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Bekir Şahin, the head of the General Prosecution Office of the Court of Appeals, has proposed changing the body's name to the "General Prosecution Office of the Turkish Republic" in a bid to enhance its international standing and better reflect its role.

The head of the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) criticized the Gulf countries' decision to add Qatar-based Egyptian Islamic theologian Yusuf al-Qaradawi to the designated terrorist list on June 15.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 9 Turkey would stand by Qatar amid a diplomatic row engulfing the Gulf state. 

"We will not abandon our Qatari brothers," Erdogan told members of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party at an iftar fast breaking meal in Istanbul. 

BELGRADE - Serbian Railways will invest EUR 1.2 billion in various projects over the next three years, Chairman of the Serbian Railways Board of Directors Zoran Andjelkovic announced on Tuesday and underscored that restructuring and break-up of the monopoly are essential for the strengthening of the railway system in Serbia and the region.