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It was 1976. A fleet of brand new F-104 aircraft in the Turkish skies was approaching the apron where the top brass were proudly watching their maiden flight in the Turkish Air Force. The first aircraft to land had a near crash landing but the rest of the ceremony was a merry event.

Russia announced Wednesday it would stop its participation in the Joint Consultative Group and in particular of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 10 urged Japan to resolve issues surrounding Tokyo's system of wartime sex slavery, her second foray into the delicate issue of East Asia's history.
      

The annual Sarajevo Winter festival on Monday started its three-day run which will see 1,300 people from 40 countries participating in a wide-ranging series of cultural and arts events at museums, galleries and concert halls throughout the city.

A group of South Korean thyroid cancer patients living near nuclear plants have filed the country's first class action suit against the operator, after an October court ruling in favour of a plaintiff claiming a link between radiation and the cancer.
   

Denizli's ancient Pamukkale-Hierapolis site was the most visited place in Turkey in 2014, followed by the ancient city of Ephesus and the Göreme Open Air Museum, according to TÜRSAB President Başaran Ulusoy The travertine falls of Pamukkale, together with the adjacent ancient city of Hierapolis, drew the most visitors in Turkey this year, the Turkish Travel Agencies Union (TÜRSAB) has said, po

The South Korean ambassador to Romania Hyo-Sung Park said during a visit to northwestern Oradea late on Thursday he is very satisfied with the current phase in the bilateral relations and their direction of development and is convinced the cooperation will be enhanced in the future.

A total of 32,598 voters have cast ballots in polling stations abroad in Bulgaria's early parliamentary elections by 2pm Sofia time on Sunday.

According to foreign ministry data, more than half of those voters, 17 197, have cast ballots in Turkey.

Closing in on his 104th birthday, a twinkle-toed Japanese sprinter has thrown down the challenge to the world's fastest man Usain Bolt, telling him: "let's rumble!"       

Folk dancers from Panama participating in Earthdancers, an international dance and music festival, performed in Syntagma Square, central Athens, on Wednesday.

In its fourth year, the festival began on Wednesday and is to run through Sunday with more than 300 dancers and musicians from nine countries participating in performances across Attica.