Eurasia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia Dec. 7 of interfering in the domestic affairs of numerous countries that are seeking closer ties to the European Union.

“Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine are three countries in our eastern neighbourhood that have taken sovereign decisions to sign an association agreement with the EU,” Merkel told German daily Die Welt in an interview.

The two-day Berlin Security Conference, one of the most prominent forums on European security and defense, is starting on Dec. 2.

Turkey is the partner country of this year's conference, which brings together around 1,000 participants from more than 50 countries.

Turkish and foreign tourism representatives, banking executives, journalists and academics met yesterday to discuss future tourism trends at the International Resort Tourism Congress and the conference will continue today.

A new project titled “The World’s Largest Museum: Turkey,” which includes a book, photography exhibition and a documentary film, was launched over the weekend at the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.

The project was initiated jointly by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the Turkish Travel Agencies Union (TÜRSAB) Museums Initiatives, and the Bilkent Cultural Initiatives.

Turkey’s dreams of becoming a regional hub could be achieved easier by focusing on doing business with similar-cultured countries and prioritized sectors, a new report has suggested.

The price of new houses in Turkey increased by 7.3 percent in October compared with the same month of the previous year, according to the Reidin-GYODER New House Price index, which was released on Nov. 14.

Turkey and Algeria stand out among the most innovation-ready countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, General Electric’s report “Mapping the Future of Work in MENAT” has announced.

The Jihadist International is a growing phenomenon. Like the Communist International of the early 20th Century, this movement feeds on domestic inequality, and contrary to popular perception, its breeding ground is also in the West. The front-lines of the Jihadist International are made up of fighters foreign to our region.

Regardless of how firmly the neo-Ottomanists believe they have consolidated themselves at the helm of the Turkish Republic, on the 91st anniversary of its establishment, the Republic is as firmly embraced by the republican, secular and progressive segments of society as ever.

Turkey says, openly or by implication, the following about the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): ISIL is certainly a threat to the world and to Turkey.