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Turkey's top business group has announced it will hold open meetings with political party leaders ahead of the Nov. 1 elections in a written statement on Oct. 13. 

First guest of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜS?AD) will be Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu on Oct. 15 in Istanbul. 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said it lent Turkey's Finansbank $100 million to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agricultural regions of Turkey in a written statement Oct. 13.
 

Eighteen people from a family living in the southeastern province of Siirt have been killed in the Ankara bombing, a relative of the family has said.

Police have detained two suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who allegedly predicted on social media that a terrorist attack would take place in Ankara before the Oct. 10 double-suicide bombings in the capital that killed at least 97 people.

The offices of local daily Yeni As?r in ?zmir have been vandalized with red paint and eggs following a call by the regional representative of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (D?SK) to protest the newspaper in a demonstration commemorating the victims of the Ankara blasts.

Supporters in the Central Anatolian province of Konya refused to observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre ahead of a critical Euro 2016 qualifier between Turkey and Iceland, choosing instead to whistle and shout Islamist slogans.

Osman Ay?k, the president of the Turkish Hoteliers Federation (TUROFED), has been elected the deputy chairman of the United Nations World of Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Affiliate Members.

Russia is not striving for leadership over Syria, President Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 13 at an investment conference, adding that existing cooperation with Western countries over the Syrian conflict was not enough.

Russia, the United States and Europe should encourage political dialogue between the sides of the Syrian conflict, Putin added. 

Quality of Turkey's crime scene investigation (CSI) services comes under scrutiny as passers-by have discovered body remains at three different locations at the Ankara blast site, two days after the area reopened to traffic.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu visited the site of the Oct. 10 Ankara bombing on Oct. 13.