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Former head of Turkey’s top science body detained The former head of Turkey’s top science body and two of its employees were detained on April 14 for hiring an employee with a fake diploma

VIDEO: Satirical game on Cyprus negotiations ‘irk Greek Cypriots’ A Turkish Cypriot man has turned the U.N.-led Cyprus negotiations into a satirical video game

Turkish PM Davutoğlu changes venue of first election rally The recent clash between Turkey’s security forces and the PKK has apparently forced a change in the PM's schedule

• Face transplant patient in Turkey set to become father

  A man who made history by becoming the fifth Turk to undergo a face transplant will soon become a father, according to reports. Recep Sert received his new face in 2013 from 42-year-old Andrzej Kucza, a Polish tourist.
  

• Erdoğan warns Pope Francis not to repeat ‘mistake’ about Armenian claims

  Turkish President Erdoğan has condemned Pope Francis, warning him to not repeat the 'mistake' of describing the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians as 'genocide.'
  

• Turkey's main opposition CHP points to intel failure in Ağrı incident

  A delegation from the main opposition CHP, which went to Turkey’s eastern province of Ağrı to investigate the recent deadly clash between security forces and outlawed PKK militants, has found that an 'information flaw and an intelligence failure' were the main factors that led to the clash.
  

• Top judicial body probes judiciary members affiliated with pro-Gülen ‘terror organization’

  Justice minister has announced that the country’s top judicial body has decided to investigate judges and prosecutors who allegedly formed a “parallel power” within the judiciary as an extension of the "Pro-Fetullah Terror Organization”
  

• Protest marks ground breaking ceremony for Turkey’s first nuclear power plant

  A group of protesters have locked the attendees of the ground breaking ceremony for Turkey’s first nuclear power plant to protest the construction of the plant in the southern province of Mersin.
  

• Turkey's main opposition party blames ruling AKP for 'genocide defeat'

  The reason for the growing international tendency to recognize the mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide is the Sunni Islamist policy pursued by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a senior main opposition party leader has claimed. 
  

• IN PHOTOS: Turkish officers provide training for Iraq's Sunni, Turkmen fighters

  Turkish officers are participating in the training of 800 Sunni and Turkmen fighters in a camp north of Iraq's Mosul on the eve of a planned military assault to retake the area from ISIL.
  

• Face transplant patient in Turkey set to become father

  A man who made history by becoming the fifth Turk to undergo a face transplant will soon become a father, according to reports. Recep Sert received his new face in 2013 from 42-year-old Andrzej Kucza, a Polish tourist.
  

• Erdoğan warns Pope Francis not to repeat ‘mistake’ about Armenian claims

  Turkish President Erdoğan has condemned Pope Francis, warning him to not repeat the 'mistake' of describing the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians as 'genocide.'
  

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Two people killed, five injured in Istanbul gunfight Two people died and five others were injured in a gunfight between two rival groups in Istanbul’s Kağıthane district late April 13. Comment(s) 4/14/2015

‘All cats caught,’ Turkish official reassures public over Election Day blackouts A top electoral official in Turkey has reassured the public that the controversial blackouts during the local elections last year would not be repeated in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as 'all cats have been caught.' Comment(s) 4/14/2015

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MIDEAST VIDEO: ISIL bomb truck explodes in mid-air ISTANBUL A bomb-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has exploded in mid-air, moments after being hit by a roadside bomb near Kirkuk, a newly-released video purportedly shows. Comment(s) 4/14/2015

EUROPE European Parliament set to vote on ‘genocide’ claims BRUSSELS The European Parliament is set to discuss and vote on a resolution April 15 on the claims of “genocide” over the mass killings of Armenians in the hands of Ottomans a century ago, a move that is set up the heat up the debates before a ceremony in Armenia on April 24.  Comment(s) 4/14/2015

Four Turkish workers kept in Arbil over ISIL claim ARBIL – Anadolu Agency Four Turkish construction workers have been detained in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, over claims they have links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Anadolu Agency reported on April 14.  Comment(s) 4/14/2015

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4/14/2015Shabaab kills nine in attack on ministry

Excavation starts to find possible Dersim massacre victims in Tunceli TUNCELİ – Doğan News Agency A rural area in eastern Turkey will be excavated on April 15 to reveal bones allegedly belonging to 24 people from two families killed during the Dersim massacre in 1938. Comment(s) 4/14/2015

