Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency

Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency launched its first global photo exhibition in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Sept. 27, displaying around 40 pictures covering key global events in 2015.

Just two days before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Somalia on June 3, the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organization al-Shabaab attacked a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of the country, killing at least 15 people. Most strikingly the Ambassador Hotel is where Erdoğan and his delegation had stayed in their previous visit to Somalia.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an, a highly visible figure with a large portfolio already, has been tasked with the additional duties of coordinating both the government's fight against the activities of the "parallel state structure," a purported illegal organization allegedly led by U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, and its activities concerning Syrian refugees.

Newly appointed Turkish Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Fatih Ulusoy, on March 25 expressed readiness to take his country's cooperation with Ethiopia in trade and investment to new heights.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu visit Jordan this weekend to boost bilateral ties as well as to hold talks on recent developments in Syria. 

Davuto?lu is expected to arrive in Jordan late on March 26 to meet with senior Jordanian officials in Amman the following day. 

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T?KA) has provided food to 168 refugee families fleeing Boko Haram violence in northern Nigeria, the agency was quoted by the state-run Anadolu Agency as saying on Feb. 29.     

T?KA is helping refugees in the Durumi camp outside the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Turkey has said it has transferred $1.5 million to the WHO's Palestine Representation in order to assist health institutions in Gaza. The announcement comes a day after Turkish and Israeli officials met in Geneva to normalize ties. 

A statement issued late on Feb. 12 by the Foreign Ministry said the financial aid was made upon the request of the Palestinians. 

An international seminar held recently in Kazakhstan with the participation of leading historians and archaeologists provided information about findings in the Altay Mountains Findings obtained during excavations in Kazakhstan, carried out by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T?KA) in collaboration with the International Turkish Academy, have shed light on Turkish history.

Turkey is set to build a 20,000-seat stadium to international standards in the Gaza Strip to support sports in Palestine, officials revealed on July 14.

A member of the Higher Council of Youth and Sports in the Gaza Strip, Abd al-Salam Haniyeh, said the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T?KA) would build the stadium.

Attacks by opposition parties against the government over its perceived failure to keep its promises of assistance to the Gaza Strip appear to have prompted a top Turkish agency to list in detail the country's assistance to Gaza, which has long been strangled by blockades, war and poor governance.