News: On the 6th of April, on the occasion of the Christian Easter, the Danish newspaper Politiken published an article written by a religious historian with specialty in Semitic philosophy, with the title: "If Jesus Never lived - Then Islam Would Most Likely Not Have Existed". Besides criticizing religions in general, he claims that Islam is a made-up hybrid between Christianity and Judaism. Comment: These types of claims have become…

Headlines • Power outage still being investigated: Energy Minister Yildiz • Turkey: Training for Syrian fighters expected in May • Prosecutor dies after Turkey hostage siege; 2 gunmen killed Details Power outage still being investigated: Energy Minister Yıldız Turkey's energy minister has ruled out electricity scarcity as a factor behind the country's massive power outage on Tuesday, as the investigation into its cause continues. "We have no clear data yet.…

News This week officials from Iran and six other countries, the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, agreed on a framework for ways to contain Iran's nuclear programme. It provides guidelines for a more lasting agreement, one that must conclude by June 30, 2015. However, the framework sees Iran surrender key pillars of its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions. Many Iranians may wonder why their…

News: Eventful hours were lived in the Çağlayan Courthouse in Istanbul, after the prosecutor of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Employee Crimes, Mehmet Selim Kiraz who was leading an investigation into the death of Berkin Elvan, was taken hostage by The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C). At about 8:30 pm, two explosions and hundreds of gunfire could be heard. While prosecutor of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Employee…