State of Affairs: according to UNESCO “Seven million Turks are illiterate…

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Seven million Turks are illiterate: UNESCO

Seven million people above the age of 15 are illiterate in Turkey, according to statistics released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics to mark the 50th International Literacy Day on Sept. 8

10 new Turkish sites on UNESCO list

A total of 10 new heritage sites from Turkey have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Tentative List

Turkey to stay on summer time all year round

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Agence France-Presse

Clocks will no longer go back in October due to measure introduced to make better use of winter daylight

Turkey will stop turning back its clocks this winter, staying on summer time all year round to make better use of daylight.

The clocks in Turkey went forward one hour on 27 March for summer, in line with the rest of Europe.

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An al-Monitor piece: “How fake news helps AKP propaganda…

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How fake news helps AKP propaganda
Al-Monitor

Daily Sabah, another passionately pro-government paper, added to its report that US Vice President Joe Biden, who dared to advise the Turkish government on academic freedom during his recent visit to Turkey, voted “yes” in the Senate to have these ..

Nobody in jail, under detention due to journalism activities: Turkish gov’t agency

Nobody has been detained or convicted due to journalism activities in Turkey, the country’s prime ministerial agency in charge of the press has claimed

‘Children of Sur Experienced War’

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Poster hanging on the building has photos of children killed, which reminds that the war knows no law.

Turkish gov’t to build 39 new military security posts, mostly in southeast

A cabinet decision designating locations for 39 new fortified military installations has gone into force, with a majority of new security posts to be built in southeastern Turkey

Block Off for 3 Additional News Websites

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Telecommunications Communication Presidency has blocked access to the news websites “Yüksekova News”, “Sendika.org” and “Demokrat Haber (Democrat News)”.

The next battle: Presidential system

The other day, President Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to a large crowd at a big hall in Ankara

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