Anadolu Agency

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç has claimed that racism and anti-Semitism have never found root in in Turkey, speaking during his visit to the northwestern province of Edirne for the opening of the renovated Great Synagogue.

Dutch midfielder and captain Wesley Sneijder says the Netherlands want a win against Turkey in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match in Amsterdam on March 28, despite the squad being dogged by injuries.

The Galatasaray star told Anadolu Agency they will try to do their best against Turkey despite the absence of two of the squad's regulars, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie.

Fitch Ratings Senior Director Paul Rawkins said the rating agency will ?closely follow? the steps of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after the upcoming general election, particularly whether the presidential system is still on the cards, when making assessments on the Turkish economy.

A fat cat in western Turkey has shed more than five kilograms in four months after its owner hospitalized the pet.

Named "Ta? Kafa" (Stone Head), referring to a Turkish expression for a dumb person, the five-year-old cat was recently taken to the animal treatment center of Nilüfer district in the Bursa province by its owner.

Turkey's first and second nuclear power plant projects will provide Turkish companies with $16 billion worth of gains, the deputy undersecretary of the country's Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said on March 19.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has slammed the announced plans to establish a monitoring panel as part of the government-led Kurdish peace process.

Turkish markets recovered on March 19, with the Turkish Lira at its firmest in two weeks and stocks rallying as investors back into emerging markets after the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sounded a cautious tone on the timing of rate hikes.

The lira rebounded to 2.5610 to the dollar earlier in the session, its firmest since the beginning of March.

The government has decided to establish a monitoring committee of five to six persons to oversee the implementation of the Kurdish peace process, a senior government official has said, noting that the final decision on its composition and mandate will be given next week by the prime minister.

Istanbul is preparing to host the Nuclear Power Plants summit for the second time, to run for two days from March 19 at the Grand Cevahir Hotel on the European side of the city.

The Anadolu Agency-sponsored event will give companies, experts and associations active in the nuclear energy sector an opportunity to meet possible investors.

Turkish Special Forces are training Sunni forces in Iraq, as well as Turkmens in Syria, Turkish officials have confirmed.

The training mission was first revealed by Asil Nujaifi, the governor of Mosul, in an interview with Anadolu Agency on March 15.