A Constitutional Court rapporteur who had previously recommended the top court not reverse a law adopted in Parliament that would have allowed wearing Islamic headscarves on university campuses has been fired from his job at an Ankara law school.

PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan completed his visit to Turkmenistan and departed for Turkey.

Turkish General Staff said on Saturday that 15 soldiers lost their lives when terrorist PKK organization attacked on Aktutun Gendarmerie Border Unit in Semdinli town of southeastern province of Hakkari on Friday afternoon from north Iraq.

A European commissioner expressed thought on Friday that Turkey's European Union (EU) accession negotiations depended on the country itself.

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on October 3, 2008.

A mountaineer tumbled down to death on Thursday on Demirkazik Mountain in Central Anatolian province of Nigde.

Foreign tourists, visiting Cappadocia region, one of the most important tourism centers of Turkey and famous for its chimney rocks, prefer Turkish cuisine.

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on October 1, 2008.