In western Turkey, where the lakes are drying up and the blazing sun burns the crops, a 10-month-long drought has ravaged farming and is now threatening water supplies in the big cities.
Koksal Toptan, a deputy from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected with 450 votes as the speaker of Grand National Assembly (parliament) on Thursday. Toptan was elected the speaker with 450 votes in the first r ...
ISTANBUL - A new government is set to revive a project to build energy-hungry Turkey's first nuclear plant after three attempts in the past three decades and despite legal challenges, officials and analysts say.
In western Turkey, where the lakes are drying up and the blazing sun burns the crops, a 10-month long drought has ravaged farming and is now threatening water supplies in the big cities. Since October the north-west Marmara region, home to Turkey's largest city Istanbul, has received only 394 millimeters.
Turkey's parliament has elected the ruling AK Party's candidate, a non-Islamist conservative, as its new speaker. Koksal Toptan easily secured the position after he won backing from the secularist opposition.
Turkey's ruling AK Party offered an olive branch on Wednesday to the powerful secular elite by proposing a non-Islamist for the post of parliamentary speaker, but it has yet to say who will be its choice for president.
Koksal Toptan of the ruling AK party is Turkey's new speaker of parliament. He was elected in a first round vote after securing backing from the main opposition party.
ANKARA, July 9 (Reuters) - Turkey will meet its target of a public sector primary surplus of 6.5 percent of gross national product this year without taking extra measures, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan told Reuters on Wednesday.
More than just turkey hunting. That’s the way Buddy Fry describes the South Hills Chapter of the Wild Turkey Federation that represents more than 100 area sportsmen.
The Marine Star, the rusting passenger ferry that spent more than a decade sitting on the Buffalo waterfront, is on its way to Turkey.