reinstating a limited version of capital punishment, which will not be applied retroactively, as the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has expressed its readiness to support any move to this end. 
  

• Cumhuriyet journalists ‘acted with Gülenists,’ claims prosecutor

  Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, which saw a wave of detentions targeting executives and columnists early on Oct. 31, has published reports aimed at “stirring public disorder in line with the aims of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ),” according to the probe’s prosecutor.
  

• MHP ‘ready’ to reinstate capital punishment if Turkish government is willing

  The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has voiced its support for reinstating capital punishment, if the Justice and Development Party (AKP) puts forward a constitutional amendment. 
  

• Turkish chief of staff Akar visits Russia 

  Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar is currently visiting Russia for talks on military cooperation and regional issues, the Turkish Armed Forces said in a written statement on Nov. 1.
  

• Turkey deploys tanks to Silopi across from Iraq

  Turkish Armed Forces have begun deploying tanks and other armored vehicles from the Ankara-based 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade to Silopi in Şırnak near the border with Iraq, Anadolu Agency reported Nov. 1, three days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country would reinforce its troops along its border. 
  

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Turkey’s lenders slashing interest rates one by one  Turkey’s leading lenders have announced interest rate cuts in loans one-by-one, as the government calls for banks accordingly to “boost economic activity,” ahead of a key meeting between Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and top bank representatives late on Nov. 1.  Comment(s)11/1/2016

Gülen movement set up ‘resembles organized crime network,’ says US official A senior U.S. State Department official on Oct. 31 said the movement of Pennsylvania-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen has a set up that resembles an organized criminal network, which makes it not a “benign religious movement.” Comment(s)11/1/2016

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MIDEAST Turkish army says Syrian rebels’ advance hampered by jihadists’ resistance ANKARA The advance of Ankara-backed Syrian rebels was hampered due to resistance by jihadists in northern Syria, the Turkish army said in a statement on Nov. 1. Comment(s) 11/1/2016

RIGHTS US, Europe criticize Turkey over Cumhuriyet raids, detentions ISTANBUL The detention of executives and columnists from the critical daily Cumhuriyet newspaper has been criticized by officials from the United States and Europe, with the U.S. State Department saying it supports Turkey’s efforts to locate those responsible for the attempted coup, but was deeply concerned by the continuing pressure on the news media. Comment(s) 11/1/2016

Six women in illegal abortion cases in Cyprus confirmed to be from Turkey  KYRENIA A Turkish woman buried her full-term fetus in a plot in Northern Cyprus, a prosecutor has revealed during a court hearing in Girne, in a case in which a total of 10 women, including six Turkish citizens, are suspected of illegally aborting fetuses over five months old, daily Habertürk reported on Nov. 1. Comment(s) 11/1/2016

11/1/2016Turkey’s exports fall 4.6 percent in October amid neighborhood problems, decline in export prices

11/1/2016Turkey’s hoteliers warn of oversupply in Istanbul amid $1.3 billion in new hotel investments

11/1/2016Turkey’s Limak, VTB Capital and Flughafen Zuerich to jointly bid for Sofia airport

10/31/2016Turkey’s state of emergency decrees are unlawful: Turkish Bar Association head

Man who kicked woman on Istanbul bus for wearing shorts released again ISTANBUL A Turkish man arrested for kicking a young woman in the face on a public bus for wearing shorts was released yet again on Nov. 1. Comment(s) 11/1/2016

Contraction in Turkey’s manufacturing eases in October ISTANBUL Turkey’s Purchasing Manufacturing Index (PMI) saw a near-stabilization of business conditions in the Turkish manufacturing sector in October as a result of contributions from exports, as well as an increase in new orders and output.  Comment(s) 11/1/2016

Pentagon says Raqqa operation to begin in weeks WASHINGTON A U.S.-led coalition fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) plans to launch operations within weeks to isolate the Syrian city of Raqqa as an offensive in Iraq’s Mosul continues, Washington said hours after Ankara said the Raqqa operation should start after the end of the Mosul and Turkey’s Euphrates Shield operations in northern Syria.  Comment(s) 11/1/2016

MPs protest former Turkish chief of staff’s coup commission no-show Umut Erdem – ANKARA Political parties at the Turkish Parliament have criticized former Chief of General Staff Necdet Özel’s decision to not give a verbal testimony at the parliamentary commission investigating the failed July 15 coup attempt.  Comment(s) 11/1/2016

Can Dündar, Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay blast Cumhuriyet raids, detentions ISTANBUL Authors Can Dündar and Aslı Erdoğan and linguist Necmiye Alpay have slammed the detention of executives and columnists from the critical daily newspaper Cumhuriyet. Dündar, who until recently was Cumhuriyet’s editor-in-chief, said Europe had to decide whether to take a principled stand over the situation in Turkey. Comment(s) 11/1/2016

