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Turkey will bring up the customs union deal for re-negotiation with the European Union by June, Turkey's Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said.

“By June, we’re going to re-open for negotiation the Customs Union Agreement, to which no sovereign independent state should agree,” Zeybekci said at a meeting with Turkish businesspeople, quoted by Hurryiet Daily News. 

Two people died on Wednesday during protests across Turkey after the funeral of a boy wounded during anti-government clashes last year.

One demonstrator has died in clashes in Istanbul. The second victim is a police officer who is said to have had a heart attack while dealing with the unrest, as the BBC reports.

Gastronomy bridges gap between Greece, Turkey

Culinary arts have helped to close the political gap between Turkey and Greece.

Maria Ekmekcioglu, a Greek native of Istanbul, hosts two cooking shows, one in Greece and the other in Turkey. [Facebook/Maria Ekmekcioglu]

YEREVAN - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic has arrived in Yerevan where he will confer with Armenian top officials over the next two days.

Mrkic will first confer with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian and then with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.

A US warship was allowed on Wednesday to pass through the Turkey-controlled Black Sea straits.

The ship, which enters the Black Sea amid escalating tensions on the Crimean Peninsula, is expected to travel through the straits within the next few days, as Turkish newspaper Zaman has reported.

Bulgarians and Turks boost friendship despite difficult memories

Turkey's Davutoglu says government cannot prevent another aid flotilla to Gaza