The amount of Turkish internationally preferred defense industry projects increased. The ministry aims the turnover to be USD 8 billion and export to be USD 2 billion by 2016.
14:16, 18 May 2013 Saturday
According to the minister, exploration of hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean is the right of the two sides - Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
The boost puts Turkey 11 notches on Moody's rating scale above historic rival Greece and should drive more foreign direct investment (FDI) to an economy that still has great potential to grow.
The Turkish minister of the European Union Bagis said that, for the first time, the US welcomed a Turkish leader so respectfully.
Economy minister Caglayan said the meeting positively affected the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership process of Turkey.
Due to hunger, thirst and disease, around 45% of the total population died during the process of deportation. Since the southern areas which were the primary homeland of the Tatars have become valuable resort areas and urban centers, the returning Tatars were forced to settle mainly in the steppe regions.
Turkish imports of Iranian crude were steady in April at around 100,000 barrels per day
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Silicon Valley.
The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced it has taken over Cukurova Group's national television channel Show TV and vehicle manufacturer BMC for debt default.
Inaugurating Turkish Lounge at UN together with UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson, Davutoglu expressed hope that Turkish Lounge would be a home where good initiatives would be taken for peace.
Erdogan said a no-fly zone could be discussed at a planned international conference on Syria, and he planned to travel to Moscow and to Gulf states
According to TurkStat figures based on a survey among young people in Turkey, 69.6 percent of respondents had said they were “happy” in 2011, but this number fell to 64.6 in 2012.
According to the bill, five years of private sector experience would be acceptable for appointment to general management positions at public institutions or government offices.
Drivers caught with a 0.1 blood alcohol content (BAC) and over will face a two-year prison sentence according to a bill proposed by the ruling and opposition parties on Thursday.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he held a series of successful meetings in Washington.
As the lawyers were not representing suspects, Diken told them to remove their court dress and move out of the lawyers' seating area. The lawyers refused to move to alternative seating and proceeded to leave the courtroom.
According to a survey conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office this week, 81 percent of the people who perpetrate violence on their partner drink alcohol regularly.
Twenty-three ancient coins from Anatolia were returned to Turkey upon the wishes of an Australian collector, who had purchased the smuggled coins at different auctions throughout her life, as described in her will.
According to police sources, the order for the Reyhanlı attack came from a commander of the Syrian Mukhabarat intelligence agency and the attack was carried out by Mehmet G.
Although the European Union is pleased that Turkey has in recent years boosted civilian oversight of the military, it is preparing to ask Turkey to further consolidate its oversight and implement reforms to the military justice system.
According to initial reports, the blast occured after gendarmes raided a house acting on a smuggling tip-off and the suspects set the depot on fire.