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The cost to tourism alone from the Russian crisis has been calculated at $5 billion. With trucks being kept waiting at the border and with fruits and vegetables returned, the cost of the crisis for the first six months of 2016 was calculated by some economists at $7.2 billion. 

In this case, Turkey needs to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) now more than any other time.

Top Turkish and German leaders have discussed the upcoming mini-summit that will take place between Turkey and eight EU countries on Dec. 17 in Brussels, where they will discuss how to best handle the growing refugee crisis. 

Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet ?im?ek has said preparatory work to launch a coordination mechanism for Islamic banking in Turkey have started, and the related circular note has recently been sent to the Prime Ministry. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an complained to the journalists aboard his presidential plane on the way to Qatar from France about the negative coverage in the Iranian press about himself and his family.
 
In one their conversations, he told the journalists that he has told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: "How come a Muslim slanders another Muslim?"

The dead bodies of five migrants, including two babies, have washed ashore in the northwestern Turkish province of Çanakkale amid ongoing failed attempts by migrants to cross into Greece.

Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YA?) convened on Nov. 26, at the helm of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu amid the crisis between Moscow and Ankara after the downing of a Russian SU-24 warplane due to an airspace violation on the Syrian frontier. 

Turkey has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in neighboring Syria, according to Prime Ministry sources, with Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu saying his government will "not hesitate" to take the required measures on Syrian soil to protect the Turkmen people.

Turkey has boosted diplomatic efforts to protect Turkmens in Syria from increased attacks by the Russian and Syrian armies, amid concerns that they could face even tougher days if these military operations would not stop. 

The number of migrants saved after making failed attempts to cross via sea from Turkey into Europe has increased by over 500 percent in 2015 compared to last year.

In 2014, the number of migrants rescued by Turkey's coast guard and local institutions was 14,961, in 574 separate incidents, according to Prime Ministry figures. 

Constructing a considerably large mosque in the heart of Istanbul's Asian side is among the plans published by Turkey's urbanization ministry, with a local municipality official saying the area in question is technically not convenient for construction.