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Police brielfy seal off the stadium staging the friendly between Germany and the Netherlands after finding a suspicious suitcase Police brielfy sealed off the stadium staging the friendly between Germany and the Netherlands Nov. 17 after finding a suspicious suitcase.

The game cancelled because of "security reasons", police told AFP without giving any details.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an gave Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu the mandate to form a new government on Nov. 17, the Turkish Presidency has stated.

The 26th legislative term of Turkey's parliament opened on Nov. 17 with newly elected MPs taking their oaths and with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in attendance. Eyes have now turned to the names set to be included in the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's new cabinet.

Selahaddin Eyyubi Airport, which was opened in the southeastern province of Hakkari's Yüksekova district in May, has been closed for around three months due to "terror attacks."

Istanbul's Be?ikta? Municipality has change the name of a street in the district to "Bar??-A?iti," meaning "peace" in Turkish and Kurdish. The move comes as an expression of solidarity with the municipality in the violence-hit southeastern province of Hakkari. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Nov. 17 the United States is starting an operation with Turkey to finish securing the northern Syrian border, an area that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants have used as a lucrative smuggling route, Reuters reported.

Former "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen says he has the HIV virus.

Turkish technology giant Vestel Electronics launched the third generation of its domestically produced Venus smartphone on Nov. 17 with an eye to selling 1.5 million devices by the end of 2016.

Vestel Group Chief Executive Officer Turan Erdo?an said the company expected to sell 1.5 million devices in total by the end of 2016.

I was in my twenties, reckless, in love and convinced that nothing bad could happen to me or anyone I loved. Terrorist attacks were things that happened elsewhere, to other peopleIn December 1996, when a bomb planted by Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) exploded in the Port Royal metro station, I had just moved to Paris.

Bundestag Vice President Claudia Roth criticizes German Chancellor Merkel's bargaining with Turkey, saying it will result in more Syrian refugees staying in TurkeyThe vice president of Germany's Bundestag has deeply criticized her government's bargaining with Turkey in an attempt to persuade Turkey to agree to a migrant action plan in return for the carrot of greater visa liberalization.