News archive of January 2017

Turkey's former Youth and Sports Minister Suat Kılıç is the individual who in 2013 threatened an official who later became the Education Ministry undersecretary, daily Yeni Şafak claimed on Jan. 2, adding that Kılıç cited links to Fethullah Gülen in his threat. 

Turkmenistan halted gas supplies to Iran on Jan. 1 amid tensions between the two countries over arrears, the Iranian National Gas Company was quoted by oil ministry news agency Shana as saying.

"The gas company of Turkmenistan has cut gas exports to Iran, contrary to the agreement reached, by demanding immediate payment of arrears," Shana cited an official statement as saying.

Turkey's trade deficit narrowed by 11.7 percent to $55.97 billion over the course of 2016, with exports down 0.84 percent and imports down 4.17 percent, preliminary data from the Customs and Trade Ministry showed on Jan. 2. 

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The rise in cost of bridge tolls over Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait is set to lighten Turks' wallets in the New Year, with the government imposing price hikes from Jan. 1.

The government increased tolls for the first two bridges over the Bosphorus Strait by 47 percent, while it made an average 20 percent hike in highway crossing tolls. 

An investigation has been launched into 347 social media users who posted in support of terror following the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul that killed 39 people and wounded 65, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş announced on Jan. 2.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has vowed there will be "consequences" for social media users who post in support of terror early on Jan. 2, following the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul that killed 39 people and wounded 65, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

As Olympic Year 2016 came to a close, we see that sport is one of the few things with the power to unite all people in an increasingly fragile world. Sport is an anchor of stability for so many people, regardless of background, nationality or belief. For me, this is the underlying reason that explains the success of the Olympic Games Rio 2016.

The National Intelligence Agency (MİT) received intelligence on possible New Year's Eve attacks planned by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Dec. 19 and conducted operations against ISIL suspects between Dec. 28 and 31. 

According to Vuk Jeremic, Serbia's former foreign minister, it is "a matter of time" before a terrorist attack occurs in this country.