Eurasia

Turkey slammed a recent report by international observers on the April 16 constitutional referendum, calling it "biased" and "unacceptable" on April 17.

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.

The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has launched a mission to observe the April 16 constitutional referendum in Turkey.

The defense budget of China will increase by around 7 percent this year, as compared to last year's $146 billion, spokesperson of the country's National People's Congress (NPC) has announced.

The announcement comes amid US plans to boost military and security spending by 10 percent.

A recent downward trend in Turkish tourism has resulted in noteworthy job losses in the industry, with Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) figures showing that accommodation and tour-operating businesses have seen the most damage. 

Discrimination against ethnic minorities and Roma remained widespread, states the latest report on Croatia prepared by Amnesty International.

Additionally, Serb returnees face "persisting obstacles to regain their property," the document said, citing UNHCR.

Turkey will set up a special committee to take measures to control the quality of Turkey's food supply chain and its prices, the Turkish Central Bank announced on Feb. 21.        

"If you are going to be hanged, be hanged with an English rope," is a famous Turkish saying. Anything that has the act of hanging cannot really imply something positive, but this saying has a positive connotation in reference to the British. 

By contrast, you can also very often hear many Turks utter the expression "Don't descend the well with an English rope."

Ankara is ratcheting up its provocative behavior in the Aegean Sea.

Around 70 percent of Turkish citizens have never participated in any culture or arts event in their lives, according to a new report from the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) based on data from research firms GfK and Ipsos.