Geography of Asia

Hava? Saudi Arabia, the first Turkish company with a ground handling services license in Saudi Arabia, has begun providing its services in Medina as part of Pegasus Airlines? Umrah operations included in its service network, the company said by a written statement on Feb. 24.

The United States and Iran said Feb. 23 they had made progress in the latest round of talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, but warned there was still a long way to go to seal a final deal.
      
Negotiators for Iran and six world powers had been meeting in Geneva since Friday, and plan further talks in Switzerland next week, a senior US administration official said.

Turkey and Russia do not have common interests in energy in the long-term, and EU could boost cooperation with Ankara through its nascent Energy Union, a recent report argues.

We cannot make our voices heard. The ears of this government do not hear the screams of the citizens of this country.

To prevent the murder of women, women?s organizations have been saying Turkey should implement the treaties it has signed to stop violence against women for years.

From the moment our flag was lowered at the Tomb of Süleyman Shah on Sunday, the honorable breakdown of our foreign policy, which has been imposed on us as ?honorable loneliness,? is as follows:

In the 1990?s, a foreign country or institution showing interest in Turkey?s southeast was received with suspicion by the state. These were seen as modern ?Lawrence of Arabia? initiatives to provoke Kurds in the south of the country.

The global economy's largest problem is a credibility gap, rather than budget deficits, said Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan at the first B-20 meeting abroad during Turkey's G-20 presidency.

"The more rapidly we close this credibility gap, the faster we all build confidence. This will bring all of us robust and sustainable growth across the world," he said on Feb. 22.

Although Turkey's unemployment rate has recently climbed to 10.7 percent, there are more than 1.7 million unoccupied positions for job seekers in the country, according to data from the official Turkish Employment Agency (??KUR).

The Abraaj Group, a leading investor operating in global growth markets, on Feb. 23 announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Hepsiburada.com, a market leader in Turkey?s online retail sector.

A soldier who died in an accident during the Turkish army's operation to evacuate a historic tomb in northern Syria has been laid to rest in his hometown, the Black Sea province of Trabzon.