TASHKENT

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Nov. 18 that ties between Turkey and Uzbekistan should be developed further after the Central Asian country's presidential election is held on Dec. 4.      

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Oct. 19 listed the movement of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, believed to be behind Turkey's July 15 coup attempt, as a terrorist organization, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.

Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Faruk Kaymakçı has been assigned as Turkey's permanent representative to the EU, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette on Oct. 14.

Romanian tennis player Raluca Olaru and Turkish player Ipek Soylu have won the doubles' event of the 226,750-dollar WTA tournament in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), after disposing of Demi Schurs (the Netherlands) and Renata Voracova (Czechia) by 7-5, 6-3 in the finals.

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier said he expected Turkey as a "partner of the EU" to share the European values, as a response to Turkey summoning the German ambassador to Ankara over a video that ridiculed the Turkish president. 

A U.S. citizen who died after an altercation with police at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in 2013 has been seen gasping for air as police officers forcibly held her to the ground in surveillance camera footage of the incident. 

Bulgaria's team in rhythmic gymnastics won the gold medal in the all-round phase of the World Cup in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent on Saturday night.

Mihaela Maevska, Reneta Kamberova, Kristiyana Todorova, Tsvetelina Stoyanova and Tsvetelina Naydenova, led by senior coach Ina Ananieva performed brilliantly their routine with two hoops and three clubs.

Uzbekistan on March 29 declared its presidential ballot valid after more than the required third of voters turned out in an election that 77-year-old strongman incumbent President Islam Karimov is almost certain to win.
 

BELGRADE - Wrestler Davor Stefanek was named Serbia's Best Athlete in 2014 at the 58th annual selection by the daily newspaper Sport.

The pair made up of Romanian tennis player Raluca Olaru and Georgian-born American player Anna Tatishvili eased into the doubles final of the WTA tournament in Linz (Austria), featuring $250,000 in prize money, after defeating Friday evening 4-6, 7-6 (3), 10-6 No. 4-seeded duo Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Alicja Rosolska (Poland).