May 23, 2014

Erdoğan's limitations

İhsan Yılmaz

As can be understood by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's statements during a press conference, the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government's understanding of human rights is extremely limited in scope.

Columnist fired from pro-gov’t daily after critical comment over Soma

The pro-government Vatan daily has fired a columnist who had submitted a critical column, which faced censorship and was not published, over a disaster that killed 301 miners in the mining town of Soma.

TUSKON encourages mutual Russian-Turkish investment

Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) Chairman Rıza Nur Meral voiced his support for mutual Turkish-Russian investment, while speaking at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg on Friday.

Filipino businessman grateful for Turkish schools

Filipino Chairman of Union of Chambers and Exchange Commodities Abdulgani Macatoman praised the Turkish schools operating in his country for their achievements. “My both children are studying at the Turkish schools. These schools have been among the top-rated all the time. We have a total of 926 high schools in the capital Manila and the Turkish schools top the list. I would like to thank Turkish people for establishing these schools.”