Category: National
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has told many media repsenter that columnist news has been not truly reported by foreign newspapers and they have been trying to effect Turkey EU bid since we started and they should just report all the truth and same time Prime Minister stated Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi he should name [...]
Turkey is entering campaign season, with prospective deputies emerging and many public officials handing in their resignations as required by Turkish law to be able to run for Parliament. It is hoped that the political parties that have begun with their campaign promises will be able to fulfill them in the event of their coming [...]
Turkey’s first Islamist Prime Minister, Necmettin Erbakan, has died at the age of 84, one of his aides has said. Mr Erbakan served only a year as prime minister before he was forced to stand down in 1997 by Turkey’s staunchly secular military. Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and the Islamic Movement in Israel have expressed [...]
Environmental law was not really taken seriously for a long time, and both industry and the authorities are largely unaware that 25 percent of industrial plants that produce hazardous materials do not report their waste to the ministry as they are required to. I don’t know how this happens when you can track a truck [...]
A meeting between animal rights activists, the Istanbul mayor and the Turkish prime minister brings to the table a variety of animal-related issues from shelters to dolphin aquariums. Activists say Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has pledged to change and strengthen the current law on animal abuse after the upcoming general elections in June Animal [...]
On February 13, Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrived on a four-day official visit to Tehran at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi met Gul at the airport. President Ahmadinejad will officially welcome his Turkish counterpart on February 14, IRNA reports. The Turkish President will discuss bilateral, regional and international issues [...]
At least thirteen people have been injured in an explosion that ripped through a two-storey supermarket building in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir. The blast, which occurred at 7:40 p.m. local time (1740 GMT) on Tuesday in the town of Baglar, was caused by a build-up of liquefied petroleum gas at a fuel station, state-run [...]
It has finally started snowing in eastern Turkish city of Erzurum, which will host the 25th Winter Universiade Games. The long-expected snow began late on Wednesday and continued as of early Thursday, less then a day before the inauguration of the games. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate the games at 19:30 (17:30 GMT) [...]
Jeers and protests from Galatasaray fans against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an cast a shadow over the inauguration ceremony of Galatasaray’s long-awaited stadium, the Türk Telekom Arena, on Saturday night. Although Erdo?an, a supporter of Galatasaray’s eternal rival Fenerbahçe, made great efforts for the construction of the ultramodern stadium, which cost 600 million euros for [...]
Well, last week the Turkish Parliament made huge progress in enacting the long-awaited Turkish code of Obligations and the Turkish Commercial Code. This changes Turkey’s 85-year-old Code of Obligations and should be one of the most sought after changes to Turkish legislation. Today I will give some information regarding the new Code of Obligations, which [...]
Property acquisition for foreigners
One of the biggest debates in Turkey is if foreigners should be allowed to buy property in Turkey or not and whether there should be a limitation on those interested in purchasing property here. Indeed, many foreigners have purchased property in Turkey in recent years by using special purpose companies or trusted Turkish friends. The [...]
Inspector investigates property scams
TheMoveChannel.com’s Property Inspector: Taking a closer look at global real estate each month. This month, TheMoveChannel.com’s Property Inspector investigates property scams. Scams have evolved in recent years thanks to the internet. As tourists are tricked into renting houses that aren’t on the market and unfinished resorts fail to deliver on fraudulent promises, how can you [...]
Prostate cancer is usually slow growing
Prostate cancer is a cancerous growth which forms in the reproductive gland of the male called the prostate. It is possible for the cancer cells to spread to the lymph nodes and into bones. This type of cancer can cause pain whilst urinating and may cause erectile dysfunction. Prostate cancer is usually slow growing, but [...]
A hospital in southern Turkey on Saturday performed the world’s first triple limb transplant, attaching two arms and one leg to a 34-year-old man, an official said. At the same time, a team of doctors at Akdeniz University Hospital, in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, transplanted the face of the same donor onto another [...]