Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, who had planned a bomb attack targeting a ceremony on Nov. 10 in ?zmir, hid the explosives inside a truck carrying the belongings of a police officer who was moving his house from Diyarbak?r in the southeast to the Aegean city, according to a police report. 

Turkish Cyprus has marked the 32nd anniversary of its foundation yesterday with celebrations in the country. 

The debate about a presidential system for Turkey started as soon as it was clear the Justice and Development Party (AKP) had won a landslide victory in the elections on Nov. 1. The matter is now being discussed within the framework of the need for a new constitution.

'The Burden of Silence: Sabbatai Sevi and the Evolution of Ottoman-Turkish Dönmes' by Cengiz ?i?man (Oxford University Press, 344 pages, £47)

No legal action has been taken against those who attacked daily Hürriyet's headquarters on Sept. 6 and Sept. 8.

It is known who they are, where they reside, where they live. There are video recordings of the crime they committed. The one that led the mob does not deny his crime; each time he says he will repeat the same act.

Yesterday, Turkey commemorated Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Turkish Republic. Both the tall man and the short man with the almond moustaches praised Atatürk's vision, naturally without using the word "Atatürk" (Father of Turks), which they dislike.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has maintained that the Nov. 1 snap elections have ushered in four years of stability and called for reforms, including the making of a new constitution.

The Turkish General Staff has released footage from the commemorations in Ankara on Nov 10, 1939, the day marking the first anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s death

Three outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were detained on Nov. 10, on the 77th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, for planning a bomb attack in the Aegean province of ?zmir.

Three outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were seized on Nov. 10, on the 77th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, for planning a bomb attack in the Aegean province of ?zmir.