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Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has pledged to rule the country better than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) if the CHP comes to power, denouncing a “negative propaganda campaign” against his party.

Catholic clergy gathered in central Istanbul on Nov. 24 ahead of Pope Francis’ scheduled visit to Turkey this week.

Speaking at the gathering Istanbul Latin Catholic Church Bishop Monsignor Louis Pelatre stated that the pope's Nov. 28-30 visit will only include the cities of Ankara and Istanbul and he would not be visiting Ä°zmir, as previously reported.

Residents of the small Turkish town of Selçuk, located in the western province of İzmir, will be honored to host the visit of Pope Francis on Nov. 28, the town’s mayor said Nov. 15.

Turks have little trouble finding fellow countrymen wherever they travel, and the volcanic island just below the Arctic Ocean is no exception.

Iceland has a Turkish community of around 50 people, who have come together and founded an association to introduce Turkish culture both to their children and Icelanders.

Visitors to the House of the Virgin Mary in the town of Selçuk in İzmir province, which is considered a holy site for Christians, is also a place for those who want their wishes to come true.

A total of 116 migrants who attempted to cross into Europe through Turkey have been captured by security forces in the Aegean region over two days.

The ancient city of Ephesus located in the western province of Ä°zmir was visited by some 800,000 tourists in the first six months of 2014, bringing in revenue of over 4 million Turkish liras.

A local court has ruled in favor of the 24 children, detained last year for attending Gezi Park protests in the Aegean province of İzmir, claiming that they had the “right” to protest according to Turkey’s demonstrations law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Turkey’s Council of State has ordered a stay of execution for the government’s decision to “urgently expropriate” an olive grove in western Turkey in order to build a wind farm power plant, marking a legal victory for the plot’s 80-year-old owner, “Auntie” Remziye Saatli.

The world’s only protected quarantine station on an island, on Karantina in the western Turkish province of İzmir, is awaiting the attention of the Culture and Tourism Ministry to become a health museum A center on Karantina Island, facing Urla in the western district of İzmir, is the world’s only protected quarantine station on an island, and it is now waiting to be converted into