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As Turkey maintains pressure on Balkan countries to clamp down on so-called Gulenists - followers of the US-based cleirc Fethullah Gulen accused of masterminding the failed Turkish coup attempt on July 15,  experts in Albania say the country must put its own interests ahead of those of Ankara.

Fish breeding in the dams of the landlocked southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş are exported to 15 countries across the world, daily Hürriyet has reported.

BELGRADE - Gas and oil are always in the focus of the problems in the Middle East, writes Italian newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore", pointing out that the cause of the war in Syria is exactly the powerful pipeline.

According to the daily, the war there began because the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad refused to accept passing of the pipeline from Qatar to Europe through Syria.

Achilles Tsaltas personifies the notion of globalization. An Australian citizen of Greek descent, he is vice president of International Conferences at The New York Times, resides in London and travels tirelessly around the world in pursuit of sponsors for the development of NYT Conferences and talking to local officials.

Shell wants to supply Turkey with more liquefied natural gas (LNG), grow in the natural gas market and expand its cooperation with Turkey as the country has the potential to become a gas hub, according to a senior company executive. 

The first Turkish school was set to open in the Gulf Arab country of Qatar on Oct. 16, according to the school director.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Mehmet Said Karatosun said the school would teach children of Turkish citizens living in Qatar.

"The school will follow the Turkish curriculum, and teaching will be in Turkish," he said.

BELGRADE - Serbian national team won the gold medal after it defeated the United States with 21:16 in the final of the World Cup in 3×3 basketball.

This was the third consecutive World Cup finals for the Serbian basketball players, who won the first edition in 2012 in Athens, while two years ago they were defeated from Qatar in Moscow.

Syria talks convened by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Oct. 15 evening failed to agree on a common strategy with Russia to end the conflict in Syria, now in its sixth year.

Syria talks with a fresh format but few fresh ideas opened in the Swiss lakeside town of Lausanne on Oct. 15, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry seeking a new path to peace after failing to secure a ceasefire in direct talks with Russia.

Troops and aircraft from five countries are deployed in southern Turkey's İncirlik Air Base, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.