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Turkey and Singapore signed a joint declaration on Oct. 6 to establish a free trade agreement between the two countries on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in November.

Speaking at the signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said the countries had "come a long way in just 1-1.5 years."

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck the Demre district of the southern Antalya province in the early hours of Oct. 7, with no casualties or serious material damages reported.

The epicenter of the quake, which took place at 12:27 a.m., was 34.92 kilometers below the Earth?s surface, data from Turkey?s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) showed.

Turkey is advancing at full speed to launch the country's first domestic electric car, with plans to present the latest developments to ministers within the week, Technology Minister Fikri I??k said Oct. 6.       

After the presentation to the cabinet is completed, further instructions from Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu will be awaited, I??k told reporters in Ankara.

A total of nine people, including one civilian, were wounded on Oct. 6 in an attack on a military post by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of Van.

A curfew has been declared in four neighborhoods in the Bismil district of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, a move that reportedly came after outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants dug trenches and erected barricades on the streets.

A commercial airline pilot reported a drone was flying over the final approach course at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, while attempting a landing on Oct. 6.

The pilot, while descending, informed the authorities at the control tower of the drone. Control tower authorities immediately contacted the police.

Cristina de Borbon, sister of Spain?s King Felipe VI, will appear in court on Jan. 11 on tax fraud charges, court documents showed yesterday, as part of a wider investigation into her husband?s Noos Foundation charity. 

Eight Turkish F-16 fighters jets were harassed by unidentified MIG-29 aircraft for four minutes and 30 seconds during a patrol flight on the border with Syria on Oct. 5, the Turkish General Staff has said.

Russian aircraft had their closest run-in yet with American war planes over Syria, CBS News reported.

U.S. pilots flying F-16s out of Turkey first picked up the Russian planes on radar. The Russians closed to within 20 miles, at which point the American pilots could visually identify them on their targeting cameras.

A Russian weathergirl described the weather conditions in Syria as ?perfect for an air bombardment? amid the country?s ongoing air operations targeting Syrian opposition groups and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).