News archive of March 2017

The third İzmir Humor Festival will be organized from April 1 to 4 with the theme "humor against darkness." 

The event will open with the exhibition "Caricature and Censorship" and continue with a presentation by the curator of the exhibition, Turgut Çeviker, on censorship and pressures on cartoons since the reign of Abdulhamid II in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Two contestants on Skai TV's hit reality show "Survivor" were injured in a road accident on Thursday in the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, where the game is taking place.

One of the contestants, Irini Kolida, broke three ribs and has abandoned the game and will return to Greece, reports said.

The other player, Marios Priamos Ioannidis, sustained a neck injury.

The United States has a strong commitment to NATO not only in words but in deeds, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on March 30 amid unease among European officials after U.S. President Donald Trump described NATO as "obsolete" during his election campaign.

The United States military has 1.3 million active duty troops, making it the third largest behind China (2.2 million) and India (1.4 million). But its huge military spending sets it apart from the rest of the world, while it also has the highest number of personnel stationed abroad in 138 nations, an astonishing 70% of the world!

President of the Marmara Group Foundation Akkan Suver, fashion designer Çiğdem Akın and vice president of Istanbul Ready-Made Garment Exporters' Association (IHKIB) Mustafa Gültepe came together for a press conference on March 30 to give detailed information about the upcoming 20th Eurasian Economic Summit.

GERB have not invited other formations for negotiations on the forming of a cabinet yet.

The coalition United Patriots and the party Volya of businessman Veselin Mareshki are already adamant that, if they are made an offer to support the new government, they will insist on having their own ministers.

The Prosecutor's Office will try to prepare the indictment on the KTB affair by the beginning of the summer court recess.

Whether this will happen will depend on the behaviour of the persons indicted and the lawyers, stated the head of the Specialised Criminal Prosecutor's Office and monitoring prosecutor on the case - Ivan Geshev.

The Onassis Cultural Center in Athens will host an 80s quiz night on Friday, March 31, starting at 8 p.m. Test your knowledge on the movies and music of the decade in a show presented by film critic Ilias Frangoulis. "It's Bingo Time" is organized on the sidelines of the #GR80s exhibition. Free admission.

Artists Yiannis Papadopoulos, Panos Tsagaris and Kostis Velonis join forces in a group show at the Kalfayan Galleries, titled "Perished Sun," which explores the notion of superstition through ancient and modern beliefs about the significance of eclipses. Opening hours are Mondays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesdays to Fridays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on March 30 said the current parliamentary system "cannot keep pace with Turkey's economic growth," necessitating the shift to an executive presidential system.