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Business people should strengthen Turkish-Kazakh ties

Business people should raise Turkey and Kazakhstan's economic relations to the top level, Fuat Oktay, Turkey's vice president, said on Nov. 10.

Turkey sets up water filtration facilities in Pakistan

Turkey's state aid agency has set up four water filtration facilities in Pakistan's southern Sindh province to provide clean water to around one million people.

8 civilians killed by terrorist attack in N Syria

Eight civilians were killed and at least 20 others wounded in a car explosion attack by YPG/PKK terrorists in south of Tal Abyad in northern Syria, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said on Nov. 10.

Erdoğan vows to move Turkey up into world’s top league

The best way to understand and commemorate Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding leader of the modern Turkey, is by making Turkey one of the top countries in the world, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, citing his government's 17-year rule as the best example to it.

At least 3,893 irregular migrants were held across Turkey over the past week: Sources

At least 3,893 irregular migrants were held across Turkey over the past week, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from security sources.

Turkey finds YPG/PKK mine storage facility in N Syria

Turkey found a mine warfare training and storage facility belonging to YPG/PKK terrorist organization during search and sweep operations in northern Syria, said the Defense Ministry on Nov. 10.

Silk road train 'first step towards a game changer'

The first freight train traveling from China to Europe which passed from the Turkish borders last week is a first step towards a big game changer, according to a scholar. If the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BIR) were to be realized, it might have a trade generating effect, said Altay Atlı of Koç University.

Serbia’s Bosniaks Hanker after Slice of Turkish Investment

The mainly Muslim Bosniak region of Sandzak has felt little benefit from Turkey's growing investment and trade ties with Serbia. Might a new highway herald a change?

Turkey marks 81st death anniversary of Atatürk

Millions of Turkish people across the country on Nov. 10 marked the 81st anniversary of the demise of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader who led the country's war of independence and laid foundation of the Republic of Turkey.

Thirty years after the Berlin Wall, Cyprus' division endures

As the world commemorates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the bullet-riddled sandstone walls of abandoned, crumbling homes and concrete machine gun nests dotting Cyprus' no man's land serve as a jarring reminder of another divided capital — the world's last — on Europe's southeastern frontier.