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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signalled that he is set to ask U.S. President Barack Obama for the “deportation” of Pennsylvania-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, referring to coup and spying allegations against the Gülen movement.

A Philadelphia archaeology museum said on Aug. 5 its researchers have discovered an extremely rare 6,500-year-old human skeleton in its own basement, where it had been in storage for 85 years.

United States aircraft manufacturer Boeing has delivered the first multiyear II configured CH-47F Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army, as Turkey – along with some other countries – are waiting for the delivery of the chopper that become famous during the Vietnam War.

Vasil Shtonov was appointed as Economy and Energy Minister in Bulgaria's caretaker government unveiled on Tuesday.

Shtonov graduated as bachelor of sciences in electronic engineering and finance at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.

He graduated as master of sciences in business administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1999.

EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, has announced that the Partnership Agreement between Bulgaria and the European Commission is to be signed very soon.

By Maryclaire Dale

The family of a Marine whose body came back from Greece without his heart can pursue negligence claims against the United States, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled. However, the judge found that Greek officials and the Athens hospital where the autopsy was performed are immune from the Pennsylvania family's lawsuit.

“We are in a historic moment, my dear readers and friends.

When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his pesidential candidacy last week, a parenthesis that was opened more than a hundred years ago was closed. The military’s tutelage that started when the Young Turks invaded Istanbul and bombed the barracks in today’s Gezi Park officially came to an end.

The new party is expected to announce its establishment under the name of the “Center Party” on July 7. It claims “center,” but despite some of the individuals expected to be among the founders being of center-left origin, the majority and those having their grassroots links are of right wing origin.

The chief prosecutor of Istanbul has strictly criticized illegal eavesdropping on thousands of people, including Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Speaking to reporters in a meeting on June 27, Hadi Salihoğlu stressed illegal eavesdropping is an important problem in Turkey.

The main motive behind Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s presidential ambitions is simply his greed for further wealth, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said.