Daily Archives: September 27, 2018

“The Netherlands is going to pay for this,” roared Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on March 2017. He was reacting to the Dutch government’s refusal to let Turkish ministers campaign in Rotterdam ahead of the April referendum. Turkey started to apply sanctions … Continue reading →

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More than 600,000 Syrian children have been enrolled in the education system for the 2018-2019 school year, according to Turkish Education Ministry data, state-run Anadolu Agency said on Sept. 26. There are 1,047,999 Syrian school-aged refugee children in Turkey, the agency said, citing the data figures as of September provided … Continue reading →

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Average life expectancy at birth for Turkish citizen reached 78 years in the 2015-2017 period, the statistics office TÜİK reported on Sept. 26. Women live longer than men by 5.5 years on an average. The institute said life expectancy at birth was … Continue reading →

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Some 30.7 million people visited museums and ruins across Turkey in 2017, a 21.3-percent rise from the previous year, said the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on Sept. 26. The number of museums in Turkey also increased by 21 to reach 438 in 2017, up 5 … Continue reading →

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Members of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee on Sept. 25 agreed to cancel 70 million euros in pre-accession funds earmarked for Turkey on grounds the conditions to improve the rule of law were not met. The committee said the money would be spent on migration … Continue reading →

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Labor, taxation and social welfare policies in countries around Europe and Central Asia must be brought into the 21st century to tackle rising inequality between groups and help workers face increased uncertainty, a new World Bank study has said. Towards a New Social Contract report calls for a fundamental … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s banks are finally catching a break as the country’s tumultuous currency crisis ebbs. But the peace may not last for long. The additional yield, or spread, investors demand to own debt issued by Turkish lenders instead of the comparable … Continue reading →