Legal fight continues over ownership of ‘Sultanahmet köfte’ despite ruling ISTANBUL A company which was declared last week to be the true owner of the Sultanahmet Köfte (meatball) brand has asked a rival company to remove signboards with the name of Sultanahmet Köfte from its 200 branches around the company. Comment(s) 11/1/2016

Turkey’s Arçelik completes acquisition of Pakistan’s home appliance maker ISTANBUL Arçelik, Turkey’s leading home appliance technologies manufacturer, has finalized the acquisition of Dawlance Pakistan for $243.2 million, it announced in a written statement on Nov. 1. Comment(s) 11/1/2016

OPINION - all the columnists »

• Will Istanbul’s historic restaurant rise from its ashes again? 

  
  

  GİLA BENMAYOR writes:

  One of Istanbul’s iconic names, the 115-year-old famous Pandeli Restaurant situated in the Spice Bazaar has been closed for the last three months.

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Stronger collaboration for greater energy access in Asia Pacific

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  Dr. Shamshad Akhtar writes:

  The emergence of new ideas, technological advancements and innovative market-driven financing solutions has lent confidence to the idea that universal access to energy services is attainable. 

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Reinstating the death penalty: The mother of all mistakes

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes:

  President Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks on Oct. 29, in which he said reinstating the death penalty could be on parliament’s agenda “soon,” rekindled debates about the quality of democracy in Turkey and also put the country’s position in further jeopardy vis-a-vis European institutions.

  Comment(s)10/31/2016

• More Turkish journalists in jail, and not just that…

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes:

  Journalists in Turkey started the week with the early bird news on Oct. 31 that yet another colleague had been taken into police custody after a raid on his house.

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Russia wants limited Turkish military action in Syria

  
  

  BARÇIN YİNANÇ writes:

  “We never believed it was the decision of the president to shoot down the plane. We know that outside forces were involved with that decision,” said Leonid Reshetnikov, the head of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS).

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Visible facts and real facts in Turkish-US relations

  
  

  TOLGA TANIŞ writes:

  When Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ visited Washington, he made a very good comment on the Gülen community in a meeting at SETA. 

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• A Turkish Basiji in the making?

  
  

  NEVŞİN MENGÜ writes:

  According to OECD data, nearly 19 percent of Turkish youth are unemployed. Some 13.3 percent of men aged 15-19, 18.3 percent of men aged 20-24 and 47.6 percent of women aged 20-24 are unemployed, not getting training and not getting an education.

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Turkey and the fog of war in Syria

  
  

  SEMİH İDİZ writes:

  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is confident that the Turkish military and its allies in Syria have the capacity to take the town of Al Bab - a stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) - and move on to Manbij to expel fighters attached to the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Will Istanbul’s historic restaurant rise from its ashes again? 

  
  

  GİLA BENMAYOR writes:

  One of Istanbul’s iconic names, the 115-year-old famous Pandeli Restaurant situated in the Spice Bazaar has been closed for the last three months.

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Stronger collaboration for greater energy access in Asia Pacific

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  Dr. Shamshad Akhtar writes:

  The emergence of new ideas, technological advancements and innovative market-driven financing solutions has lent confidence to the idea that universal access to energy services is attainable. 

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Reinstating the death penalty: The mother of all mistakes

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes:

  President Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks on Oct. 29, in which he said reinstating the death penalty could be on parliament’s agenda “soon,” rekindled debates about the quality of democracy in Turkey and also put the country’s position in further jeopardy vis-a-vis European institutions.

  Comment(s)10/31/2016

• More Turkish journalists in jail, and not just that…

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes:

  Journalists in Turkey started the week with the early bird news on Oct. 31 that yet another colleague had been taken into police custody after a raid on his house.

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Russia wants limited Turkish military action in Syria

  
  

  BARÇIN YİNANÇ writes:

  “We never believed it was the decision of the president to shoot down the plane. We know that outside forces were involved with that decision,” said Leonid Reshetnikov, the head of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS).

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

• Visible facts and real facts in Turkish-US relations

  
  

  TOLGA TANIŞ writes:

  When Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ visited Washington, he made a very good comment on the Gülen community in a meeting at SETA. 

  Comment(s)11/1/2016

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• Turkish police detain chief editor, columnists, executives of daily Cumhuriyet
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• More Turkish journalists in jail, and not just that…
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• Visible facts and real facts in Turkish-US relations
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• Rize’s local poet named a ‘living human treasure’ 

  Osman Efendioğlu, a local poet living in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Rize, has been selected as a Living Human Treasure by UNESCO. 
  

