Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

The Atatürk House Museum in the eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum, where the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk resided for 52 days on July 9, 1919 and laid the foundations of the national struggle during the Erzurum Congress, receives thousands of tourists in every season. 

Meral Akşener, an expelled dissident member of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) accelerated her efforts to form a new party as MHP lawmaker Koray Aydın is set to announce that he will join the new party.

"We are working on announcing the new party by late October," Akşener said, responding to reporters' questions on Aug. 20 at a ceremony she attended.

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos recommended to Turkish President Recep Erdogan to refrain from embarking on the dangerous road of revising international law.

The European Union ?mistakenly approaches Turkey based on prejudices? but Ankara is continuing its integration with European institutions with determination, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu has said.

Pope Francis will arrive in Turkey on a three-day official visit at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Pope Francis is to visit the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's mausoleum in the capital Ankara, after which he will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his newly built extravagant presidential palace.