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This was decided by the Ministers of Culture of the countries of the region, reported NOVA TV. 

He added that "it doesn't matter if they take place then, in the winter, or in the spring."

The fiancee of murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi pleaded with Congress on May 16 to lead a new international investigation into his killing.       

In Turkey, some 6,693 companies were established in April, the top trade union of the country reported on May 17.

The youth comprises 15.8% of the 82 million people living in Turkey, the country's statistical authority announced on May 16.       

Dust blowing from North Africa will cover Turkey's sky until the weekend, a Turkish academic said on May 16.

Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos called on Turkey to end its illegal acitivities within Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) during talks on Thursday evening with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of a Council of Europe ministerial meeting in Helsinki.

Senior Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives again today called on Turkey to cancel its planned acquisition of a Russian S-400 missile defense system, the latest effort by U.S. lawmakers to discourage Ankara from pursuing the deal.

The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a statement regarding the comments made by Sir Allan Duncan on Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
"'We are following developments in the Eastern Mediterranean with concern. We would like to see the situation deescalated."

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will issue a demarche to British Prime Minister Theresa May over the "unacceptable" comments made in the British Parliament on Tuesday by UK Minister of State for Europe Alan Duncan, who described Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), where Turkey plans to conduct exploratory hydrocarbon activities, as an area whose "sovereignty is under dispute."