It's The Heat...

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Posta Newspaper, 24 June 2016)


        ...in  happier (and cooler) times.

Ercan Durmaz (31) and his wife of 1 year Nezahat (30), 7-months
pregnant with twins, live in Fethiye and went to nearby Seydikemer
to visit relatives.  When the time came to head back to Fethiye,
Nezahat said "it's 45 degrees (over 100 F) in Fethiye. I can't bear the
heat and can't sleep. It's cooler here."

An argument ensued and resulted in Ercan shooting his pregnant
wife dead with a hunting rifle.  Ercan then used the same rifle to
commit suicide.  The temperature in Seydikemer, which is at an
altitude of 1,000 meters, drops to around 15 degrees (about 45 F)
at night.



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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 24 June 2016)


                               "What?"

The controversy over a graduation program at Dokuz Eylül
University in Izmir that included an 'erotic dance' show is
continuing.  The appearance of the dance group on the stage
during the holy month of Ramazan prompted negative reactions
from some sectors of the populace.

After complaints were made to YÖK, the governing body for
higher education in Turkey, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Başlar was relieved
from his position at the university.


                 Izmir province

Alert Trump: Turks Aiding Moslems in Mexico!

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 23 June 2016)


                     They're sewing a wall!

Native Americans in Mexico have started to become Moslems.
There are about 5,000 Moslems in Mexico and 400 of them are
Tzotzil Native Americans who live in San Cristobal de Las Casas
city in Chiapas state. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination
Agency (TİKA) has provided these Moslems with a modern sewing
workshop.

TİKA has also provided the Tzotzil with 6 cows.  In its efforts to
help people everywhere TİKA has even provided a fresh water
facility to 5,000 Native Americans in the state of Oregon in the
USA at a cost of 200,000 USD.
 

    I think the word will start with the letter 'F'.

TİKA is closely concerned with the situation of Moslems in the
Americas and conducted research into the economic woes of
Native Americans, in particular.  TİKA's Mexico City Program
Coordination Office noticed that some Native Americans are
becoming Moslems.  In the 1800's Moslems emigrated to Mexico
from Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt.  İslam is now spreading
rapidly in Chiapas State in the very south of the country.

The modern sewing workshop for the Tzotzil was coordinated with
the Istanbul municipality and TİKA has provided cloth material, as
well. In addition to the milk cows it contributed to the Tzotzil, TİKA,
together with the Turkish Red Crescent, organized an 'iftar' (breaking
the Ramazan fast evening meal) for the Moslem Tzotzil.



TİKA Director Serdar Çam explained that "our historically close ties
with Latin America (?) gained momentum following a number of
visits by our President to the region.  Thanks to the our links with
the El Turco's in Mexico, stretching back to the past, we will set up
bridges with Anatolia."


What wall? They'll come across the Gulf in boats!

Bodrum Edition

//ed.note: TNT editor-in-chief is currently on assignment in Bodrum
and filed this report*.// 

tükçe links to original Turkish article

(HaberTürk Newspaper, 20 June 2016)


        Customer scarcity breeds mayhem.

The scene in Bodrum, the touristic heaven in Muğla province, resembled
 a war zone the evening before last.  At about 2200 hours, a fight erupted
between the workers at two clothing stores who were vying for 2 (these days
very scarce) tourists on Ayaz Avenue.  When friends and relations of the
 two sides came to join in, the situation got out of hand.

As amazed tourists looked on, the two opposing groups numbering about
50 participants went after each other with stones and bats.  Police arrived,
sprayed pepper gas and fired warning shots in the air to control the situation.

Fourteen people were hospitalized and 25 individuals were taken into
custody.  Other shopkeepers noted that most of the stores that sell clothes
and costume jewelry are owned by relatives and they noted that there has
been tension between them lately.

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 22 June 2016)


Kids will be able to write about "my day at the beach". 

When about 120 people, mostly women and children, arrived in a truck
at the beach at Gerelkoyu, in Yalıçiftlik, Bodrum, onlookers were taken
by surprise.  Assuming that the truck-borne passengers were speaking
Arabic (probably Kurdish), other beachgoes thought they were Syrian
 refugees.  When they began eating picnic-style and entering the water
fully clothed, citizens alerted the Gendarmerie.

The Gendarmerie determined that the newcomers were the families of
workers at a solid waste disposal facility in Bodrum.  While checking ID's,
the Gendarmerie came upon T.K. (23), who was being sought by police.
He was taken into custody.  The driver of the truck, M.D. (45), was fined
147 TL (about 50 USD) for transporting more that 58 people in his truck.



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* TNT editor-in-chief took the train as much as possible en route to 
Bodrum:


Istanbul-Eşkişehir-Izmir-Söke (bus from Söke to Bodrum)