Ankara

Turkish F-16 warplanes will fly over the country's capital Ankara on Monday to test its new Russian S-400 missile defenses, Turkish media said, despite pressure from Washington for Turkey to drop the system. 

Istanbul's intercontinental bridges and Ankara's distinctive Atakule tower will be illuminated blue on Nov. 20 to raise awareness on child rights in celebration of World Children Day.

The first Chinese freight train traveling the China Railway Express line from Xi'an, China to Europe crossed under Istanbul's Bosporus Strait on Nov. 7 morning after setting off from Ankara a day earlier.

The Foreign Ministry on Nov. 6 welcomed China's Railway Express to Ankara, saying Turkey will continue to take necessary steps within the framework of the Trans-Caspian East-West Middle Corridor.

One of the biggest Turkish development banks, which recently moved its headquarters from the capital Ankara to the country's main commercial and financial hub Istanbul, has been planning to create a variety of sub-funds to support economic growth.

Nuclear physicists in Turkey's Ankara University determined the age of an olive tree in country's west by using the luminescence dating method for the first time.

The Mustafa Ayaz Museum in Ankara, founded in 2009 in Balgat district by one of the prominent names of Turkish contemporary art, Professor Mustafa Ayaz, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

A Russian military delegation has been holding talks in Ankara since Oct. 28 on the issue of a recent deal in northern Syria.

Although he had spent most of his life in the battlefields before becoming Turkey's first president, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was meticulous about the official dinners he hosted at the presidential residence, according to an expert.

Relieved by the diffusion of the tension between Ankara and Washington, the Turkish American Business Council (TAİK) is eyeing a meeting between the two countries to give a new impetus to increase the trade volume to $100 billion.