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Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt says al-Qaeda worries may win Syrian president some time, but eventually al-Assad will have to go. ‘I don’t think it’s going to help him in the ...

Turkey beats Estonia, one of the weak teams of Group D, in a critical match by 2-0 and succeeded to keep their hopes alive. Turkish internationals snatch three points from Estonia by ...

"Gezi Protests not affected number of tourists to Turkey": Turkish Deputy PM Babacan. Turkish Deputy PM Ali Babacan, concerning the United States Central Bank FED's recent desicion on decreasing asset purchase which ...

From an educational system that was religiously denominated to a secular system in the 19th century, Istanbul’s schools provided an education that was often lacking until it became one of ...

Turkish President Abdulah Gul expressed his pleasure at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which was granted the Nobel Peace Prize. The president replied to questions from ...

Motions for cross border operations in Iraq, passed since October 2007, generally empower the government to order military forces to pursue PKK terrorists. Turkish deputies began Thursday to debate a ...

Samsung's first smartphone with a curved display screen enters the South Korean market on Thursday, as the electronics giant seeks to maintain its lead in the increasingly saturated market. Galaxy ...

Some European companies, which lost the tender for Istanbul’s third airport, may want to create some obstacles against the winning Turkish consortium, a Turkish minister says, noting that these firms ...

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan's teenage activist, on Thursday was awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize. "Today, we decided to let the world know that our hope for a ...

The academy announces its decision in a short press release, praising Munro as a "master of the contemporary short story." The Swedish Academy announced on Thursday that the Nobel Prize ...