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Turkish-made training airplane Hürku? breaks speed record
A Turkish-made basic training aircraft called the Hürku?, which was designed and manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), set a record high speed of 659 kilometers per hour on Feb. 28 in a test flight in Ankara.
The two-seat Hürku? began a dive from 27,000 feet (9,000 meters) at the test site, reaching a top speed of 659 km per hour during the dive.
Last section of third bridge on Bosphorus to be mounted on March 4
The last section of the third bridge over the Bosphorus will be installed on March 4, officials from the company constructing the link have announced.
Some 58 of the total 59 steel sections have been mounted so far, with the last nine-meter-long deck set to be installed on March 4 with a ceremony, according to company sources.
NASA says recent drought in Turkey and eastern Mediterranean worst in 900 years
The continued drought in the eastern Mediterranean, including the Levant region and Turkey, since 1998 was drier than the worst drought in the past 900 years, a new study by NASA has revealed.
Turkey refuses to allow NATO to deploy ships - reports
NATO ships sent to the Aegean Sea to monitor migrant routes from Turkey to Greece "have not yet started operating in Turkish waters."
The reason, reports French agency AFP, is that they are "waiting for the go-ahead from alliance member Ankara."
Production returns to normal at Renault factory in Turkey
Production at French car giant Renault's factory in the Marmara province of Bursa returned to normal on March 2, a day after workers went on strike after their colleagues were laid off, a company official has told Reuters.
"Production returned to normal as of 8 a.m.," the official said.
SunExpress posts record growth, eyes new markets
SunExpress, a joint venture company of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has said it broke another revenue record in 2015, adding that 2016 would be a year for seeking new markets in a written statement on March 2.
Turkey says US pinning Syria strategy on 'small terror group'
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an on March 2 criticized the United States over its Syria strategy, charging that it was relying on Kurdish fighters he described as a "small terror organization."
In an exclusive interview with AFP, Akdo?an also rejected suggestions Ankara is preparing any unilateral military intervention to end the five-year war in Syria.
Sharp rise in number of migrants on Turkey's west coast
Turkey's Coast Guard has reported an eleven-fold year-on-year increase in the number of undocumented migrants discovered in the country's Aegean region.
Almost 8,500 refugees were found in Turkish Coast Guard operations in February 2016, 11 times more than the same month in 2015, officials told the state-run Anadolu Agency on March 1.
Turkey says it is 'mastermind' behind NATO's migrant mission in Aegean
NATO's mission to monitor refugee flows in the Aegean Sea and combat people smugglers is the brainchild of Turkey, Ankara has stressed, rejecting reports that NATO vessels deployed in the Aegean have not yet started operating in Turkish waters because Turkey has not yet given permission.
Ankara denies 'Turkey is blocking NATO's Aegean operation'
Calling it a "fabricated" report, Ankara has denied the accuracy of a report which has suggested that NATO vessels deployed in the Aegean Sea to help stop the flow of migrants to Europe have not yet started operating in Turkish waters because they have not been given permission yet from Turkey.
Diyarbak?r governorate bans entry to Sur ahead of march towards the district
Office of the governor in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbak?r province has imposed an entry ban on its restive Sur district ahead of a protest march called by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Kamuran Yüksek on March 1.
Erdo?an wants legal action over HDP call for march to Sur
Turkish President Erdo?an has urged prosecutors to take legal action against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), after it called for a march toward the Sur district in the southeastern city of Diyarbak?r ahead of an entry ban early on March 2.
Erdo?an says HDP's Sur march 'a call to terror'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said a call by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for a public demonstration in the Sur district of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, where a curfew has been imposed for more than three months, is a "call for terror."
Key advisor defends Erdo?an over remarks on top court ruling
A key advisor for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has criticized Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu?'s remarks on the president's comments over the top court ruling that led to the release of daily Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, saying the president's statement had not been personal, but rather made as the head of state.
Greece to deal with Turkish provocations and FYROM’s threats
The situation created recently with thousands of refugees and immigrants trapped in Greece becomes a risky one and seems to be out of control, both at Greece’s eastern border with Turkey and Greece’s northern border with FYROM.