Fake spy allegedly working for rector’s election detained in southern Turkey ISPARTA A man who introduced himself to the academics of a university in Turkey’s southern province of Isparta as a member of the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT) and allegedly inculcated them about the re-election of the university’s current rector has been detained Comment(s) 4/14/2015

Three Turks drowned at Spanish resort during education project ÇANAKKALE – Doğan News Agency Two hearing impaired Turkish students and one teacher were drowned on April 13 in the Spanish resort of Marbella, where they had been involved in an education program. Comment(s) 4/14/2015

World Trade Organization cuts 2015 global trade growth outlook GENEVA - Agence France-Presse The World Trade Organization cuts its global good trade growth forecasts to 3.3 percent this year and to 4.0 percent in 2016, mainly due to sluggish economic growth across the globe Comment(s) 4/14/2015

Gazprom warns EU over energy, Ukraine BERLIN / MOSCOW - Reuters Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom warned the European Union on April 13 against moves to block Moscow’s plans to bypass Ukraine as a transit country for its gas to Europe and said it needed guarantees on gas purchases Comment(s) 4/14/2015

Don’t underestimate NATO, German minister says on Baltic visit TALLINN – Reuters Nobody should underestimate NATO’s rapid response capacity, which has been ratcheted up in response to worries about Russia’s military ambitions after it actsions in Ukraine, according to Germany’s defense minister. Comment(s) 4/14/2015

Turkey deports 9 Britons who tried to cross into Syria  ISTANBUL - Agence France-Presse Turkey on April 14 deported nine Britons, including the son of a local councillor, two weeks after arresting them for attempting to cross into Syria to join jihadists, the official news agency said. Comment(s) 4/14/2015

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• From where does this mysterious money flow into Turkey?

  
  

  GÜNEŞ KÖMÜRCÜLER writes :

  There has recently been a dramatic rise in the inflow of unrecorded funds into Turkey, as the official figures have showed. But why?

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• Beloved Akkuyu, for the sake of what?

  
  

  YALÇIN DOĞAN writes :

  The Russians will set up a VVER-1200 type nuclear reactor in Akkuyu in southern Turkey. And there is no operating model of this type of reactors in the world.

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• Obama’s Cuba, Iran moves and Turkey-US relations

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  If Iran’s relations with the U.S. become normalized under the Islamic regime, it will force Ankara to also make a shift in regional policies.

  Comment(s) 4/14/2015

• What actually happened in Ağrı?

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  Ağrı is an eastern province close to Turkey’s borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. It is a rather small and underdeveloped province, and will send only four deputies to the 550-seat Turkish Parliament in the June 7 general election.

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• The pope, the European Parliament… Is Obama next on the genocide bid?

  
  

  SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ writes :

  An overall analysis would openly put that Turkey failed in its efforts to take an efficient stand against very well-orchestrated campaigns of the Armenian diaspora and the state of Armenia.

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• Cats off the streets…

  
  

  YUSUF KANLI writes :

  Is there anything abnormal in the head of the Supreme Election Board (YSK) telling newspeople that all cats had been collected and none were left on the streets?

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• An open letter to Pope Francis

  
  

  MUSTAFA AKYOL writes :

  You probably are getting some heated reactions these days from my compatriots, the Turks. The reason is obvious...

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• How Turkey successfully averted a crisis with the Vatican

  
  

  BURAK BEKDİL writes :

  Defense companies from the Vatican will not be allowed to compete for lucrative Turkish contracts. Turkey will also use its superpower influence and block the Vatican’s bid to become a member of the UN Security Council. 

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• From where does this mysterious money flow into Turkey?

  
  

  GÜNEŞ KÖMÜRCÜLER writes :

  There has recently been a dramatic rise in the inflow of unrecorded funds into Turkey, as the official figures have showed. But why?

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• Beloved Akkuyu, for the sake of what?

  
  

  YALÇIN DOĞAN writes :

  The Russians will set up a VVER-1200 type nuclear reactor in Akkuyu in southern Turkey. And there is no operating model of this type of reactors in the world.

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• Obama’s Cuba, Iran moves and Turkey-US relations

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  If Iran’s relations with the U.S. become normalized under the Islamic regime, it will force Ankara to also make a shift in regional policies.

  Comment(s) 4/14/2015

• What actually happened in Ağrı?

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes :

  Ağrı is an eastern province close to Turkey’s borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. It is a rather small and underdeveloped province, and will send only four deputies to the 550-seat Turkish Parliament in the June 7 general election.

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• The pope, the European Parliament… Is Obama next on the genocide bid?

  
  

  SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ writes :

  An overall analysis would openly put that Turkey failed in its efforts to take an efficient stand against very well-orchestrated campaigns of the Armenian diaspora and the state of Armenia.

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

• Cats off the streets…

  
  

  YUSUF KANLI writes :

  Is there anything abnormal in the head of the Supreme Election Board (YSK) telling newspeople that all cats had been collected and none were left on the streets?

  Comment(s) 4/15/2015

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• Germany's Günter Grass, author of "The Tin Drum", dies at 87

  German novelist Guenter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of works such as "The Tin Drum", has died at the age of 87, a foundation in his name said on April 13. 
  

• The remarkable Aspendos aqueducts draw tourists 

  The aqueducts in the ancient city of Aspendos, located in the southern province of Antalya’s Serik district, have witnessed centuries of history. 
  

• Turkish capital’s symbolic square renamed by municipality

  The name of Ankara’s Tandoğan Square has been changed to Anadolu Square following a decision by the municipal city council. 
  

• ‘Blue Voyagers’ at Istanbul’s Sismanoglio Megaro 

  The Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul and Columbia Global Centers Turkey will host the “Blue Voyagers: the Art of Romare Bearden and Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu” exhibition from April 15 to May 17 at Istanbul’s Sismanoglio Megaro.
  

• Dubai bids to be creative capital of the Arab world

  Move over, Cairo, Beirut and Casablanca. Dubai is on a mission to become one of the Arab world’s top centers for art, design, film and fashion - areas traditionally dominated by older Arab cities outside the Gulf.
  

• NBA: Westbrook makes most of reprieve to spark Thunder to win 

  Russell Westbrook carried the Oklahoma City on his back again, finishing with 36 points and 11 rebounds as the Thunder toppled the Portland Trail Blazers 101-90 on April 13.
  

• Turkey’s top level football back after attack break

  Turkey’s top flight football will resume with a Ziraat Turkish Cup game on April 14 following a week-long hiatus in the wake of a gun attack on the Fenerbahçe team bus.
  

• Germany's Günter Grass, author of "The Tin Drum", dies at 87

  German novelist Guenter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of works such as "The Tin Drum", has died at the age of 87, a foundation in his name said on April 13. 
  

• The remarkable Aspendos aqueducts draw tourists 

  The aqueducts in the ancient city of Aspendos, located in the southern province of Antalya’s Serik district, have witnessed centuries of history. 
  

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INTERVIEW: ‘Turks and Armenians should escape vicious circle of assertion and denial’ Turkish-Armenian relations are back under the spotlight ahead of the centenary commemorations of 1915 on April 24. Carnegie Endowment scholar Thomas de Waal spoke to HDN about his new book on the subject.

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Turkey's main opposition party blames ruling AKP for 'genocide defeat' The reason for the growing international tendency to recognize the mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide is the Sunni Islamist policy pursued by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a senior main opposition party leader has claimed.

Turkey's main opposition CHP points to intel failure in Ağrı incident A delegation from the main opposition CHP, which went to Turkey’s eastern province of Ağrı to investigate the recent deadly clash between security forces and outlawed PKK militants, has found that an 'information flaw and an intelligence failure' were the main factors that led to the clash.

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Foreign corporations in Turkey must file taxes by April 25 The pace of growth and development in the Turkish economy and its foreign trade implications over the last decade has brought topics related to direct and indirect foreign investment to the top of the agenda.

Turkish lira hits record low against dollar on political worries The Turkish lira plumbed another record low against the dollar on April 14, as investors punished the currency on fears of rising political instability ahead of the June 7 parliamentary election.

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IN PHOTOS: Turkish officers provide training for Iraq's Sunni, Turkmen fighters Turkish officers are participating in the training of 800 Sunni and Turkmen fighters in a camp north of Iraq's Mosul on the eve of a planned military assault to retake the area from ISIL.

European Parliament set to vote on ‘genocide’ claims The European Parliament is set to discuss and vote on a resolution April 15 on the claims of “genocide” over the mass killings of Armenians in the hands of Ottomans a century ago, a move that is set up the heat up the debates before a ceremony in Armenia on April 24.

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