Yayla

The scandal has been exposed by a former Turkish counterterrorism police chief Ahmet S. Yayla and a Libyan whistleblower

In a new boost to agribusiness in Turkey, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it is providing a 20 million euro loan to Yayla Agro, a family-owned producer of pulses and rice in Turkey, in a statement on April 3. 

An ambitious development and investment program is set to spur the competitiveness of this fast-growing local firm, read the statement.

The Marmara Research Center (MAM) of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK) has developed a test to swiftly detect whether there is pork in halal meat, after investing almost $125,000 over more than two years.

An autopsy report has alleged that Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was shot with a gun belonging to militants during a police operation at Ça?layan Courthouse on March 31, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor?s Office said April 2.

The two far-leftist militants who were killed by security forces after they took prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz hostage on March 31 inside an Istanbul courthouse were laid to rest on April 2. 

?afak Yayla, one of the captors of 46-year-old Kiraz, was laid to rest in his hometown of Çanakç?'s Karabörk village, which is located in the northern province of Giresun. 

A Greek court ruled prison terms for four men - two Greek citizens and two Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin - who were arrested on July 2013 by the coastguard off Chios, for transferring a large amount of weapons and explosives to Turkey.