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Three Turkish soldiers were killed on late Feb. 10 and early Feb. 11 in clashes with outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern district of Sur, the Turkish General Staff has announced.

Three Greek navy personnel were missing on Feb. 11 after their helicopter crashed into a small islet in the Aegean Sea during an exercise, the defense ministry said.

Commando units recovered the wreckage near the Dodecanese islet of Kinaros, but the two pilots and one engineer on board were still unaccounted for, the ministry said.

Kurdish groups in Syria on Feb. 10 opened a representation in Moscow amid a push by the Kremlin to have them included in Syria peace talks despite Turkey's objections.  

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has held a surprise meeting with his predecessor and long-time comrade, former President Abdullah Gül.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Feb. 10 that China's unclear policy over its yuan currency was stoking turbulence in global markets and exacerbating global economic growth concerns.

The yuan's recent declines "have intensified uncertainty about China's exchange rate policy and the prospects for its economy," she said in testimony to Congress.

A key event in hip hop culture, the Red Bull BC One, has entered its 13th year with big changes. In order to open up the event year-round to a wider community, there will be Red Bull BC One camps all over the world instead of six regional finals. 

A number of people have apparently been confused by the latest Turkish Airlines (THY) commercial for the upcoming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" movie featuring fictional destinations, phoning call centers to demand tickets to "Gotham City" and "Metropolis."

Ça?lar Gö?ü?, a board member at daily Hürriyet newspaper, has been appointed the new chief executive officer of the company, replacing Ahmet Özer, Hürriyet has said in a filing to the stock exchange. 

Özer will remain as a board member, the filing said. 

Swissotel The Bosphorus tonight continues its "Ambassadors of Jazz Music are in Town" concert series, presented every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at the hotel's Les Ambassadeurs Bar. 

On Feb. 18, the ?enay Lambao?lu Quartet will perform live on the stage, followed by the A?k?n Arsunan Quartet on Feb. 19 and the Jef Giansily & Sibel Köse Trio on Feb. 20. 

The body of an unidentified woman was found in a suitcase in Istanbul on Feb. 9.