Elvan Atilla
Yordan Tsonev to Stay with MRF Chairman Peevski, Will Not Align with Honorary Chair Dogan if Rift Persists
National Assembly Deputy Chairman Yordan Tsonev of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Friday said that he is part of the team of MRF Chairman Delyan Peevski and will remain on that team. In Tsonev's words, if the division in the MRF and expelling of MPs continues, and it will obviously continue, for the first time he will not remain by the side of MRF Honorary Chairman Ahmed Dogan.
People from Bulgaria, Greece flock to Edirne for shopping
Thousands of people from Bulgaria and Greece travel to the Turkish northwestern province of Edirne for shopping.
"On weekends around 12,000 visitors from those countries come to Edirne, while on weekdays it is around 6,000 to 7,000," said Recep Zıpkınkurt, the head of the Edirne Chamber of Trade and Commerce.
Those visitors from Bulgaria and Greece on average spend 500 euros.