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Strongly defending the legitimacy of Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish jets along the Syrian border last week, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has labeled Moscow's retaliatory moves against Turkey a "scandal."

U.S. President Barack Obama urged his Turkish counterpart on Dec. 1 to reduce tensions with Russia while stressing U.S. support for its NATO ally's security. 

Obama met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Paris, where he has been attending the climate summit, a week after Turkish jets downed a Russian warplane along the Syrian border. 

Washington supports Turkey's right to self-defense, President Barack Obama has said after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an during the ongoing climate summit in Paris.

"The U.S. supports Turkey's right to defend itself," Obama was quoted as saying by Reuters. 

Police have located passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Algeria to Istanbul that were mistakenly taken to the domestic terminal, therefore allowing them to enter Turkey without passing through passport control late on Nov. 30.

Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Algeria to Istanbul were mistakenly taken to the domestic terminal and therefore entered Turkey without passing through passport control late on Nov. 30.

Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorized the release of payments to oil exporting companies for November in line with payments made in the past two months, an official close to the minister of natural resources said on Nov. 30.

A fire at a private religious school building in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r early on Dec. 1 left six children dead and three wounded.           

The blaze at the boarding shcool in the Karaa?aç village is thought to have broken out after an electrical malfunction. 

An investigation has been opened into the incident.

Diyarbak?r Bar Association head Tahir Elçi was killed by the same groups that have been trying to obstruct the crime scene investigation for more than two days since the killing occurred, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has claimed. 

Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, whose top two journalists were arrested last week on charges of espionage and terrorist propaganda, is facing an investigation into its tax accounts, its chief executive said. 

Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) comfortably won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Nov. 30, a month after its landslide victory in the Nov. 1 snap elections.

509 deputies cast votes on Nov. 30, and the AKP received 315 votes of confidence while 194 deputies cast votes of no confidence.