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Signing a free trade agreement with Qatar is a major goal for Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said April 28, according to Reuters.

Davuto?lu, on an official visit to the Gulf nation, made the comment in a speech at a business forum which was organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DE?K). 

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has concluded a military agreement that involves the deployment of the Turkish Armed Forces in Qatar, during his official two-day visit to the Gulf nation. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu will be the guest of honor to inaugurate the world's biggest international halal tourism conference, the organizers of the conference said in a written statement on April 28. 

One of the final works of Zaha Hadid, the acclaimed Iraqi-British architect who died suddenly last month, was posthumously inaugurated in Italy on April 25.

Inspired by an oyster, the new maritime terminal at the southern port of Salerno features a hard shell above a soft, fluid interior and the wavy lines that were Hadid's signature.

The 2016 World Botanical EXPO, one of the largest horticultural shows in the world, opened its doors with an official ceremony on April 22 in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and cabinet ministers attended this year's opening ceremony, along with a number of ministers from more than 10 countries. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu will pay a two-day visit to Qatar next week, with the Syrian conflict topping the agenda. 

Earlier this month, Davuto?lu held a bilateral meeting with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani when the two participated in a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hosted in Istanbul. 

The 2016 World Press Freedom Index prepared by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) saw Turkey decline by over six points compared to last year due to "systematic censoring" of the media in addition to a sharp rise in charges of "insulting the president" and loosely defined "terrorism."

Sotheby's is staging what it calls its most comprehensive series of exhibitions and sales to cover the history of Middle Eastern art.

Five sales ranging from the contemporary to the ancient will complement a series of talks and lectures by leading scholars from the region.

Oil prices plunged in Asia on April 18, pushing energy firms and regional stock markets lower after the collapse of talks among the world's top oil producers intended to ease a global supply glut.

Hopes that the talks in Doha on Sunday would result in an output cap helped the black gold climb to 2016 highs last week, having approached 13-year lows just months ago.

Qatari Prime Minister Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti has been received by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and counterpart Ivaylo Moskovski, the government's press office has said.

Al-Sulaiti is in Sofia with a business delegation at the invitation of Moskovski.