According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first half of this year Turkey's steel scrap import volume saw a significant decline of 18.25 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, amounting to 9.3 million mt. In addition, the country's scrap imports in June fell 13.8 percent compared to June 2012, amounting to 1.7 million metric tons.

There’s a new kid that will soon be showing in school cafeterias across four states as part of a USDA pilot program – Chobani Greek yogurt. Last week, the USDA announced it had selected Chobani to provide Greek yogurt to K-12 school meal programs in New York, Idaho, Arizona and Tennessee.  

by Carol Caldwell- photography by Hollis Bennett - From the moment we first met, Cano Ozgener put a spell on me. The man is a magus. Everything he touches turns to gold. CanoIn his first life, Cano turned himself from apprentice at his father’s business designing jewelry in Istanbul to a brilliant career in the New World at engineering research, and now, in Nashville to stay, he has a collection of Turkish meerschaum pipes unrivaled anywhere on earth. From this obsession must have stemmed his next manifestation as maker and purveyor of fine, handmade cigars. Cano, pronounced Johno, turned the profits from the sale of his cigar empire, CAO, into a sprawling, modern compound seated next to the landing strips at John Tune airport. This alchemist with the golden touch then tapped his magic wand and brought forth OZ Arts, a non-profit organization meant to foster the visual and performing arts in Middle Tennessee.

Both Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the wildly popular The Dr. Oz Show and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach arrived in Israel from the US on Sunday together with their families, for a week-long visit. Boteach, dubbed “America’s rabbi” by the media, is hosting Oz – who is often called “America’s doctor” – and his family during their joint sojourn. The trip, Oz’s first to Israel, will include a panel discussion including Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky and moderated by The Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Steve Linde at the Jerusalem Press Club on Monday evening.