Eurasia

Dracula Khan, one of the two Romanian teams participating in the Mongol Rally, is looking for a passenger for the Bucharest-Prague round trip, the team announced on its Facebook official page.

Regional differences in demograpic characteristics of Turkey’s poorest segments, which constitutes 16.3 percent of society according to 2012 data, has been laid by a ministry study

Raul Crisan has been living in Zaragoza, Spain for less than four years, where he works in online marketing; in the second part of July, he will embark on a trek that will take him to the Mongol Rally, a charity rally seeking to raise funds this year for the British environmental group CoolEarth.

Compared to the drive of the first half of the 2000s, Turkey is exhibiting a slower pace of reform, according to the World Bank’s Turkey director.

The prevention of a headscarf-wearing female lawyer from representing her client at a local court in Ankara violated her rights, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled.

Thousands of Turk expatriates attended a political rally for Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan in Chassieu, near the French city of Lyon, June 21, while hundreds protested against him.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is due in Athens on Thursday for a landmark three-day visit during which Greek and Chinese officials are expected to sign several key deals in the trade, energy and shipping sectors.

Some left because they wanted to travel upon a bike named Doyle and stories to tell, others because they wanted to live the adventure and fish on the road there, while others to enjoy a seven-week break from work, and some blaming mid-life crisis.

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Turkey hosts Balkan youth to boost interaction

A new initiative would tell Turkey's story to future leaders of Balkan countries.

Thirty-seven young people from across the Balkans gathered in Turkey last month to participate in a youth conference in order to boost interaction between Turkey and the Balkan countries.