National & International News

Hopes of visa-free travel for Turks

EUROPEAN visa requirements for Turkish nationals could be removed within two years, the EU enlargement commissioner told a German newspaper on Saturday. Johannes Hahn said it was “quite possible” restrictions could be removed by the 2017 target date “if the conditions laid down are met”. In an interview with Die Welt newspaper, the Austrian politician said Turkish…

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UK discoverer’s insciption at Mount Ida

A NEWLY discovered name inscription suggests UK archaeologist Frank Calvert, credited for numerous excavations in ancient Troy, may have been to Çanakkale province as early as 1846, on a family visit. A local visiting Mount Ida in Turkey’s Çanakkale province recently discovered a set of 169-year-old inscriptions, possibly belonging to famous 19th-century UK archaeologist and…

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Turkish cities “safe as London or Frankfurt”

TURKEY’S tourism minister has said Turkish cities are as safe as London or Frankfurt. Speaking during a visit to Turkey’s northern Giresun province on Sunday, Yalçın Topçu said: “I can say something to our Western friends: Ankara is safe like New York. Istanbul is as secure as London is.” Calling on “members of the European…

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Turkey: News in Brief: Aug 10

Two ASKI workers dead by methane gas TWO ASKI (Aydin water/sewerage dept) workers have died after they were overcome by methane gas poisoning in a sewer in Kusadasi.

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National news brief

National news brief: African heatwave to scorch Turkey  A HEATWAVE approaching from Africa will scorch Turkey this week, resulting in temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) throughout the country.

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Turkey among top 10 medical tourism spots

TURKEY, the sixth most visited tourism destination in the world, has also become one of the most popular medical tourism destinations with more than half a million medical tourists visiting the country in 2014.

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My little Idil: Learning Turkish

VOICES columnist Amy Idem, originally from a small market town in Lancashire, is now living with her husband and three children, in Idil, in Turkey’s south eastern province of Şırnak. She writes about her cultural and life experiences here, and on her blog: https://memyselfandidil.wordpress.com/ Learning Turkish Something I get asked often when someone learns I…

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