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Tourism data proves recovery
Ministry of Culture and Tourism figures show 28 pct year-on-year hike in first 10 months of 2017 By Muhammed Ali Gurtas
Turkey, EU to work closer against terror By Meltem Bulur and Sibel Ugurlu
ANKARA - Turkey and the EU will work closer together to fight terrorism following a joint counter-terrorism meeting, officials said Wednesday. The meeting in Ankara between EU and Turkish
officials on Tuesday resulted in agreement to use international agencies to tackle terrorism, a joint statement from the EU and the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. “Having underlined the fact that terrorism continues to... MORE DETAILS
Turkey to break record in steel production By Erdal Celikel
ANKARA - Turkey expects to set a record in steel production by the end of 2017, the chairman of Turkish Steel Producers’ Association said on Wednesday. “We foresee a record in steel production by exceeding 36 million tons by the end of this year,” Fuat Tosyali told
Anadolu Agency. Tosyali said a market boom in China and the intensity of domestic infrastructure investment played significant roles in increasing steel production by boosting demand. Turkey’s crude steel production rose 13.3 percent on an annual basis in the first 10 months of 2017, reaching 31.05 million tons... MORE DETAILS
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War criminal commits suicide in UN court 1.1M refugees hold
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By Talha Ozturk
BELGRADE - A former Bosnian Croat general convicted of war crimes died in hospital after drinking poison in a UN court on Wednesday. The case at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague came to an abrupt halt when Praljak stood up, rejected the verdict and drank what he said was poison from a small bottle. “Slobodan Praljak is not a war criminal. I reject this verdict with contempt,” he shouted. His lawyer also said Praljak had taken a substance, and the presiding judge ended proceedings. Croatia’s official news agency HINA announced later that, based on information gather... MORE DETAILS
charity debit cards
ANKARA - Around 1.1 million refugees in Turkey are benefiting from debit cards issued by The Turkish Red Crescent, said a UN official. “So far, we have received applications from 1.8 million Syrians and other refugees,” Nils Grede, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) country director and representative, told Anadolu Agency in a recent interview in the Turkish capital. “Close to 1.1 million are receiving assistance.
700,000 people have been found not eligible,” he said. As part of the project financed by the European Union and supported by the WFP, each family registered by the regional migration office directorate is given 120 Turkish liras ($30.2) a month, and they can withdraw money from state lender Halkbank’s ATMs. “These people come from Syria and other countries without anything…This program helps them... MORE DETAILS
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ANKARA - Around 29 million foreigners visited Turkey in the first ten months of the current year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Wednesday. The ministry said that the figure rose by 28 percent on a yearly basis, up from 22.7 million in the period of Jan-Oct last year. Turkey’s holiday resort city of Antalya, which is located on the Mediterranean coast, recorded the highest number of visitors with 9.25 million in the ten-month period. Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city by population and one of the top touristic destinations, became the second among all cities with border gates, with around 9 million foreign visitors. Russia took the first... MORE DETAILS .
