Hurriyet Daily News Erdoğan slams EU over criticizing Turkey for media crackdown The Turkish newspaper reported the statements of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who slammed the EU on Wednesday, over its condemnation of recent raids on the local media, saying Brussels has no right to give Ankara a "democracy lesson". "They say they will give a democracy lesson to Turkey. Take the trouble to come here, so that Turkey can give you a lesson in democracy," Erdoğan said at a rally in the Central Anatolian city of Konya. On the last few days Turkey detained journalists and television staff linked to U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, which triggered severe criticism from the European Union to it, describing the raids as "incompatible with the freedom of the media." Erdoğan's diatribe raised new doubts about Turkey's stalled bid to join the bloc. Read more: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/president-erdogan-says-eu-cannot-give-democracy-lesson-to-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=75755&NewsCatID=338
Turkish Weekly 4 Egyptian, UAE officers killed in military jet crash Turkish Weekly reported the deadly crash of warplane, which resulted in killing four army officers from both Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were killed Wednesday when a military plane crashed during a joint military drill in Egypt. The crash took place at 7 pm local time, and was caused by a "technical problem", Egypt's army spokesman Mohamed Samir said in a Facebook statement. He said two of the victims were Egyptian, while the other two were from the United Arab Emirates, noting that an investigation had been opened into the crash. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates started a joint military drill on December 11, the latest in a series of training between the two countries. Read more: http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/177384/4-egyptian-uae-officers-killed-in-military-jet-crash.html
Daily Mail Cemetery with one million mummies unearthed in Egypt The British Daily Mail shed the light on the latest discovery of archaeological scientists in Egypt, who found a cemetery containing more than a million mummified human bodies has been unearthed in central Egypt, according to archaeologists. Scientists have already excavated more than 1,700 mummies, preserved by the hot dry desert in the Faiyum region of Egypt about 60 miles (96km) south of Cairo. But those leading the work believe there could be up to a million similar bodies buried in shafts cut into the limestone rock that are at times up to 75ft (22.9 meters) deep. It is thought that the mummies were buried around 1,500 years ago, between the 1st and 7th Century AD, when Egypt was controlled by the Roman and Byzantine Empire. According to the Daily Mail, yet scientists are baffled about where the huge numbers of mummies came from - the remains of a nearby village is too small to warrant such a large cemetery and the nearest town, named Philadelphia after King Ptolemy II Phiadelphus, has its own burial sites. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2877855/Cemetery-one-MILLION-mummies-unearthed-Egypt-1-500-year-old-desert-necropolis-largest-found.html
