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Millions of Tripadvisor users have voted the Mystras among the top 8 less known UNECO protected sites. In an effort to safeguard and preserve unique cultural and natural sites of great value from around the globe, UNESCO has granted them the title of protected. UNESCO’s list of protected sites includes some famous sites like the Grand Canyon or the Acropolis.

Turkey's first sperm bank for goats has been founded in the capital Ankara in order to protect the species of the Ankara goat. 

The project, which is carried out by Ankara University, received support from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) worth 240,000 Turkish Liras. 

Sonme 350 diplomats have been expelled from the Foreign Ministry since a July 2016 coup attempt due to links to the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), the alleged mastermind of the putsch, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump targeted Toyota Motor Corp on Jan. 5, threatening to impose a hefty fee on the world's largest automaker if it builds its Corolla cars for the U.S. market at a plant in Mexico.

"Toyota Motor said will build a new plant in Baja, Mexico, to build Corolla cars for U.S. NO WAY! Build plant in U.S. or pay big border tax," Trump said in a post on Twitter.

People living near major roads have a higher chance of developing dementia, according to a large-scale study published in British medical journal The Lancet on Jan. 5.

The research looked at six million adults living in Ontario, Canada between 2001 and 2012, and found that those living less than 50 meters (yards) from a busy road had a seven percent higher incidence of dementia.

BELGRADE - Director of the Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, Efraim Zuroff, says the current situation regarding neo-fascism in Croatia is very bad.

Zuroff has repeatedly warned about the rise of neo-fascism in Croatia, and now say he is not optimistic that the situation could change, except with "a real leadership" in that country.

The United Kingdom scolded U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for describing the Israeli government as the "most right-wing in Israeli history," a move that aligns British Prime Minister Theresa May more closely with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. 

According to the Passport Index annual report Greece is in the 6th position in the world ranking, as the Greek passport holders can travel to 153 countries without the need of a visa.

The Passport Index is an indicator of the strength of the passports of all countries based on the number of countries they can travel to without visa.

Turkey has the sixth-largest diplomatic network in the world, according to an international global diplomacy index.        

The index published by the Australia-based Lowy Institute for International Policy showed that Turkey has the largest number of diplomatic missions abroad, following the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.

The year of 2016 is about to come to an end. It was a year of full of tragedy, suffering and conflict. But it also had moments of hope and inspiration. From the U.S. presidential town hall debate to the Rio Olympics – the award-winning photographers of Reuters have really captured it all.