High on Samsun Dağı overlooking the floodplain of the Büyük Menderes River stand the remains of the Temple of Athena at Priene in the part of Turkey that was known as Ionia in antiquity. Priene, Miletus and Didyma are all well...
Driving under the influence, speeding and reckless driving led to the deaths of 39 people and 92 injuries over the weekend. In one incident, a minibus that was taking passengers home from a wedding in Malatya flipped over,...
A team from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, an autonomous region within Russia, won an international folk dance competition on Tuesday in the northern Turkish province of Samsun. Seven-hundred twenty dancers from Turkey,...
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The Common Sense Movement, a platform bringing together civil societies, opinion leaders, journalists and academics from different segments of society, held its second meeting protesting coup attempts and anti-democratic...
An evangelical pastor in Turkey faced a possible jail term Wednesday, June 18, just days after a prosecutor began investigating him on charges that included to blasphemy against Islam, Christian rights investigators said.
Turkey's anti-trust authority has authorized the transfer of operation rights to the ports in Samsun and Bandirma to private companies. With Monday's decision, the Competition Board authorized the winning bidders to take over...
ANKARA, Turkey -- An explosion injured nine people late Sunday (June 15th) at a cafe in the Buyukcekmece quarter in Istanbul's European section. The blast broke windows and destroyed a car parked nearby. Witnesses tentatively...
Tokyo (Platts) --12 Jun 2008 -- [Metals] South Korea's ferromolybdenum producer Samsun suspended spot offers for exports Thursday because of the strike planned by truck drivers Friday to protest against high diesel prices, a...
May 19 was Atatürk Remembrance, Youth and Sports Day, held to commemorate Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s arrival in Samsun, on Turkey’s Black Sea coast. What is the significance of this event? Very great indeed.