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Tayfun Selen is the first Turkish-origin mayor elected in the U.S., set to run a township in the state of New Jersey after being sworn in on Jan. 4. "My election is a slap in the faces of conservative, white Americans," the Republican has told Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey's Football Federation (TFF) Chairman Yıldırım Demirören and Turkish Banking Association (TBB) Chairman Hüseyin Aydın

Veteran journalist Uğur Dündar (L) hosts actors Metin Akpınar (C) and Müjdat Gezen for a live broadcast at Kadıköy district municipality building in Istanbul on Dec. 21.

A man in the northern Turkish province of Trabzon has turned an old van into an observation terrace to enjoy the great view in winters with his friends. Click through for the story in photos...

Revna Demirören (C), the president of the Life Sharing and Solidarity Foundation, and his husband Yıldırım Demirören (2R), chair of the Turkish Football Federation and Demirören Holding, pose with Mustafa Çalışkan, chief of Istanbul Police Department, and Monik İpekel, a board member of the Life Sharing and Solidarity Foundation.

Turkey should not aim to make all Turkish researchers abroad return home, according to an award-winning scientist who has been living abroad for some time.

Turkish academics have received patent protection in Europe for a compound which could become the country's "national cancer medication".

Umut Berkutay (R) and his girlfriend Nazan Dedeoğlu

Describing Turkey as a "blue homeland," the country's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar warned on Wednesday that Ankara will not give up on its rights in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.