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French President Francois Hollande on Jan. 28 called on Turkey to take new steps towards the "truth" behind the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, saying "it is time to break the taboos".

Both President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the head of Turkey?s Constitutional Court have denied there is any tension between them, after joining a luncheon hosted by the former at the presidential palace in Ankara.

The Turkish government plans to boost employment specifically for women by making the working conditions better and reducing the informal economy with the new reform package. 

Labor reforms targeted at reducing the informal economy and boosting employment, especially of women, were announced by Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu yesterday. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Gülsün Bilgehan, has been elected as Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, becoming the first Turkish politician ever to be selected to the top post for a second time.

Turkey?s top cleric has said Islamophobia has been ?turned into an industry? across the world to ?spread fear.?

Be?ikta? players celebrate after striker Demba Ba scored a goal against Gençlerbirli?i in a league game on Jan. 26.

Be?ikta? achieved its eighth win in nine away games this season against Ankara?s Gençlerbirli?i, claiming the second spot on the Spor Toto Super League standings, one point behind the defending champions Fenerbahçe.

Mete Yarar is a former member of the Turkish armed forces. As a member of the Special Forces Command, he was last on duty in Iraq, before leaving the army of his own will in 2004. Ever since, he has been working as a security consultant, and he frequently appears on television as a political and security expert.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Washington should pressure Turkey not to allow money and weapons into northern Syria, accusing Ankara and its president of backing ?terrorists.?

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said US plans to train vetted rebels to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were "illusory" as they would eventually defect to the jihadists, in an interview published Monday.
      

Washington reviews its relations with Ankara as divergences in regional policy approaches and Turkish leaders' anti-U.S. rhetoric disrupts ties between the two allies, a senior American analyst has said.