Pandemi koşulları altında büyümeye devam eden ve ekim ayında da 90 bin seviyesinin üzerinde bir satış adedi yakalanan otomotiv pazarında 2020 sonu beklentiler 800 bin adedin üzerinde. 1.2 milyar dolar toplam yatırım yapılan Egea’yı makyajlayarak yeni Cross modelini de aileye ekleyen Tofaş’ın CEO’su Cengiz Eroldu, 2015’teki 1 milyonluk otomotiv pazarının yakın gelecekte yeniden yakalayabilecek potansiyelin mevcut olduğunu vurguladı.
#GazetehaberleriHELSINKI - Failure to utilize the power of third-party applications and software in mobile phones is putting Nokia’s market share at risk, as even fellow Finns have started to choose iPhones and similar gadgets over Nokia. The Finnish company’s global sales of smartphones fell to 41.2 percent in the first quarter.
ANKARA - The International Monetary Fund is pressing the Turkish government to cut municipality spending, according to foreign bankers who spoke on condition of anonymity. When the IMFplaced a similar request on the table in January, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said cutting local spending was ’unacceptable.’ If the issue is resolved, an accord may be imminent
JOUNIEH, Lebanon -A new high-brow literary journal looks through the eyes of voyeurs, clerics and foot fetish experts. This mix of gonzo reporting, scholarly study and old-school Playboy is fueling the ire of religious and women’s groups, but its editor doesn’t flinch: ’We have to stop condescending to the Arab reader’
This weekend, as Turkey prepares to host U.S. President Barack Obama, I find myself thinking about cannonballs and canon law. This is a moment when we should all be focused on U.S.-Turkish ties. I have been. And my mind consistently returns to these two subjects, which, I believe, can tell something about this critical relationship Ğ or, really, about the lack of it.
ISTANBUL - Expatriate foreign citizens cannot vote in next Sunday’s local elections, but those in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district have expressed strong interest in how the municipality runs things, saying they have seen a significant improvement in services in recent years.
We Turks hotly debate the role of religion in public life all the time. But our frame of reference hardly goes beyond a few clichs that have been planted in our minds by the official ideology, education system, and other national narratives. That’s why it would be a good idea to raise our heads a bit and look at other sources which bring different perspectives to the same question.
Last August, we reported on a very good idea put forward by Environment and Forestry Minister Veysel Eroğlu. Now, we have to update the adjective. Eroğlu has a brilliant and visionary idea whose time has come: A pan-Mediterranean firefighting force that could exchange expertise and resources seasonally with Australia.
There is big difference between Turkey and America in terms of political culture. Unlike his American counterpart, Turkish PM can simply wake up, read something in the paper, feel annoyed about it, and then comment on it directly to the media without much calculation.
ANKARA - Prime Minister Erdoğan has stirred up trouble at Davos and is feeling the heat, both congratulatory and in the form of heavy criticism. The rather unexpected outburst in Israeli President Shimon Peres’ face has rocked the Davos boat and has experts speaking out about mental stability.
JERUSALEM - Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza has postponed the debate over the legitimacy of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a shift in the priority to his rival Hamas, which dedicating its energy to fight. The war in Gaza may end in the intensification of support for Hamas, but Abbas may endure hard times to regain support, experts believe.
PARIS - Director Jan Kounen is shooting scenes for 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky,' one of several new movies about the life of the legendary fashion designer, who died in 1971. French actress Anna Mouglalis, the face of Chanel's Allure fragrance, has been cast in the lead role.
For most people, especially westerners, the all-covering black chador is a sign of the repression of women. And it often really is. Authoritarian Islamist regimes such as Saudi Arabia force their female citizens to wear these "niqabs," which turn the latter into BMO’s, i.e., "Black Moving Objects," as tourists sometimes call them. The shapeless veil deprives women of their personality and turns them into exiles from society.