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Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? and Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK) co-chair Ertu?rul Kürkçü have made a surprise visit to northern Iraq, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is based.

Sisters Güher and Süher Pekinel will take the stage on Dec 15 for a recital accompanied by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra percussionists Raphael Haeger and Simon RösslerInternationally-renowned Turkish pianist sisters Güher and Süher Pekinel will perform a recital accompanied by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra percussionists Raphael Haeger and Simon Rössler on Dec.

Turkish tourism representatives have praised the ties between Turks and Russians, adding they believed any political tensions between the two countries could be overcome. 

Turkey's most important tourism destination, Antalya, will host the fifth International Resort Tourism Congress next weekend on the heels of last week's G-20 Summit. 

President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi said the ECB is ready to act quickly to boost inflation in the eurozone while attending the European Banking Congress in Frankfurt.

His statements are the strongest hint that new measures could be expected at its December meeting aiming to stop inflation from falling below the official target of just under two percent.

United States President Barack Obama vowed on Nov. 19 to press ahead with the release of his plan on how he hopes to close the Guantanamo military prison but said last week's Paris attacks would stoke further congressional resistance to his efforts. 

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has been presented with a Special Award of Simon Wiesenthal Center, the international Jewish human rights organization, in recognition of her leadership and longstanding commitment to promoting peace and dialogue.

Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sebahat Tuncel was acquitted of "making terrorism propaganda" charges in two speeches by a court in southeastern Diyarbak?r province on Nov. 17.

Thousands of residents sought to flee for their lives in the southeastern district of Silvan yesterday, the 10th day of a continuing military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants.

A sixth curfew since August was declared in three neighborhoods of Silvan, a town of 86,000  about 80 kilometers from Diyarbak?r, on Nov. 3. 

The Pentagon is poised to release a much-anticipated report on shutting down Guantanamo Bay, even as Congress battles to block the transfer of the military prison inmates from Cuba to US soil.