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Watch Live: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds marathon Q&A session

The Russian resident is holding his 11th annual news conference with a special focus on international events. Similar Q&A sessions in the past have lasted up to several hours. The record was set in 2008, when Vladimir Putin spent 4 hours and 40 minutes speaking with journalists.

Turkey: Bashiqa attack proves decision to send troops

Turkey has argued that an attack at a base in northern Iraq where Turkish troops are stationed justified its decision to send additional forces to protect its personnel there.

Turkey, US finalize combat air patrol agreement

Turkey and the United States have finalized a bilateral agreement to provide a framework for the latter's aircraft to conduct combat air patrol missions in Turkish airspace, amid ongoing tension between Ankara and Moscow over the downing of a Russian warplane last month. 

Problems between president, PM at minimum: Davuto?lu

Problems between the president and the prime minister are at their lowest point in Turkey's modern history, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has claimed, amid renewed debate on the government's desired shift to a presidential administrative system from the current parliamentary one. 

Syria's future on table in New York

Syria's future will be on the table in New York on Dec. 18, as world powers meet to find a peaceful solution to the civil war in the country that has been raging for over four years. 

Erdo?an's presidential ambitions continue to divide Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is not prepared to give up on the "presidential system" he wants for Turkey. He claims there are currently two "executives" in the country, since he was also elected president by popular vote in August 2014, and he argues that this could create problems. 

Following the footsteps of Aziz Sancar

2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate professor Aziz Sancar felt like a breath of fresh air.

Because he has kept his Turkish citizenship even though he has been living in the United States for many years. Because he mentions the gains of the republic at every opportunity. Because one of the values he prioritizes is "hard work."

5 years, 5 months, 5 weeks and 5 days in Turkey

Five years ago, in 2010, Turkey started to experience some issues with its "zero problems with neighbors" policy - specifically the flotilla problem when Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish citizens aboard the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship the Mavi Marmara.

Iranian star Namjoo in Turkey once again

Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo is in Turkey to perform two concerts in ?zmir and Istanbul. He says Turkey is his second home and he plans to live in Istanbul Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo, who is in Turkey once again after his first concert in January, has said he loved Turkey very much and planned to live in Istanbul. "I left Iran and live in the U.S. but Turkey is my second home.

Social media and new political turbulence

'Political Turbulence: How Social Media Shape Collective Action' by Helen Margetts, Peter John, Scott Hale, & Taha Yasseri (Princeton University Press, $30, 304 pages)

Turkey, the lone wolf of the climate change summit

This time Turkey was a more active or, let's say, a more visible participant in the climate change talks, said Ethemcan Turhan, who was in Paris during the two week summit that finally ended with an agreement.

In the past, Turkey usually would talk on the last day and repeat its same line asking for her special conditions to be recognized.

Oh secularism, you are killing me

A recent gem uttered by Turkey's top religious official may provide an insight into why cruelty and violence remain a permanent aspect of the human condition.

Mehmet Görmez, the president of the Directorate General for Religious Affairs (Diyanet), suggested on Dec. 14 that the suffering we see today is the result of an evil created by so-called revolutionaries in France in 1789.

Book outlines steps to fight workplace violence against women

Turkey's top business organization has outlined the steps which need to be taken by workplaces to fight violence against women in a book.

The book stressed that violence against women still posed a major problem both in Turkey and abroad, regardless of "excuses" people have often pointed to such as low education and income levels.

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