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Academic storm over rector picks
ANKARA – Turkish Daily News
Barely a week has passed since the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, ended, leaving time for the dust in the Turkish capital to settle. But President Abdullah Gül’s decisions on rector nominations plunged politics into a brownout again yesterday. Some big universities witnessed resignations in […]
Parliament to be refurbished, security upgraded
ANKARA- TDN Parliament Bureau
Parliament will welcome a new legislative term with the renewal of its premises. Renovations are to include 520 new offices for deputies, a new security system and a new application that will allow deputies to follow a broadcast of the parliamentary channel via new mobile phones.
Following the top court’s decision on the […]
Military, CHP face off over top military meeting
ANKARA – TDN Parliament Bureau
The main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, and the military collided a second time yesterday over the Supreme Military Council, or YAŞ, meeting that ended Monday. YAŞ’ decision not to expunge any military officers because of reactionary activities pitted the CHP against the military. The General Staff immediately reacted to […]
University to help boost children’s creativity
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
Sabancı University is reaching out to 200 children from Mardin between the ages of 8 and 13 to help them improve their creativity and self-confidence.
Discover yourself projects, organized by the university every summer as part of the university’s social sensitivity projects, will take place Aug. 8 to 23 in Mardin, according […]
Infection, understaffing guilty of newborns death
While the health ministry’s report blames shortage of personnel and infections for the deaths, the hospital says the deaths weren’t caused by the hospital infection
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
The deaths of more than four dozen newborns at a maternity hospital in Ankara in the last month were caused by infection and a shortage of personnel, […]
Military, CHP face off over top military meeting
ANKARA – TDN Parliament Bureau
The main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, and the military collided a second time yesterday over the Supreme Military Council, or YAŞ, meeting that ended Monday. YAŞ’ decision not to expunge any military officers because of reactionary activities pitted the CHP against the military. The General Staff immediately reacted to […]
Koç in bottoms-up rakı pricing gambit
Upon its decision to leave rakı sector, Turkey’s biggest company Koç Group reduces the price of its 70cc Mercan brand from YTL 26 to YTL 17 in order to finish off its stocks. The rival companies, facing tough times, have concerns about the impact of Koç’s aggressive price policy on customers.
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Rwanda accuses France directly over ‘94 genocide
Rwanda has accused France of having an active, direct role in the African country’s 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people were killed. A report commissioned by the Rwandan government names 33 senior French military and political figures, among them Dominique de Villepin, the former prime minister, and Francois Mitterrand the late former president, who it […]
Cheek denied visa to enter China
U.S. gold-medal winning speedskater Joey Cheek had his visa to enter China revoked just a few hours before he was scheduled to travel to Beijing to support Olympic athletes involved with Team Darfur.
Cheek is the president and a co-founder of Team Darfur, an international coalition of athletes committed to raising awareness about and bringing an […]
China revokes ex-speedskater Joey Cheek’s visa
Former Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek had his visa revoked by Chinese authorities Wednesday, hours before he was set to travel to Beijing to promote his effort urging China to help make peace in the war-torn Darfur section of Sudan.
Cheek, the president and co-founder of a collection of Olympic athletes known as Team Darfur, was planning […]
