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Turkey will have three teams in the Europa League when the European football's second-tier competition resumes with the round of 32 in February.  

Fenerbahçe pipped Manchester United to top spot in its Europa League group on Dec. 8 after beating Feyenoord 1-0, while Osmanlıspor beat FC Zurich 2-0 at home to finish atop its group.

Turkish Limak Holding, Russian VTB Capital and Swiss Flughafen Zuerich will bid jointly for the rights to operate Sofia Airport for 35 years, reported Reuters.

In September, Bulgaria extended the deadline for the tender offers by one month until November 18 due to increased interest in the tender.

International business leaders will meet for two days in Istanbul starting Nov. 2 at the Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum, which highlights Turkey's strategy to enhance bilateral trade and economic relations with countries in Africa.

EU leaders meeting at a summit Thursday are stepping up calls to boost Africa's economic development in exchange for sharp curbs on migrant flows following a similar arrangement with Turkey.

Two Turkish companies, Limak and Summa, won a tender to complete the construction of the Aéroport International Blaise-Diagne Airport (AIBD) in Senegal's capital, Dakar, according to a written statement published on April 28. 

The 2016 World Botanical EXPO, one of the largest horticultural shows in the world, opened its doors with an official ceremony on April 22 in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and cabinet ministers attended this year's opening ceremony, along with a number of ministers from more than 10 countries. 

BELGRADE - Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is planning terrorist attacks on resorts in southern Europe, including in France, Italy and Spain, a report says, adding that suicide bombers are expected to be disguised as beach vendors.

Senegal state-owned television has said Turkish Airlines is the front-runner to take a stake in Air Senegal, a new national airline intended to replace the West African nation's now defunct, heavily indebted carrier Senegal Airlines.

Senegalese President Macky Sall was in Istanbul for the 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC) summit last week. 

Turkish power company Gama has set its sights on Africa, Iran and the Far East due to a slowdown in energy projects in Europe, problems with Russia and rising security concerns, according to the company's CEO.

Heavily armed gunmen opened fire March 13 at a hotel in the Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand-Bassam which is popular with Westerners, witnesses told AFP.