The brutal murder of seven members of a family in the court of their house by their neighbor in the Central Anatolian province of Konya on July 30 fueled a debate on racism.The Dedeoğulları, a Kurdish family that moved to Konya some three decades ago, was the target of the massacre by Mehmet Altun, who
Turkish National Women’s Volleyball team made a great start to Tokyo 2020, sweeping defending Olympic championship China in the opening game of Group B on July 25.The clear 3-0 win with a definite score gap raised expectations for qualifying in the group to quarterfinals. Ebrar Karakurt was the leading scorer on the Turkish side with
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s awaited message on Turkish Cyprus turned out to be the construction of a presidential complex on the Turkish side of the divided island, with speculations that he would announce a political step failing.Erdoğan visited Nicosica to attend the special session to mark the 47th anniversary of the Turkish intervention on the
The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion (TEMA), a pioneering environmentalist group in Turkey, held a two-year meticulous effort to map the mining licenses across the country.The pilot study in 15 provinces implies that some 60 percent of soil across the country has now been allocated to mining search or operation activities.Turkish-language weekly newspaper Gazete
Istanbul football giant Galatasaray canceled its friendly with Olympiacos of Piraeus, Greece in protest against the Greek border officials, who found the Covid-19 tests of the Turkish team and crew insufficient on July 12. The incident has added to concerns that the pandemic will gain momentum in Turkey with the tourism high season. Domestic mobility
The Turkish Central Bank’s July survey forecast the year-end value of the Turkish lira the USD at 8.99 liras per dollar from the 8.95 last month.According to the Survey of Market Participants, the forecast for the dollar exchange rate after 12 months stands at 9.34, up from the 9.23 liras in the previous survey period.The
Fugitive mob leader Sedat Peker has accused on social media Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu of using the youth branch of the ruling party to distribute weapons to civilians in the wake of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Soylu, the labor minister at the time of the coup, was later appointed as the interior minister,
Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada has become the first Turkish company to be offered to the public on NASDAQ, the U.S. stock exchange where technology giants are traded. The company was valued at $3.9 billion ahead of the ceremony held in New York today.“Hepsiburada becomes the first Turkish company ever to be listed on Nasdaq. This
Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM) top judge Zühtü Arslan has raised strong criticism about the judiciary at a time when the mafia-politics relations are high in the agenda.“If the courts cannot address the search for justice, non-legal searches come into play,” the judge said at a symposium on “The Right to Respect for Private Life in