Babacan

One of Türkiye's best known voice artists, Sungun Babacan, has died at the age of 64. He had been receiving treatment for his illness for a while.

Babacan voiced actors in many well-known Hollywood movies and commercials such as Batman, Superman, as well as Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks.

Turkey’s grain production fell in 2014, official figures showed yesterday, hit by the Middle East’s driest weather in more than a decade, forcing the country to raise its grain imports.

Wheat production was down by 13.8 percent to 19 million tons while barley production was at 6.3 million tons, down more than 20 percent from 2013, the Statistics Institute (TÜİK) said.

Ali Ağaoğlu, a construction mogul known for his close ties with the government, has denounced Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan’s pledge to shift focus on developing industry, rather than construction.

Turkey is currently in a political transition process – a very orderly one so far. Let me tell you what we know as of this Friday. We have a new president, a new prime minister and a new council of ministers. The successful Babacan-Şimşek team has kept its portfolio as deputy prime minister responsible for the economy and minister of finance, respectively.