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Over 20,000 migrants rescued in Turkey's Aegean since January
The Turkish Coast Guard Command has rescued more than 20,000 migrants in multiple operations in the Aegean Sea since the beginning of this year, according to figures from the body.
Zaz back to Turkey for three concerts
Young French musician Zaz is back once more to dazzle music lovers with her extraordinary voice in Turkey's three largest cities, Istanbul, Ankara and ?zmir.
She will be performing at the Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theater in Istanbul on July 28, the ?zmir Arena on July 29 and the ODTÜ Vi?nelik Concert Area in Ankara on July 30.
Turkey has not asked for NATO military help: chief
Turkey has not asked for substantial military help from NATO in its campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish militants, the alliance's chief said on July 27, a day before it meets to discuss the fighting.
Businesspeople near Turkish-Syrian border send out SOS
Business circles in eastern and southeastern Turkey have called for the country's political parties to establish a coalition government as soon as possible, highlighting the political uncertainties that have led to rising terrorist attacks and conflicts in the region.
Waste disposal project in Turkey's Aegean district delayed as EU withdraws grant
The European Union (EU) has pulled its grant, worth 30 million Euros, for a solid waste disposal plant project, which was to be constructed in Turkey?s Aegean resort town of Bodrum, due to complications about on land allocation.
Turkey plans to handle 200 million air passengers by 2017
Turkey expects to welcome more than 200 million air passengers by 2017, according to revised figures from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHM?).
VIDEO: Divers discover four-meter large squid egg mass in southwestern Turkey
A team of divers in Turkey's southwestern tourist spot of Fethiye discovered a four-meter wide gelatinous mass that could be the largest squid egg mass ever discovered, Deep Sea News reported.
Early on July 2015, a group of divers off the coast of Fethiye discovered and filmed a gelatinous mass which they were unable to identify.
Turkey may revise economic targets once government is formed: Minister
Turkey may need to revise its economic targets downward once a government is formed, Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet ?im?ek said on July 27, on the back of persistent uncertainties.
"We hadn't been expecting uncertainty in the second half of the year like the first half," ?im?ek said in an interview broadcast live by NTV Television.
Construction of controversial prayer room in Istanbul's Rumeli Fortress completed
The construction of a controversial prayer room inside Istanbul?s Rumeli Fortress has been completed amid a long-running dispute between Turkish architects and art historians.
The Bo?azkesen Fetih prayer room is scheduled to open to worshippers in August after a construction process which cost about 1.5 million Turkish Liras.
NATO emergency meeting Tuesday on escalating violence at Turkey’s request
Turkey on Sunday formally requested an emergency NATO meeting on Tuesday following an escalation of violence on its borders with Syria. Turkey invoked article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which allows members to request assistance from allied nations in the event they feel their ‘territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened’.
Police officer killed in Istanbul amid rising violence against security personnel
A police officer has been killed in clashes with a group of protesters in Istanbul's Gazi neighborhood after days of clashes following the death of a Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) member in a vast anti-terror operation launched last July 24 in Istanbul.
Turkey well placed to serve as oil and gas hub: US
Turkey is well placed and an increasingly significant hub for oil and natural gas transit from the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia to Europe and the Atlantic, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has said.
Bulgarians Complete More Holiday Trips, Excursions Abroad in June
In the month of June, Bulgarians completed 468 319 trips abroad, which represented an increase of 13.9 % compared to the same month last year.
This is shown by the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Monday.
HDP accuses gov't of 'dragging Turkey into civil war'
The Turkish army?s ongoing military operations in Iraq and Syria to crack down on terrorists was engineered by the Justice and Development Party (AKP), whose objective to regain its one-party government is dragging Turkey into a ?civil war,? the leader of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirta?, has claimed.
The Lesson: Greek co-production makes way to 2015 LUX Prize finals (trailers)
The three films competing for the 2015 LUX Prize were announced on in Rome by EP Vice-President Antonio Tajani and culture committee chair Silvia Costa, at the Venice Days press conference.