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Turkey takes necessary measures against any possible terrorist attack: Foreign Minister
Terrorist attacks are possible in every country and Turkey has been and will continue to take all necessary security measures, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has said, when questioned whether Turkey is at risk of an attack similar to the one that took place at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris a few days ago.
Turkish court requests environmental report for five-star hotel near ancient coastal city
A Turkish administrative court has requested an environment impact assessment report (ÇED) for the construction of a five-star hotel near the ancient city of Phaselis along the Mediterranean coast, invalidating a previous decision by the Environment Ministry to exempt the project from the mandatory assessment process.
Turkey's Tüpra? faces $69 mln hit from tax demand, fines
Turkey?s sole oil refiner Tüpra? has said it faces a tax demand and related fines totaling 160 million liras ($69 million) following an 18-month investigation by authorities.
The demand for 65.6 million liras and fines of 94.4 million liras date from 2009 to 2013, the company said in a filing with the stock exchange.
Gazprom says new pipeline will secure gas for Turkey
The new planned Russian natural gas pipeline to Turkey will provide a "secure supply" for the country, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on Jan. 9.
In early December, Russia scrapped the South Stream project, which was planned to carry gas under the western Black Sea to Bulgaria and into European markets.
Israel won't recognize 1915 as Armenian Genocide: Israeli ambassador to Baku
Israel does not intend to recognize the killings of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide this year, Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Rafael Harpaz has said, the Azerbaijani website Trend reported on Jan. 8.
?Israel is a democratic country. Everybody has two opinions [on the issue], not one,? Harpaz said.
Turkey condemns Boko Haram massacre
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has strongly condemned the killing of thousands of people in a Nigerian town by Boko Haram militants.
"Terror attacks in which innocent people are brutally killed cannot be tolerated regardless of religion, civilization and justification," Erdo?an said in a statement on Jan. 8.
Ankara offers assistance to Paris on terror attack
Turkey reaches out to France to offer political and intelligence support in the wake of the deadly rampage at the Charlie Hebdo offices Turkey has officially proposed cooperation to France in investigating the fatal Charlie Hebdo attack and expressed its readiness to provide any kind of institutional support, the Turkish ambassador to France has said.