“Hello Berk Çektir. I’m starting to apply for my Turkish citizenship and have read some of your information. But the one question I have is, where do you start? A little about me: I live in the ?zmir area, have been married for 10 years to a Turkish man and moved to Turkey in May [...]
A seminar on the cultural and literary relations between Iran and Turkey was held at the Topkapi Palace Museum auditorium on February 5. The event was held as part of the closing ceremonies of Iran’s millennia-old history and civilization exhibition entitled “10,000 Years of Iran’s Civilization and 2,000 Years of Joint Heritage”.
The seminar was held [...]
A war of words fully under way between the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), with each one placing the blame on the other for a brawl that took place in Parliament last week. Harsh words and punches were exchanged in Parliament on Tuesday by MHP and AK Party [...]
A court on Corfu yesterday heard how two British children died in their hotel room from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning during a family holiday, as the trial of 11 people, including two former employees of the Thomas Cook tour operator, went on trial on the Ionian island yesterday.
The 11 defendants, including the manager of the [...]
The first Turkish president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, or PACE, in the body’s 61-year history, Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu will look to urge EU leaders to adopt a balanced approach to Turkey. Experts say it provides significant evidence that Turkey is a part of Europe, in contrast to the attitude of the [...]
I received an e-mail about an unscrupulous landlord and his house, plagued by a humidity problem. I will comment at the end of each paragraph to make it easier for you to follow this long e-mail.
The letter reads as follows: “Dear Mr. Çektir, I just read your article re rental agreement law and I’m hoping [...]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized French President Nicolas Sarkozy of his opposition to Turkey’s bid to join the European Union (EU) in his interview with Euronews channel on Sunday. Pointing to the French president’s stance regarding Turkey’s EU bid, Erdogan said, “no matter what they do, or what kind of obstacles they put [...]
All eyes in Turkey have turned to two top-secret rooms at the Ankara headquarters of the Tactical Mobilization Group, a unit under the General Staff’s Special Forces Command, which have been searched by civilian prosecutors and police officers for the past four days.The prosecution believes that the two rooms in the Tactical Mobilization Group building, [...]
Holidaymakers could be in line for big bargains next year as travel companies embark upon a price war to make the most of returning customers.The Co-operative Travel reports that bookings across the top 20 destinations for next summer have seen a 26% increase in the last three months as the market begins to recover.
Leading the [...]
A Turkish court has sentenced a Kurdish man to life in prison for a 2005 attack that left five people dead, including a British and an Irish tourist.The bombing destroyed a minibus in the Aegean resort of Kusadasi. The three other victims were Turks.The court gave the suspect, Mehmet Sirac Keskin, six life sentences in [...]
Low cost ailrine Monarch today announced new flights to Turkey from Manchester Airport. Starting next May there will be two flights per week on a new service to Antalya on the Mediterranean coast. Two existing routes are adding frequency, with the service to Dalaman going up to eight flights per week from the current five [...]
One might get involved in a crime in one’s hometown or in a foreign country. So what happens when a foreigner commits a crime in Turkey? The Turkish Penal Code (TCK) doesn’t distinguish between Turkish citizens and foreigners residing in Turkey. A foreigner who commits a crime is subject to same laws applied to Turks. There is no positive or negative discrimination.
Turkey’s top court on Friday banned a pro-Kurdish political party on charges of ties to Kurdish rebels, a decision likely to disrupt a struggling reconciliation process between the state and minority Kurds. Hasim Kilic, head of the Constitutional Court, said the court also expelled Democratic Society Party chairman Ahmet Turk and another legislator, Aysel Tugluk, [...]
Greece and Turkey should learn to live together since both countries share the same air and the same sea, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday in an interview with Greek Public Television. “The people of the two nations will benefit if we solve all our problems,” Ahmet Davuto?lu said.
Turkey is keen to join the European [...]
For some time now it must have come to the attention of many observers like me. I don’t know if you are aware but Europe has vanished from our daily lives for some time now. Europe is distancing itself from us and we are distancing ourselves from Europe. And the decision in respect to the [...]
