Turkey's defense minister departed Sunday for Belgium to attend a European Union defense ministers meeting.

Turkey's ministry of justice's suggestion to reduce Turkey's legal marriage age for women and reduce the penalty for sexual attackers are protested by the women organizations.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Turkey’s visiting Foreign Minister Ali Babacan yesterday encountered a salvo of questions on Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson’s unauthorized taping of two Turkish facilities that care for orphans and the disabled

A notice sent out by Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuğrul Günay detailing new guidelines on conditions under which "sema" (whirling dervish ceremony) programs can take place has been well received by experts in Mevlevi cultural history.

Doğuş Holding CEO Ferit Şahenk said yesterday he believed Turkey will overcome the current financial turmoil in the global markets quickly and with very few losses.

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has removed Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat from his position as a deputy chairman of the party, according to a statement released after yesterday’s Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul received Brazilian and Indian ambassadors in Ankara on Friday.

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on November 7, 2008.