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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will pay a two-day visit to Turkey on April 20-21, with a view to discussing preparations for the Warsaw Summit to be held in July, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced.

Recent media reports that revealed that Turkish intelligence units were tipped off about imminent suicide bomb attacks targeting rallies 25 days before Oct. 10, 2015, blasts in Ankara have prompted Turkey's main opposition to demand a parliamentary inquiry to determine whether intelligence and security officials were guilty of "negligence" prior to the attack.

Bonuses promised to workers involved in the construction of the third bridge over Istanbul's Bosphorus by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an have caused a crisis, as workers claim the promises weren't kept, Do?an News Agency reported on April 19. 

The embattled leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, has expressed support for stripping "terrorist sympathizers" of their citizenship, a proposal voiced by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, while he also criticized a German comedian who read out a crude poem about Erdo?an on German TV for "insulting" the president.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has requested an appointment from the White House in order to meet U.S. President Barack Obama during his upcoming official visit to the country next month. 

British author and journalist Douglas Murray announced the start of an "offensive poetry competition" about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on April 18, amid the ongoing "insult" row between a German comedian and the president.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is set to pay visits to Baku and Zagreb, first attending a global forum meeting of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in the capital of neighboring Azerbaijan.

While in Croatia, Erdo?an will be accompanied by a large business delegation and attend a meeting of the Turkey-Croatia Business Forum. 

The offensive poem by German comedian Jan Böhmermann about President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is puerile and asinine. There is a thin line between biting even scathing political humor and downright insults. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) group deputy chairman Özgür Özel said on April 18 the party would hold its own reception for National Sovereignty and Children's Day on April 23, after the annual parliamentary reception for the day, which is also the anniversary of the Turkish parliament's foundation, was cancelled this year due to the rising death toll in anti-terror operations

More than 1 million season tickets and one day entry cards have been sold for EXPO 2016 Antalya, just days before one of the leading global horticultural exhibitions opens its doors to tourists from Turkey and abroad.