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As the four-day break for Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice, Kurban Bayramı in Turkish) approaches, many are wondering what the weather will be like and what to pack for mini-vacations. State meteorologists say that while...
Turkey’s local bar associations have been divided along the axis of pro-coup associations and democrats, with the division manifesting itself most strongly inside the Turkish Bar Association (TBB). The 22 bar associations...
Sales of houses edged up by 2.36 percent in the third quarter of 2009 over the same period of the previous year, recently released data by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) have revealed. TurkStat disclosed its House...
While examining the government’s Kurdish initiative I came to the conclusion that the initiative itself does not match the reality on the ground, making it difficult to sustain a durable democracy in the region.
Members of several civil society groups founded by doctors will be spending their Eid al-Adha holiday in Turkey’s southeastern cities to cement ties with the region’s people. Doctors from the Physicians for Hope Foundation...
Turkey’s recently launched Kurdish initiative may help solve the problems of Kurds in Syria, Iraq and Iran as well. The Syrian government has decided to take action to address the problems of the 400,000 Kurds who have been...
A collection of Turkish diaries from over the last 100 years is currently on display at the original location of the Ece Ajandaları company in Asmalı Meydan, a site that has witnessed many of the most important changes in the...
The Turkish Journalists Association announced that after the murder of Hasan Fehmi Bey in 1909, 61 journalists have been killed until today. The association organizes a memorial celebration, also inviting relatives of murdered...
The folkdance group at Konya’s Selçuk University is preparing to enter the Guinness World Records book as the largest dance team in the world, with roughly 4,000 dancers. Noting that they are determined to enter the Guinness...
The Monastery of St. Gabriel in Turabdin, Turkey, is one of the oldest Christian monasteries still functioning in the world. Recently, the Monastery of St. Gabriel was informed that the hearing relating to one of the...
