Güncelleme Tarihi:
HURRIYET
--MESSAGE FROM THE STATE
During a ceremony held at
"Our opinions may be different, but we are gathered under the roof of parliament thanks to the votes of the nation," Kaplan told Hurriyet daily. Bahceli said such a hand-shake was in line with the spirit of the first country’s parliament.
--INFORM US ABOUT
Concerns have been raised over the identity of the partner of Calik Group's Turkuvaz, which bought Sabah-ATV media group. It was revealed that the foreign partner is the Amir of Qatar. Calik Group has not commented on the issue and released on the name of the partner company.
Zahit Akman, chair of the Turkish Radio & Television Supreme Council (RTUK), said that the council should be notified of the change in the distribution of Turkuvaz's shares.
MILLIYET
--QATARI PARTNER CONFUSES
Calik Group made a part of payment for Sabah and ATV by taking the
Chairman of RTUK said they were not notified about the Qatari partner. The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund said, "We will investigate the company."
--CEYLAN IN
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Uc Maymun" (Three Monkeys) will compete for the Golden Palme d'Or at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. This is the third time Ceylan has been announced as the nominee for the award. Ceylan will compete along side world-famous directors including Clint Eastwood and Steven Soderberg.
--ANKARA COLD AS ICE
Tension among the country’s leaders was felt during the ceremonies held in
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VATAN
--F-16 JETS BOMB NORTH OF
Turkish F-16 jets bombed the north of
--TENSION IN
The tension between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman, Deniz Baykal, was clearly felt on April 23,
CUMHURIYET
FAREWELL TO MARTYRS
The rhree soldiers, who were killed in a mine blast on Tuesday, were laid to rest in their hometowns. Those attending the funerals chanted slogans opposing the terrorist organization, the PKK.
--LABORERS IN TAKSIM
Representatives of
The Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DISK) Board of Directors will convene today to discuss details of the celebrations planned for
RADIKAL
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Leading British daily newspaper, The Guardian, yesterday gave extensive coverage to the ongoing archaeological excavations in Gobeklitepe in southern
Schmidt, head of the excavations, said, "This place is a supernova. Within a minute of first seeing it I knew I had two choices: go away and tell nobody, or spend the rest of my life working here."
The British daily also compared the site with
“The dig consists of T-shaped pillars, two five-meter stone towers at least a meter above their peers. And what makes them remarkable is their carved reliefs of boars, foxes, lions, birds, snakes and scorpions, and their age. Dated at around 9,500 B.C., these stones are 5,500 years older than the first cities of Mesopotamia, and 7,000 years older than
--SYMPOSIUM ON INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
A symposium on "Intercultural Dialogue" will be held at the
YENI SAFAK
--DON'T LET THE CHILDREN SEE
While Turkish children shared their joy of having the only children's festival in the world with the foreign guests of honor, who came to celebrate with them, the voices of children singing, reading poems and laughing echoed around the country.
Children sent messages of "compromise, tolerance and self-confidence" when they symbolically took over the titles of various statesmen.
The conversation between Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chair, Devlet Bahceli and Democratic Society Party (DTP) MP, Hasip Kaplan at the first parliament building drew attention. Only the speech given by Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair, Deniz Baykal, included "support for closure" on this festive day.
--THERE CAN BE NO EU WITHOUT
The president of