News archive of November 2015

Istanbul Modern Cinema will host the second International Istanbul Silent Cinema Days between Dec. 3 and 6. 

Bringing together pioneer examples of cinema accompanied by live music, the festival's corporate partners are Italy's world famous cinematheque, Cineteca di Bologna, and Eye Filmmuseum, a prestigious film museum in the Netherlands. 

A Turkish Airlines (THY) plane named after a Japanese town where dozens of Ottoman sailors were rescued in 1890 has landed at an airport near Tokyo, one day before the premiere of a movie telling a dramatic tale of Turkish-Japanese historic friendship.

Turkey has captured more than 2,627 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including 837 foreign nationals, over the past three years, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Having added ISIL to the official list of terrorist organizations in 2013, Turkish security forces have since detained 2,627 suspected ISIL members in anti-terror operations.

U.S. Ambassador in Athens David Pearce on Monday said he was in favour of debt relief for Greece stressing the country’s importance as an energy hub a a transit centre for trade goods.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic's address during a news conference on Sunday was sidelined by the armed police that stood behind him during the event.

Some 1,300 migrants were detained off the coast of northwestern Çanakkale province as they attempted to reach the nearby Greek island of Lesbos on Nov. 29, Turkish coast guard officials have said.

North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talked about the war against terrorism during the press conference at NATO summit held in Brussels.

Former nationalist party deputy Meral Ak?ener has hinted at her candidacy for the leadership of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), in the wake of a dramatic fall in the MHP vote in the Nov. 1 parliamentary election.

According to European Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva, restricting the free movement of people in the EU will be a harsh blow to the Union, as it constitutes one of its pillars.

Commenting on the ongoing refugee crisis, Georgieva expressed hope that the EU has the capacity to deal with it.

Leading Turkish defense company Aselsan has announced it signed an agreement regarding the "Active Protection System Development Project," dubbed AKKOR, for the Turkish Land Forces with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), valued at 54 million euros.