• Photo-artist helps create bridges in İzmir’s poor district

  Istanbul-based internationally acclaimed photographer Serra Akcan is spending a month as İzmir’s artist-in-residence to look at İzmir through her lens and help children in İzmir’s impoverished Agora develop their own outlook
  

• AKM to be replaced with new opera building 

  Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı reveals that Istanbul will receive a new opera building in the place of the Atatürk Culture Center (AKM) in Taksim, saying ‘the AKM has completed its life’
  

• ‘Sour Apples’: Another notch in Yılmaz Erdoğan’s strong filmography 

  In his latest ‘Ekşi Elmalar,’ Yılmaz Erdoğan goes back to the period and setting of his first movie, ‘Vizontele,’ southeast Turkey in 1970s
  

• Serious Seven

  The idea is simple: You ate a lot, now give back!
  

• Fener finds courage in 5-0 win 

  Istanbul’s Fenerbahçe found some relief in a stunning 5-0 win against a strong Kardemir Karabükspor on Oct. 30 at home, following a historically bad start to the Turkish league. 
  

• Beşiktaş out to overtake lead in CL group

  Turkish champion Beşiktaş will go top of Group B if it follows up a 3-2 away win over Napoli with a home win over the Italian side at its new stadium, where they have won 13 of their past 14 league fixtures. 
  

• Rize’s local poet named a ‘living human treasure’ 

  Osman Efendioğlu, a local poet living in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Rize, has been selected as a Living Human Treasure by UNESCO. 
  

• Photo-artist helps create bridges in İzmir’s poor district

  Istanbul-based internationally acclaimed photographer Serra Akcan is spending a month as İzmir’s artist-in-residence to look at İzmir through her lens and help children in İzmir’s impoverished Agora develop their own outlook
  

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Başakşehir storms Akhisar to remain at summit of Turkish Super League Istanbul underdog Medipol Başakşehir thrashed Akhisar Belediyespor 5-1 at home on Oct. 30 to remain atop the Turkish Spor Toto Super League, as its closest rival Beşiktaş dropped two points against Gençlerbirliği in Ankara. Comment(s)10/30/2016

‘King’s Daughter’ in Yozgat to open to tourism  The Basilica Therma, a Roman-era bath in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat’s Sarıkaya district, known as the “King’s Daughter” among locals, is set to open to tourism within a few years once excavations have ended. Comment(s)10/29/2016

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Man who kicked woman on Istanbul bus for wearing shorts released again

Turkish PM downplays Europe’s ‘red line’ on press freedom after detentions

Cumhuriyet journalists ‘acted with Gülenists,’ claims prosecutor

Turkey’s leaning minaret rivals Tower of Pisa

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Main opposition CHP head urges party to resist ‘provocations’ Attacks targeting the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will increase and the party must be careful to resist “provocations,” CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, after a senior party official was shot in the leg on Oct. 29.

Trustee appointed to Diyarbakır municipality A trustee was appointed to Diyarbakır Municipality on Nov. 1 after the arrests of the city’s mayors, Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Empowered Girls, Empowered Future: UN holds key conference in Istanbul

Turkey’s hoteliers warn of oversupply in Istanbul amid $1.3 billion in new hotel investments

Turkey’s Limak, VTB Capital and Flughafen Zuerich to jointly bid for Sofia airport

Japan’s Kansai Paint acquires 50 pct stake in Turkey’s Polisan Boya for $113 mln

Receivable restructuring applications hit record high levels: Finance minister

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Contraction in Turkey’s manufacturing eases in October Turkey’s Purchasing Manufacturing Index (PMI) saw a near-stabilization of business conditions in the Turkish manufacturing sector in October as a result of contributions from exports, as well as an increase in new orders and output.

Turkey’s Arçelik completes acquisition of Pakistan’s home appliance maker Arçelik, Turkey’s leading home appliance technologies manufacturer, has finalized the acquisition of Dawlance Pakistan for $243.2 million, it announced in a written statement on Nov. 1.

Lindsay Lohan visits refugee camp in Turkey's Gaziantep

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Turkey deploys tanks to Silopi across from Iraq Turkish Armed Forces have begun deploying tanks and other armored vehicles from the Ankara-based 28th Mechanized Infantry Brigade to Silopi in Şırnak near the border with Iraq, Anadolu Agency reported Nov. 1, three days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country would reinforce its troops along its border.

Six women in illegal abortion cases in Cyprus confirmed to be from Turkey  A Turkish woman buried her full-term fetus in a plot in Northern Cyprus, a prosecutor has revealed during a court hearing in Girne, in a case in which a total of 10 women, including six Turkish citizens, are suspected of illegally aborting fetuses over five months old, daily Habertürk reported on Nov. 1.