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A construction project on the uninhabited Yass?ada, a small but infamous island located off the coast of Istanbul?s Asian side in the Marmara Sea, was officially started on May 14 in a ceremony with the participation of the prime minister.

Turkish Airlines will add seven new direct foreign flight destinations from Turkey's capital Ankara beginning from Oct. 1, 2015, officials said on May 14.

Ankara Chamber of Industry head Nurettin Özdebir told Anadolu Agency that Turkish Airlines had promised to add 27 flights per week from Ankara to seven new foreign destinations.

There is only one month left until the June 7 parliamentary elections in Turkey.

Özcan Purçu, who is expected to become the first ever Roma politician in the Turkish Parliament, has said he opted to be nominated from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) as the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "Roma initiative" ultimately failed.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has declined an invitation from counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of Moscow?s victory in World War II, in an apparent diplomatic reprisal against Russian leader?s decision to label the 1915 killings of Ottoman Armenians as genocide last month.

The leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has vowed to continue the Kurdish peace process if elected in the June polls, but has stressed he will regard the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as the sole interlocutor in the talks. 

The leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has vowed to continue the Kurdish peace process if elected in the June polls, but has stressed he will regard the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as the sole interlocutor in the talks. 

Two of Turkey?s opposition parties have kicked-off their foreign election campaigns in Germany over the weekend, targeting the more than 2.7 million Turkish voters living abroad. 

People across Turkey, particularly children, celebrated Sovereignty Day and Children?s Day on April 23, though the deaths of three people in three separate cities and unfavorable weather conditions darkened the festivities.  

A teacher died from a heart attack during the ceremonies at his school in the Black Sea province of Trabzon.

Turkey commemorates National Sovereignty Day and Children?s Day on April 23, the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish parliament, with several ceremonies across the country.

The day is celebrated as a children?s festival because children were awarded a special place in the April 23 festivities by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey.