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Turkey scraps tender for nuclear power plant

The Turkish government announced that it has scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant, Reuters reported. In a brief statement, the state-run electricity wholesaler...

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Lt. Tümer sentenced to nine years, two months in prison

A gendarmerie officer was sentenced to nine years, two months in prison on Friday after being convicted of negligently causing the deaths of four soldiers in August. Lt. Mehmet Tümer was tried by the Elazığ 8th Corps Command...

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‘Either Onur Öymen or Alevis should leave the CHP’

Alevi associations based in Europe have continued expressing their reactions to Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Öymen’s remarks about a 1937 rebellion in the Alevi town of Tunceli depicting a massacre in...

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Last chance to see ‘City and Art’

The City and Art exhibition, the result of a project launched as part of the Promotion of Civil Society Dialogue between EU and Turkey Project, will be on view until Nov. 25 at the Tophane-i Amire Cultural Center in İstanbul...

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Turkish court blocks nuclear plant project

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Tunceli visited by a president for first time in two decades

President Abdullah Gül was in the eastern province of Tunceli yesterday in what was the first presidential visit to the city in 19 years. The president praised the city's Alevi cultural heritage, referring to different cultural...

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Women almost entirely absent in top state administration

Marked by an extremely small number of women in high-level administration, the Turkish government only has two female deputy undersecretaries, a situation State Minister Selma Aliye Kavaf has defined as problematic and has...

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Rain drenches western Turkey, strong storms expected along shores

State meteorology officials said yesterday that western Turkey will face rain and mild temperatures arriving from the central Mediterranean region while storms are expected along the shores of the Aegean Sea, western parts of...

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Six die across country during weekend floods

Six people died during floods caused by heavy rain throughout the country this weekend, with the latest death coming on Monday in the Eruh district of Siirt. One of the teachers, Arif Yaşar (23), drowned in the floodwaters....

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Downpours, colder temperatures grip Turkey

Sudden and sharp falls in temperatures accompanied by heavy downpours as well as snow across the country over the weekend decisively spelled out winter following mild temperatures throughout October. Two people were found dead...

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