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Turkey’s Housing Development Administration (TOKİ), which has gained notoriety for its massive housing projects in recent years, has refused to divulge the cost of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s new palace on the grounds that the move “could hurt the economy.”

Not because he had international experience and a worldwide reputation as an actor or his bass voice, incredible use of body language in his plays, years of excellent performance as an actor, but rather as a modern face of intellectual Turkey on stage, TV and cinema, I always had high admiration of Haluk Bilginer. I came across him this week while reading the magazine "Ot."

BELGRADE - The South Stream gas pipeline project has been closed, and Gazprom, which was one of the initiators of the project, will build a new gas pipeline to Turkey, Alexei Miller, the chief executive of Russia's state-controlled gas exporter Gazprom, has stated.

The foreign ministries of Turkey and Egypt have traded a fresh round of accusatory statements, with the latter condemning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest remarks and his “flagrant intervention” in Egypt’s internal affairs.

The 6 percent gas price discount granted by Russia to Turkey is not final, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has said, adding that price negotiations are continuing after Ankara submitted a counter bid seeking a deeper cut.

Russia scraps South Stream pipeline

ANKARA -- Russian President Putin announced on Monday that Russia was abandoning the South Stream gas pipeline project.

Serbia has not been officially informed by Gazprom about any change to the project for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, according to Energy Minister Alexander Antic.

Antic's response to the announcement of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the suspension of the South Stream gas pipeline was cited by Russian media outlets.

The United States on Dec. 1 played down the idea of creating a buffer zone along the Syria-Turkish border after a media report cited it as a possible concession to Turkey in return for use of bases to launch attacks on Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in Syria.

Erman Ilıcak, the chairman of the holding company responsible for the construction of Turkey's new presidential palace in Ankara, said the building that has triggered much debate will be a "legacy for future generations."

Erman Ilıcak, the chairman of the holding company responsible for the construction of Ak Saray, the new presidential palace in Ankara, said the building that has triggered much debate will be a "legacy for future generations."