Suleyman Demirel University

Turkey on June 16 remembered its ninth president, Süleyman Demirel, who passed away five years ago.
Demirel was ousted twice in military coups and survived an assassination attempt before dying of heart failure at the age of 91.
He was one of Turkey's most prominent center-right political figures, serving as prime minister seven times and as president from 1993 to 2000.

Turkey commemorated the 39th anniversary of the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup during which then-Chief of the General Staff Kenan Evren toppled the coalition government of Süleyman Demirel and dismissed the Turkish Parliament.

Businesses should hire employees based on their star signs, a Turkish academic has suggested in his thesis project submitted to the Süleyman Demirel University in the western province of Isparta.

The storks, which are the subject of many stories, songs, poems and proverbs in Turkish culture, create colorful images during their migration to the Göller Yöresi (the region of lakes). 

It was a short while before the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. Foreign Minister İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil visited Tehran after receiving an invitation from Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, for a meeting which he later recounted:

As often it is said "size does not matter;" indeed the name of the governance system does not matter either. What matters is the name of the governance system of a country or functionality, accountability, effectiveness of governance in that country.

It was Republic Day on Thursday, Oct. 29. I remembered this great quote of ?smet ?nönü, the second president of Turkey, that has been carved in my memory. "My biggest victory is my fiasco in these elections?"

Turkey had started its transition to multi-party life, to the march of real democracy, with these honest elections held in 1950. 

A 45-day deadline to form a coalition government ended on Aug. 23 without a result, with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an expected to call a snap election and assign Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to form an interim government. 

On Aug. 21, the president said Turkey would hold new parliamentary elections, probably on Nov. 1.

Cüneyt Arcayürek, a veteran Turkish journalist, died on June 23 due to multiple organ failure. He was 87.

A lead columnist for daily Cumhuriyet, Arcayürek had been under treatment in a private hospital in Ankara since May 13. He will be laid to rest in the Gölba?? district of Ankara on June 25, without a funeral ceremony according to his bequest.

Supporters, family members, politicians and statesmen bid farewell to Süleyman Demirel, Turkey's ninth president Supporters, family members, politicians and statesmen bid farewell to Süleyman Demirel, Turkey's ninth president and one of the most prominent figures in the modern Republic's political history, in his hometown of Isparta in southwestern Turkey on June 20 following a state ce