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The diaspora is, or should be, a fundamental parameter of the strength of Hellenism, whether this is rooted in Greece or in Cyprus. Some members of the diaspora inevitably stand out, mostly by virtue of their contribution.

British ambassador Ruairi O'Connell told a conference on wartime missing persons in Pristina on Tuesday that the issue was "emotional" for families of the victims and should not be used for political purposes.

An Italian opera conductor settled in Turkey for over three decades says the Turkish audience is receptive.     

"I would love to hear the names of those criminals, as they used to convince us that there is no crime on Kosovo. Then, they suddenly urge people to deny votes to the criminals", Nebojsa Stefanovic Serbia's Internal Affairs Minister says.
He added that they refer to the politicians of Albanian origin.

Turkey's defense ministry says Russia has begun delivering the second battery of its S-400 missile defense system that has strained ties between Ankara and Washington.

Turkey took delivery of the first battery of the Russian-made system last month, despite strong objections from its NATO ally, the United States.

Member states of the Turkic Council took a historic step in May in Kazakhstan by establishing the Joint Turkic Chambers of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) to institutionalize existing economic cooperation. The TCCI held its first-ever General Assembly meeting in İstanbul on July 31 where it elected its first president, TOBB Chairman Rıfat Hisarcıkoğlu.

Sabancı Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates, has announced that it decided to divest its stake in its wool maker unit Yünsa Yünlü Sanayi.

Visiting Turkey 29 years ago with business purposes, Japanese man makes Turkey home settling in Istanbul.         

An Iranian tanker at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran is no longer recorded as heading for Turkey, Refinitiv Eikon shipping data showed on Aug. 26, having switched to a Turkish destination at the weekend.

Confidence in Turkey's key sectors of services, construction, retail trade showed month-on-month improvement in August, the country's statistical authority reported on Aug. 26.