2013
•May 31: A sit-in protest against plans to raze Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square in Istanbul erupts into violence when police break it up and burn demonstrators’ tents.
•The crackdown sparks protests that spread nationwide. The ensuing clashes leave eight people dead and at least 8,000 wounded. Around 5,000 people are arrested.
•Over three weeks, 2.5 million people rally across Turkey to demand that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan resign.
•November 13: Mr Erdogan confronts US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, a one-time ally with prominent followers in the police and justice system, by announcing he will close his network of college preparatory schools, a major source of income and recruiting ground for the Gulen movement.
•December 17: Turkish police detain dozens of people close to Mr Erdogan as part of a probe into bribery in construction projects, gold smuggling and alleged illicit money transfers to Iran.
•Mr Erdogan calls the probe a “dirty” operation to smear his government and blames followers of Gulen.
December 25: Erdogan announces a cabinet reshuffle, replacing almost half his key ministers after three of them resigned.
2014
•February 5: The Turkish parliament, dominated by Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), increases controls first over the Internet, then over judges 10 days later
•February 24: Leaked phone taps by Turkish police suggest Mr Erdogan and his son Bilal tried to hide large sums of money.
•March 20: The government blocks Twitter to stop a daily drip of excerpts from apparently compromising telephone conversations attributed to Erdogan. Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who co-founded the AKP with Erdogan in 2001, denounces the censorship, as do a host of world leaders.
•March 26: An Ankara court overturns the Twitter ban.
* Agence France-Presse
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Closing the loophole on sugary drinks
As The National reported last year, non-fizzy sugared drinks were not covered when the original tax was introduced in 2017. Sports drinks sold in supermarkets were found to contain, on average, 20 grams of sugar per 500ml bottle.
The non-fizzy drink AriZona Iced Tea contains 65 grams of sugar – about 16 teaspoons – per 680ml can. The average can costs about Dh6, which would rise to Dh9.
Drinks such as Starbucks Bottled Mocha Frappuccino contain 31g of sugar in 270ml, while Nescafe Mocha in a can contains 15.6g of sugar in a 240ml can.
Flavoured water, long-life fruit juice concentrates, pre-packaged sweetened coffee drinks fall under the ‘sweetened drink’ category
Not taxed:
Freshly squeezed fruit juices, ground coffee beans, tea leaves and pre-prepared flavoured milkshakes do not come under the ‘sweetened drink’ band.
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The flights
Etihad (etihad.com) flies from Abu Dhabi to Mykonos, with a flight change to its partner airline Olympic Air in Athens. Return flights cost from Dh4,105 per person, including taxes.
Where to stay
The modern-art-filled Ambassador hotel (myconianambassador.gr) is 15 minutes outside Mykonos Town on a hillside 500 metres from the Platis Gialos Beach, with a bus into town every 30 minutes (a taxi costs €15 [Dh66]). The Nammos and Scorpios beach clubs are a 10- to 20-minute walk (or water-taxi ride) away. All 70 rooms have a large balcony, many with a Jacuzzi, and of the 15 suites, five have a plunge pool. There’s also a private eight-bedroom villa. Double rooms cost from €240 (Dh1,063) including breakfast, out of season, and from €595 (Dh2,636) in July/August.
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