Uşak
Bosnians Protest at Student's Arrest in Turkish Crackdown
Around 100 Bosnians gathered on Monday in the town of Gradacac to protest about Turkey's arrest of Selmir Masetovic, including the detained student's relatives, friends, neighbours and the local mayor.
Karun Treasures in new museum in western Turkey
Work has been completed in a museum project initiated in the western province of Uşak aiming to display the world famous Karun Treasures in a modern environment.
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Glass terrace boosts interest in huge canyon in western Turkey
Touted as the second largest canyon in the world, the Ulubey Canyon in the western Turkish province of Uşak, has hosted 250,000 visitors in the last two years after the construction of a 131-meter-high glass terrace. The glass terrace, which is 135-square-meters, was built in the form of a shipboard as a part of the "Park Canyon Project."
Police detain Uşak University rector, 7 others in coup attempt probe
Police in the western province of Uşak on Dec. 22 have detained a total of eight suspects, including the rector of Uşak University Professor Sait Çelik, as a part of an ongoing investigation into the July 15 failed coup attempt, believed to have been orchestrated by the Gülen movement, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Mesotimolos waits to be discovered
Mesotimolos, an ancient city from the Lydian civilization located close to the Aegean province of Uşak's Düzköy district, awaits archaeological excavations for its discovery.
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'Civilian tutelage' and democracy
Anadolu Agency posted a story on the "compassionate slap" threat from the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ). They came across this concept during the FETÖ investigations conducted by the Chief Prosecutor's Office at the Aegean province of Uşak. "From the statements of the detainees, it was determined that especially after the Dec. 17 and Dec.
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Ankara hosts task force meet aimed at building trust among EU, Russia, Turkey
Officials from a number of countries have noted the need to build trust among the European Union, Russia and Turkey amid the conflict in Syria following a conference in Syria last week.
Last update before Turkey's crucial election
The latest opinion polls tell us that neither the make-up of the four-party parliament, nor the ranking of the parties in parliament, is likely to change substantially on Nov. 1, a re-run of the June 7 general election.
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The AKP, CHP and Erdo?an fronts
Its one-and-a-half months since the general election, in which the conservative Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) lost its power in parliament to establish a government of its own. But Turkey still doesn?t yet have a new government.
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Great Expectations
Turkish politics is an incredibly fun and surprising game for outsiders to read. You can start the day with ?Great Expectations? yet end it with ?Pride and Prejudice.? One can never fail to be amazed at how easily alliances can shift. In this, we are back to square one in the coalition talks.
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